3Jack Updated 2011 PGA Tour Stat Rankings 7.12.11

Last week’s John Deere Classic saw Steve Stricker pull away with the victory.



For the 2nd week in a row one of my picks has won the tournament. In fact, I had the top 3 finishers picked in Stricker, Kyle Stanley (yes, Kyle Stanley) and Zach Johnson. Here’s a look at the stat rankings for each golfer that finished in the top 5 last week.

Player………………....…Drive…….Putt……..SG……..DZ
Steve Stricker…….……26……....1………...6……....51
Kyle Stanley………...…33……..179……....69……..20
Zach Johnson………..…42……...10…….....11……..96
Matt McQuillan……..….N/A…….N/A……..N/A……..N/A
Charles Howell III ……..151…….22……..72……..150

Good driving ruled for the most part. Zach is very average from the Danger Zone this year, but Stricker is pretty good and Stanley is excellent. This is the 2nd top-5 finish in a row for Howell III. He’s not driving the ball any better or getting better from the Danger Zone (he ranked 148th in both categories last week). But, his putting and short game play was on fire as he went from 29th in putts gained and 82nd in Short Game play and made a pretty big jump to 22nd and 72nd this week. He’ll need to get his ballstriking in tact if he ever hopes to keep this pace up or tries to get back to his old form.

The Open is difficult to pick because there are so many entrants and the course changes each year. In fact, I think it’s even more difficult to predict because the weather can almost decide the winner if the winner gets a couple of fortunate tee times when the wind is down. I pick 10 players for the Majors, here’s mine.

Rory McIlroy
Nick Watney
Luke Donald
Charley Hoffman
Matt Kuchar
Lee Westwood
Jonathan Byrd
Ian Poulter
Matteo Manassero
Martin Laird

Value Pick: Robert Rock


ADVANCED TOTAL DRIVING




1…Bubba Watson
2…John Merrick
3…David Toms
4…Boo Weekley
5…Heath Slocum
6…Chez Reavie
7…Nick Watney
8…John Rollins
9…Bo Van Pelt
10…Brandt Jobe
11…J.J. Henry
12…Gary Woodland
13…Hunter Mahan
14…Webb Simpson
15…Dustin Johnson
16…Tom Gillis
17…Justin Hicks
18…Chris Couch
19…Graeme McDowell
20…Keegan Bradley


178…Shaun Micheel
179…Michael Sim
180…Paul Stankowski
181…Martin Piller
182…Derek Lamely
183…Kevin Na
184…Bio Kim
185…Chad Collins
186…Anthony Kim
187…Mike Weir


PUTTS GAINED (VIA PGATOUR.COM)



1…Steve Stricker
2…Brandt Snedeker
3…Greg Chalmers
4…Luke Donald
5…Nick Watney
6…Bryce Molder
7…Lucas Glover
8…Kevin Na
9…Charlie Wi
10…Zach Johnson
11…Fredrik Jacobson
12…Brian Gay
13…Ben Martin
14…Aaron Baddeley
15…Michael Putnam
16…Kevin Streelman
17…Angel Cabrera
18…Ryan Moore
19…Y.E. Yang
20…Padraig Harrington


179…Kyle Stanley
180…Alex Cejka
181…Paul Goydos
182…Derek Lamely
183…Jeff Maggert
184…D.J. Trahan
185…Scott Gutschewski
186…Heath Slocum
187…Boo Weekley
188…Ernie Els


ADJUSTED SHORT GAME PLAY

1…Jonathan Byrd
2…James Driscoll
3…Brian Gay
4…Steve Flesch
5…Kevin Sutherland
6…Steve Stricker
7…Bill Haas
8…Rory Sabbatini
9…Chris Riley
10…Stewart Cink
11…Zach Johnson
12…Michael Bradley
13…Jason Day
14…Kevin Na
15…Fredrik Jacobson
16…Bio Kim
17…Billy Mayfair
18…Tim Petrovic
19…Scott Gutschewski
20…Nick O'Hern


178…Harrison Frazar
179…Alex Prugh
180…Sean O'Hair
181…Jeff Overton
182…Kevin Stadler
183…Ben Martin
184…Sunghoon Kang
185…Robert Garrigus
186…Garrett Willis
187…Billy Horschel



ADJUSTED DANGER ZONE PLAY



1…David Toms
2…Phil Mickelson
3…Padraig Harrington
4…Dustin Johnson
5…Robert Garrigus
6…Rickie Fowler
7…Alex Cejka
8…John Senden
9…Robert Allenby
10…Nick Watney
11…Scott Stallings
12…Sergio Garcia
13…Boo Weekley
14…Peter Tomasulo
15…Heath Slocum
16…Davis Love III
17…Kevin Stadler
18…Brendan Steele
19…Ian Poulter
20…Kyle Stanley


178…Camilo Villegas
179…Rich Beem
180…Colt Knost
181…James Driscoll
182…Greg Chalmers
183…Kevin Kisner
184…Scott McCarron
185…Michael Sim
186…Charlie Wi
187…Bio Kim



3JACK