Here's the 'Adjusted Short Game Rankings.' When it comes to the PGA Tour, the most relevant part of the game around the green from a statistical standpoint is shot proximity to the cup from shot within 20 yards of the green. I consider 'shots around the green' to be shots from 1-49 yards away.
I've created a formula to best represent this and here's the current rankings.
1…Ben Crane
2…John Merrick
3…Chris Riley
4…Justin Hicks
5…James Driscoll
6…Michael Thompson
7…Rod Pampling
8…Charles Howell III
9…Shaun Micheel
10…Jonathan Byrd
11…Tim Petrovic
12…Alexandre Rocha
13…Ben Curtis
14…Vijay Singh
15…Paul Casey
16…Justin Rose
17…Jarrod Lyle
18…Matt Jones
19…Bill Haas
20…D.A. Points
21…Lee Janzen
22…Joe Ogilvie
23…Bryce Molder
24…Kevin Na
25…Jamie Lovemark
26…Geoff Ogilvy
27…J.J. Henry
28…Steve Stricker
29…Martin Laird
30…Paul Stankowski
31…Nick Watney
32…Heath Slocum
33…Rory Sabbatini
34…Bo Van Pelt
35…Brian Gay
36…Steven Bowditch
37…Bio Kim
38…Nate Smith
39…Chad Collins
40…Nathan Green
41…Mike Weir
42…Davis Love III
43…Hunter Haas
44…Trevor Immelman
45…William McGirt
46…Gary Woodland
47…Steve Flesch
48…Dean Wilson
49…Zach Johnson
50…Ryuji Imada
51…Kevin Streelman
52…Zack Miller
53…Webb Simpson
54…Fredrik Jacobson
55…Jhonattan Vegas
56…Justin Leonard
57…Troy Merritt
58…Ian Poulter
59…Tiger Woods
60…Arjun Atwal
61…Martin Kaymer
62…Marc Leishman
63…Matt McQuillan
64…Aaron Baddeley
65…Hunter Mahan
66…Graeme McDowell
67…Jesper Parnevik
68…Chris Kirk
69…Anthony Kim
70…Matt Kuchar
71…Shane Bertsch
72…Stephen Ames
73…Tommy Gainey
74…Matt Bettencourt
75…Ernie Els
76…Tag Ridings
77…Stuart Appleby
78…Dustin Johnson
79…Stewart Cink
80…Jerry Kelly
81…Robert Karlsson
82…Josh Teater
83…Michael Bradley
84…Charlie Wi
85…Rocco Mediate
86…David Mathis
87…Nick O'Hern
88…Colt Knost
89…Boo Weekley
90…Kris Blanks
91…Retief Goosen
92…Robert Allenby
93…Bubba Watson
94…Kevin Sutherland
95…D.J. Trahan
96…Louis Oosthuizen
97…John Rollins
98…Jim Furyk
99…Cameron Tringale
100…Bill Lunde
101…Charl Schwartzel
102…Kent Jones
103…Michael Connell
104…Camilo Villegas
105…Rickie Fowler
106…Chris Stroud
107…Padraig Harrington
108…Charley Hoffman
109…Steve Elkington
110…Alex Cejka
111…Angel Cabrera
112…Luke Donald
113…Adam Scott
114…Bobby Gates
115…Edoardo Molinari
116…Tom Gillis
117…Kevin Kisner
118…Steve Marino
119…Lucas Glover
120…Brian Davis
121…Michael Sim
122…Kenny Perry
123…Brendon de Jonge
124…Troy Matteson
125…David Hearn
126…Ben Martin
127…Cameron Beckman
128…J.P. Hayes
129…Tim Herron
130…Spencer Levin
131…Martin Piller
132…Joe Durant
133…Carl Pettersson
134…Keegan Bradley
135…Phil Mickelson
136…Jason Day
137…Vaughn Taylor
138…Jeff Overton
139…Pat Perez
140…Blake Adams
141…Jason Dufner
142…Brandt Jobe
143…Ross Fisher
144…Ryan Moore
145…Scott Stallings
146…Brandt Snedeker
147…K.J. Choi
148…Harrison Frazar
149…D.J. Brigman
150…Johnson Wagner
151…Jimmy Walker
152…Robert Garrigus
153…David Toms
154…Sean O'Hair
155…Billy Mayfair
156…Mark Wilson
157…Brendan Steele
158…Ricky Barnes
159…Chris Couch
160…David Duval
161…Scott Gutschewski
162…Fred Couples
163…Roland Thatcher
164…Y.E. Yang
165…Derek Lamely
166…Richard S. Johnson
167…Michael Putnam
168…Chris DiMarco
169…John Senden
170…Jeff Maggert
171…Paul Goydos
172…Kyle Stanley
173…Lee Westwood
174…Chad Campbell
175…Chez Reavie
176…Marc Turnesa
177…Joseph Bramlett
178…Peter Tomasulo
179…Jason Bohn
180…Scott McCarron
181…Ryan Palmer
182…Andres Romero
183…Greg Chalmers
184…J.B. Holmes
185…Alex Prugh
186…Kevin Stadler
187…Jim Herman
188…Billy Horschel
189…Daniel Summerhays
190…Jim Renner
191…Sunghoon Kang
192…Jason Gore
193…Garrett Willis
194…Kevin Chappell
195…Fabian Gomez
3JACK
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3 comments:
Again, these ranking seem suspect. Really? Phil's short game is worse then Bo Van Pelt's and Hunter Mahan's? Frankly, something is wrong in this analysis.
Again, for the millionth time. We are only 3 months into the season. So things will change. A few weeks ago Ryuji Imada was 6th in Danger Zone rankings...now he's 57th and given his history, he'll probably continue to dip as the season goes on.
And just because a player has a 'name', doesn't mean that they will always be good at something.
3JACK
Ben Crane just made it more difficult for the average golfer. Good description on how bounce works for sure, but his demo from the fringe was misleading. The average golfer would blade it or chunk it using 14* of bounce on that particular shot. He would never use that club and bounce technique.
He should use a flat faced iron like the 6 7 or 8. Where bounce comes in is from the rough and from soft, wet, or fluffy lies. Sure the accomplished golfer can use any club from just about any lie and bounce is their friend. But the average golfer, most of whom were standing around the green during his clinic absolutely must learn the fundamental of a forward leaning shaft at impact, and the easiest way to learn it is with their chipping technique. The player that can benefit from using bounce has already discovered this nugget of wisdom and is probably not attending the complimentary clinic of a touring professional.
Again, here is another example of well meaning instruction from a tour professional that borders on malpractice. I love Ben but stick to playing bro.
http://awolgolf.blogspot.com/
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