Golf's Major Championship Winners

How Each of the Four Champion Golfers is Performing this Year

© Alan L. Hammond

Two things are clear after looking at the TOUR stats of each player: Each is among the leaders in at least one category; and Tiger is having the best year of the four.

Here is a brief encapsulation of the success, or lack thereof, each winner is having so far:

Zach Johnson (Masters Champion)

19 events; 2 wins; 4 top-10s; 8 top-25s; scoring average 69.92; money, $3,187,621

Other Key Stats

Angel Cabrera (U.S. Open Champion)

11 events; 1 win; 0 top-10s, 3 top-25; scoring average 70.61, money, $1,561,418

Other Key Stats

Padraig Harrington (The Open Championship Winner)

15 events; 1 win; 3 top-10s; 8 top-25s; scoring average 69.69; money, $2,457,208

Other Key Stats

Tiger Woods (PGA Championship Winner)

13 events; 5 wins; 2 second; 9 top-10; 12 top-25; scoring average 68.04, money, $7,824,385

Other Key Stats

Much of the media attention centering around Woods, even after the PGA, has been to the effect of "this is not a ‘Tiger’ year." He has five wins, one major, leads in several statistical categories and overall seems to be in very good command of his game. No. He doesn’t have multiple majors, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t having a "Tiger" year. Compared to the competition, which is more "competitive" against him than in years past, he is still head-and-shoulders above the rest. Just as with his game, he isn’t backing-up. Some of the others may, if anything, be creeping toward him.

Johnson comes in a distant second. He’s stayed grounded and as focused as possible given the attention he’s received as the Masters champion. Although it’s been a shorter period, Harrington is demonstrating an ability to hold things together. He’s performed admirably in some tough tournaments since his win at Carnoustie. Cabrera has had the least success, but, to be fair, he has only played three other PGA TOUR tournaments in the since taking the U.S. Open. The ones he has played have been against some of the best fields of the year (two majors and a WGC event).

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Statistical source: PGATOUR.com.


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