2018 BMW Championship - FedExCup Playoffs

[Zeph]

5 hours ago, colin007 said:

Are the strokes gained stats out?

As a devout Tiger fan, how do you not know where this is found, Colin? 

 

The SG stats are almost always updated live, as brocks explained. I think The Open is one of the rare instances where there's nothing there.

 

Tiger played pretty good, as his final score indicated. Putting became his worst stat, where he easily could have won with a few more made putts. Except if Rory made anything on Sunday. Then he'd be at -25 or something. Tiger's Friday was especially bad, losing 3.590 strokes to the field with the Scotty. His driving has certainly improved the last two tournaments. Ended up at 77% fairways hit last (and this) week. Fewer missed fairways and not as deep into the rough and trees. As usual, approaches to the green was his best stat.

[brocks]

57 minutes ago, Zeph said:

His driving has certainly improved the last two tournaments. Ended up at 77% fairways hit last (and this) week.

His stats at the BMW might be a bit deceptive, because the waterlogged fairways kept the ball from rolling very far, if at all.  I remember seeing a couple of drives that plugged right where they hit, and would surely have gone into the rough with even a below average length roll.

That said, he does seem to be swinging more smoothly with the driver, and his misses are not as wild.   And even with all his putting and driving problems, he hasn't had a really bad tournament since June, and has had four really good ones, including two majors.

I don't think it's overly optimistic to assume that between now and next year he can gain consistency in his driving and putting, and sharpen up his short game, especially his sand play.  Doing that should be worth a couple of shots per round, and that's all he needs to win.

Edited September 11, 2018 by brocks

[colin007]

22 hours ago, brocks said:

Yes, go here: https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.08793.tiger-woods.html/scorecards/r028

You can see them pretty much in real time during a tournament. Just go to the official PGA Tour leaderboard, e.g. https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2018/bmw-championship/leaderboard.html

and click on a player's name in the standings.  You'll see the expanded scorecard with shot tracker, etc.  From there, click on "Full Scorecard" and scroll down past the scorecards to see the strokes gained stats for that event.

Fantastic! Thanks bruv

[RFKFREAK]

On 9/11/2018 at 12:41 PM, Zeph said:

As usual, approaches to the green was his best stat.

Yeah, but even in that stat he lost strokes to the field on Friday, albeit minimally.