What Do Tiger Woods Golf Statistics Tell Us About How He Continues to Win Golf Tournaments?
How does Tiger Woods do it? Any way he can! As an admitted statistical stalker of the World’s #1, I have studied Tiger Woods’ golf performance closely since he established his dominance in 1999. At the risk of restating the obvious, his 7/5/2009 win at the ATT Congressional tournament was another example of Tiger’s winning blueprint. 1. Long Game Efficiency Tiger Woods hits more greens in regulation and uses fewer long game shots in the process than his peers. At Congressional, Tiger averaged 13.75 GIR’s and needed 33.15 long strokes (shots from outside 50 yards). The PGA Tour Winner’s profile in our ShotByShot.com database averages 13 GIR’s and 33.5 long strokes – and Tiger’s long game at Congressional was a far cry from his best! The difference goes beyond just hitting on or close to more par 5’s in two. It is also Tiger’s unique ability to avoid or mitigate mistakes. It is not that he hits no wayward shots in his long game – he does. But what separates him is his combination of powe
