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Most players on the PGA Tour would cherish a victory wherever and whenever it might happen. But for the elite players, they have compiled such an impressive list of performances that they’re to the point of targeting certain tournaments as ones they really want to win. At least, that’s the way it’s going to play out in this list. The following is a list of tournaments I think select...
Published: November 18, 2014
Ball-striking is not just driving it a long way or hitting irons very hard. Technically speaking, ball-striking is a combination of total driving and greens in regulation, neither of which rely on monstrously long drives or ripped 3-irons. So which PGA Tour star might you think would make this list of the 10 best ball-strikers on tour? Would you expect to find a long hitter like Bubba Watson? A short...
Published: November 14, 2014
When you put over 150 players out on a golf course over 40 times a year like the PGA Tour, you’re going to see fashion tastes—as well as the lack thereof. But that’s what happens, I suppose, when you have players from all around the world chasing money and titles on the world’s best professional golf tour. So it might seem that ranking and best and worst attire (five in each...
Published: November 13, 2014
There was a time when Tiger Woods was looked upon as the best putter of his day, but as his career and age advanced, it became clear that Woods wasn’t the putter he used to be. That’s why as you look through the following list of the 10 best putters on the PGA Tour, Woods won’t be listed. Putting is a very stat-oriented aspect of the game, and a combination of statistics have...
Published: November 7, 2014
From PGATour.com, the definition of the strokes gained tee to green is this: the per round average of strokes the player was better or worse than the field average on the same course and event, minus the strokes gained putting value. Simplified a bit, the better the player is driving and hitting his irons, the higher he’ll rank on the list. The list doesn’t favor bombers, necessarily, nor...
Published: November 5, 2014
There are bucket lists, and there are golf bucket lists. The following list is one of those golf bucket lists. The five courses that every golf fan should play before they die might seem like an easy one to put together, but it wasn’t really all that easy. The courses are all layouts open to the public, and they certainly aren’t inexpensive. I have played four of the five courses that made...
Published: October 31, 2014
Remember the jingle from years past that said “Chicks dig the long ball”? Truth be told, just about everybody enjoys seeing professional golfers launch golf balls long distances. But there’s also a great deal of excitement involved with well-struck chips, pitches, bunker shots and the occasional spectacular flop shot. Though all the guys on the PGA Tour have the short-game shots in...
Published: October 28, 2014
As has been proved repeatedly over the years, making a stop at college on the way from great junior and amateur careers to success on the PGA Tour is a very good idea. And over the years, colleges have been turning out very good players who have gone on to do some special things at the professional level. This ranking of 10 colleges that have produced the 10 best PGA Tour alumni comes together with...
Published: October 24, 2014
As we have heard over the years in baseball and golf, chicks dig the long ball. Especially in golf, the long ball may be entertaining but it’s not a guaranteed gateway to victory. Which leads to the reality that the best drivers on the PGA Tour are more likely than not, the guys who are much shorter than the long bombers. That’s why in this ranking, a guy like Rory McIlroy, who ranked third...
Published: October 21, 2014
Considering the upheaval and controversy surrounding the United States Ryder Cup team and its string of dismal performances in recent years, the task of predicting the members of the 2016 U.S. contingent seemed to border on lunacy. But hey, look at it this way. It’s 2014, meaning almost two full years will pass by before that time is determined. There will be nine qualifiers through a points...