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2021 PGA Tour putting stats really can tell a story. These are the top 200 players in the world. So what is this putting resources chart all about. Compare your stats to the best.

I look at the “last” column and try for those stats.

Practice all length putts, but mostly 20 feet and in to score better. Practice longer lag putts to avoid making 3 putts.

You may want to take a look for more putting resources and stats at the PGA Tour website .

Never up, Never in versus Lagging

There are two theories. The “never up, never in” theory and the “lag” theory. I use the “never up, never” in theory from 20 ft. or closer and the “lag” theory for putts longer than 20 feet.

A good suggestions is to set up practice putts of 3 ft., 6 ft., 10 ft.,15 ft., 20 ft., 30 ft., and 40 ft. or farther using red divot repair tools or tees. I don’t putt them in order and vary the distance.

Putt the same golf ball or 3 golf balls from each position and then remove the marker to tell which distances have been completed.

Putt in both directions to a 6 foot diameter circle made from white ball markers or tees. I have a 3 foot piece of string and a tee to lay this out with. The object is to make the putt or to end up with a 3 foot putt or less.

For putts you miss, some people will suggest that you leave the ball 1 foot from the hole on a 10 foot putt, 2 feet from the hole on a 20 foot putt, 3 feet from the hole on a 30 foot putt, 4 feet from the hole on a 40 foot putt and 5 or 6 feet from the hole on putts farther than 40 feet.

Putting with Loft or the “Rule of 12”

Printable Charts for the “Rule of 12” or putting with loft.

This is the Paul Runyan technique of chip using more of a putting stroke. Chipping to the closest dry position on the green that is on your intended line. Then applying the theory of “Less air time and More ground time” or chip and run.

Here is our article on “ Putting with Loft .”

Reading Greens: Breaking putts and rise angle

At the outset, I’ll say that I don’t like doing math on the green. I like to play golf and do most of the math when I practice.

These charts are intended for reference and are approximate values. The actual amount of break to play or how hard you have to hit the ball uphill or downhill depends on each individual player in my mind.

They are putting resources for people who use degrees or percentage of slope in green reading.

Here is a link to our digital green reading article. It lists devices and apps that help you read slope.

Printable charts and diagrams in PDF format

How much break to play

Slope chart.

0.5 degree = 0.87 percent 1.0 degree = 1.75 percent 1.5 degrees = 2.62 percent 2.0 degrees = 3.5 percent 2.5 degrees = 4.37 percent 3.0 degrees = 5.24 percent 3.5 degrees = 6.12 percent 4.0 degrees = 7 percent

.5 percent = .29 degrees 1 percent = .57 degrees 1.5 percent = .86 degrees 2 percent = 1.15 degrees 2.5 percent = 1.43 degrees 3 percent = 1.72 degrees 3.5 percent = 2 degrees 4 percent = 2.29 degrees 4.5 percent = 2.58 degrees 5 percent = 2.86 degrees 5.5 percent = 3.15 degrees 6 percent = 3.43 degrees 6.5 percent = 3.72 degrees 7 percent = 4 degrees

So, measuring isn’t a bad thing in practice. However, I don’t think your league would let you whip out a digital level during play.

Rise angle: Putting uphill or downhill

This chart is in percentage increments. Degrees of slope and percent of slope are not the same…I use these for a ball park reference. Use the suggestions in the chart to practice up and downhill putts.

So, based on your game, apply 1 time, 2 times, etc. increased pace for uphill putts and the reverse for downhill putts.

Just for Reference

What’s fair?

It’s generally agreed a “fair” putting surface allows golfers to get even downhill approach putts within three feet of the hole and keeps break for short second putts “within the hole” to reward good shots. More importantly, flat areas around the hole location reduce time consuming green reads and three putts, thus keeping challenge reasonable for everyday play and reducing slow play.

Pro Green Slope

“All my practice is built around those greens books,” says Phil Mickelson. “In my yard I have a green with 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-degree slopes. I practice on that so I can equate it to the greens book when I play.” At the U.S. Open, players were able to consult their green-reading materials.

These yardage books are a good example of pro green slope in degrees.

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Scottie Scheffler was in the mix for what would’ve been a third win of the season Sunday at the 2023 BMW Championship.

With Viktor Hovland in the clubhouse lead at 17 under, Scheffler had a 26-foot putt for birdie on the 17th hole to tie the Norwegian, but instead three-putted for a disappointing bogey. That meant he had to hole-out from the fairway on No. 18 if he was to force a playoff with Hovland, who instead walked away with a two-shot win after Scheffler made par.

Scheffler was first in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee, Approach to Green and Tee to Green on the week. In a field of 50, he came in 38th in Strokes Gained: Putting, where he lost 1.891 shots to the field. Round up, and there’s the two shots that could’ve forced a playoff.

The 25-year-old’s week at Olympia Fields Country Club’s North Course in Illinois was obviously nothing to scoff at with scores of 66-69-64-66. It took a career low and course record (by Hovland) to beat him, after all. But his performance at the BMW highlights a trend that we’ve seen all season from the World No. 1: the game overall is tight, but the putter is too loose.

“The things that I’m working on right now I feel very excited about. I’m hitting a lot of good putts,” said Scheffler before the Open Championship in July while arguing his putting wasn’t a problem. “Pretty soon, a lot of those good putts will start falling in the middle of the hole instead of dodging around the side of it.”

Scottie Scheffler reacts after missing a putt on the ninth green during the first round of the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club. (Photo: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)

That’s the kind of confidence that gets built up over four years of early success on the PGA Tour. In 110 starts, he’s racked up nine third-place showings, seven runner-up finishes and six wins with 91 made cuts. In 22 events this year alone, Scheffler didn’t miss a single cut and was in the top 25 in 20 of those starts, with 16 top 10s and a pair of wins and runners-up.

The fact he’s been so successful with such below-average performance on the greens makes Scheffler’s start to his professional career all the more impressive.

Here’s a look at Scheffler’s putting stats over his four years on the PGA Tour.

Scottie’s struggles

Scheffler had a bounce-back season last year in SG: Putting, but even then he was only ranked 58th and still managed four wins. This year is his worst SG: Putting on Tour since the 2019-20 season, not to mention his total putting ranking has triple digits for the fourth consecutive season. On top of that, his overall putting average (103rd) has gotten worse the last two seasons.

His one-putt percentage is drastically different (67th to 139th this year), which comes as a tough look seeing as he leads the Tour in SG: Approach to Green and greens in regulation and sits 12th in proximity to the hole.

The only distance putting category where Scheffler is inside the top 40 this year is putts from 25 feet or farther. Over the last three years he was top 40 in at least three distance categories.

Scottie’s successes

Despite some glaring concerns, Scheffler comes in 24th in putting average and 32nd in birdie or better conversion percentage (though both of those are worse than years prior). The 2022 Masters champion is third in birdie average and first in scoring average. Scary thought? He should be scoring even more.

The stats also show that Scheffler is putting significantly better in the final round compared to the first three, which hasn’t been the case over the years.

He’s down to 62nd in putts per final round from 122 and 124 in the last two years, but with that said, his numbers have inflated across the board from Thursday-Saturday.

Aside from his three-jack at the 17th on Sunday, Scheffler has done well to minimize his three-putt percentage and now ranks 13th on Tour.

It’s difficult to pick apart the game of a player who just made a record $21 million on the course and has a firm hold of the world No. 1 ranking. But with that skill and success comes scrutiny when you don’t perform at your best. Statistically speaking, Scheffler’s never been a great putter, and this season has been worse on the greens than the previous three. It’s also arguably his best season overall on Tour.

Just imagine the level of golf we’d be seeing if a few more putts fell.

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Putting Statistics by Handicap: Which Stats to Track?

In this guide I’ll share recent data on putting statistics by handicap so you can see how well golfers like you are putting in different categories. Tracking putting stats is important to improving your short game so you can see where your weaknesses and strengths are and adjust strategy on the golf course.

One of the fun aspects about tracking your putting stats is you can compare them with the putting statistics of professional golfers to see how you fare. Putting is one area where amateur golfers can actually become as good as professionals.

In order for the amateur golfer to better understand how well the best players in the world actually putt, let’s take a look at the putting statistics on the PGA Tour.

Putting Stats

The following key putting statistics will give the amateur golfer perspective about how good or bad the pro’s actually putt in reality. Track these putting stats in your own golf game to see how you compare.

• Putts per round
• Putts from 3 feet
• Putts from 6 feet
• Putting from 10 feet
• Putts made from over 20 feet per event

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Putts Per Round

The PGA Tour keeps record of basically every putting stat that can be tracked via their Shotlink system. You can find a full page of putting stats here.

One of the most common stats that most golfers, even high handicap amateur golfers, know about are putts per round.

This tracks how many total putts a golfer has during a round of golf. If you are giving yourself 2-putts per hole as a goal and you play 18 holes, then that would calculate out to 36 putts per round you’d expect to hit.

The leader on the PGA Tour each year has usually averaged around 28 putts per round, so 8 shots lower than the 36 putt goal.

Looking at this stat will make the average golfer realize that having 30 putts or less per round is a very solid goal to strive towards instead of setting the goal at 36.

Putts per round by handicap:

• Professional golfer = 28-32 putts
• Scratch golfer = 30-34 putts
• Average golfer = 36-40 putts
• High handicap = 45+ putts

Putts from 3 Feet – Make Percentage

Normally during a round with friends most amateurs are very quick to give each other 3 and 4 foot putts, calling them good and letting the putt be picked up, rather than putted out to finish the hole.

If your playing partner is Patrick Cantlay then yes you can go ahead and give those putts to him, but on average social golfers don’t make nearly as many short putts as they should.

Patrick Cantlay made every single 3 footer that he had on the PGA Tour season. That’s over 700 3-footers made in a row to be exact!

You don’t have to make every single 3 footer that you have, but it will definitely improve your golf score if you can at least make 80% of your 3 footers on average.

Before you give yourself that 3 footer, ask yourself, is this going to benefit me by skipping the putt or will it help me get extra practice under pressure by making myself putt out?

3 Foot Putts by Handicap:

• Professional golfer = 99% (10 out of 10)
• Scratch golfer = 95% (9 out of 10)
• Average golfer = 60% (6 out of 10)
• High handicap = 40% (4 out of 10)

Putts from 6 feet – Make Percentage

Patrick Cantlay making a 100% of his 3 footers during a golf season is very impressive, but the human aspect in putting begins to show from the 6 foot mark.

Brian Harman was the leader in this recent PGA season with a 6 foot make percentage rate of 91%, which is still an incredible feat to achieve.

6 foot putts are your money range. They’re going to help you save pars and set you apart from the average golfer. Spend a lot of your putting practice time on this distance.

If professionals are averaging 80-90% from 6 feet, then set a goal for your game to achieve a 75% or better make rate at 6 feet. This will take 1000’s of reps to build skill but it’s a great goal to aim for and impress your opponents on the golf course.

6 Foot Putts by Handicap:

• Professional golfer = 85% (8 out of 10)
• Scratch golfer = 75% (7 out of 10)
• Average golfer = 20% (2 out of 10)
• High handicap = 10% (1 out of 10)

Putts from 10 Feet – Make Percentage

At the 10 foot mark, the percentage of putts made decreases considerably.

Zach Johnson held the top spot this recent season with a 70% make rate at 10 feet on the PGA Tour, and the last place player was at just 23%

Amateur golfers can learn a lot by looking at this statistic, having perspective about what realistic expectations are to have of yourself is a great start.

If a PGA Player only makes 3 out of 10 of his 10 foot putts for a 30% make rate then you definitely can’t get mad at yourself for missing them out on the course.

The average make percentage at 10 feet for the PGA Tour fell around 40%. Anyone above 50% was top 20 in the league.

10 Foot Putts by Handicap:

• Professional golfer = 40% (4 out of 10)
• Scratch golfer = 20% (2 out of 10)
• Average golfer = 0-5% (0 out of 10)
• High handicap = 0-1% (0 out of 10)

Green in Regulation Made Putts from 10-15 Feet

This putting stat tracks your birdie make percentage. When a professional golfer hits the green in regulation, what are the chances he makes the putt.

In this stat we chose to highlight the 10-15 foot birdie putt, and the leader on the PGA Tour was Adam Scott at 42% conversion.

Therefore, if he can hit his approach shots inside of 15 feet, Scott has a good chance of making 1 out of every 2 putts for birdie.

Putts made from over 20 feet per round

We all remember that long putt we made to save par or better yet that 30 foot birdie putt to win the money game against your friends.

No surprise that Jordan Spieth is right up there at the top of the leaderboard in this statistic.

Patrick Cantlay is technically the leader in this category with 2.3 putts made over 20 foot per round.

Spieth ranked 2nd in this category with 2.2 putts made over 20 foot per round.

Justin Rose is also high on the leaderboard for make percentage from 20 feet or beyond. He sank 10% of his 20 foot putts overall, and when he was on the green in regulation that stat jumps to 28%.

How to Track Your Putting Statistics

Start by giving yourself a couple blank lines on the scorecard for writing in putting stats. Then transfer these stats over to a spreadsheet or an app like 18Birdies so you can keep data digitally on your smart phone.

During practice I like to pull up notes on my phone and log putting stats for different drills I complete.

For example, if I do the make 100 putts from 3 feet drill, I’ll write down “99/100 – 3 feet” and then “70/100 – 6 feet” so I can compare my stats later on in future practices.

Golf Round Stats to Track on Scorecard

• Putts made at various distances
• Total putts per round
• Total 3 putts
• Birdie putt conversion rate

To some these putting stats might sound confusing, but if you take the time to read through it and process what they are portraying then they might actually give you perspective to use with your own putting skill level.

It is important to have realistic goals and expectations of your golf game, as having unrealistic expectations will only add pressure and anxiety to your mental game, causing worse performance.

These statistics can also add value to your practice regime. Knowing how many putts the best players in the world make from a certain distance can provide you with a good goal to work towards.

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Data Shows That Putting Later in a Day Is Harder for Tour Pros

• Author: Alex Miceli

Sometimes statistics make sense. Other times they don’t.

Then there are those times when you read a stat and simply lean back and say, “Wow!”

That is what I did when reading the chart by golf numbers guru Lou Stagner ( @LouStagner ) on putts made at certain times of day.

In talking to players about playing at certain times of day and how it impacts their approach, most mention the cold mornings of the West Coast tournaments and how they need to take an extra club when teeing off at 7 in the morning, while then adjusting as the temperature rises.

Almost never discussed: the time of day and the possibilities of making or missing a putt.

Stagner looked at putts made by PGA Tour players from 2004 to ’21 by distance and time.

The chart has distances from 2'0" to 8'5", and in some cases the rate of performance is staggering.

Courtesy of Lou Stagner

For example, a 6'0" to 6'5" putt taken before 8 a.m. has a make percentage rate at 66.7%, but if you go to 5 p.m. or later the rate of making the putt falls to 61.4%.

Stagner suggests that foot traffic and grass growth make a difference over the day, which changes the probability of success.

Stagner didn’t examine longer putts like 15 or 20 feet, because distance is the key in those cases rather than time of day.

Also, looking at the chart and factoring in that television forces leaders to play late versus others that are not in contention and playing early is a bit unfair.

In the 1960 Masters , Arnold Palmer led after the third round by one shot over Ben Hogan, Billy Casper, Ken Venturi, Julius Boros and Dow Finsterwald.

Palmer teed off at 1:29 p.m. with Billy Casper, but six other groups teed off after Palmer.

Venturi and Finsterwald teed off at 12:33 p.m. and Hogan was paired with Boros at 1:01 p.m.

Television was not an important part of professional golf in those days.

When Stagner was asked whether teeing off later versus early makes a difference, Stagner said off the top of his head it was likely worth at least one-fourth of a stroke.

In professional golf it all adds up, and it's possible that the demands of television and its need to have leaders tee off last can make a difference in the winner.

Putting Statistics Every Golfer Should Know

Watching players on the PGA Tour you might be forgiven for thinking that they never seem to miss. This might be doing your own game no favors because you put yourself under additional pressure.

How Often Do Tour Players Miss Short Putts?

What is strokes gained putting, total putts or putts per round, putts per green in regulation (gir), three-putt avoidance, birdie conversion rate, start by getting closer to the hole, putting statistics every golfer should know: conclusion.

In reality, even tour players miss plenty of putts. While putting stats have changed in recent years to use strokes gained putting as arguably the most important measure there are still plenty of putting statistics every golfer should know if they want to improve their game and reduce the number of putts they take on a consistent basis.

Tour pros miss short putts more often than you might think. In fact, many Tour pros will say that missing a short putt is one of the most frustrating things that can happen during a round. While it may seem like they should be able to make an 8-foot putt with ease, the truth is that even the best players in the world miss these putts from time to time.

Looking at the stats from the 2021-22 season, Yonas Blixt, was the best performer inside 8 feet managing to hold 76% but the tour average was only 54%. Yes, that’s right the best players on the planet missed almost half their eight-footers. So the next time you miss an eight-footer for par don’t jump to whack yourself with your putter! Guys that are spending all day pretty much every day working on their game miss half the time. They also have the advantage of playing on greens that are usually in peak condition. Many amateur golfers suffer greens that are not much better than the aprons at some top courses.

Strokes gained putting is a metric used to measure how much better a golfer is at putting than the rest of the field. The strokes gained formula was originally developed by Prof Mark Broadie from Columbia Business School. It uses the ShotLink data to work out whether a player has performed better or worse than the field on a given hole and cumulatively for the round.

From all the data that is collected at every tournament, it is possible to calculate the probability of a player holing out from any given distance either on the green or off it.

To give a simplified example the data would suggest that from 30 feet tour players will two put 88% of the time, they will one put 7% of the time and the remaining 5% will be three putts or more. This means a player putting from 30 feet would be expected to take on average 1.977 putts.

So if a player happens to hole their 30-footer they have effectively gained a shot compared with the probability.

There are a number of online calculators that will allow you to work out your strokes gained figure compared with the PGA Tour probabilities.

Key Putting Statistics

As the focus has moved onto strokes gained statistics the simpler old-fashioned stats aren’t referenced quite as often but for amateur players they can still be useful.

There are a few key putting statistics that can give you an idea of how well you are doing on the greens.

The simplest putting stat to calculate. It is just a total of the number of putts taken during the round. If you’re taking more than 36 putts then you need to work on your putting performance. You are probably not getting your first put close enough to the hole to give you a good chance of making the next one. You may also be struggling to hole out those shorter putts. Try to work out which is your Achilles’ heel so you can work on your stroke on the practice putting green.

Lucas Herbert was the PGA Tour player with the fewest putts per round last season, averaging 27.7.

If you find that you are averaging around two for this particular stat then that might show that your approach play needs work in order to get you closer to the hole for your first putt. We’ve already seen that even the best players only hole half their putts from 8 feet so if your approach play consistently leaving you 30-foot putts then your arms of making them are going to be low no matter what your level of putting skill.

This statistic shows how often a golfer is able to avoid those costly mistakes. For the 2022 season, Cameron Smith led the way with only 18 three-putts in 66 rounds which meant a 1.61% chance of him three-putting the holes he played. The tour as a whole averaged 3% or roughly one three-putt every two rounds.

A combination of better approach play and solid lag putting would give you a great chance of approaching these figures.

Gives you an idea of how often a golfer is able to take advantage of opportunities by turning them into birdies. This is usually also dependent on how close you are able to hit your approach shots.

For the average golfer getting the ball closer to the hole for your first putt should lead to better statistics overall because no matter how good you are the percentage of putts you make outside 8 feet is pretty low most of the time.

Wherever possible try to give your putts a chance to drop. If you continually leave putts short then that going to affect your make percentage.

the beauty of statistics is they can usually tell whatever story you want by picking the most advantageous ones to your cause. While you’re unlikely to ever reach the levels of PGA Tour putting statistics there’s no reason why you can’t improve your three-putt avoidance which should directly influence your handicap index.

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Consider, for a moment, Denny McCarthy. In the 2019-20 season, he was the strokes gained/putting champion of the PGA Tour , and almost became just the second person (after Jason Day) to average an entire stroke gained over the field per round. It was his second straight mythical putting title, and it’s not even a little hyperbolic to call him one of the greatest putters on Earth. That said, if you know anything about Denny McCarthy, you know he’s not one of the greatest players on Earth. In the two seasons when he led the PGA Tour in putting, he finished 111th and 73rd in the FedEx Cup standings and only managed six top-10s in 51 tournaments. There’s no doubt that he’s very good, but there’s also no doubt that in this case, his brilliant putting didn’t translate to superlative results.

Golf, like many sports, is fertile ground for folk wisdom. If you’ve spent time around a course, you’ve heard the expression “drive for show, putt for dough.” McCarthy’s case would cast some doubt on this formulation, but of course the 27-year-old is just one person and it would be a mistake to draw any statistical conclusions from the smallest possible sample size. Right or wrong, though, the “putt for dough” idea is attempting to answer a question of critical importance for players: Which skill matters the most? Which specific aspect of golf has the greatest correlation to sustained success? And which elements are less important than we think?

To search for the answer, I reached out to Rick Gehman, founder of RickRunGood.com and a Golf Digest contributor. There are a few brilliant numbers guys in golf, and he’s one of them. As expected, he took the concept and blew it out of the water. In his words:

I’ve attached a sheet that looks at the 130 official PGA Tour stats and compares them for the 2020 season FedEx Cup Regular Season Points. With only one year, and a shortened one at that, there’s going to be more randomness than usual BUT I think the list certainly passes the eye test.

Gehman’s method was what he called a “straightforward regression model,” in which two variables are compared to each other using 129 qualifying players. The steady variable is FedEx Cup points accrued by a player during the regular season, which was our metric for success (you could argue that total strokes-gained average is better, but I wanted to go by the PGA Tour’s own standard, albeit before the points blow up in the playoffs and skew the results). The second variable is the other 130 stats, with a ranking value assigned to each based on a player’s finish in the year-end standings. By finding out which ones have the closest correlation to each other, you can see which statistics might predict success.

In simpler words, this shows us what the best players did the best.

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Let me echo Gehman’s caution up top: With only an abbreviated season’s worth of data, there is bound to be some statistical noise, and to draw definite conclusions of any kind, you’d need to look at a years-long study.

With that said, the list can be found here . The higher the number, the more closely correlated the result is with FedEx Cup success. A few observations:

• As a quality control test, it’s good to see that “official money” and “Official World Golf Ranking” are the top two. Clearly, if these didn’t correlate with our concept of success, something would be seriously wrong.

• Of the comprehensive strokes-gained numbers, SG/approach the green is the most “important” to overall success. It’s the top stat after money and World Ranking, and it’s even above SG/total, which comes in fourth. That last fact is the least intuitive of the results and probably deserves closer inspection.

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• The top six are: SG/approach the green, SG/off-the-tee, scoring average, SG/total, SG/around the green, and SG/tee-to-green. Again, this all stands to reason and functions as good quality control.

The saying "putt for dough" on the PGA Tour hasn't held up the last two seasons, as Denny McCarthy led both times in strokes gained/putting but finishing 111th and 76th on the FedEx Cup points list, respectively.

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• But you might have noticed something missing … where’s putting? Incredibly, SG/putting ranks 64th on the list, exactly at the halfway mark. It’s hard not to think of that number in relation to McCarthy, and while the warning above still has to be observed, it definitely raises some questions about the relative value of putting.

• Looking at the top of the list, there are a lot of stats like “birdie average” and “scoring average” that you’d expect. But when you start getting into highly specific stats, like driving distance and “approaches from > 200 yards” you see the putting categories appear only after several tee-to-green stats.

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• In particular, long approaches seem to be of some importance. Approaches from longer than 175 yards seem more correlated with success than anything on the green. Greens in regulation is hugely critical, coming in 16th.

• Scrambling matters, too. Not only is SG/around the green fifth overall, but scrambling itself (31st), sand-save percentage (35th), scrambling from the rough (44th) and scrambling from 10-20 yards (49th) are all relatively high.

• Interestingly, “consecutive cuts” finished dead last, one of only two stats with a negative correlation value. Clearly, in a system like the FedEx Cup where points are top heavy, consistency without at least sporadic excellence is a dubious merit.

• In the “Bryson was right” department, driving distance average (28th) is more closely correlated with success than driving-accuracy percentage (52nd).

• If you’re looking for a magic secret stat that perfectly predicts success, you’ll be disappointed. Personally, I was hoping that we’d somehow find out that all the best players were wizards from the left rough between 150-175 yards. Alas …

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After reading Gehman’s list, I wanted to try one more approach that looked only at the top 30 players on tour from last season. It’s less scientific, but I thought it might be worthwhile. Luis Rivera at the PGA Tour helped immensely by providing me with a spreadsheet of the overall ranking in all the major strokes-gained categories from the top 30 in the 2020 FEC rankings. With these numbers, it was possible to do a quick and dirty check for success correlation.

A clutch putt from Mackenzie Hughes, something his stats show he's prone to do, at the BMW Championship earned him the last spot into the 2020 Tour Championship.

Stacy Revere

With fewer players, there will be outliers, and the data will necessarily be less precise. As an example, we can look at Mackenzie Hughes, who missed nine of his first 11 cuts, then made it all the way to the Tour Championship by virtue of catching fire late. He’s in the McCarthy vein, having finished eighth in putting but worse than 140th in the other major categories. Meanwhile, Hideki Matsuyama goes the other way, cleaning up from off the green but finishing a sad 170th in putting.

Here were the average season-ending rankings for each category among this group of 30:

SG/total : 29.7 SG:/tee-to-green : 41.47 SG/approach : 52.97 SG/off-the-tee : 53.67 SG/putting : 65.73 SG/around the green : 71.9

The similarity here is that putting is relatively low, and the biggest difference comes with “around the green,” which looks a lot less significant here. (Also, fans of strokes gained will be relieved to know that SG/total is No. 1 here, as you’d expect it to be.) Again, Gehman’s method is the more sophisticated metric, and should take precedence, but it’s interesting to see what changes and what doesn’t with a slightly different method.

The broad conclusion is that when you look at 2020, tee-to-green golf seems to be a more useful skill than putting. In the real world, a great player needs both, but we may want to get ahead of the curve and tweak that famous expression: Putt for show, do everything else for dough.

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Putting make percentages by handicap – how do you compare?

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Is putting your strength or your weakness? See how your putting make percentage compares to your handicap category

An often-heard phrase in clubhouses around the world, “Man, I didn’t hole a thing out there today!” Whilst it may feel like you didn’t hole any putts, the truth is you had to have holed enough putts to complete your round. Whether you had 30 putts or 38 putts, you did hole enough to post a score. Nonetheless, it’s maybe that short putt for birdie on the 8 th or a missed opportunity on the 18 th that is fresh in the mind and leaves you with a bitter taste in your mouth. However, don’t beat yourself up.

A recent look at the Shot Scope database putting statistics has revealed that for all handicap categories, the make % is pretty good. Yes, there is always room for improvement but don’t beat yourself up about it. If you currently do not track your golf shots, or measure your performance on the course in any way – we highly recommend you start as it is the easiest way to learn what you need to change in order to improve your game .

The Shot Scope database revealed the make percentage from certain distances to be the following:

Make % from 30ft+

Starting from the furthest away benchmark (30+ ft) from the hole to the closest (0-6ft), the data above is very interesting. Indeed, our putting data shows that from 30+ feet there is not a great difference in make percentages at this range. This is unsurprising as from this distance it is often quite rare to hole putts on a consistent basis, the aim should be to at least two-putt every time from this distance rather than hole it. Whilst holing a putt from this distance is great, the focus should be predominantly about pace and then line which will ensure your next putt is a tap-in more often than not.

Make % from 24-30ft

The next distance bracket, 24-30 feet, offers up some interesting insights. In particular the make percentage of 5 HCP golfers. The 5 HCP golfers make percentage from 24-30 feet is a very respectable 10.10%, the highest of all handicap categories. These figures are a good standard, especially considering the nearest stat comparison of 20-25 feet make percentage on the PGA tour for last season was 12.43%. 

Putting Make %

The next three categories, encompassing 6-24 feet, again showcase the good standard of the typical 0 handicap golfer on the Shot Scope database. They have the highest make percentages in all three categories. Other handicap categories are not too far behind from these distances.

Putting Make % from 0-6ft

The final distance bracket, and perhaps the most crucial, is the 0-6 feet category. Unsurprisingly the lower the handicap the higher the make percentage, this pattern follows all the way from 0 HCP to 25 HCP. This crucial category is where the 0-handicap category pulls ahead at 92.80%. This is a great make percentage as the PGA tour make percentage from inside 5 feet (not direct distance comparison but closest stat available) last year was 96.70%. Considering an extra foot added on to our distance bracket then this is a very high standard.

With a lot of second putts falling within this distance and short game shots when attempting to get up and down also coming into this distance bracket, it is crucial for scoring to hole as many 0–6-foot putts during a round as possible. Therefore, it is reasonable to suggest that part of the reason the lower handicap golfers are in their handicap category is because of their higher make percentage from this 0-6 feet distance. We suggest all handicap categories practice their putting from this distance on the putting green once or twice a week, it can even be practiced at home. If your make percentage in this distance bracket increases then there is a good chance your scores on the course will come tumbling down.

So, how does your make percentage compare to your handicap category? Have a look on your Shot Scope mobile app or web dashboard to see how your putting skills match up to golfers of your handicap ability.

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The Stats that defined the PGA Tour in April

T he 2023 Masters Champion Jon Rahm of Spain, puts on the green jacket of the 2024 Champion, Scottie Scheffler, after the final round of Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on April 14. [GETTY IMAGES]

He’s the third different player to enter the Masters Tournament ranked No. 1 in the FedExCup as well as in the world — and the only one to have gone on to win the season’s first major. Even more impressive, Scottie Scheffler has now done it not once, but twice. Scheffler, who also won the 2022 Masters, pulled away on a sun-kissed Sunday, shooting 68 to beat Ludvig Aberg by four strokes.

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Tiger Woods came close in his two attempts as the dual No. 1, finishing second in 2008 and tying for fourth in 2013. Dustin Johnson, though, never made it to the first tee after taking a tumble down the stairs in his rental and having to withdraw.

Scheffler’s name continues to be linked with Woods in several other ways. They are the only two to have won The Players Championship and Masters in the same year (Woods did it in 2001) and along with Jack Nicklaus, the only ones to have won those events multiple times. Scheffler continued this year’s solid putting on Augusta National’s vexing greens, ranking first in putts per green in regulation and third overall. He had nine one-putt greens in the final round, including four on the inward nine holes, and played the par 5s in nine under. The Texan also was tied for seventh in greens in regulation and joint 10th in fairways hit.

Scheffler shines once more in Harbour Town

How well is Scottie Scheffler playing right now? He has yet to shoot above par this year and only twice in 39 rounds has he even signed for a round in the 70s. He hasn’t missed a cut this year, and only once has he finished outside the top 10 (and that was a tie for 17th).

The RBC Heritage brought more of the same as Scheffler beat Sahith Theegala by three strokes to win for the fourth time in five starts (and he was second in the other). He’s a cumulative 76 under during that stretch, too. The victory was the 10th of the 27-year-old’s career — all of which have come in a span of 51 events. Scheffler started a bit slowly — winning the Masters the previous week can do that to a guy — but by the weekend at Harbour Town, he was where everyone expected at the top of the leaderboard. Not even a Monday finish to the Signature Event could slow him down.

The last player to win a major and a PGA Tour event the following week was Tiger Woods in 2006 (PGA Championship and World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational). Scheffler joins another World Golf Hall of Famer, Bernhard Langer, as the only players to go back-to-back at the Masters and RBC Heritage, although Jack Nicklaus has also won the two events in the same year.

Scheffler put together the best Strokes Gained: Approach the Green performance in the ShotLink era, gaining 6.87 shots on the field. Aiding in that quest, he hit 76.39 percent of his greens in regulation, second only to Stewart CInk among RBC Heritage winners.

Horschel captures Corales Puntacana Championship

The 2024 season has been a feast or famine kind of year for Billy Horschel. He’s missed six cuts in 11 starts but also has five top-20 finishes — including his eighth career win at the Corales Puntacana Championship.

Horschel saved his best for last that week, firing a bogey-free 63 to make up a three-stroke deficit and win by two over Wesley Bryan. The comeback was the largest in tournament history. Horschel, who was making his tournament debut, now owns the 72-hole scoring mark of 23 under — eclipsing last year’s champ, Matt Wallace, by four strokes — and a share of the18-hole tournament record after the 63.

For the week, the 37-year-old Horschel was tied for first in putting and solo second in putts per green in regulation. The Floridian was steady off the tee, too, hitting all but seven fairways, missing just one in the final roud.

Bhatia wins Valero Texas Open

Just over 22 years old, Akshay Bhatia now has two PGA TOUR victories after beating Denny McCarthy on the first hole of sudden death at the Valero Texas Open. The win enabled Bhatia to snag the final spot in the Masters, as well as invites to the final four Signature Events of the season.

Akshay Bhatia of the United States poses with the trophy after winning the Valero Texas Open on the 18th hole of the first playoff during the final round of the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas on April 7. [GETTY IMAGES]

Bhatia had huge advantages on the field in Strokes Gained: Total at +21.15 and Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green of +18.76. Those totals are among the best ever recorded in the ShotLink era — tied for eighth and 15th, respectively.

Bhatia was particularly precise on the par 4s where he led the field in all four performance categories — birdies (14), strokes under par (10), Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green (+11.31) and Strokes Gained: Total (+13.27)

Mc-Lowry win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans

You had to know it was going to be a special week when Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry got a standing ovation as they left Arnaud’s, one of New Orleans’ most revered restaurants, after having dinner one evening. “He's getting old, but he can still move the needle a little bit,” Lowry said of his long-time friend and the second-ranked player in the world.

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, left, and Shane Lowry of Ireland celebrate the final round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, Louisiana on April 28. [GETTY IMAGES]

The duo delivered, too, beating Martin Trainer and Chad Ramey on the first hole of sudden death at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The win was the 25th PGA Tour victory for McIlroy, who was making his debut in the Crescent City, and the third for Lowry.

At one point on Sunday, the Irish duo trailed by five strokes as Trainer and Ramey surged to a 63 that tied the record in the difficult Foursomes format. But four birdies in a five-hole stretch that began at the seventh hole propelled McIlroy and Lowry to the forefront and an 18th hole birdie forced the playoff.

The victory extended McIlory’s streak of seasons with a win to seven. But it may have been even more important to Lowry, who now is eligible for the final three Signature Events of the season.

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2024 PGA Championship odds, predictions, picks: Tiger Woods projection from golf model that nailed the Masters

Tiger woods, an 82-time pga tour winner, is expected to be part of the 2024 pga championship field at valhalla golf club.

Though he's a longshot to win this year, no player transforms the feel of a major championship like Tiger Woods. Woods is a 15-time major champion and is expected to be part of the 2024 PGA Championship field when play gets underway from Valhalla Golf Club on Thursday, May 16. Woods has won the PGA Championship four times in his career, the most recent coming in 2007. The latest 2024 PGA Championship odds list Woods at 125-1, the same as Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia.

Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 ranked player in the world, is the 2024 PGA Championship favorite at 3-1, followed by Jon Rahm (10-1), Rory McIlroy (12-1), Ludvig Aberg (12-1) and defending champion Brooks Koepka (12-1). Before locking in your 2024 PGA Championship picks or Tiger Woods props, be sure to  see the golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine .

Our proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, the model is up almost $10,000 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.

McClure's model correctly predicted Scottie Scheffler would finish on top of the leaderboard at the 2024 Masters, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and The Players Championship this season. McClure also included Hideki Matsuyama in his best bets to win the 2024 Genesis Invitational. That bet hit at +9000, and for the entire tournament, McClure's best bets returned nearly $1,000.

The model also predicted Jon Rahm would be victorious at the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express. At the 2023 Masters, the model was all over Rahm's second career major victory heading into the weekend. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the third round, but the model still projected him as the winner. It was the second straight Masters win for the model, which also nailed Scheffler winning in 2022.

In addition, McClure's best bets included Nick Taylor (70-1) winning the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, Jason Day (17-1) winning outright at the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson, and Rickie Fowler (14-1) finishing on top of the leaderboard at the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic.

This same model has also nailed a whopping 11 majors entering the weekend and hit the Masters three straight years. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.

Now with the PGA Championship 2024 field taking shape, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard.

Top 2024 PGA Championship predictions 

One major surprise: Collin Morikawa, a 22-1 longshot, makes a strong run at the title. He's a target for anyone looking for a huge payday. Morikawa has had plenty of success at major championships early in his career. He's a two-time major champion and is coming off a third-place finish at the Masters in April.

After missing the cut in two of his first five starts on the PGA Tour in 2024, Morikawa seems to be rounding into form ahead of the second major of the year. He's finished inside the top-10 in his last two starts thanks in large part to his putting stroke. The 27-year-old entered the month of May ranked 12th in one-putt percentage (44.27%), 12th in putts per round (28.00) and 18th in putting average (1.717). Given his current odds and past performances at majors, the model projects strong value in including Morikawa in your 2024 PGA Championship bets.

The model has also examined where Tiger Woods finishes. Woods is the No. 801 player in the Official World Golf Ranking and has only made seven worldwide starts in the last two years after suffering leg injuries in a single-car accident in February 2021.

Woods has only finished four of those tournaments and putting together four rounds has been a grind because of the toll his body has taken over the years. However, he extended his made-cut streak at Augusta to 24, the all-time record, last month. Valhalla is another course where he'll have a leg-up on most of the field when it comes to course knowledge. He's a four-time PGA Championship winner and was a runner-up in this event as recently as 2018.  The model just locked in its Tiger Woods PGA Championship picks here. .

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The model is also targeting three other golfers with odds longer than 20-1 to make a strong run at the title. Anyone who backs these longshots could hit it big. You can only see the model's picks here .

Who will win the 2024 PGA Championship, and which longshots will stun the golfing world? Check out the PGA Championship 2024 odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected PGA Championship leaderboard, all from the model that's nailed 11 golf majors, including the last three Masters .

2024 PGA Championship odds, field

Get full 2024 PGA Championship picks, best bets, and predictions here.

Scottie Scheffler 3-1 Jon Rahm 10-1 Rory McIlroy 12-1 Ludvig Aberg 12-1 Brooks Koepka 12-1 Wyndham Clark 16-1 Xander Schauffele 18-1 Joaquin Niemann 22-1 Collin Morikawa 22-1 Patrick Cantlay 22-1 Viktor Hovland 25-1 Cameron Smith 25-1 Bryson DeChambeau 28-1 Max Homa 28-1 Hideki Matsuyama 30-1 Jordan Spieth 33-1 Justin Thomas 33-1 Cameron Young 35-1 Tony Finau 35-1 Matt Fitzpatrick 35-1 Tommy Fleetwood 40-1 Tom Kim 40-1 Dustin Johnson 40-1 Tyrrell Hatton 45-1 Min Woo Lee 50-1 Sam Burns 50-1 Jason Day 50-1 Shane Lowry 50-1 Brian Harman 60-1 Sungjae Im 60-1 Patrick Reed 65-1 Abraham Ancer 65-1 Russell Henley 65-1 Sahith Theegala 65-1 Louis Oosthuizen 75-1 Corey Conners 75-1 Keegan Bradley 75-1 Rickie Fowler 80-1 Adam Scott 80-1 Talor Gooch 90-1 Harris English 100-1 Justin Rose 100-1 Si Woo Kim 100-1 Gary Woodland 100-1 Kurt Kitayama 100-1 Daniel Berger 100-1 Sepp Straka 100-1 Tiger Woods 125-1 Keith Mitchell 125-1 Phil Mickelson 125-1 J.T. Poston 125-1 Sergio Garcia 125-1 Mito Pereira 150-1 Billy Horschel 150-1 Eric Cole 150-1 Thomas Pieters 150-1 Ryan Fox 175-1 Seamus Power 175-1 Mackenzie Hughes 175-1 Denny McCarthy 175-1 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 175-1 Victor Perez 175-1 Marc Leishman 175-1 Davis Riley 200-1 Adam Hadwin 200-1 Harold Varner III 200-1 Jason Kokrak 200-1 Robert MacIntyre 250-1 Francisco Molinari 250-1 Joel Dahmen 250-1 Aaron Wise 250-1 Steve Stricker 350-1 Michael Block 500-1

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US PGA Championship 2024: Jesper Svensson relishing 'bonus' Major debut at Valhalla

On the eve of playing in his maiden Major Championship at the U.S. PGA Championship , Jesper Svensson reflects on his achievements in the last year with great pride but also in the knowledge there is still so much more ahead of him.

“A year ago, I couldn’t have dreamt that I would be in my first Major,” he tells the DP World Tour from Upsala Golf Club in his native Sweden.

“My focus was just to get back on the Challenge Tour. To be in this position now is very fortunate. The journey over the past year has been incredible.”

As he says, Svensson has enjoyed a rise beyond his own expectations. This time last year he was ranked outside the top 700 on the Official World Golf Ranking, but he now finds himself just outside the top 100.

When he tees it up on Thursday for the first round of the second men’s Major of the year at Valhalla Golf Club, it will be just five days shy of the one-year anniversary of his maiden Challenge Tour title in his first start of the 2023 campaign having opted to focus on the Nordic Golf League earlier in the year.

"I didn't have a very good season in 2022 and to turn things around this last year has been really rewarding," he says. "Everything that I have been working on has paid off."

Victory at last year’s B-NL Challenge Trophy in the Netherlands was the highlight of a stellar campaign on the Road to Mallorca that included five further top 10 finishes as he finished fifth in the season-long rankings to earn promotion to the DP World Tour.

While a rookie season on golf’s Global Tour can be daunting for many, Svensson has relished his new surroundings.

After finishing second in South Africa in December and Bahrain in February, the 28-year-old won on the DP World Tour at the Porsche Singapore Classic in March - a victory that saw him rise to a career-high 102nd in the world. The signs are that it is the first of many titles on the DP World Tour.

But first, he now has the chance to test his game on one of the biggest stages. And yet, this opportunity appeared to have alluded him when he finished fourth on the Asian Swing rankings after the culmination of last week’s Volvo China Open.

With Adrian Otaegui’s win in Shenzhen, the Spaniard pipped Svensson to third place by just 16.9 points on the Global Swing's mini order of merit. But just over a day later he was handed a lifeline with an invite from the PGA of America.

“When I was signing my card after the round, everyone was congratulating me, but I knew I wasn’t secure of a top three spot,” he reflects.

“Everyone said I still had a chance of getting in on Monday evening.”

🇸🇬 Jesper Svensson 🇮🇳 Keita Nakajima 🇯🇵 Yuto Katsuragawa 🇨🇳 Adrian Otaegui The four winners from the Asian Swing. pic.twitter.com/V5VX7sASOV — DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) May 7, 2024

Even before he received the invite, Svensson always saw the opportunity to tee it up in the US PGA Championship as a “bonus.”

In truth, it was well deserved. He sits third on the DP World Tour's season-long Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex, with the possibility of earning PGA TOUR status by finishing among the top ten at the end of the campaign a distinct possibility.

And while the surroundings that await him this week are bigger than anything he is accustomed to, he is intent on taking it all in.

“I have never been to any event of this calibre,” he says.

“I am just going to enjoy the week and hopefully play some good golf. It’s going to be a great experience.”

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With no experience of playing at Valhalla, Svensson comes into the event with a sense of freedom, something he hopes will enable to play to his best.

“I am going to try and do everything like I would do in a regular event, not put too much pressure, seeing as it has been working for me,” he adds.

“I know it is going to be hard, certainly with everything that comes around an event like a Major but that is the plan.”

Putting his performance aside for a moment, the event also provides the chance for Svensson to catch up with fellow Swedes who he knows from his amateur days.

He played alongside global star Ludvig Åberg in national amateur teams, winning the European Amateur Team Championship together in 2018, while two-time DP World Tour winner Vincent Normann is another who came through at the same time.

While still yet to fully contemplate his plans for practice round partners, it would be no surprise if he wasn’t alongside one or more of his six countrymen in the field over the coming days.

“A lot of people have reached out to wish me well for next week,” says Svensson, who leaves from Sweden for the United States on Saturday and intends to take in the surroundings of Valhalla for the first time on Sunday.

“It will certainly be fun to meet Vincent (Norrman), Tim (Widing) and Ludvig (Åberg) as well, all guys I played amateur golf with.”

Svensson won’t be short of support with family members and his fiancée Angelica also travelling out for this major milestone in his career.

“Obviously they are all very happy for me,” he says. “I am sure my parents are going to enjoy next week as much as I do.”

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Seemingly stalled merger talks could build a bridge between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour, but nearly 11 months since the potential agreement became public, Brooks Koepka cleared up what he believes is a public misconception.

"I mean, the merger is also between PIF (Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund) and the PGA Tour," Koepka said Thursday at Sentosa Golf Club, site of LIV Singapore. "I think that's the difference. It's not LIV Golf, it's the PIF and the PGA TOUR. I think that's something that needs to be well known.

"Look, we have no idea. The PGA Tour has no idea. Our job is to go play golf, and that's it. That's what we're here to do. But I think it's important that the merger is that way."

Koepka said he's focused on fixing his putting this week with the PGA Championship at Valhalla two weeks away. He is the defending PGA Championship winner, taking his third Wanamaker Trophy at Oak Hill in 2023. But his game isn't in the same place by his own assessment following a 45th-place finish at Augusta National last month. Koepka was 20 shots off the pace of winner Scottie Scheffler .

Koepka is 16th in LIV Golf's individual standings and working primarily on his short game. He lamented Thursday that he left Georgia last month with the feeling he wasted the four-month buildup to the tournament, which was anchored by a transition from a button-back style putter in his bag for a dozen years to a mallet putter.

"Something we've just been putting some work into, so trying to find some answers," Koepka said.

Asked to describe the main issues with his putting at the moment, Koepka quipped: "The ball doesn't go in the hole, that is usually one of them. I don't know how else to simply put it. I feel like I'm hitting good putts, they just keep burning lips. Eventually it starts to wear on you after a while. All you can do is hit a good putt and see where it goes from there. Hopefully they start falling soon."

Bryson DeChambeau was in the final pairing with Max Homa on Saturday at the Masters but was left in Scheffler's wake and tied for sixth.

He said more LIV golfers are certain to be in contention in majors with three on the schedule in the next three months.

"I think us LIV golfers are prepared as ever to play major championships," DeChambeau said, adding the lighter tournament scheduled "allows us the opportunity to have a little bit more time every once in a while to get ready for those majors. But I think we all have the firepower to play well and win a major championship. There's a lot of major champions over here that know how to get it done, so it's just a matter of time."

DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson agreed with Koepka's statement that LIV Golf is strong and has staying power, regardless of how "merger" talks progress.

Mickelson was among the players hailed with rock star treatment last week at Adelaide in Australia. He said he finds Singapore to be more energetic about LIV's arrival this time around.

"There's also a lot of uncertainty. I think the things that I do know is I think the quality of the players will continue to get better each year," Mickelson said of the future of LIV Golf. "I think that the ability and the sites that we move throughout the world will continue to excite players and excite fans. We'll be going to more countries outside of the United States that really are starving for world-class professional golf, and we'll have a lot more receptions like we had at Adelaide."

Sleeper Picks: Wells Fargo Championship

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Harris English (+5000) … He hasn’t captured victory since emerging as the survivor of an eight-hole playoff at the 2021 Travelers Championship, but the 34-year-old has been flashing vintage form for a good year now, itself about a year on from surgery for a torn labrum in his right hip. He’s well above average across the board and Quail Hollow is the site of his most recent podium finish. No one was catching Wyndham Clark for the win at last year’s Wells Fargo Championship, but English shared third in the full field (seven strokes back).

Sahith Theegala (+450) … Learning from last week’s lesson when S.H. Kim “should” have been the fourth Sleeper among the Top 5s to pay it off this year. (He finished T4 at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson.) Instead, he was slotted as the outright in this space (although there was a nod to swap him with Thomas Detry, the listed Top 5). To wit, Theegala was the original front-runner for this week’s outright, but he sets up better for the next-best reward. Any course history, good or otherwise, can be chalked up as invaluable experience because of his quick-study profile as a feel player. Of course, it’s a results-based business, but he has a stack of receipts if you need those, too. Two runner-up finishes, a solo fifth and another pair of top 10s already this season.

Brendon Todd (+600) … When a guy who never will win a long-drive contest answers the bell on a course like Quail Hollow that most definitely rewards distance off the tee, respect is even greater. Yet, he’s in the longer half of odds in the field for this finish. Ignore the slight because that’s very good for us. He placed T8 here last year but he also finished T18 in 2019, arguably the more impressive outcome given the fact that he had arrived that week at 1,560th in the Official World Golf Ranking due to an extended skid with the driver yips. No such worries nowadays. He’s 20th on the PGA TOUR in fairways hit and a classically strong 18th in Strokes Gained: Putting.

Kevin Tway (+500) … A T11 with Kelly Kraft at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans was a bonus, but it’s now sandwiched in between a solo third at Corales and a T9 at TPC Craig Ranch. He arrives for his fourth start at Quail Hollow (via the Aon Swing 5) with eight consecutive sub-70s in individual competition, so investing in a Top 20 in a field of 69, regardless of its depth and breadth, is meaty. The gamechanger of late has been his putting, and it hasn’t made a difference that he’s rolled it on paspalum, Bermuda and bentgrass the last three weeks, respectively. Pure and simple, he’s feelin’ it.

Emiliano Grillo (+210) … It’s a beautiful thing that BetMGM opened this market for the Signature Event. It’s even better than the Argentine is worth more than twice the kickback in it. Awful closing rounds in his last two paydays shoved him well away from the spotlight. He also never locked in at the Masters, but negative results on the biggest stages are forgiven. He’s still putting exceptionally well across full tournaments, so it pays to dive into that detail. Oh, and he’s gone T9-T14-T23 at Quail Hollow since 2018.

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Rob Bolton is a Golfbet columnist for the PGA TOUR. The Chicagoland native has been playing fantasy golf since 1994, so he was just waiting for the Internet to catch up with him. Follow Rob Bolton on Twitter .