3Jack Updated PGA Tour Stat Rankings 8.1.11

PGA Tour rookie, Scott Stallings, won the Greenbrier Classic this weekend.



The 26 year old who played at Tennessee Tech has been on my radar for awhile now as he hits the ball very hard (118 mph of clubhead speed), is decent driver of the ball and an excellent Danger Zone player and a decent putter. I had picked him a few times already this year, but he usually went thru some rookie struggles. Part of his game reminds me a bit of Tom Lehman’s, although I think he’ll wind up being a better putter, but not nearly as accurate.

Anyway, let’s take a look at the top 5 finishers and their stats for the year.

Player……………........Drive……Putt……..SG……..DZ
Scott Stallings……....62………88……...159……..18
Bill Haas…………........21……...59…….....5………146
Andres Romero……...94………20……...109……..23
Brandon De Jonge….58……....33……...57………47
Cameron Tringale…..79………43……...82……...107
Jimmy Walker……......177……..48…….145…….145
Gary Woodland……...10……..139…….158……..56

Romero and De Jonge were two of my picks last week and had De Jonge shot a 70 in the 3rd round when the scoring average was at its lowest, he would’ve won the tournament. Anthony Kim made a run at it. His driving is improving even though he’s ranked towards the bottom in Advanced Total Driving. But, that was due to his extremely poor driving from the previous months of play.

I would say that driving and putting played bigger factors at Greenbrier than Danger Zone typically does, although the winner wound up having the lowest Danger Zone ranking of the group and his Danger Zone ranking jumped up 10 spots after the tournament.

Here are my picks for the Bridgestone Invitational:

Nick Watney
Rickie Fowler
Dustin Johnson
YE Yang
Graeme McDowell

Value Pick: Martin Laird


ADVANCED TOTAL DRIVING



1…John Merrick
2…Heath Slocum
3…Bubba Watson
4…David Toms
5…Chez Reavie
6…Boo Weekley
7…Brandt Jobe
8…John Rollins
9…Joe Durant
10…Gary Woodland
11…J.J. Henry
12…Dustin Johnson
13…Chris Couch
14…Chris Baryla
15…Nick Watney
16…Bo Van Pelt
17…Webb Simpson
18…Kenny Perry
19…Keegan Bradley
20…John Senden


182…Padraig Harrington
183…Martin Piller
184…Shaun Micheel
185…Derek Lamely
186…Paul Stankowski
187…Michael Sim
188…Bio Kim
189…Anthony Kim
190…Kevin Na
191…Chad Collins



PUTTS GAINED (VIA PGATOUR.COM)



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


183…Paul Goydos
184…Kenny Perry
185…Kyle Stanley
186…Alex Cejka
187…Jeff Maggert
188…D.J. Trahan
189…Scott Gutschewski
190…Heath Slocum
191…Ernie Els
192…Boo Weekley


ADJUSTED SHORT GAME PLAY

1…Jonathan Byrd
2…Brian Gay
3…Steve Flesch
4…Steve Stricker
5…Bill Haas
6…Rory Sabbatini
7…Chris Riley
8…Stewart Cink
9…Zach Johnson
10…Jason Day
11…Charl Schwartzel
12…Fredrik Jacobson
13…Michael Bradley
14…Aaron Baddeley
15…Nick Watney
16…Kevin Na
17…Tim Petrovic
18…Ricky Barnes
19…D.A. Points
20…Ian Poulter


182…Kevin Stadler
183…Martin Piller
184…Kenny Perry
185…Robert Garrigus
186…Ben Martin
187…Marc Turnesa
188…Garrett Willis
189…Henrik Stenson
190…Chris Baryla
191…Billy Horschel


ADJUSTED DANGER ZONE PLAY



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


182…Jim Renner
183…Greg Chalmers
184…Jhonattan Vegas
185…Camilo Villegas
186…Kevin Kisner
187…Scott McCarron
188…Michael Sim
189…Bio Kim
190…Charlie Wi
191…Henrik Stenson





3JACK