3Jack Updated PGA Tour Stat Rankings 8.8.11

Congrats to Adam Scott on winning the Bridgestone Invitational.



Let’s take a look at the top 5 and their stat rankings this year.

Player………........DRIVE……....PUTT……..SG……..DZ
Adam Scott ………...46……......133……..161……..32
Rickie Fowler …….107…….....19……...150……..14
Luke Donald ……...130……......4……...166……..27
Jason Day………......94……......31……....15……..75
Zach Johnson ……..56…….......8……....12……..53

Obviously, the Danger Zone play was a major factor at Firestone. But where it looks weird is with the putting and the other players (Fowler - Zach) are all excellent putters, but the winner has been mediocre putting this year.

On Thursday I heard more raving about Adam Scott and the long putter and looked up his putts gaiend ranking and he was ranked 170th (as of Thursday). So he finishes the Bridgestone Invitational and is now ranked 133rd. He was 4th in putts per round and putts per GIR at Firestone, so putting was very important there along with Danger Zone play.

Here are my picks for the PGA Championship. Note that since it's a major I make 10 picks instead of my usual 6 picks.

Luke Donald
Rory McIlroy
David Toms
Nick Watney
Brandt Snedeker
Rickie Fowler
Jason Day
John Senden

Value Pick: Robert Garrigus

ADVANCED TOTAL DRIVING



1…John Merrick
2…Chez Reavie
3…Joe Durant
4…Boo Weekley
5…Bubba Watson
6…Heath Slocum
7…Brandt Jobe
8…John Rollins
9…Rod Pampling
10…Gary Woodland
11…David Toms
12…Bo Van Pelt
13…Jim Herman
14…Briny Baird
15…Dustin Johnson
16…Aron Price
17…Bill Haas
18…Keegan Bradley
19…J.J. Henry
20…Justin Hicks


182…Jimmy Walker
183…Paul Stankowski
184…Arjun Atwal
185…Padraig Harrington
186…Bio Kim
187…Derek Lamely
188…Michael Sim
189…Kevin Na
190…Anthony Kim
191…Chad Collins


PUTTS GAINED (VIA PGATOUR.COM)



1…Steve Stricker
2…Brandt Snedeker
3…Greg Chalmers
4…Luke Donald
5…Nick Watney
6…Fredrik Jacobson
7…Ryan Moore
8…Zach Johnson
9…Charlie Wi
10…Kevin Na
11…Scott Piercy
12…Bryce Molder
13…Matt McQuillan
14…Aaron Baddeley
15…Kevin Streelman
16…Ben Martin
17…Angel Cabrera
18…David Toms
19…Rickie Fowler
20…Dean Wilson


183…Kyle Stanley
184…Alex Cejka
185…Scott Gutschewski
186…Justin Hicks
187…Jeff Maggert
188…D.J. Trahan
189…Heath Slocum
190…Will MacKenzie
191…Ernie Els
192…Boo Weekley


ADJUSTED SHORT GAME PLAY

1…Jonathan Byrd
2…Brian Gay
3…Steve Stricker
4…Bill Haas
5…Aaron Baddeley
6…Steve Flesch
7…Fredrik Jacobson
8…Michael Bradley
9…Nick Watney
10…Scott Gutschewski
11…Tim Petrovic
12…Zach Johnson
13…Chris Riley
14…Rory Sabbatini
15…Jason Day
16…Ricky Barnes
17…D.A. Points
18…Charl Schwartzel
19…Kevin Na
20…Robert Karlsson


182…Chez Reavie
183…Alex Prugh
184…Alexandre Rocha
185…Martin Piller
186…Kevin Stadler
187…Ben Martin
188…Marc Turnesa
189…Garrett Willis
190…Billy Horschel
191…Will MacKenzie


ADJUSTED DANGER ZONE PLAY



1…David Toms
2…Dustin Johnson
3…Phil Mickelson
4…Sergio Garcia
5…Robert Allenby
6…Nick Watney
7…Alex Cejka
8…Y.E. Yang
9…Boo Weekley
10…Jim Furyk
11…Graeme McDowell
12…John Senden
13…Robert Garrigus
14…Rickie Fowler
15…Heath Slocum
16…Ian Poulter
17…Scott Stallings
18…Michael Thompson
19…Jonathan Byrd
20…Padraig Harrington


182…Jhonattan Vegas
183…Alexandre Rocha
184…Colt Knost
185…Greg Chalmers
186…Camilo Villegas
187…Kevin Kisner
188…Scott McCarron
189…Michael Sim
190…Bio Kim
191…Charlie Wi




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