To give us an idea of how well players perform in the tee, their overall driving statistics are a good starting point, although it won’t give us a definite answer.
Total Driving is an old-fashioned statistic that combines players’ rankings in driving distance and driving accuracy to create a single TEE-SHOT performance metric.
The player’s overall driving score is calculated by adding the season’s ranking in driving distance and driving accuracy – the lower the final number, the better the player’s overall driving performance.
Strokes obtain the performance of the analytical by measuring the player’s strengths or advantage over the average level of each shot.
The obtained strokes provide a comprehensive analysis of the golfer’s entire game by comparing each shot to the average performance of the same situation, revealing precise advantages and disadvantages.
We’ve listed the players in order of strokes – Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton aren’t listed yet, as they’re playing on Liv Golf now, but both are sure to be at the top of these lists.
SG: Total box office driving (distance meeting)
Rory McIlroy 3rd 0.671 77 (2-159)
Ludvig Aberg 10th 0.524 12th (18-85)
Tommy Fleetwood 48th 0.242 47th (118-25)
Bob MacIntyre 50th 0.228 47th (88-55)
Sepp Straka 50th 0.228 66th (133-22)
Rasmus Hojgaard 69th 0.139 44th (7-134)
Matt Fitzpatrick 76th 0.103 59th (88-60)
Viktor Hovland 77th 0.099 27th (85-41)
Shane Lowry 81st 0.085 98 (132-43)
Justin Rose 135th -0.254 137th (97-99)
*Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton are not listed
European Ryder Cup team driving conclusion
1) Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler (first) are alone in these teams. The wise McIlroy looks problematic, but his distance makes up for it.
Statistics may be deceptive, as McIlroy is often considered the best driver of the modern day, but he ranked 77th in all driving this season.
2) Ludvig Aberg’s driving looks as ridiculous as it looks. It was his goal game, and he was sometimes disappointed around the Greens.
The average distance for the Swedes is 313 yards, longer than any American except Bryson DeChambeau.
3) Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka are two shorter batsmen on both teams, but are almost the same in terms of distance from Tee.
They played the same ball and they played together last time. Therefore, paint them into at least one four pieces of media.
4) Tommy Fleetwood and McIlroy will certainly work with each other, at least in singles, they are likely to be the pairing of everything that Europe builds.
They split after the morning quad, but there is a good argument given that people like Matt Fitzpatrick are in the form of explosions and may not need to be paired with more powerful players.
5) Justin Rose is the only player to lose his T-shirt on either team. In fact, his overall statistics don’t make reading pleasant, but they are just statistics.
The Briton has been excellent when he has been playing for the Ryder Cup, and he is such a valuable asset to Luke Donald.
