Wednesday, December 8, 2010

3Jack's 2010 Statistical Ballstriking Rankings

Here's my 3rd Annual Statistical Ballstriking rankings, ranking PGA Tour golfers ballstriking based on:

  • Total Driving
  • Greens In Regulation
  • Approach Proximity to the Hole
This year's winner is perennial top 10 ballstriker Joe Durant.



Some notable players from the blog:

Boo Weekley (5th) - student of Mark Blackburn's
Jay Williamson (9th) - student of Lynn Blake's
Heath Slocum (16th) - student of Mark Blackburn's
Dean Wilson (26th) - S&T student
David Toms (29th) - part time student of Brian Manzella
Matt Kuchar (37th) - 1 plane swing student
Hunter Mahan (49th) - Sean Foley student
Steven Elkington (52nd) - Sevam1 student
Justin Rose (57th) - Sean Foley student
Kevin Streelman (58th) - Trackman user
Alex Cejka (62nd) - S&T student
Jason Bohn (77th) - Last year's #1 ballstriker
Sean O'Hair (80th) - Sean Foley student
Brian Gay (105th) - Lynn Blake student
Trevor Immelman (108th) - Sean Foley student
Scott McCarron (127th) - 1 Plane Swing student
Charlie Wi (131st) - S&T student
Bill Lunde (151st) - S&T student

Here's the complete list. To find a golfer, just use the 'Find' function by using Ctrl + 'F' and then type in the name of the golfer you are searching.

Tiger did not qualify this season.

1. Joe Durant
2. Davis Love III
3. Charles Warren
4. Boo Weekley
5. Rickie Fowler
6. Kenny Perry
7. John Senden
8. Jay Williamson
9. Graham DeLaet
10. Brendon de Jonge
11. Chad Campbell
12. Paul Stankowski
13. Troy Matteson
14. Billy Mayfair
15. Heath Slocum
16. Kris Blanks
17. Adam Scott
18. D.J. Trahan
19. Bill Haas
20. John Merrick
21. Steve Stricker
22. Ben Crane
23. Nick Watney
24. Aron Price
25. Dean Wilson
26. Pat Perez
27. Vijay Singh
28. David Toms
29. Vaughn Taylor
30. Cliff Kresge
31. K.J. Choi
32. Bo Van Pelt
33. Will MacKenzie
34. Omar Uresti
35. Tom Pernice, Jr.
36. Matt Kuchar
37. Kevin Sutherland
38. Garth Mulroy
39. Rocco Mediate
40. Cameron Percy
41. Brett Wetterich
42. Paul Casey
43. Richard S. Johnson
44. Briny Baird
45. Spencer Levin
46. Robert Garrigus
47. Josh Teater
48. Hunter Mahan
49. John Mallinger
50. Jonathan Byrd
51. Steve Elkington
52. Tim Clark
53. Ryan Moore
54. Michael Letzig
55. Garrett Willis
56. Justin Rose
57. Kevin Streelman
58. Stewart Cink
59. Mathew Goggin
60. Jim Furyk
61. Alex Cejka
62. J.J. Henry
63. Roger Tambellini
64. Jeff Gove
65. Woody Austin
66. Jason Dufner
67. Greg Owen
68. Chris DiMarco
69. Charley Hoffman
70. Jerry Kelly
71. Zach Johnson
72. Tom Gillis
73. Mark Wilson
74. Cameron Tringale
75. John Rollins
76. Jason Bohn
77. Martin Laird
78. Sergio Garcia
79. Sean O'Hair
80. Henrik Bjornstad
81. Lucas Glover
82. Chris Stroud
83. Robert Allenby
84. Chris Riley
85. Marc Leishman
86. Blake Adams
87. Chris Couch
88. Paul Goydos
89. Ben Curtis
90. Mathias Gronberg
91. Alex Prugh
92. Kevin Stadler
93. Rory McIlroy
94. Retief Goosen
95. Bubba Watson
96. Y.E. Yang
97. Jeff Maggert
98. Brent Delahoussaye
99. Stephen Ames
100. Michael Bradley
101. Bob Estes
102. Geoff Ogilvy
103. Jeff Quinney
104. Brian Gay
105. Brett Quigley
106. Michael Connell
107. Trevor Immelman
108. Dustin Johnson
109. Cameron Beckman
110. Fredrik Jacobson
111. Ricky Barnes
112. Nicholas Thompson
113. Phil Mickelson
114. James Nitties
115. Justin Leonard
116. Jeff Overton
117. Jarrod Lyle
118. Johnson Wagner
119. Kevin Na
120. Camilo Villegas
121. Jason Day
122. Lee Janzen
123. D.A. Points
124. Steve Marino
125. Scott Verplank
126. Scott McCarron
127. Tim Petrovic
128. Ryan Palmer
129. Webb Simpson
130. Charlie Wi
131. Charles Howell III
132. Scott Piercy
133. John Daly
134. Justin Bolli
135. Matt Every
136. Luke Donald
137. David Duval
138. Andrew McLardy
139. Brian Davis
140. J.P. Hayes
141. Ernie Els
142. Carl Pettersson
143. Brandt Snedeker
144. Craig Bowden
145. Roland Thatcher
146. Chris Tidland
147. Brenden Pappas
148. Brian Stuard
149. Steve Wheatcroft
150. Bill Lunde
151. Rory Sabbatini
152. Angel Cabrera
153. James Driscoll
154. Padraig Harrington
155. J.B. Holmes
156. Jeev Milkha Singh
157. Mark Calcavecchia
158. Skip Kendall
159. Aaron Baddeley
160. Andres Romero
161. Tim Herron
162. Greg Chalmers
163. Rod Pampling
164. Jimmy Walker
165. George McNeill
166. Michael Sim
167. Steve Flesch
168. Bryce Molder
169. Troy Merritt
170. Shaun Micheel
171. Joe Ogilvie
172. Matt Jones
173. Steve Lowery
174. Chris Wilson
175. Matt Bettencourt
176. Martin Flores
177. Stuart Appleby
178. Ted Purdy
179. David Lutterus
180. Ian Poulter
181. Mike Weir
182. Derek Lamely
183. Ryuji Imada
184. Daniel Chopra
185. Rich Barcelo
186. Vance Veazey
187. Greg Kraft
188. Chad Collins
189. Kevin Johnson
190. Nathan Green
191. Brad Faxon
192. Jerod Turner






3JACK

6 comments:

putmedownforasix said...

Fascinating.

At a glance, it seems like the I-can't-putt-worth-a-damn list. Perhaps Geoff Magnum & Elk need to recruit those pros with the biggest differential between their ball-striking & money list (or fedex cup) rank. Them we would certainly see
'The Reality of Putting'.

Keep up the good work.

Anonymous said...

There is some fascinating stuff for sure. One that catches my eye is Poulter(#180) perhaps Johnny Miller was correct

Nice to see Canadian DeLaet ranked in the top ten.

Rob Roth said...

Poulter was number 1 in europe in greens in regulation so maybe these stats are misleading?

David Wedzik said...

Thanks for posting your list and thoughts Richie - FWIW...

Troy Matteson at #13
Garrett Willis at 55
J.J. Henry 62

...all SnT...students of Mike Bennett and Andy Plummer as well.

Roblmcginnis said...

At first glance, Not a high correlation to winning money, tournaments or making the Ryder Cup/Presient Cup

Question is--- which stat is overrated? My guess proximity to the hole.

Rich H. said...

Most overrated is total driving. I think a few years ago we had back-to-back #1 in total driving lose their PGA Tour card at the end of the season.

The problem is that this leaves out a lot of factors. That's why I'm hoping for the statisticians at MIT to do a much more advanced study at ballstriking.




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