PGA Tour stats: Top 10 in Strokes-Gained Putting
The hottest putters on the PGA Tour so far this season...
"Drive for show, putt for dough" is one of golf's most famous phrases, so if you rank high up the board in the PGA Tour's Strokes-Gained Putting stat right now there is a good chance your bank account is bulging in 2020.
Judging by the current top 10, there is a mix of some of the world's best players with a few of the newer kids on the block...
Here's a quick recap from the PGA Tour as to how this particular stat is calculated:
The number of putts a player takes from a specific distance is measured against a statistical baseline to determine the player's strokes gained or lost on a hole.
The sum of the values for all holes played in a round minus the field average strokes gained/lost for the round is the player's Strokes gained/lost for that round. The sum of strokes gained for each round are divided by total rounds played.
The Strokes Gained - concept is a by-product of the PGA Tour's ShotLink Intelligence Program, which encourages academics to perform research against ShotLink statistical data.
Let's take a closer look at the current top 10 for Strokes-Gained Putting on the PGA Tour...
#10 - John Huh
Average: .750
Total: 17.242
#9 - Patrick Reed
Average: .778
Total: 31.885
#8 - Ian Poulter
Average: .797
Total: 20.714
#7 - Matt Fitzpatrick
Average: .805
Total: 25.750
#6 - Matt Kuchar
Average: .808
Total: 28.282
#5 - Kevin Na
Average: .844
Total: 34.584
#4 - Kristoffer Ventura
Average: .847
Total: 18.640
#3 - Andrew Putnam
Average: .917
Total: 25.672
#2 - Tyrrell Hatton
Average: 1.185
Total: 18.961
#1 - Denny McCarthy
Average: 1.200
Total: 58.790
