Original title: The PGA Tour’s June review recaps the incredible victories of three players from a data perspective
(PGA TOUR PGATOUR/Text) Whatever stats Mark Horton provides his PGA Tour clients these days, it all seems to be paying off.
The British statistician mentioned that both Sam Boons and Billy Horschel came to him to teach golf. Both have won on the PGA Tour this season: Boons at the Charles Schwab Challenge and Horschel at the Memorial.
(Horschel wins seventh PGA Tour title)
“Horton’s ability is unbelievable,” Horschel said after the title. “He’s been on my team since 2014. We won the FedEx Cup together in his first year. He’s a model. He’s an English guy, and he’s straight. We talked about my record on the PGA Tour and what I wasn’t doing well enough before he joined the team.”
“I wasn’t very good on the short game before and I couldn’t find the feel. This week I finally showed him the short game improvement and saved my game at the crunch time.”
Horschel’s performance at the Memorial Golf Tournament is arguably better than ever. His +13.58 tee-to-green score is the best of his PGA Tour career and his best since the 2018 Wyndham Championship (+10.74, tied for 11th). That beat his career record of +13.07 set a decade earlier at the 2012 Sanderson Farms Championship.
He is the No. 1 Memorial Golf Championship since 2003 in both tee-to-green and par-to-green. The top three are Patrick Cantley (2021), Jenson Dufner (2017) and Tiger Woods (2012). That week, he finished second in “close distance,” his third top-two finish in the category, and more than 4 feet closer than the average of his eight previous Memorial Tournaments.
Horschel deserves credit for his performance. Meanwhile, Holden will continue to crunch the numbers.
“He just told me where I needed to make the hole, where the bogey was going to be, where was the birdie. That’s the way I like strategy,” Horschel explained, “and that’s what I like to do too. , to figure out where to put the ball. He’s backed me up with numbers for the past eight years.”
Schauffele breaks championship drought
Zand Schauffele knew the record. Numbers don’t lie.
Four 54-hole leads, none ended up winning!
(Schauffele breaks the championship drought)
That was Schauffele’s career record for a 54-hole lead or tie on the PGA Tour, and he’s still waiting to turn that success into a victory. And at the Travelers Championship this season, he did.
“Before, when I had a 54-hole lead or close to it, the last round felt like a quick ride,” he said. “When the game was over and back at the hotel or the house, I would sit and think about what happened today.”
This time, he wants to focus on the moment, on what he’s doing, which is every shot. That was the key to fending off Patrick Cantley, who was just one shot behind him heading into the final round, with more players chasing him.
“I told my caddie to remind me to focus from the first hole,” Schauffele said. “He did a really good job, and the two of us started off with confidence.”
They did. Schauffele led the game with 63 greens in par that week and tied his PGA Tour record. He did the same at the WM Phoenix Open earlier this season, where he won a T3 and hit 60 greens twice at the 2020 Sentry Championship (T2) and CIMB Classic (T3).
That precision helped Schauffele finish with a +16.39 overall score. It was the highest score in a tournament of his career, having previously set a +15.31 in the 2020 CJ Cup.
Schauffele was one shot behind Seif Tigara near the final hole, but Tigara made a double-bogey before he could get it 3 feet from the hole, after which he caught Bird won, winning another PGA Tour title since the 2019 Sentry Championship.
“My stats have been pretty consistent over the year, but I just haven’t really played four good rounds,” Schauffele said after the game. “I think subconsciously or without my knowledge, I Got a little impatient. This week, I just reminded myself as much as I could, be as patient as I could. I realized that it took a lot of effort, and if you can do what you’ve been doing, with a little more focus, you’ll get a lot out of it Payback. Fortunately, it worked.”
McIlroy is amazing
When looking at the forecast for the final round of the RBC Canadian Open, Wheat knew his chances of winning by simply glancing at the wind.
“Seeing that southerly wind again, I knew I had to shoot -5 or -6 to have a chance to win,” he said.
(21 PGA Tour winner Rory McIlroy)
this is very simple. Wheat had a 62 (-8) and a two-shot lead over Tony Feiner for his 21st PGA Tour victory.
“Have to keep your feet on the ground and keep your rhythm,” he said of his mentality. “I got off to a faster start today than I was a few days ago.”
Wheat has made several low final rounds this season, joining Fener as the only two players on this year’s PGA Tour with a “-6 or better” in the final round. He also had two rounds of 66 (-6) at The Players Championship and the CJ Cup @ Summit before the -8 in Canada, and a 64 (-8) in the final round of the Masters.
It marked the third time he had a final-round 62 or better and won. No other champion has done this since 1983. On top of that, he shot a final-round 61 to win the 2019 RBC Canadian Open and a 62 at the Wells Fargo Championship.
He was buoyed by his incredible approach to the green, as he averaged just over 3 feet from 100 to 125 yards on near holes, which was 14 feet closer than the final round average.Return to Sohu, see more
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