Last week I talked about what the winners had in their bag. This week in The Numbers Game I look at the winners again, but not at what driver or putter they used. This time I wanted to see what they excelled at in winning the tournaments they did.
Was it putting? Greens in regulation? Or was it one of the driving stats that they led on their way to victory? Read on to find out.
It's time again for another installment of "What's in the Bag?" at The Numbers Game. Earlier in the year, Nike had an early lead in drivers, irons, and wedges. It was also hanging close in the ball category as well. Has Nike kept their lead? Or has Titlest or TaylorMade closed the gap?
Read on to find out.
I always make a few notes as I thumb through the stats pages and other websites as I compile my column. Some things aren't worth an entire article, but together they make for a good read.
This week in The Numbers Game, it's the second installment of those little bits of information I find interesting. Read on to see if you do too.
In every sport, there is good, bad, and ugly. Over the last few weeks I've seen a little bit of each. Of course there is some Tiger and a bit of Love, but I won't even spare myself from the steely glare of the Numbers Game microscope.
This week in The Numbers Game I'll break down what I thought was good, bad, and ugly in all of golf, including my own game.
Tom Lehman went with two veterans to round out the 2006 Ryder Cup team. No, we're not talking about Fred Couples and Davis Love. While not the flashiest players, Stewart Cink and Scott Verplank gave Lehman what he was looking for - consistent, solid golfers with above average short games.
Were there better options? Should Lehman have considered someone else? That's what I'll look at this week in The Numbers Game.
It's hard to imagine that it was seven years ago that Tiger and Sergio were paired in the final round at Medinah in the PGA Championship. It was supposed to be the start of a rivalry. It was supposed to be as if Jack and Seve were in their prime at the same time. Tiger lived up to his end of the bargain, but Sergio is still searching for the magic he once had.
There were a lot of other good golfers out there in 1999 that played some great golf at Medinah. This week in The Numbers Game, I'll look at some of the other players that played seven years ago and see if it means good or bad things for each of them.
Since everyone is on the Tiger train this week, I thought I'd jump aboard. Cody wrote a great article earlier in the week and so did Gary Van Sickle over at CNNSI. Gary stole some of my numbers thunder, but I have some other interesting nuggets to share this week in The Numbers Game about Tiger at 50… wins that is.
Since Jack Nicklaus is constantly disparaging Tiger's achievements, I thought I'd do a bit of a comparison between the two. Even though it's difficult to compare golfers from different eras, the results can still be quite revealing. For me, it has cleared the picture up a bit more and prepared the stamp "Greatest Golfer of All Time" for Tiger Woods.
Read on to see what I mean.
Of course there are more than ten, but I thought about this the other day and it got me going. One can only hope to play just a few of the great golf courses in their life. I have a few that are realistic and a few that are not but this is a list of those I'd like to play, not a list of those that I can play.
This week in The Numbers Game, it's a top ten list of courses I want to play. (By the way, any help in playing these courses is appreciated… <grin>).
I thought the Open Championship at Hoylake was one of the better Opens in recent memory. Tiger showed what his greatest asset is: his mind. He didn't have to overpower the course, just take what it gave him… and it gave him a lot of stinger 2-irons.
This week in The Numbers Game I'll take a look at a few of the numbers from and related to the Open Championship. Also, I'll see if The 40-30-20-10 Rule holds up for a tournament on a links style course.
