PGA Tour stats: Top 10 in Strokes-Gained AROUND THE GREEN
The best PGA Tour players around the greens so far this season...
Ranking high up the PGA Tour's 'Strokes Gained: Around The Green' statistic can often prove both worrying and pleasing for the PGA Tour pro.
Worrying in the sense you are likely misfiring with too many of your approach shots, yet pleasing because you are classed as an absolute wizard with a wedge in hand when you do fail to find the green.
For those unsure how this particular stat is measured, the PGA Tour states the following:
"The number of Around the Green strokes a player takes from specific locations and distances are measured against a statistical baseline to determine the player's strokes gained or lost on a hole.
"The sum of the values for all holes played in a round minus the field average strokes gained/lost for the round is the player's Strokes gained/lost for that round. The sum of strokes gained for each round are divided by total rounds played.
"The Strokes Gained - concept is a by-product of the PGA Tour's ShotLink Intelligence Program, which encourages academics to perform research against ShotLink statistical data."
Let's take a closer look at the leading 10 players when it comes to gaining strokes on the field from around the green...
#10 - Sergio Garcia
Average: .480
Wedges used: PING Glide Forged
Total SG-ARG: 10.562
#9 - Mackenzie Hughes
Average: .489
Wedges used: PING Glide 2.0
Total SG-ARG: 20.548
#8 - Matt Wallace
Average: .515
Wedges used: Callaway Jaws MD5
Total SG-ARG: 15.447
#7 - Alex Cejka
Average: .516
Wedges used: TBC
Total SG-ARG: 6.197
#6 - Rob Oppenheim
Average: .517
Wedges used: PING Glide 2.0
Total SG-ARG: 20.180
#5 - Adam Scott
Average: .566
Wedges used: Titleist Vokey SM8
Total SG-ARG: 10.194
#4 - Aaron Baddeley
Average: .621
Wedges used: TBC
Total SG-ARG: 19.238
#3 - Brandt Snedeker
Average: .646
Wedges used: Callaway MD4
Total SG-ARG: 23.266
#2 - Luke Donald
Average: .684
Wedges used: Mizuno T7
Total SG-ARG: 15.723
#1 - Jason Day
Average: .690
Wedges used: TaylorMade MG2
Total SG-ARG: 17.950
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