Inside the Numbers: Putting leaders in 2007 and 2008

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Aug. 20, 2009

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Statistical leaders: Putting

Players with the fewest three-putts

Going 130 consecutive holes, Jim Furyk holds the third current longest active streak without a three-putt in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. Ken Duke and Bo Van Pelt are tied for the fewest total three-putts in the first two years of the Playoffs (six each).
Player	Total three-putts	Rounds played*
Ken Duke	6	26
Bo Van Pelt	6	18
Stephen Ames	7	18
Aaron Baddeley	7	25
Ben Curtis	7	20
charles Howell III	7	19
Heath Slocum	7	25
Dean Wilson	7	19
Angel Cabrera	8	22
Brian Gay	8	18

*Minimum of 16 rounds

Longest current active streak without a three-putt in the Playoffs

Players with fewest putts per round

*Minimum of 16 rounds

Putts per round rank comparison

Mickelson's and Sabbatini's Playoff trends

Player	Putts/round rank entering '07 Playoffs	Rank during	Putts/round rank entering '08 Playoffs	Rank during
Phil Mickelson	T47	T12	62	T9
Rory Sabbatini	T12	T9	T174	T53

Players with highest average distance of putts made per round

*Minimum of 16 rounds

Average distance of putts made rank comparison

Leonard's and Villegas' Playoff trends

Player	Average distance made rank entering '07 Playoffs	Rank during	Average distance made rank entering '08 Playoffs	Rank during
Justin Leonard	T116	T21	T58	T11
Camilo Villegas	T148	48	T90	4

Longest putts made

Players with the highest putting percentage inside 5 feet

In 32 Playoff rounds, Sergio Garcia has missed only eight of 458 possible attempts when putting inside 5 feet. Steve Stricker is not far behind Garcia; he's missed only 11 of 455 possible attempts when putting inside 5 feet.
Player	Made putts	Attempts	Average	Rounds played*
Stephen Ames	241	245	98.4 percent	18
Sergio Garcia	450	458	98.3 percent	32
Dean Wilson	247	252	98.0 percent	19
Rory Sabbatini	340	347	98.0 percent	26
Ryuji Imada	328	335	97.9 percent	24
Charles Howell III	258	264	97.7 percent	19
Hunter Mahan	409	419	97.6 percent	30
Steve Stricker	444	455	97.6 percent	32
Ken Duke	349	358	97.5 percent	26
Tim Clark	401	412	97.3 percent	30

*Minimum of 16 rounds

Players with highest putting percentage from 5 to 10 feet

Zach Johnson converted a TOUR-leading 69 percent of his putting efforts when putting from 5 to 10 feet in the Playoffs thus far.
Player	Made putts	Attempts	Average	Rounds played*
Zach Johnson	42	61	68.9 percent	16
Aaron Baddeley	61	92	66.3 percent	25
Dean Wilson	53	81	65.4 percent	19
Bo Van Pelt	55	87	63.2 percent	18
Stewart Cink	82	130	63.1 percent	30
Mike Weir	64	102	62.7 percent	24
Mark Wilson	70	112	62.5 percent	22
Fredrik Jacobson	53	85	62.4 percent	18
Brian Gay	38	61	62.3 percent	18
Tim Herron	44	71	62.0 percent	20

*Minimum of 16 rounds

Baddeley putting 5-10 feet rank comparison

2007 vs. 2008

Rank entering '07 Playoffs	Rank during	Rank entering '08 Playoffs	Rank during
50	17	8	9

Players with the highest putting percentage outside 10 feet

No one made more putts from outside 10 feet than Camilo Villegas in the Playoffs over the past two years (64 of a possible 321 attempts).
Player	Made putts	Attempts	Average	Rounds played*
Mark Calcavecchia	43	184	23.4 percent	18
Geoff Ogilvy	57	268	21.3 percent	26
Camilo Villegas	64	321	19.9 percent	30
Aaron Baddeley	52	265	19.6 percent	25
Phil Mickelson	50	257	19.5 percent	27
Padraig Harrington	35	181	19.3 percent	18
Rory Sabbatini	52	271	19.2 percent	26
Justin Leonard	44	231	19.0 percent	22
Fredrik Jacobson	34	181	18.8 percent	18
Jonathan Byrd	50	269	18.6 percent	26