Monthly Archives: August 2011

If you care: PLAYER Average Points Win Dustin Johnson 2,785.79 16.20% Steve Stricker 2,066.12 14.40% Matt Kuchar 2,473.95 13.17% Luke Donald 2,003.77 12.42% Nick Watney 1,858.68 7.51% Phil Mickelson 1,316.39 5.06% Webb Simpson 1,436.27 2.95% Jason Day 1,083.72 2.92% Adam … Continue reading →

If I were Keegan Bradley I would probably retire. He played 16-17 and 18 twice today in a total of 19 strokes. For the week, the field would be expected to take just under 24 strokes to complete those three … Continue reading →

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Player total wins Brendan Steele 23.44% Jason Dufner 23.33% Keegan Bradley 15.31% Steve Stricker 10.20% Scott Verplank 9.27% Anders Hansen 2.09% D.A. Points 2.06% Adam Scott 1.94% Charl Schwartzel 1.77% David Toms 1.69% Lee Westwood 1.40% Luke Donald 1.16% Robert … Continue reading →

Player total wins odds Steve Stricker 38.71% 158 Luke Donald 3.68% 2617 Rory McIlroy 3.40% 2843 Lee Westwood 3.10% 3130 Adam Scott 2.82% 3444 Scott Verplank 2.41% 4043 Bill Haas 2.36% 4141 Jerry Kelly 2.21% 4417 Nick Watney 2.01% 4880 … Continue reading →

1:40 PM: Two holes to go and Steve Stricker is -7. Score <63 63 64 >64 Steve Stricker 2.20% 19.80% 47.00% 31.00%   1:15 PM: That was a nice birdie for Stricker now -7 through 14 holes. Score <63 63 … Continue reading →

I found that you can get a pretty good estimate of a golfer’s true performance by comparing my two-year rankings to the Vegas Lines for the week. The “market” is pretty good at factoring in stuff that I don’t, like … Continue reading →

Here’s a look at some of Tiger’s recent major championship performances: 2008 US Open (Torrey Pines) Prep: NONE Maybe this is different, because this was Tiger Woods pre-accident and scandal, but he still didn’t play between the Masters and US … Continue reading →

It’s really a pain in the ass tracking down old hole-by-hole stats before circa 2004. You would think that since score is what matters in golf, it would be easier. It is not. Anyway, here’s a look at the distance … Continue reading →

Notice something different about this week’s pre PGA Championship rankings: 1 Steve Stricker -0.7265 2 Tiger Woods -0.7105 3 Lee Westwood -0.7072 4 Matt Kuchar -0.6228 5 Luke Donald -0.5919 6 Rory McIlroy -0.5549 7 Phil Mickelson -0.5090 8 Martin … Continue reading →