Robert Garrigus
| Team: | PGA Golfer |
| Age / DOB: | (39) / 11/11/1977 |
| Ht / Wt: | 5'11 / 190 |
World No. 243 Robert Garrigus finished birdie-eagle en route to a 3-under-par 35-34=69 in the final round of the RBC Canadian Open for a four-day tally of 18-under 270, dropping two places to a season-best T5, three shy of a two-man playoff.
The 39-year-old records a fifth top 25 of the season in 24 starts and second top 10, besting 10th last week at the opposite-field Barbasol. It's the first time he's recorded back-to-back top 10s since the 2012 BMW (T4) and TOUR Championship (T10) 58 months ago. The Idaho native records a second top 25 at the RBC in 11 tries, both top 10s and both top 5s after T2 in 2012 as 54-hole leader. After opening in 70-69-62, he began T3, two back of 54-hole leader Charley Hoffman. Playing out of the penultimate twosome, he was sleepwalking on even-par thru 16 holes, trading three birdie-3s with three bogey-5s, but wrapped with a 10-footer for birdie-3 at 17 and a 24-footer for a walk-off eagle-3. The Arizona resident, whose lone TOUR title in 302 career events came 169 starts ago, found five (of 14) fairways and 14 greens in regulation, posting 1.946 SG: Approach-the-Green but losing 1.339 around-the-green. Jul 30 - 8:25 PM
World No. 243 Robert Garrigus painted a season-low bogey-free 10-under-par 29-33=62 on Moving Day at the RBC Canadian Open to post 15-under 201, up 45 places to the top of the leaderboard, good for the 54-hole clubhouse lead and matching the course record at Glen Abbey GC with four others. UPDATE: With play completed, Garrigus is T3, two adrift of leader Charley Hoffman.
This is the 39-year-old's 11th Canadian Open with only one prior top 25 among just four cashes, posting a T2 in 2012 (Hamilton G&CC) where he was the 54-hole leader by one (64-66-64), closing in even-par 70. It's his 24th start of the season, checking in at 131st in the FedExCup standings and off his first top 10 of the season (10th) at last week's opposite-field Barbasol. After kicking off in 70-69, the Idaho native began on 5-under, one inside the cut line, and found nine (of 14) fairways and 13 greens in regulation, gaining 3.633 strokes around-the-green and 6.078 tee-to-green. He carded two eagle-3s at Nos. 2 and 16, adding six birdies at 3, 4, 7, 8, 11 and 13, recording 1.538 putts per GIR and 1.621 SG: Putting, needing just 23 putts. If the lead holds, it'll be the Arizona resident's sixth in 302 career events, previously 0-for-5 converting. Jul 29 - 1:37 PM
World No. 262 Robert Garrigus was disqualified at the John Deere Classic following a third-round even-par 34-37=71.
As of press time, no reason has been cited for the DQ, his second in 300 career starts with the other occurring at the 2006 Honda Classic. After opening in 67-68 and the R3 71, the 39-year-old was on 7-under 206, which would've positioned him T44 heading to the final round. Garrigus entered the week 135th in the FedExCup standings so he forfeited some much-needed FEC points. If a reason emerges for the DQ, we'll update this post. Jul 15 - 7:07 PM
World No. 247 Robert Garrigus preps for his ninth Travelers Championship in Cromwell, CT., and checks in at 133rd in the FedExCup standings.
The 39-year-old is batting.500 at the par-70 TPC River Highlands, making and missing four cuts. He has two top 20 finishes, highlighted by T5 last year (67-67-68-67), where he was T5 thru 36 holes. The Scottsdale Community College alum is just 8-for-18 on the season, posting three top 25s with a best of T17 at the CareerBuilder 22 weeks ago. He ranks 118th on TOUR in scoring average (71.362) and a respectable 40th in birdie average (3.84). The Idaho native arrives off six consecutive missed cuts and seven in his last eight, interrupted only by a T20 at the Houston Open seven starts ago. Jun 21 - 11:59 AM