3Jack Golf's PGA Tour Rundown (2014) - Week 2

The year starts off with Zach Johnson winning the Hyundai Tournament of Champions:




Here are my picks for the Sony Open:

Zach Johnson: 10/1
Jordan Spieth: 14/1
Matt Kuchar: 14/1
Chris Kirk: 28/1
Marc Leishman: 40/1
Brian Gay: 40/1
Jeff Overton: 66/1
Russell Henley: 66/1
Ryan Palmer: 66/1

Value Pick: Daniel Summerhays: 100/1

This year my rankings will be different in the sense they will based on an event-by-event basis instead of a cumulative basis.

For example, let’s say a golfer hits his Danger Zone shots to 30 feet in one tournament. Then in the next tournament he does the same thing, hitting his DZ shots to 30 feet.

Instead of measuring him as averaging 30 feet to the cup for the year, I will use the average of the field as the baseline. So if the field average in the first tournament from the Danger Zone is 40 feet, then the golfer did quite well performing in the DZ. However, if in the 2nd tournament the field average was 25 feet from the Danger Zone, then the golfer performed below average in the DZ in that tournament.

The following rankings are based on the 2013-14 season, starting from the Frys.com and ending at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions:


DRIVING EFFECTIVENESS



1. Boo Weekley
2. Justin Hicks
3. Jason Gore
4. Ryan Palmer
5. Kevin Stadler
6. Sang-Moon Bae
7. Chez Reavie
8. Luke Guthrie
9. Doug LaBelle II
10. Brian Davis


174. Seung-Yul Noh
175. Retief Goosen
176. David Carr
177. Steven Bowditch
178. Bob Estes
179. Alex Prugh
180. Jimmy Walker
181. David Duval
182. Mike Weir
183. Don Littrell


BIRDIE ZONE (75-125 YARDS)



1. Ryo Ishikawa
2. Kevin Penner
3. Matt Every
4. Boo Weekley
5. Bill Lunde
6. Billy Horschel
7. Chez Reavie
8. Kevin Streelman
9. Jim Renner
10. Jason Dufner


174. Erik Compton
175. Michael Thompson
176. Tommy Gainey
177. Graham DeLaet
178. Josh Teater
179. Mike Weir
180. Luke Guthrie
181. Kevin Stadler
182. Jordan Spieth
183. Don Littrell


SAFE ZONE (125-175 YARDS)



1. Bronson La'Cassie
2. Troy Merritt
3. Chris Smith
4. Camilo Villegas
5. Hideki Matsuyama
6. Brooks Koepka
7. Sang-Moon Bae
8. Kevin Stadler
9. Ken Duke
10. Michael Thompson


174. Cameron Beckman
175. Don Littrell
176. Rory Sabbatini
177. Angel Cabrera
178. Marc Leishman
179. Scott Verplank
180. Alex Prugh
181. Gary Woodland
182. Jhonattan Vegas
183. Bobby Gates


DANGER ZONE (175-225 YARDS)



1. Mark Hubbard
2. Matt Every
3. Jason Dufner
4. Seung-Yul Noh
5. Heath Slocum
6. Brooks Koepka
7. Chad Campbell
8. Mark Wilson
9. Harrison Frazar
10. Geoff Ogilvy


174. Freddie Jacobson
175. Woody Austin
176. William McGirt
177. Michael Thompson
178. David Carr
179. Bob Estes
180. Bronson La'Cassie
181. Tim Wilkinson
182. Chris Williams
183. Max Homa


SHORT GAME PLAY (<20 strong="" yards="">

1. Chris Williams
2. Matt Every
3. Alex Aragon
4. David Lingmerth
5. Kevin Streelman
6. Ben Martin
7. Doug LaBelle II
8. Bronson La'Cassie
9. Retief Goosen
10. Scott Verplank


172. John Peterson
173. Marc Leishman
174. Andrew Loupe
175. Angel Cabrera
176. Brian Davis
177. Billy Horschel
178. Harrison Frazar
179. Scott Piercy
180. Marc Turnesa
181. Chris Smith


















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