The announcers and analysts raved about Tiger's putting this week, and rightly so. Over the last few years I have noticed that the winners on the PGA Tour tend to separate themselves in the ranges between 10 and 20 feet. Certainly 4 - 10 foot putts are important but all the contenders putt well inside 10 feet or they would not be there. It is consistently making the longer 1-putts that earmarks the winners.
Tiger exemplified this trend in his win at Trump Doral this week. The graph above displays Tiger this week, my 2012 Winner's profile and a large sample of Tiger's rounds - mostly wins - that I have collected over the past several years (Tiger Past).
I find three things of particular note about Tiger's putting:
1. Tiger made 6 of 11 putts, or 55%, in the 16 - 20 foot range this week. Try this at home! Here are some comparative number for perspective on just how good this was:
Tiger exemplified this trend in his win at Trump Doral this week. The graph above displays Tiger this week, my 2012 Winner's profile and a large sample of Tiger's rounds - mostly wins - that I have collected over the past several years (Tiger Past).
I find three things of particular note about Tiger's putting:
1. Tiger made 6 of 11 putts, or 55%, in the 16 - 20 foot range this week. Try this at home! Here are some comparative number for perspective on just how good this was:
- 2012 Winners: made 23% (or less than 3 of 11);
- PGA Tour Average for 2013: made 17% (or less than 2 of 11);
- 15-19 Handicap: makes 6% (or less than 1 of 11). This group will actually 3-Putt from this range almost TWICE as often as 1-Putt.
- PGA Tour Average for 2013: 30%
- Event average: 31%
- 15-19 Handicap: 11%
- @ 23% Tiger is about a 0 handicap.
- 2012 Winners: 46%
- PGA Tour Average for 2013: 39%
- Event average: 44% (remember, a reduced field of Top players)
- 15-19 Handicap: 21%
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