Ben Kohles hit 43 of 52 fairways to lead the field in driving accuracy at the Tampa Bay Championship.
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Tampa Bay	Winner: Kevin Streelman	Weekly leader	Finish
Driving Distance	270.8 (48th)	Robert Garrigus (301.4 yards)	T56
Driving Accuracy	69.23% (T11)	Ben Kohles (82.69%)	T7
Strokes Gained-Putting	1.819 (3rd)	Cameron Tringale (2.098)	3rd
Greens in Regulation	68.06% (T11)	E. Compton, J.J. Henry (73.61%)	T30/T51
Proximity to Hole	35' 5" (39th)	Jim Furyk (28' 9")	T7
Scrambling	65.22% (T28)	Tag Ridings (82.76%)	T17

 

WEEKLY PERFORMANCE STATS ARCHIVE

Week 2: Sony Open in Hawaii

Week 3: Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation

Week 4: Farmers Insurance Open

Week 5: Waste Management Phoenix Open

Week 6: AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

Week 7: Northern Trust Open

Week 8: The Honda Classic

Week 9: WGC Cadillac & Puerto Rico Open

Luke Guthrie made just 10 Web.com Tour starts in 2012 -- and finished third of better four times. (Ferrey/Getty Images)

2013 PGA TOUR preview: Who will secure their first win in 2013? | Who will bounce back?

Among the rookie graduates from the Web.com Tour and Q-school, who will have the best season in 2013?

If he putts as well as he did when he first turned pro, Luke Guthrie should have no problem having a John Huh-type year as a rookie in 2013. -- Ryan Smithson, Producer

I look for a player that has paid his dues, shown steady progression, faced adversity and recovered. Luke List fits all those requirements. In three years at Web.com he progressed from 78th to 4th on the money list and arrives on the PGA TOUR as a complete player mentally and physically. -- Fred Albers, PGA TOUR Insider

What I like about Luke List: A half-dozen top 10s on the Web.com Tour that included a win and two runner-up finishes; led in driving distance, just outside the top 50 in GIR and 36th in putting. What I like more: His game passes the eyeball test among fellow players. -- Brian Wacker, Producer

Ben Kohles. He opened his pro career with consecutive wins on the Web.com Tour. Perhaps just as telling is that he ranked first in driving accuracy and 24th in greens hit last year. -- Mike McAllister, Managing Editor

Russell Henley gets the edge thanks in part to a high starting position in the reshuffle, but he has all of the tools, too. Seemed to experience a coming of age late in the year on the Web.com Tour with a pair of playoff victories amidst a run of four consecutive top 10s. -- Rob Bolton, Fantasy Insider

It is really hard to win on the Web.com Tour. Not only did Ben Kohles do it the first time he teed it up on the Web.com Tour, but he won in a playoff ... and then backed it up with another win in his next start. He's sure to be a factor on the PGA TOUR in 2013. -- Anne Szeker, Producer

What Luke Guthrie did after turning pro after the NCAA Championships was phenomenal. The Illini standout lost in a playoff in his first Web.com Tour start, then went on to notch two wins among his seven top-10s and finish second on the money list in just 10 starts. And did we mention Guthrie had top-20 finishes in three of his first four PGA TOUR starts, including a tie for fifth at the John Deere Classic? -- Helen Ross, Chief of Correspondents

Ben Kohles' two wins in his first two pro starts was one of the great stories of 2012, and an indicator of a guy who won't be fazed by life on golf's biggest stage. -- John Schwarb, Producer

Coming Thursday: Of the five players at the top of the 2012 FedExCup standings (Snedeker, McIlroy, Woods, Watney, Mickelson), who will have the most productive season in 2013?

After a record-breaking run on the Web.com Tour, Ben Kohles is bringing his talents to the PGA TOUR. The two-time Web.com Tour champion has been given a sponsor invitation to this week's Wyndham Championship. Just a few weeks ago, Kohles got a spot at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational when Peter Uihlein turned down his spot as a college All-America. Kohles took advantage of the opportunity and won in his first professional start. He didn't stop there, though. Kohles headed straight to the Cox Classic Presented by Lexus of Omaha and won again. "It's pretty life-altering," Kohles said after his second victory. No kidding. It vaulted him to No. 2 on the money list after just two starts on Tour. Here are a few highlights from those two record-breaking weeks: - First player in Web.com Tour history to win in his first two professional starts. - 12th player in Tour history to register consecutive victories; seventh player to win in consecutive weeks. - Previous record for quickest to win twice was Kevin Stadler, who took four starts to win two times. - Moves to No. 2 on the money list with $261,000. - Joins Casey Wittenberg as the only other two-time winner this year. Kohles grew up not far from the Wyndham Championship in Cary, N.C. He didn't start playing serious golf until around age 13 and played his college golf at the University of Virginia. Read more about this up-and-coming star here. Kohles will be live in the interview room at the Wyndham Championship at noon on Tuesday. He'll also be taking over the Web.com Tour Facebook page Wednesday at noon ET. Leave your questions for him here.

By John Schwarb, PGATOUR.COM

One of the better stories this season on the PGA TOUR is J.B. Holmes’ return from brain surgery late last year. His on-course results are almost irrelevant, considering those circumstances.

But Holmes is playing very respectably, with two top-10s and the 74th spot in the FedExCup standings. He’s still one of the legendary long bombers on TOUR (fifth this year in driving distance); it’s just a matter of keeping the tee shots on the short grass and making some putts. He’s 161st in driving accuracy and 63rd in Strokes Gained-Putting.

For the latter, he may have found an answer. The Kentuckian put an Odyssey Metal-X No. 1 putter in the bag and finished T15 at last week’s RBC Canadian Open, ranking T16 in putts per green in regulation.

Holmes’ model, mailed to him several weeks ago but put in play for the first time in Ontario, features a custom alignment line on the rear of the putter (the version sold in stores has a top line). Odyssey reps also added some lead to the sole of the putterhead to get its weight in line with Holmes’ previous Odyssey putter, a White Ice No. 1.

WIN STUFF: Fila Golf is having a contest on its Facebook page, click “like” for the chance to win a $500 golf wardrobe. Share the contest with friends for more chances to win. … Whenever a player on the PGA TOUR wins wearing FootJoy products, the company has a contest the following week to win the same products.

BITS: TaylorMade staff player Chez Reavie switched shafts in his RBZ 15-degree fairway wood and 18.5-degree Tour Rescue, putting in Graphite Design G Series shafts to match the same shaft he has in his 9-degree RBZ Tour driver. He finished T37 at the RBC Canadian Open. … Titleist player Ben Kohles, a winner in his pro debut at the Web.com Tour’s Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational, was the first player in a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event to win with Titleist’s new 913 driver. He swings a 9.5-degree 913D3.

WINNER’S BAG: Scott Piercy at the RBC Canadian Open:
Driver: Titleist 910D2 (Mitsubishi Diamana Blue Board, 7.5 degrees)
Fairway wood: TaylorMade Burner (14.5 degrees)
Hybrid: Adams Idea Super XTD (17 degrees)
Irons: Titleist AP2 (4) and 690MB (5-9) 
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM4 (49, 53, 57 and 60 degrees) 
Putter: Scotty Cameron GoLo
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x