Inside the Numbers: Most accurate in 2007, 2008

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Aug. 21, 2009

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Statistical leaders: Driving Accuracy

2007 and 2008 PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup

Known as one of the most accurate drivers of the ball, Heath Slocum tied for 13th and second for driving accuracy during the '07 and '08 Playoffs respectively. Entering the '07 Playoffs, Justin Leonard ranked 31st on TOUR for driving accuracy; however, his accuracy improved during the Playoffs, where he ranked 10th on TOUR from the tee.
Player	Accuracy	Rounds played*
Heath Slocum	77.7 percent	26
Brian Gay	76.6 percent	18
Scott Verplank	76.2 percent	24
John Mallinger	75.3 percent	24
Brian Davis	75.0 percent	20
Justin Leonard	75.0 percent	22
John Senden	75.0 percent	22
Bart Bryant	73.8 percent	18
Lucas Glover	73.1 percent	22
Zach Johnson	73.0 percent	18

*Minimum of 16 rounds

Statistical leaders: Greens in Regulation

2007 and 2008 PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup

Hunter Mahan tied for sixth and eighth respectively for greens hit during the '07 and '08 Playoffs.
Player	GIR	Rounds played*
Hunter Mahan	72.8 percent	30
Robert Allenby	72.6 percent	30
Sergio Garcia	72.2 percent	32
K.J. Choi	71.6 percent	29
Jim Furyk	71.2 percent	32
Steve Stricker	71.2 percent	32
Woody Austin	71.2 percent	26
Heath Slocum	70.3 percent	26
Vijay Singh	70.0 percent	30
Camilo Villegas	70.0 percent	30

*Minimum of 16 rounds

GIR rank comparisons

Garcia's and Stricker's Playoff trends

Statistical leaders: Proximity to the hole

2007 and 2008 PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup

Since 2007, Tim Clark has not ranked outside the top four on TOUR for proximity to the hole.
Player	Average proximity to the hole	Rounds played*
Tim Clark	30 ft 8 in	30
Stephen Ames	30 ft 9 in	18
Heath Slocum	30 ft 11 in	26
Jim Furyk	31 ft 5 in	32
Brian Gay	31 ft 7 in	18
Steve Stricker	31 ft 7 in	32
Hunter Mahan	32 ft 5 in	30
Scott Verplank	32 ft 5 in	24
Angel Cabrera	32 ft 5 in	22
Geoff Ogilvy	32 ft 5 in	26

*Minimum of 16 rounds

Proximity rank comparison

Furyk's and Stricker's Playoff trends

Statistical leaders: Accurate wedge game

Fairway shots inside 125 yards

Steve Stricker has the most accurate wedge game in the Playoffs thus far, averaging just shy of 14 feet on approach shots from inside 125 yards (in fairway). From this distance, he leaves the ball inside 10 feet 47 percent of the time and hits 84 percent of the greens in regulation. He has holed out twice during the Playoffs from this distance ('08 Barclays from 67 yards on the third hole for eagle and '07 BMW Championship on the eighth hole from 112 yards for eagle).
Player	Proximity to the hole	Rounds played*
Steve Stricker	13 ft 7 in	32
Nick O'Hern	14 ft 9 in	16
Billy Mayfair	14 ft 10 in	23
Scott Verplank	15 ft 1 in	24
Rory Sabbatini	15 ft 3 in	26
Geoff Ogilvy	15 ft 6 in	26
Bart Bryant	15 ft 8 in	18
Stephen Ames	15 ft 9 in	18
Camilo Villegas	15 ft 10 in	30
Justin Leonard	15 ft 10 in	22

*Minimum of 16 rounds

Statistical leaders: Accurate mid-irons

Fairway shots 125 to 175 yards

Finishing seventh and 131st respectively in the first two seasons of the FedExCup, Zach Johnson has had the most accurate mid-iron game from the fairway in the Playoffs, averaging just over 20 feet to the pin on average. Phil Mickelson, Lucas Glover, Steve Stricker and Jim Furyk were close behind Johnson, averaging 2 feet further from the pin from this distance.
Player	Proximity to the hole	Rounds played*
Zach Johnson	20 ft 2 in	18
Dean Wilson	21 ft 9 in	19
Stephen Ames	21 ft 10 in	18
Tim Clark	21 ft 10 in	30
Woody Austin	22 ft 3 in	26
Briny Baird	22 ft 4 in	24
Phil Mickelson	22 ft 4 in	27
Lucas Glover	22 ft 4 in	22
Steve Stricker	22 ft 5 in	32
Jim Furyk	22 ft 6 in	32

*Minimum of 16 rounds

Statistical leaders: Accurate mid- to long-irons

Fairway shots outside 175 yards

Zach Johnson also leads the mid-to-long iron category from the fairway, averaging just over 32 feet to the pin on approach shots from outside 175 yards. Camilo Villegas, the 2008 runner-up, also excels with his irons from this distance, averaging 35 feet 3 inches to the pin from the fairway in the Playoffs.
Player	Proximity to the hole	Rounds*
Zach Johnson	32 ft 1 in	18
Jim Furyk	32 ft 1 in	32
Ernie Els	33 ft 10 in	26
Hunter Mahan	34 ft 4 in	30
Heath Slocum	35 ft 2 in	26
Camilo Villegas	35 ft 3 in	30
Tim Clark	36 ft 3 in	30
Stephen Ames	36 ft 10 in	18
Steve Stricker	36 ft 11 in	32
Angel Cabrera	37 ft 5 in	22

*Minimum of 16 rounds

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