In 1997, Garrigus turned professional. In an article that appeared in
Golf Digest in July 2011, Garrigus admitted that during the 2002 season, he and several other golfers on the Web.com Tour (then the Buy.com Tour) smoked
marijuana during events:"Oh yeah, there were plenty of guys on the Nationwide Tour who smoked in the middle of the round. We always talked about it. You could go in the Porta John and take your drags." In 2003, he entered a rehabilitation center near
San Diego for a 45-day program. His newfound sobriety was almost immediately tested. Before entering rehab, he had left money for his roommate to keep the house and pay bills. The roommate instead used it for drugs and gambling; when Garrigus returned the night before he was to play in a sectional qualifier for the
U.S. Open, he found the locks changed and the electricity disconnected. The roommate had left town to avoid gambling debts, leaving behind a substantial quantity of marijuana and a note reading, "Hope rehab was great. Have fun." As Garrigus would say, and the
Masters. His 2011 season ended with over $1.5 million in earnings that included a playoff loss to
Jonathan Byrd at the season-opening
Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Garrigus took part in the Long Drive Contest for charity at the
Hyundai Tournament of Champions alongside
Bubba Watson and
Dustin Johnson and finished third with a longest drive of 365 yards.
2016-2017 Season Garrigus got off to a strong start in the 2016-2017 PGA Tour Season with 8 out of 12 made cuts including 3 top-25 finishes. It looked like it would be smooth sailing for Garrigus as he was likely to retain his card for the 2017-2018 season. He then proceeded to miss seven straight cuts only succeeding at breaking par in one of them. He then made two cuts before being disqualified at the John Deere Classic after signing for an incorrect scorecard after the third round. Garrigus was doing quite well in the tournament, as he was 7-under through the first two rounds. Due to the disqualification, Garrigus slipped to 137th on the FedEx Cup points list. Despite all of that, Garrigus didn't let it stop him. He then fired three straight top tens at the Barbasol Championship (10th), the RBC Canadian Open (T-5), and the Barracuda Championship (T-6). He climbed to 96th in the FedEx Cup Points List before finishing the season 109th. This marked the 12th straight season Garrigus was able to retain his card for the following season.
2017-2018 Season On February 5th, 2018, in the second round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale, Garrigus nearly became the second PGA Tour Professional to score a hole in one on a par 4. On the 317-yard par 4 17th, Garrigus hit a 4-wood that landed in front of the green and got a strong bounce right at the hole. Shortly after his ball started rolling after bouncing three times, it struck the very center of the flagstick and finished just one inch from the hole. He described the shot as being, "the second best shot I've ever hit in all my years on tour after the par putt I made at the 18th hole on Sunday at the 2011 U.S. Open. I couldn't believe it didn't fall." He finished T-52 in the tournament. With two tournaments remaining in the season, Garrigus' 12-year streak of retaining his card came to an end. He missed the cut at both the Barracuda Championship and the Wyndham Championship and finished 131st in the FedEx Cup Standings.
2019 season In March 2019, Garrigus was suspended by the PGA Tour for three months after testing positive for marijuana.
2021 Season In July of 2021, Garrigus made an albatross on the par 5 5th hole at the Barbasol Championship at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky. After scoring an eagle 3 on that same hole on both Saturday and Sunday, he set a PGA Tour Record for the most amount of strokes under par on an individual hole in a PGA Tour Tournament at 8-under.
2024 Season In February of 2024, Garrigus won a PGA Tour Monday Qualifier which earned him a spot in the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches with a score of 65 (7-under). ==Personal life==