Some 2010 Putts Gained Rankings

[Richie3Jack]

Mark Sweeney of AimPoint Golf (www.aimpointgolf.com) was kind enough to tell me that there is a Professor from Columbia University that has done his own version of the 'Putts Gained' statistic that they believe will be used by the PGATour.com Web site. Here's some of the rankings from 2010 season.


Rank Golfer Gained
1 Donald, Luke 0.863
2 Casey, Paul 0.813
3 Pettersson, Carl 0.813
4 Wilson, Dean 0.779
5 Chalmers, Greg 0.773
6 Gay, Brian 0.729
7 Goosen, Retief 0.674
8 Kuchar, Matt 0.638
9 Collins, Chad 0.625
10 Johnson, Zach 0.579
11 Wi, Charlie 0.565
12 Imada, Ryuji 0.554
13 Sim, Michael 0.520
14 Jones, Matt 0.511
15 McCarron, Scott 0.503
16 Merritt, Troy 0.503
17 Baddeley, Aaron 0.503
18 Na, Kevin 0.488
19 Molder, Bryce 0.475
20 Snedeker, Brandt 0.464

Notables:

21 Westwood, Lee 0.458
25 Stricker, Steve 0.435
31 Furyk, Jim 0.402
43 Els, Ernie 0.330
53 Toms, David 0.263
54 Harrington, Padraig 0.260
68 Poulter, Ian 0.211
78 Fowler, Rickie 0.150
85 Duval, David 0.117
86 Johnson, Dustin 0.113
98 Choi, K.J. 0.054
114 Weir, Mike 0.018
116 Woods, Tiger 0.034
119 Appleby, Stuart 0.053
130 O’Hair, Sean 0.088
144 Mickelson, Phil 0.148
145 Cabrera, Angel 0.150
155 Sabbatini, Rory 0.200
174 Garcia, Sergio 0.368
191 Mediate, Rocco 0.550
204 Singh, Vijay 0.738
205 Scott, Adam 0.743
211 Mayfair, Billy 1.014








3JACK

[mchepp]

So this should be read as Luke Donald gains 0.8 of a stroke per round? How is this calculated?

Sorry if this has been answered somewhere.

[Richie3Jack]

Yes, I believe that's correct. So over a 4 round tournament, he gains about 4 strokes on the field. How they figure it out, not really sure.




3JACK