2015 US Open Rundown

With the US Open here, I wanted to go thru a brief rundown of the main metrics on Tour, year-to-date.

I've seen some pretty horrific pictures of the conditions, but it seems to be more spotty than anything.  I actually think this could be a favorite US Open venue for years to come, but I'm afraid that if you leave the USGA to their own devices, they'll create an embarrassing gaffe as they have had many times before.  I'm certain the golf course is hard enough, it doesn't need to be any more difficult with them calling for downhill, uphill and sidehill tee shots.

Based on the numbers, here are my top-10 picks to win:

Rory McIlroy
Jordan Spieth
Rickie Fowler
Hideki Matsuyama
Bubba Watson
Jason Day
Keegan Bradley
Phil Mickelson
Dustin Johnson
JB Holmes

Without further ado, here are the partial rankings on Tour, year-to-date:

DRIVING EFFECTIVENESS



1. Watson, Bubba
2. Matsuyama, Hideki
3. Lowry, Shane
4. McIlroy, Rory
5. Molinari, Francesco
6. Herman, Jim
7. Streelman, Kevin
8. Bradley, Keegan
9. Reavie, Chez
10. Spieth, Jordan
11. Levin, Spencer
12. Glover, Lucas
13. Scott, Adam
14. Henley, Russell
15. Rodgers, Patrick
16. Ernst, Derek
17. Simpson, Webb
18. De Jonge, Brendon
19. Day, Jason
20. Harman, Brian



183. Romero, Andres
184. Harrington, Padraig
185. Lee, Danny
186. Every, Matt
187. Ishikawa, Ryo
188. Sterne, Richard
189. Renner, Jim
190. Jacobson, Freddie
191. Noh, Seung-Yul
192. Kim, Whee
193. Blixt, Jonas
194. Baddeley, Aaron
195. Curtis, Ben
196. Point, D.A.
197. Putnam, Andrew
198. Barnes, Ricky
199. Donald, Luke
200. Van Aswegan, Tyrone
201. Els, Ernie
202. Weir, Mike


GREEN ZONE (75-125 YARDS)



1. Smith, Cameron
2. Scott, Adam
3. Castro, Roberto
4. Dufner, Jason
5. Furyk, Jim
6. Cink, Stewart
7. Spieth, Jordan
8. Palmer, Ryan
9. Rose, Justin
10. Lahiri, Anirban
11. Johnson, Zach
12. Molinari, Francesco
13. Moore, Ryan
14. Fowler, Rickie
15. Casey, Paul
16. Hoffman, Charley
17. Knost, Colt
18. Curran, Jon
19. Axley, Eric
20. Reifers, Kyle


183. Bradley, Keegan
184. Rodgers, Patrick
185. Stallings, Scott
186. Streb, Robert
187. Goosen, Retief
188. Beljan, Charlie
189. Ogilvy, Geoff
190. Rollins, John
191. Cabrera, Angel
192. Garrigus, Robert
193. Vegas, Jhonattan
194. Fdez-Castano Gonzalo
195. Wilcox, Will
196. Romero, Andres
197. Lowry, Shane
198. Love III, Davis
199. Adams, Blake
200. Watson, Bubba
201. Randolph, Jonathan
202. Sucher, Zack


YELLOW ZONE (125-175 YARDS)



1. Stenson, Henrik
2. Poulter, Ian
3. Donald, Luke
4. English, Harris
5. Molinari, Francesco
6. Peterson, John
7. Casey, Paul
8. Gore, Jason
9. Furyk, Jim
10. Matsuyama, Hideki
11. Simpson, Webb
12. Martin, Ben
13. McIlroy, Rory
14. Perez, Pat
15. Ishikawa, Ryo
16. Reavie, Chez
17. Oosthuizen, Louis
18. Thompson, Nicholas
19. Dufner, Jason
20. Hurley III, Billy


183. Flores, Martin
184. Hadley, Chesson
185. Gonzales, Andres
186. Blair, Zac
187. Jones, Matt
188. Fraustro, Oscar
189. Rodgers, Patrick
190. Baddeley, Aaron
191. Henry, J.J.
192. Curtis, Ben
193. Ernst, Derek
194. Lunde, Bill
195. Vegas, Jhonattan
196. Taylor, Nick
197. Slocum, Heath
198. Jacobson, Freddie
199. Chalmers, Greg
200. Immelman, Trevor
201. Wilcox, Will
202. Adams, Blake


RED ZONE PLAY (175-225 YARDS)



1. Lowry, Shane
2. Berger, Daniel
3. McIlroy, Rory
4. Matsuyama, Hideki
5. Westwood, Lee
6. Wilcox, Will
7. Gore, Jason
8. Spieth, Jordan
9. Furyk, Jim
10. Fowler, Rickie
11. Herman, Jim
12. Casey, Paul
13. Johnson, Dustin
14. Rose, Justin
15. Stefani, Shawn
16. Stuard, Brian
17. Simpson, Webb
18. Swafford, Hudson
19. Wagner, Johnson
20. Hicks, Justin


183. Villegas, Camilo
184. Palmer, Ryan
185. O'Hair, Sean
186. Adams, Blake
187. Curtis, Ben
188. Donald, Luke
189. Mahan, Hunter
190. Fathauer, Derek
191. Axley, Eric
192. Leonard, Justin
193. Sterne, Richard
194. Henley, Russell
195. Immelman, Trevor
196. Garcia, Sergio
197. Byrd, Jonathan
198. Chalmers, Greg
199. Castro, Roberto
200. Donaldson, Jamie
201. Blixt, Jonas
202. Weir, Mike


SHORT GAME PLAY



1. Smith, Cameron
2. McIlroy, Rory
3. Spieth, Jordan
4. Alker, Steven
5. Simpson, Webb
6. Day, Jason
7. Kelly, Jerry
8. Donald, Luke
9. Castro, Roberto
10. Jacobson, Freddie
11. Garcia, Sergio
12. Na, Kevin
13. Kirk, Chris
14. Singh, Vijay
15. Thomas, Justin
16. Love III, Davis
17. Byrd, Jonathan
18. Collins, Chad
19. Tringale, Cameron
20. Langley, Scott


183. Stefani, Shawn
184. Sainz Jr., Carlos
185. Cabrera, Angel
186. Herman, Jim
187. Horschel, Billy
188. Hoffman, Charley
189. Thompson, Nicholas
190. Svoboda, Andrew
191. Prugh, Alex
192. Koepka, Brooks
193. Howell III, Charles
194. Sterne, Richard
195. Casey, Paul
196. Hicks, Justin
197. Luiten, Joost
198. McDowell, Graeme
199. Gomez, Fabian
200. Lahiri, Anirban
201. Fraustro, Oscar
202. Adams, Blake


PUTTS GAINED



1. Walker, Jimmy
2. Smith, Cameron
3. Jacobson, Freddie
4. Blair, Zac
5. Chalmers, Greg
6. Snedeker, Brandt
7. Kuchar, Matt
8. Koepka, Brooks
9. Compton, Erik
10. Every, Matt
11. Henley, Russell
12. Merritt, Troy
13. Putnam, Andrew
14. Baddeley, Aaron
15. Stenson, Henrik
16. Summerhays, Daniel
17. Poulter, Ian
18. Huh, John
19. Molder, Bryce
20. Spieth, Jordan


183. Owen, Greg
184. Sloan, Roger
185. Singh, Vijay
186. Dufner, Jason
187. Smith, Byron
188. Ogilvy, Geoff
189. Sterne, Richard
190. Fdez-Castano Gonzalo
191. Ernst, Derek
192. Scott, Adam
193. Putnam, Michael
194. Allenby, Robert
195. Merick, John
196. Sainz Jr., Carlos
197. Garrigus, Robert
198. Beljan, Charlie
199. Castro, Roberto
200. Hicks, Justin
201. Renner, Jim
202. Glover, Lucas





3JACK