The statistics from the US PGA 2001 make interesting reading. You'll see that Toms wasn't any where near the best at anything except PUTTING. He averaged 26.50 per round. Remember the old saying,"Drive for show, putt for dough."
2001 American PGA Championship
David Toms The Winner
Toms's stats (with rank in parentheses):
Fairways hit: 38 of 56 (T22nd)
Driving average: 298.0 (T24th)
Greens hit: 48 of 72 (T46th)
Putts: 106 (26.50 a rd) (T1st)
Eagles: 1 (T2nd)
Mickleson's Putting Let Him Down!
Phil Mickelson The Runner Up
Mickelson's stats(with rank in parentheses):
Fairways hit: 39 of 56 (T13th)
Driving average: 314.4 (4th)
Greens hit: 53 of 72 (T16th)
Putts: 111 (27.75 a rd) (5th)
Eagles: 1
Birdies: 20 (1st)
His putting at 27.75 per round seems to have cost him. What's your average putts per round? Have you beaten 36 lately?
