Inside ShotLink: Sony Open in Hawaii, Round 3

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Jan. 15, 2012
By Alex Turnbull, PGA TOUR

ShotLink's Alex Turnbull provides a statistical breakdown of some players near the top of the leaderboard after 36 holes of the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Jeff Maggert-- 12 under par
• Jeff Maggert fired a bogey-free 6 under par 64 in the 3rd round today. This is Maggert's 107th career bogey-free round on the PGA TOUR (1,729 total rounds) and his first since the 2nd round of the 2011 Zurich Classic.

Jeff Maggert vs. Matt Every
PGA TOUR Career Comparisons
Stat Jeff Maggert Matt Every
Career starts 547 30
Rounds played 1,729 97
Holes played 31,122 1,746
Total strokes played 122,257 6,888

• Jeff Maggert and Matt Every will be in the final pairing tomorrow. To the right is a side-by-side comparison of their PGA TOUR careers. Jeff Maggert has now carded 1,729 total career rounds on the PGA TOUR (just 17 less than the total number of holes Matt Every has under his belt on TOUR.

• Maggert has been dominating the field on the greens through three rounds. He currently leads the field for Strokes Gained - Putting (outperforming the field by 8.1 total strokes), one putts (31 total) and total footage of putts made (over 307 feet of putts made).

• Maggert has converted 10 more one-putts, almost 100 more feet of putts and nearly five more putts from outside 10 feet than the average player through three rounds this week.

Jeff Maggert: On the greens vs. the field
Stat Maggert Field average
Strokes Gained - Putting +8.1 (1st) ---
One-putts 30 (1st) 20/player
Total feet of putts made 308' (1st) 210'/player
Putts made over 10' 9 (T3) 3.8/player

• Here's a look at how the leaders are stacking up in some key putting stats this week:

Leaders comparison
STROKES GAINED-PUTTING LEADERS TOTAL FEET OF PUTTS MADE LEADERS
Player Value LB Rank Player Value LB Rank
Jeff Maggert +8.1 T1 Jeff Maggert 307'10" T1
David Hearn +7.3 T8 David Hearn 292'1" T8
Charles Howell III +7.2 T3 Scott Piercy 291'8" T8
Matt Every +5.9 T1 Harrison Frazar 290'8" T8
Ken Duke +5.4 T19 Ken Duke 283'8" T19
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