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3JACK

Practice Round Thoughts...

With my statistical analysis, I’ve been applying it to my own game and have seen some pleasing results. One of the biggest improvements it has made is to my play inside the Danger Zone (approach shots from 175-225 yards). The bad news about Danger Zone shots is that they punish the golfer severely when they miss the green. The good news is that the golfer’s goal should generally be to ‘only’ hit it solid and find the green from the Danger Zone. It’s funny that even though I understand this, I find myself still forgetting this credo when I’m in the Danger Zone. Then I will have to take a step back, remember ‘just make solid contact and find the green’ and go about executing the plan.

Still, I’ve been thinking about how to use this analysis to better gameplan for golf courses and how to make better use out of practice rounds. Here are some of my current thoughts.


PAR-4 AND PAR-5 TEE SHOTS

I have 3 different types of tee shots I can hit with my driver. All of them go relatively straight.

- Low Trajectory Driver
- Stock Driver
- High Trajectory Driver

Low Traj. Driver = 1-3 more clubs into the green, more accurate

High Traj. Driver = 1-4 less clubs into the green, less accurate and less precise

In order of most frequently hit and least frequently hit it goes like this:

1. Stock Driver
2. High Traj. Driver
3. Low Traj. Driver

I know a lot of people misinterpreted my statistical analysis for conservative play. That’s COMPLETELY WRONG. My statistical analysis finds that you are BETTER OFF BEING AGGRESSIVE than conservative. But, one those times where you do need to keep the driver in the bag, my statistical analysis helps better gauge that. However, you should be using your driver a lot unless the course is too short for you or it’s a wacky course design or you can’t hit the driver to save your life.

Par-4’s I typically hit Stock Drivers. Because of the correlation between ‘Go For Its’ and Par-5 Scoring Average, I typically try to hit a High Traj. Driver on par-5’s.

Now, with the High Traj. Driver, my misses are usually Pulls and Over-Fades due to the D-Plane. So when using High Traj. Drivers, I need a pretty open hole to drive on. Take a look at #7 at North Shore


It’s pretty wide open. Obviously, I’d love to crush one and hug the water on the right, but a better play is to aim left of center and hit a High Traj. Driver. If I pull or over-fade, I can still wind up find.

However, when scouting the course, it’s important to consider the 2nd and 3rd shots as well. For example, #6 at Eastwood has a huge pond that is in front of the green and a good driver would still require a 250 yard *carry* over the pond. Essentially, I’m laying up there 99% of the time. And because I’m laying up anyway, I should just use my Stock Driver swing.

Here’s a list of things that ‘impede approach shots’ in order of importance

1. Out of Bounds
2. Water
3. Trees/Tall Fescue or Rough
4. Fairway Bunker
5. Deep Rough

My goal is to steer clear of these things. Obviously, cannot always do that, like on #3 at North Shore GC.


I’m better off at aiming towards the fairway bunkers because it means steering clear of the water (unless I take a bad swing). The fairway bunker is reachable, but generally is tough to hit into. It certainly beats the alternative.

As far as the low trajectory driver goes, I probably don’t hit more fairways with it than with my stock driver, but it is better at avoiding those 5 things that impede approach shots because the ball will get on the ground quicker and I don’t have to worry about factors like the wind or the ball curving as much in the air..

Lastly, I want to make sure that the tee shot ‘fits my eye.’ I don’t leave a hole unless I’m comfortable off the tee.

One important part for me is what side of the tee do I tee the ball up on. For me, the rule of thumb is:

Right Side of the Tee = likely to lose the ball left

Left Side of the Tee = likely to lose the ball right

So, on #3 at North Shore, I tee up on the right side of the tee and aim at that fairway bunker (which says 127 yards). That way I’m steered a good amount away from the water and since my tendency is to lose the shot left if I’m on the right side of the tee, it further prevents me from hitting one in the water. However, there are plenty of tees that are aligned certain ways to throw the golfer off and in practice rounds I will figure out where I want to tee up the ball and where I want to aim until I find something that ‘fits my eye.’


2ND SHOT PAR-5’S

This is important because of the super strong correlation between going for a green in two and par-5 scoring average. Remember, PGA Tour considers a ‘go for it’ when a golfer’s ball winds up within 30 yards of the edge of the green after the 2nd shot. So it’s not all about having the power to get to the green, but having the power to get within 30 yards off the green. For example, if I have 280 yards to the green, I won’t get there with a 3-wood. But if I hit it 255 yards, that would be considered a ‘go for it.’

Obviously, you want to be reasonable in your assessment of ‘going for it.’ However, I think the correlation between going for it and par-5 scoring average tells me that laying up so a golfer can have a specific distance so they can have a full swing is usually a BAD strategic move.

I think the cut off point is probably about 50 yards. Let’s say I feel comfortable with a full swing SW from 100 yards. And if I get a time where I can hit a 3-wood to 40 yards of the green or ‘lay back’ and hit a 3-iron to 100 yards, I would be better off hitting the 3-wood. Even though it’s not a full swing, the 60 yards of difference is just too much to ignore. Now, if I’m Zach Johnson at the Masters and I don’t like my odds of hitting it over the water on #15 at Augusta….so I’m laying up anyway and the difference between trying to lay up, but get close to the water is 70 yards or hitting a lay up shot to ‘my distance’ of 100 yards, I think the latter (100 yards) is the smarter play because the discrepancy in distance is not long enough.

Again, I want to play aggressive and fearless golf while taking calculated risks. I don’t want to play conservative golf or just make silly gambles. Thus in the practice round I’m trying to figure out the odds of me being able to go for it in two and the danger surrounding going for it in two.


APPROACH SHOTS

I want to know the length of the green so I can calculate the distance to the front and the back part of the green. If there’s a bunker and it’s a good spot to tuck the pin behind, then I want to know the distance to clear the bunker.

3Jack Top 50 Instructor, Brian Manzella, has a good video on this http://www.golf.com/golf/video/article/0,28224,2070536,00.html

Where I find this the most important is on the Danger Zone approach shots. For the most part, the Danger Zone is on par-3’s and then usually 1 or 2 par-4’s a round. It really doesn’t apply to par-5’s unless you hit a poor driver or poor second shot. It should also be noted, since most greens are designed with ‘form follows function’ in mind…that par-5’s tend to have smaller and more difficult greens to hit into because usually the 3rd shot is less than 100 yards away. Thus, for par-5’s, I consider the Danger Zone to be closer about 150-200 yards from the green. Still not very likely for me to get in that range on the 3rd shot on a par-5, but it’s important to note that the level of difficulty is different on a par-5 than a par-3 or par-4.

Anyway, my main goal on Danger Zone approaches is to ‘just make solid contact and find the green.’ Meaning, I am more than content with hitting the green and 2-putting and walking away with my par on a Danger Zone approach.

The FIRST thing I want to do is to determine what would happen if I missed LONG or SHORT of the green. I want to know what type of trouble is long or short and where the easiest up and down is long or short.

Why?

It’s obvious that Danger Zone approaches are hard. I think they are harder to control the distance, harder to control the initial direction of the ball flight and harder to control the curvature of the ball flight than if you were hitting a shorter approach shot.

However, out of those three factors I believe we can have the most control over distance simply by the amount of club we use. If there’s trouble short, favor a club that will get you to the back edge of the green. If there’s trouble long, favor a club that will get you to the front edge of the green.

Where it gets complicated is when there’s trouble on one side, but that side is also easier to get up and down. Let’s say there’s water in front of the green, but a shot that goes long will leave the golfer with a difficult up and down. IMO, the golfer is better favoring going long because at a distance of 175-225 yards, there are too many variables that can force a decent swing to still wind up with a bad result. And a big part of scoring well is about avoiding double and triple bogeys as much as it is about making birdies.

The other difficulty of Danger Zone shots is that it is not always easy to play for the back edge of the green on a Danger Zone shot. Let’s say I’m in the Danger Zone and there’s trouble short. If I have a 4-iron to the middle of the green, I may opt for a 3-iron that would reach the back edge. But, I still have to hit the 3-iron decent. If I hit it awful, it will go short an into the trouble in front of the green.

#17 at North Shore is a good example of a tricky Danger Zone Shot


Remember, the goal is to ‘just make solid contact and find the green.’ This means that I’m pretty much aiming for the middle of the green.

The yardage book says the green is 39 yards long. So to the front edge is about 180 yards and to the back edge is about 220 yards.

We know that in front of the green is hazard which extends out to the right of the green. Long is safe for the most part, although there are some mounds you may have to hit over if you hit it too long. So for me, I’m eliminating going short even if it’s an easier up and down (as long as I miss the hazard) because the hazard is too big of a penalty for me to risk.

Now, even though the yardage book says to the edge of the green is about 220 yards, I would not play it that way because the green is designed on an angle. That 220 yards is to the back right edge and since my goal is to ‘just make solid contact and find the green’, I’m aiming for the middle of the green. I’m better off measuring the back edge of the green from the middle section of the green which is about 210 yards.

So, if the pin is cut in front, 185 yards, I’m better off hitting the club that can get me to about 210 yards…hitting it solid and finding the green and 2-putting for par (or possibly making a bomb for birdie). But if the flag is in the back right of the green, I’m better off hitting the club that can get me to about 210 yards…hitting it solid and finding the green and 2-putting for par (or possibly making a bomb for birdie).

With the shots that are not in the Danger Zone, I become more interested in the green slope and where is my best chance to get up and down if I miss the green. #4 at North Shore is a good example


While there is a greenside bunker on the left side of the green, a golfer is better off being left of the flag putting or chipping because the green slopes pretty severely to the left. So when playing a practice round, I want to figure out the general slope of the green. On the approach shots, I want to determine the distance to carry the bunker if the pin is cut behind the bunker. And I also want to practice on hitting shots to the middle of the green if the pin is cut to the right so I can avoid missing right of the pin which is a very difficult up and down.


AROUND THE GREEN

Here I can get a better view of where to miss. #4 at North Shore is pretty obvious just by looking at the slope of the green from the fairway because the slope is so severe. But where the slope is not so noticeable from the approach shot, looking around the green gives a better idea of where to miss.

And again, this is where I want to pay close attention to the holes I have a Danger Zone shot on. #17 is a good example. I’m going to play for the back edge of the green (middle part of the green). If I hit it too far, I have a difficult, but not impossible, up and down over some mounds. I think it would be good to practice this shot. And because it’s a long shot and I could mis-hit it, I also want to practice some chips from in front of the green just in case I leave myself with a shot there.

I also want to test out the sand. I want to hit some normal distance sand shots and some long distance greenside bunker shots. I want to see how my wedges react to the sand when I have the clubface open or squared.


ON THE GREEN

Ideally I would love to get a pin sheet or have somebody tell me about where they typically place the flag in tournaments. Here is also where I try to notice little things as well. For instance, #8 at Windermere the left side of the green the grass does not grow nearly as much as it does on the rest of the green and a golfer can see it pretty easily. So when they have the pin on the left side of the green, the tendency is for golfers to hit putts with way too much speed, only because of the lack of growth in the grass. So I would hit putts to about where I think the cup would be and try to get a feel of that putt being faster than any other putt on the course. Then I would make a note to the effect ‘feel like you are trying to hit 10 inches in front of cup on pin cut on left part of green.’

After that I would try to use my knowledge of AimPoint and determine:

- the stimp of the greens
- the high and low anchor points
- % of slope for sections of the green

Here’s a good example from John Graham (www.johngrahamgolf.com)


Here’s a blog post by John further discussing how to create your own Green Chart

http://johngrahamgolf.com/blog/aimpoint-golf-green-reading-5/


CONCLUSION

Most of my time should be used on the Danger Zone shots and the green. The Danger Zone shots are more important because that’s where the most shots are lost or gained against the field. The green is obviously a big factor as well, but it just takes more time to draw an accurate yardage book of the green. One can use Google Earth to get the shape of the green and then take the measurements of the green.

Of course, when playing a practice round there’s a conflict in two different mantras…’Those who fail to prepare are preparing to fail’ vs. ‘everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.’

I am more of a believer in the former than the latter. I know the PGA Tour pros go into each tournament with a plan of attack for each hole and each shot they make. But, things are still going to get in the way like weather or an errant shot. The key is to have a plan and be able to plan for any adjustments that need to made along the way.

I also feel that if I use this process on practice rounds, I don’t have to worry about ‘shooting a score’ in a practice round because I will be too busy coming up with a strategy and a yardage book for the course.







3JACK

Shades of Gray with Swing Fixes

One of the topics of discussion lately has been what causes the ‘over the top move.’

The popular belief is that it’s due to ‘improper sequencing’ of the downswing, where the upper body moves first, instead of the lower body moving first. This video gives a brief overview of the explanation.



Another prominent theory, popularized by Brian Manzella, is that it’s the golfer ‘reacting’ to their clubface being open in the downswing. Below is a picture of certain clubface angles at the top of the swing, left is ‘open’, middle is ‘closed’, and right is ‘square.’


So, who do I think is right?

Well, both are right.

But, there’s more to it than that.

What’s something I struggle with in my swing? The over the top move. And by looking at my swing, I think my ‘sequence’ is fine and my clubface is closed.



Now, I’ve gone over this quite a few times with my instructor, George Hunt (www.moradgolfgeorgehunt.com) and we know why that over the top move tends to happen…and it is not due to an open clubface or improper sequencing.

Again, it’s not that these two theories are wrong. Not in the slightest.

A golfer with improper sequencing will likely never get enough axis tilt to avoid getting under plane and their hips will probably ‘spin out’ too much forcing the club ‘above the plane.’

However, many times an open clubface causes the issue. Open clubfaces means that the ball will start out to the right at impact. So a golfer’s brain tries to get them to figure out a way to get the ball moving more to the left and they try to ‘hit it left’ instead of getting the clubface less open at impact.

But, there are other golfers with different problems. My dad is a good example. He’s always hit a big slice. And he used to play it by aiming his body and clubface well left at address and then cutting across it and hitting a big slice down the middle. Eventually during my days in college he was struggling with his game and got lessons by an instructor who had him aim his body square. He then *increased* his over the top move and now hoods the club in the takeaway and has a very closed clubface with a big over the top move.

In my dad’s case, he learned to adjust the face to compensate for the path. Whereas somebody like Ray Romano, who plays with a very open clubface…he learned how to adjust the path to compensate for the face.

Just like there's no 'one way' to swing the club...there's no 'one thing' that causes swing problems and no 'one fix' to those swing issues.







3JACK

2011 PGA Tour Adj. 50-175 Yards Rankings

Here's a new statistic, which is a formula used to determine the players who do best from 50-175 yards. The formula adjusts for the # of shots hit from certain distances (so a golfer who has a lot more shots closer to the cup won't necessarily get an advantage). Luke Donald's great year starts to make more sense. #2 in 50-175 yards, #34 in the Danger Zone and 9th in Putts Against Average.

1…Jerry Kelly
2…Luke Donald
3…Jason Dufner
4…Chad Campbell
5…Paul Goydos
6…Steve Stricker
7…Nick Watney
8…Justin Rose
9…Phil Mickelson
10…Alex Cejka
11…Brian Davis
12…Dustin Johnson
13…Michael Connell
14…David Toms
15…K.J. Choi
16…Greg Chalmers
17…Rory Sabbatini
18…Hunter Mahan
19…Arjun Atwal
20…Jason Bohn
21…Scott Verplank
22…Lee Janzen
23…Vaughn Taylor
24…Zach Johnson
25…Ricky Barnes
26…Webb Simpson
27…Kevin Na
28…Chris Kirk
29…Stuart Appleby
30…Stewart Cink
31…Stephen Ames
32…Heath Slocum
33…Spencer Levin
34…Pat Perez
35…Ernie Els
36…Padraig Harrington
37…Mark Wilson
38…Anthony Kim
39…Tom Gillis
40…Billy Mayfair
41…Ben Curtis
42…D.A. Points
43…Matt Kuchar
44…J.B. Holmes
45…Joe Durant
46…Michael Bradley
47…Kris Blanks
48…Sean O'Hair
49…Martin Laird
50…Chris DiMarco
51…Fredrik Jacobson
52…Brian Gay
53…Matt Bettencourt
54…Ben Crane
55…Brendon de Jonge
56…Justin Leonard
57…Camilo Villegas
58…Chad Collins
59…Rich Beem
60…Rickie Fowler
61…Jim Furyk
62…Cameron Beckman
63…Nick O'Hern
64…Kyle Stanley
65…Kevin Stadler
66…Vijay Singh
67…Charlie Wi
68…Peter Tomasulo
69…Kevin Chappell
70…D.J. Trahan
71…Brandt Snedeker
72…Robert Garrigus
73…Carl Pettersson
74…Bubba Watson
75…Charles Howell III
76…Boo Weekley
77…Scott Gutschewski
78…John Rollins
79…Joseph Bramlett
80…Daniel Summerhays
81…Scott Stallings
82…Harrison Frazar
83…Rocco Mediate
84…Bill Lunde
85…Jimmy Walker
86…J.P. Hayes
87…Robert Allenby
88…Blake Adams
89…Steve Marino
90…Graeme McDowell
91…Josh Teater
92…Dean Wilson
93…Kent Jones
94…Richard S. Johnson
95…Tim Herron
96…Brendan Steele
97…Davis Love III
98…David Hearn
99…George McNeill
100…Martin Piller
101…Y.E. Yang
102…Nathan Green
103…Charley Hoffman
104…Steve Flesch
105…Jeff Maggert
106…Ryan Palmer
107…Chris Riley
108…David Duval
109…Hunter Haas
110…Johnson Wagner
111…Chris Stroud
112…Bobby Gates
113…Lucas Glover
114…Ryuji Imada
115…Gary Woodland
116…Nate Smith
117…Marc Leishman
118…Ian Poulter
119…Brandt Jobe
120…Jonathan Byrd
121…Aaron Baddeley
122…Mike Weir
123…Ryan Moore
124…Garrett Willis
125…Marc Turnesa
126…Keegan Bradley
127…Bryce Molder
128…Fabian Gomez
129…David Mathis
130…Adam Scott
131…Steve Elkington
132…Derek Lamely
133…Jeff Overton
134…Cameron Tringale
135…Kevin Kisner
136…John Daly
137…Joe Ogilvie
138…Roland Thatcher
139…Geoff Ogilvy
140…Jarrod Lyle
141…Tag Ridings
142…Paul Stankowski
143…Sunghoon Kang
144…Chris Couch
145…Justin Hicks
146…Jamie Lovemark
147…Alexandre Rocha
148…Tim Petrovic
149…John Merrick
150…J.J. Henry
151…William McGirt
152…James Driscoll
153…Bo Van Pelt
154…Troy Matteson
155…Kevin Streelman
156…Shaun Micheel
157…Andres Romero
158…Matt Jones
159…John Senden
160…Billy Horschel
161…Steven Bowditch
162…Alex Prugh
163…Colt Knost
164…Ben Martin
165…Chez Reavie
166…Jason Day
167…Bill Haas
168…Kevin Sutherland
169…Charl Schwartzel
170…Tommy Gainey
171…Zack Miller
172…Scott McCarron
173…Jim Renner
174…Jim Herman
175…Trevor Immelman
176…Matt McQuillan
177…Angel Cabrera
178…Troy Merritt
179…Bio Kim
180…Michael Sim
181…Michael Putnam
182…Brad Faxon
183…D.J. Brigman
184…Michael Thompson
185…Jesper Parnevik
186…Jhonattan Vegas




3JACK

2011 PGA Tour Putts Against Avg. Rankings 5.10.11

No surprise here as Faxon still proves to be the best putter in the world. Probably the biggest surprise of all of the rankings is Lucas Glover ranked 2nd in this category. He's been putting fantastic all year long and showed it off at the Wells Fargo Championship. For all of the talk about Adam Scott being rejuvenated with the long putter, he's ranked 181st.

1…Brad Faxon
2…Lucas Glover
3…John Merrick
4…Brandt Snedeker
5…Nick Watney
6…Kent Jones
7…Steve Stricker
8…Bill Haas
9…Luke Donald
10…Roland Thatcher
11…Padraig Harrington
12…David Toms
13…Greg Chalmers
14…Ryan Moore
15…Brian Gay
16…Aaron Baddeley
17…Y.E. Yang
18…Chris Couch
19…Geoff Ogilvy
20…Jimmy Walker
21…Ben Crane
22…Ian Poulter
23…Carl Pettersson
24…Jesper Parnevik
25…Kevin Na
26…Bryce Molder
27…Tom Gillis
28…Vaughn Taylor
29…Jason Day
30…Brendon de Jonge
31…Rickie Fowler
32…Angel Cabrera
33…Charlie Wi
34…Scott Stallings
35…Graeme McDowell
36…Zach Johnson
37…Webb Simpson
38…Tag Ridings
39…Michael Putnam
40…Matt Bettencourt
41…Martin Laird
42…Trevor Immelman
43…Cameron Beckman
44…Pat Perez
45…Lee Janzen
46…Ben Martin
47…Martin Piller
48…Zack Miller
49…Fabian Gomez
50…Marc Leishman
51…Marc Turnesa
52…Kevin Kisner
53…Blake Adams
54…Alexandre Rocha
55…David Mathis
56…Arjun Atwal
57…Harrison Frazar
58…Charl Schwartzel
59…Matt Kuchar
60…K.J. Choi
61…Tommy Gainey
62…Jamie Lovemark
63…Fredrik Jacobson
64…D.A. Points
65…Jim Renner
66…Phil Mickelson
67…Shaun Micheel
68…Jason Dufner
69…Justin Leonard
70…Joe Durant
71…Jeff Overton
72…Jarrod Lyle
73…Cameron Tringale
74…Chad Collins
75…Steve Marino
76…Michael Thompson
77…Mark Wilson
78…Brendan Steele
79…Bio Kim
80…David Hearn
81…Robert Garrigus
82…Hunter Haas
83…Stuart Appleby
84…Rory Sabbatini
85…John Senden
86…Steve Elkington
87…Steven Bowditch
88…Brian Davis
89…James Driscoll
90…Peter Tomasulo
91…Vijay Singh
92…Kevin Streelman
93…Keegan Bradley
94…Steve Flesch
95…Anthony Kim
96…Matt Jones
97…Jim Furyk
98…Tim Petrovic
99…Kevin Chappell
100…Scott McCarron
101…Hunter Mahan
102…Andres Romero
103…Charley Hoffman
104…Tim Herron
105…Jason Bohn
106…William McGirt
107…Chris Stroud
108…Chez Reavie
109…J.B. Holmes
110…Chris Kirk
111…Rich Beem
112…Jerry Kelly
113…Richard S. Johnson
114…Jonathan Byrd
115…Dean Wilson
116…Michael Connell
117…Brandt Jobe
118…Stewart Cink
119…Troy Matteson
120…Bill Lunde
121…George McNeill
122…D.J. Brigman
123…Garrett Willis
124…Davis Love III
125…Sunghoon Kang
126…Gary Woodland
127…Johnson Wagner
128…Charles Howell III
129…J.J. Henry
130…Alex Prugh
131…Nathan Green
132…Robert Allenby
133…Jhonattan Vegas
134…Sean O'Hair
135…Ben Curtis
136…Spencer Levin
137…Joe Ogilvie
138…Chris DiMarco
139…Ryan Palmer
140…Michael Bradley
141…J.P. Hayes
142…Stephen Ames
143…John Rollins
144…Chris Riley
145…Ricky Barnes
146…Paul Stankowski
147…Nate Smith
148…Daniel Summerhays
149…David Duval
150…Joseph Bramlett
151…Justin Hicks
152…Troy Merritt
153…Camilo Villegas
154…Bobby Gates
155…Kyle Stanley
156…Scott Verplank
157…Bo Van Pelt
158…Bubba Watson
159…Chad Campbell
160…Justin Rose
161…Jim Herman
162…Dustin Johnson
163…Michael Sim
164…Kevin Sutherland
165…Kris Blanks
166…Matt McQuillan
167…Colt Knost
168…Rocco Mediate
169…Josh Teater
170…Scott Gutschewski
171…Ryuji Imada
172…Derek Lamely
173…Mike Weir
174…Jeff Maggert
175…D.J. Trahan
176…Billy Horschel
177…Alex Cejka
178…Billy Mayfair
179…John Daly
180…Paul Goydos
181…Adam Scott
182…Boo Weekley
183…Nick O'Hern
184…Ernie Els
185…Kevin Stadler
186…Heath Slocum




3JACK

2011 PGA Tour Adj. Short Game Rankings 5.10.11

Ben Crane has really dedicated himself on the short game and the hard work has paid off. Chris Riley is probably the best short game player on Tour the past 5 years and has shown no changes here...ranking 2nd overall. Two big surprises (for me) are Heath Slocum (#25) and Joe Durant (#48), both of whom typically do poorly in this category. Mickelson is having a poor year for him (#138), but a slow start did him in so far.

1…Ben Crane
2…Chris Riley
3…James Driscoll
4…Jonathan Byrd
5…Brian Gay
6…Alex Cejka
7…Martin Laird
8…Nick O'Hern
9…Aaron Baddeley
10…Ricky Barnes
11…Charl Schwartzel
12…Billy Mayfair
13…Bill Haas
14…D.A. Points
15…Nick Watney
16…Michael Bradley
17…Stewart Cink
18…Fredrik Jacobson
19…Lee Janzen
20…Ian Poulter
21…Anthony Kim
22…Davis Love III
23…Vijay Singh
24…Steve Flesch
25…Heath Slocum
26…Cameron Tringale
27…Steve Stricker
28…Colt Knost
29…Kevin Sutherland
30…Bio Kim
31…Justin Leonard
32…Matt Jones
33…Kevin Na
34…Scott Verplank
35…Rocco Mediate
36…Scott Gutschewski
37…Rory Sabbatini
38…Ernie Els
39…Jim Furyk
40…Matt Kuchar
41…Hunter Haas
42…Brendon de Jonge
43…Shaun Micheel
44…Zach Johnson
45…Tim Herron
46…Mike Weir
47…Jerry Kelly
48…Joe Durant
49…Charles Howell III
50…Marc Leishman
51…Chris DiMarco
52…J.P. Hayes
53…Trevor Immelman
54…Zack Miller
55…Michael Sim
56…Bryce Molder
57…Tim Petrovic
58…Vaughn Taylor
59…Justin Hicks
60…Lucas Glover
61…K.J. Choi
62…Scott McCarron
63…Camilo Villegas
64…Jason Day
65…John Daly
66…Ryan Moore
67…Greg Chalmers
68…Charley Hoffman
69…Keegan Bradley
70…Johnson Wagner
71…Kyle Stanley
72…Padraig Harrington
73…Matt Bettencourt
74…Ryuji Imada
75…Nate Smith
76…Webb Simpson
77…Hunter Mahan
78…Troy Merritt
79…Geoff Ogilvy
80…Cameron Beckman
81…Dean Wilson
82…George McNeill
83…Jason Bohn
84…Kevin Streelman
85…Pat Perez
86…D.J. Trahan
87…Ben Curtis
88…William McGirt
89…Luke Donald
90…Martin Piller
91…Chad Collins
92…Nathan Green
93…Daniel Summerhays
94…Jesper Parnevik
95…David Hearn
96…Chris Kirk
97…David Toms
98…John Senden
99…Chris Stroud
100…Spencer Levin
101…John Merrick
102…J.B. Holmes
103…Peter Tomasulo
104…Robert Allenby
105…Justin Rose
106…Bo Van Pelt
107…Chad Campbell
108…Jhonattan Vegas
109…Steve Elkington
110…Dustin Johnson
111…Brian Davis
112…Chris Couch
113…Jason Dufner
114…Steven Bowditch
115…Bill Lunde
116…Rich Beem
117…Brandt Jobe
118…Brendan Steele
119…Paul Goydos
120…Y.E. Yang
121…Kevin Chappell
122…Arjun Atwal
123…Charlie Wi
124…Tom Gillis
125…J.J. Henry
126…David Mathis
127…Angel Cabrera
128…Richard S. Johnson
129…Carl Pettersson
130…Michael Thompson
131…Tag Ridings
132…Michael Connell
133…Josh Teater
134…Bubba Watson
135…Fabian Gomez
136…Jarrod Lyle
137…Kris Blanks
138…Phil Mickelson
139…Andres Romero
140…Bobby Gates
141…Rickie Fowler
142…Tommy Gainey
143…Kent Jones
144…Stephen Ames
145…John Rollins
146…Troy Matteson
147…Ryan Palmer
148…Alexandre Rocha
149…Kevin Stadler
150…Steve Marino
151…Jimmy Walker
152…Joseph Bramlett
153…Derek Lamely
154…Paul Stankowski
155…Boo Weekley
156…D.J. Brigman
157…Marc Turnesa
158…Roland Thatcher
159…Jeff Overton
160…Mark Wilson
161…Jeff Maggert
162…Jim Herman
163…Stuart Appleby
164…Brandt Snedeker
165…Scott Stallings
166…Sean O'Hair
167…Blake Adams
168…Jim Renner
169…Adam Scott
170…Graeme McDowell
171…Gary Woodland
172…Ben Martin
173…Alex Prugh
174…Michael Putnam
175…Chez Reavie
176…Robert Garrigus
177…Harrison Frazar
178…Matt McQuillan
179…Sunghoon Kang
180…David Duval
181…Kevin Kisner
182…Jamie Lovemark
183…Garrett Willis
184…Joe Ogilvie
185…Billy Horschel
186…Brad Faxon




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2011 PGA Tour Adj. Danger Zone Rankings 5.10.11

Robert Garrigus proves once again he's the most underrated mid to long iron player in the game. A lot of the usual suspects atop these rankings with a newcomer in Scott Stallings. However, Stallings hasn't logged in a lot of rounds so far, so we don't know if he's legitimate or not.

Players that have disappointed here are Camilo Villegas (#180) who has had a rough year, Charlie Wi (#181), Steve Elkington (#175) and believe it or not...Charl Schwartzel (#166).


1…Robert Garrigus
2…Padraig Harrington
3…Scott Stallings
4…Nick Watney
5…Phil Mickelson
6…Rickie Fowler
7…Brendan Steele
8…Dustin Johnson
9…David Toms
10…Paul Stankowski
11…Boo Weekley
12…Davis Love III
13…Y.E. Yang
14…Charley Hoffman
15…Chris Kirk
16…Robert Allenby
17…John Senden
18…Kyle Stanley
19…Peter Tomasulo
20…Ryuji Imada
21…J.J. Henry
22…Chad Campbell
23…Andres Romero
24…John Daly
25…Brandt Snedeker
26…Jonathan Byrd
27…Alex Cejka
28…Jim Furyk
29…John Rollins
30…Kevin Chappell
31…Ian Poulter
32…Chris Couch
33…Adam Scott
34…Luke Donald
35…Graeme McDowell
36…Justin Hicks
37…Pat Perez
38…Marc Leishman
39…Jason Day
40…Matt Kuchar
41…Vijay Singh
42…Jeff Maggert
43…Chez Reavie
44…Ryan Moore
45…Geoff Ogilvy
46…Mark Wilson
47…Ernie Els
48…Michael Thompson
49…Harrison Frazar
50…Gary Woodland
51…Heath Slocum
52…Martin Laird
53…Kevin Stadler
54…Spencer Levin
55…Justin Rose
56…Jim Herman
57…Ben Curtis
58…Alex Prugh
59…Ben Crane
60…Derek Lamely
61…D.J. Trahan
62…Bill Lunde
63…Bubba Watson
64…Paul Goydos
65…Stewart Cink
66…J.P. Hayes
67…Jason Dufner
68…Webb Simpson
69…Roland Thatcher
70…Joe Durant
71…Ryan Palmer
72…Garrett Willis
73…Brian Gay
74…Sean O'Hair
75…Vaughn Taylor
76…Marc Turnesa
77…Steve Stricker
78…Brendon de Jonge
79…Brandt Jobe
80…Jeff Overton
81…J.B. Holmes
82…Bobby Gates
83…Jim Renner
84…Chris DiMarco
85…David Mathis
86…Alexandre Rocha
87…Arjun Atwal
88…Cameron Tringale
89…Ben Martin
90…Stephen Ames
91…Bo Van Pelt
92…Zack Miller
93…Troy Matteson
94…Tommy Gainey
95…Steve Marino
96…Scott Verplank
97…Jason Bohn
98…Troy Merritt
99…George McNeill
100…D.A. Points
101…Tom Gillis
102…Hunter Mahan
103…Brian Davis
104…Nate Smith
105…Ricky Barnes
106…Fredrik Jacobson
107…Aaron Baddeley
108…Rory Sabbatini
109…Steven Bowditch
110…Michael Putnam
111…Zach Johnson
112…Rocco Mediate
113…Kris Blanks
114…Scott Gutschewski
115…D.J. Brigman
116…Billy Horschel
117…David Duval
118…Kent Jones
119…Billy Mayfair
120…Jarrod Lyle
121…Tim Herron
122…Tag Ridings
123…Dean Wilson
124…Jerry Kelly
125…Stuart Appleby
126…Kevin Na
127…Nick O'Hern
128…Michael Bradley
129…Kevin Streelman
130…Carl Pettersson
131…Daniel Summerhays
132…Charles Howell III
133…Anthony Kim
134…Matt Jones
135…Cameron Beckman
136…Jamie Lovemark
137…Angel Cabrera
138…Jimmy Walker
139…Michael Connell
140…Sunghoon Kang
141…Nathan Green
142…Blake Adams
143…Richard S. Johnson
144…K.J. Choi
145…Johnson Wagner
146…Joseph Bramlett
147…William McGirt
148…David Hearn
149…Shaun Micheel
150…Chris Stroud
151…Lucas Glover
152…Trevor Immelman
153…Josh Teater
154…Matt McQuillan
155…Kevin Sutherland
156…Martin Piller
157…Justin Leonard
158…Matt Bettencourt
159…Keegan Bradley
160…Joe Ogilvie
161…Chad Collins
162…Bryce Molder
163…Tim Petrovic
164…Colt Knost
165…Bill Haas
166…Charl Schwartzel
167…Jesper Parnevik
168…Mike Weir
169…Hunter Haas
170…Jhonattan Vegas
171…Steve Flesch
172…James Driscoll
173…Rich Beem
174…Scott McCarron
175…Steve Elkington
176…Chris Riley
177…Lee Janzen
178…Fabian Gomez
179…Greg Chalmers
180…Camilo Villegas
181…Charlie Wi
182…Bio Kim
183…Kevin Kisner
184…Brad Faxon
185…Michael Sim
186…John Merrick



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