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 – Bryson DeChambeau is not listed yet because he’s playing on Liv Golf now, but, last time he’s been part of those rankings, he’s Tee’s top award.
SG: Total box office driving (distance meeting)
Scottie Scheffler 1st 0.748 6 (46-42)
Collin Morikawa 14th 0.492 39 (134 -5)
Cameron Young 30th 0.317 85th (21-146)
Patrick Cantlay 35th 0.298 65 (64-90)
JJ Spaun 36th 0.291 33rd (70-63)
Harris English 46th 0.247 36th (79-57)
Ben Griffin 57th 0.196. 80th (70-95)
Sam Burns 68th 0.146 26th (51-74)
Justin Thomas 82nd 0.078 151st (70-150)
Xander Schauffele 85th 0.076 95th (24-148)
Russell Henley 86th 0.071 85th (160-7)
Five conclusions about driving statistics from the US squad
1) All the discussion about Scheffler’s Iron Play, he’s driving better than anyone else. He scored three-quarters of the shot on the field T-shirt, and then he also took 1.3 shots for each person in a close way to the game.
We wonder why we are all talking about his talent passed down from generation to generation. To be sure, it’s all five games.
2) Collin Morikawa is one of the most accurate drivers of golf. All the talk is his iron show, which is great, too, but he is the next best driver and you think of a four-a-side banker. And, yes, his putting was bad.
3) Cameron Young has an average of 313 yards from the serving area, second only to DeChambeau.
There are a lot of similar players in the USA, all very impressive and solid, like Cantlay and English, but Young offers something different – he can putt now. So if Keegan Bradley could find a way to get his talents in, he might be a foursome.
4) Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas are bad for their talented players in terms of accuracy.
Now, the former has a lot of firepower, but Thomas’s driver is no longer one of his strengths. He won’t be seen at the first session.
5) We all know what we got from Russell Henley, and he’ll likely be a surprise plan – and it’s very likely that he’ll work with Scheffler in Foursomes. He had fun on the fairway.
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