The fantasy golf proof is certainly in the stats. Usually, players that putt and scramble well, finish well. That held true at the FBR Open, but driving distance also played a part, just ask J.B. Holmes.
This week, the Tour goes to Pebble Beach. For fantasy golf teams, if the weather conditions are poor, prime importance will be placed on accuracy, scrambling and putting. Assuming that will be the case, players who have been performing well in those categories, should do well and score well at Pebble. So far, Ben Crane has been putting everything together well. He’s a scoring leader and a scrambling leader. He may be a good fantasy golf buy this week. Here are the leaders:
Scoring Average
1 (Last Week, 8) Phil Mickelson (Rounds, 8) Average, 68.73
2 (T13) Stuart Appleby (8) 69.10
3 (T23) J.B. Holmes (12) 69.39
4 (15) Steve Elkington (13) 69.40
5 (T10) Kenneth Ferrie (6) 69.47
6 (T13) Parker McLachlin (8) 69.55
7 (12) Rory Sabbatini (16) 69.75
8 (44) Ben Crane (11) 69.84
T9 (T23) Tom Pernice, Jr. (12) 69.89
T9 (T42) Charlie Wi (9) 69.89
Driving Distance
1 (Last Week, 2) Bubba Watson (Rounds, 15) Average Driving Distance, 316.5 yds
2 (1) J.B. Holmes (12) 312.4
3 (4) Dustin Johnson (13) 309.6
4 (5) John Daly (7) 307.3
5 (7) Tag Ridings (10) 305.4
6 (8) John Merrick (9) 305.1
7 (9) Brett Wetterich (11) 303.9
8 (6) Robert Garrigus (6) 303.7
9 (10) Jason Gore (15) 302.8
T10 (T19) Anthony Kim (11) 302.0
T10 (13) Troy Matteson (16) 302.0
Driving Accuracy Percentage
1 (Last Week, 1) Scott Verplank (Rounds, 9) Percentage of Fairways Hit, 87.60
2 (6) Mark Brooks (5) 79.71
3 (T3) Olin Browne (9) 79.20
4 (8) Justin Leonard (17) 78.42
5 (5) Fred Funk (12) 77.91
6 (10) Paul Goydos (13) 77.30
7 (13) Joe Ogilvie (11) 75.80
8 (14) Jim Furyk (12) 75.58
9 (12) Joe Durant (13) 75.14
T10 (15) Zach Johnson (8) 75.00
T10 (19) Hunter Mahan (10) 75.00
Greens in Regulation Percentage
1 (Last Week, 1) Hunter Mahan (Rounds, 10) Percentage 82.78
2 (6) Scott Verplank (9) 80.25
3 (3) Charley Hoffman (13) 79.06
4 (7) Joe Durant (13) 77.35
5 (11) Steve Stricker (10) 77.22
6 (16) Zach Johnson (8) 77.08
7 (8) Chad Campbell (15) 77.04
8 (17) Angel Cabrera (6) 76.85
9 (T18) Mark Brooks (5) 76.67
10 (T18) Mark Wilson (14) 76.59
Scrambling Percentage - The percent of time the player misses the green, but still makes par or better.
1 (Last Week, 3) Stephen Ames (Rounds, 10) Percentage, 74.07
T2 (1) Stewart Cink (11) 74.00
T2 (2) Phil Mickelson (8) 74.00
4 (T13) Ben Crane (11) 72.55
5(18) Jason Bohn (9) 71.11
6 (11) Matt Jones (13) 71.05
7 (5) Heath Slocum (11) 70.91
8 (T157) Stuart Appleby (8) 70.73
9 (NR) Nick O'Hern (6) 70.59
10 (15) Steve Elkington (13) 69.84
Putts per Round
1 (Last Week, 10) Shaun Micheel, Putts per Round, 27.56 (Rounds, 9)
2 (5) Eric Axley, 27.58 (12)
T3 (18) John Mallinger, 27.67 (12)
T3 (T6) Nicholas Thompson, 27.67 (9)
5 (24) Kenny Perry, 27.77 (13)
6 (T6) Brian Gay, 27.85 (13)
7 (22) Phil Mickelson, 27.88 (8)
T8 (2) Shane Bertsch, 27.91 (11)
T8 (13) Patrick Sheehan, 27.91 (11)
T10 (17) Ryuji Imada, 28.00 (12)
T10 (NR) Fredrik Jacobson, 28.00 (6)
T10 (T14) Parker McLachlin, 28.00 (8)
For more fantasy golf stats and standings, visit the Suite 101 Golf Weekly PGA Tour Standings Index.
Source: PGATOUR.com.