Mark Broadie Dispels Some Golf Myths

[RandallT]

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Originally Posted by iacas

There's a reason 15-25 footers are SV①. Look at the list of who leads in putting those year over year. It changes often.

His 20-25 FT is kinda stupid good this year.

Lets say he regresses to last year's percentages on 15'-25' putts. He would lose only 0.17 strokes per round.

If he improved his inside 15' putting he could stand to gain upwards of 0.3-0.4 strokes per round. Give him an extra stroke at the end of a tournament and he might win a few more.

Good stuff. I'm prob beating a dead horse, but just to put his strokes gained in perspective, he gains 2.3 per round over the field (1.7 from tee to green + 0.6 putting).  So even if he putts like a mortal from these 15-25' ranges, he would only lose a fraction of those strokes gained, from what you are saying.

That would still leave him with gaining 2 strokes per round on the field. While that putting is crazy impressive, it is just a part of why he excels (by the numbers). As the OP said, he's good at everything with his SG's roughly evenly distributed between driving, approaches, short game and putting- quite amazing!