hambugerpete
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But he wonNot in this event it wasn’t
Too many spectators to fit them in
using his driver a lot.Also you do realise floodlight don't go on massive great pylons right
it's not 1980 football
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using his driver a lot.Also you do realise floodlight don't go on massive great pylons right
it's not 1980 footballNeilds
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Maybe you need to check the PGA website to see who is top of the strokes gained off the tee this year
Arthur Wedge
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But he won
Also you do realise floodlight don't go on massive great pylons right
He still was poor with it in this event which was the point
Mel Smooth
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The event really needed Rory to win, pleased for the guy - hopefully he can carry that form into the Majors
hambugerpete
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Was he? I've not seen any stats either way yet, just what I saw on Tele and he seemed decent enough to me.He still was poor with it in this event which was the point
Be interesting to see just how bad he was .
Arthur Wedge
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It’s what the player and his interviewer said in his interview - said he was near the bottom in driving accuracy this week
hambugerpete
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Not a wildly important stat that one., be interesting to see how he did with SG from the tee.
Neilds
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Agree, fairways missed would count the same if you are an inch into the first cut or 20 yards into the water so a bit meaningless.
Although quite interesting that tour average for fairways hit is less than 60%. They look miles wide on the TV.
WorldHandicapSystem
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And can’t win in the wind!
hambugerpete
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He hit a driving iron on 10 I think it was and it looked like a stone cold shank on top tracer, but actually wasnt too bad at all.
wjemather
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At The Players:
- 67/72 in driving accuracy
- 17/72 in SG off the tee
- 169th in driving accuracy (102nd last season, 171st the season before, 127th the season before that)
- 2nd in SG off the tee (4th last season, 2nd the season before, 3rd the season before that)
JonnyGutteridge
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Maybe you need to check the PGA website to see who is top of the strokes gained off the tee this year
That’s because he bombs it. If I needed a man to hit a fairway under pressure, I’m not picking Rory. And if I need Rory to hit a fairway, I’m not handing him a driver.
Bombing it is key to strokes gained off the tee… As shown by his stats from this week - Accuracy being so poor but him still ranking highly on Strokes Gained.
Pretty much sums up why every pro is on a journey to hit it further… not more accurately.
hambugerpete
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given the option of being in the middle of the fairway at 250 or the 1st cut at 320 on a 450 yd par 4 what would you take .
Whereditgo
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Uh oh!
hambugerpete
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Whereditgo
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Takumi Kanaya 74.76% in 2025, Aaron Rai @ 72.02% in 2024
now I'm wondering who the most accurate is .
Neilds
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These hit more fairways but are they more accurate? If Rai misses by 20 yards every time he misses, is he more or less accurate than someone who hits 65% of fairways but only misses by 5 yards?
I think there is no right or wrong answer to this
The Squirrel
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A longer hitter would have to have a much lower off-line dispersal range than a shorter hitter in order to hit the same number of fairways. That’s just basic geometry.
The most accurate drivers on the PGA wouldn’t even get in the top 50 on the LPGA. The average PGA player would be pretty close to last place in driving accuracy in any typical LPGA field.
Without some adjustment for length, accuracy alone is simply meaningless in assessing winning prospects or ability to score well.
The most accurate drivers on the PGA wouldn’t even get in the top 50 on the LPGA. The average PGA player would be pretty close to last place in driving accuracy in any typical LPGA field.
Without some adjustment for length, accuracy alone is simply meaningless in assessing winning prospects or ability to score well.
Mel Smooth
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Big number of LIV guys teeing it up in Macau this week in the international series, Open spots up for grabs.
Dunesman
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Thats because they never narrow the fairways enough for the ladies. The really accurate ladies cannot gain the advantage they deserve due to them effectively playing, mens fairways.