Cushing covers the PGA Tour for RotoWire, bringing a sabermetric approach to golf stats. Retired and living in the mountains of North Carolina, Cushing is in the running for the Most Interesting Man in Fantasy Sports. He's golfed the Doral Blue Monster, Harbour Town GC, Hilton Head and Augusta National, among many other tough courses. A classically trained pianist, Cushing still plays professionally. He roots for the University of Virginia because the Cavaliers may lose the game, but they ALWAYS win the party. He also made a fortune off the '72 Dolphins.
PGA Tour Stats through last week's Crowne Plaza Invitational
| EVENT | PLAYER | | DRIVE | DRIVE | DRIVE | DRIVE | GIR | GIR | | PUTTS | PUTTS | | EAGLE/ | BOGEY/ |
| | | | %of56 | RNK | DIS | DIS RNK | %of72 | RNK | Per GIR | RNK | RND | RNK | BIRDIE | DBL |
| Tourney of Champ. | Byrd | -24 | 80 | 11 | 273.4 | 21 | 86.1 | 10 | 1.69 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 1/25 | 3/0 |
| Sony Open | M.Wilson | -16 | 73 | 2 | 289.3 | 24 | 75.1 | 10 | 1.67 | 5 | 27.5 | 6 | 0/21 | 5/0 |
| Bob Hope - Five Rds | Vegas | -27 | 75 | 13 | 308.7 | 3 | 76.7 | 19 | 1.65 | 22 | 27.4 | 16 | 1/34 | 9/0 |
| Farmers Insur.Open | B.Watson | -16 | 50 | 28 | 316.6 | 1 | 81.9 | 1 | 1.73 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 2/20 | 8/0 |
| Phoenix Open | M.Wilson | -18 | 66 | 16 | 290.3 | 68 | 84.7 | 1 | 1.66 | 11 | 28.8 | 39 | 0/22 | 4/0 |
| Pebble Bch,Pro-Am | Points | -15 | 80 | 7 | 285.6 | 40 | 69.4 | 17 | 1.6 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 2/23 | 10/1 |
| Northern Trust | Baddeley | -12 | 50 | 57 | 276.5 | 42 | 72.2 | 3 | 1.83 | 54 | 28.5 | 35 | 1/15 | 3/1 |
| MayakobaGolfClass. | Wagner | -17 | 67.9 | 36 | 277.9 | 54 | 79.2 | 4 | 1.68 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 1/17 | 2/0 |
| Honda Classic | Sabbatini | -9 | 53.6 | 56 | 286.3 | 26 | 65.3 | 21 | 1.77 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 0/15 | 6/0 |
| WGC-Cadillac(Doral) | Watney | -16 | 58.9 | 12 | 297.6 | 14 | 68.1 | 12 | 1.57 | 2 | 26.3 | 9 | 1/22 | 6/1 |
| Puerto Rico Open | M.Bradley | -16 | 64.3 | 24 | 293.1 | 42 | 81.9 | 2 | 1.75 | 20 | 30 | 49 | 2/18 | 6/0 |
| Transitions Champ. | Woodland | -15 | 57.7 | 54 | 296.5 | 7 | 70.8 | 29 | 1.65 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 0/22 | 7/0 |
| Arnold Palmer Inv. | Laird | -8 | 71.4 | 23 | 296.6 | 5 | 68.1 | 20 | 1.78 | 22 | 28.8 | 18 | 1/18 | 10/1 |
| Houston Open | Mickelson | -20 | 53.6 | 67 | 314.6 | 6 | 77.8 | 11 | 1.64 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 1/27 | 7/1 |
| Masters | Schwartzel | -14 | 66.1 | 31 | 278.4 | 44 | 68.0 | 18 | | | 26.75 | 2 | 2/17 | 7/0 |
| Texas Open | Steele | -8 | 64.3 | 7 | 303 | 10 | 58.3 | 40 | 1.69 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 0/17 | 7/1 |
| The Heritage | Snedeker | -12 | 80.4 | 3 | 271 | 59 | 61.1 | 30 | 1.59 | 2 | 25.8 | 4 | 0/21 | 9/0 |
| Zurich Classic | B. Watson | -15 | 71.4 | 13 | 331.4 | 1 | 80.6 | 1 | 1.74 | 41 | 29.3 | 57 | 3/16 | 5/0 |
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| Wells Fargo Champ. | L.Glover | -15 | 46.4 | 49 | 303 | 25 | 70.8 | 26 | 1.59 | 1 | 29.5 | 3 | 1/22 | 9/0 |
| THE PLAYERS | K.Choi | -13 | 71.4 | 10 | 280.8 | 43 | 69.4 | 21 | 1.64 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 1/19 | 6/1 |
| Crowne Plaza | D. Toms | -15 | 67.9 | 4 | 299.1 | 28 | 72.2 | 4 | 1.58 | 1 | 27.3 | 9 | 1/20 | 5/1 |
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| AVERAGE | | | 65.2 | 24.9 | 293.8 | 26.81 | 73.22 | 14.29 | 1.674 | 13.55 | 27.8 | 15 | |
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| '10 ByronNelson | J. Day | -10 | 44.6 | 51 | 299.3 | 33 | 59.7 | 50 | 1.61 | 1 | 25.3 | 1 | 1/17 | 9/0 |
How Day Did It
Check out the winner's statistics (above) at last year's Byron Nelson Championship.
The putter certainly won the trophy for
Jason Day, who staggered in with four birdies and six bogeys in his 2-over par closing round. His round-by-round scores: 66-65-67-72, 10-under on the par-70.
His putting-per-GIR: 1.538-1.692-1.500-1.667 for a 1.605 average.
Picking the Byron Nelson
In making your Byron Nelson player selections, the par-70 track requires a high GIR figure, high birdie count and strong performance at the par 4s. Look for golfers doing well in these stats and scoring well recently.
Last year's Nelson top-10 and ties:
Last Week's Winner
David Toms' statistics at last week's Crowne Plaza Invitational came close to a few of his season stats so far.
| This week | Pre-tournament |
| Driving accuracy | 4th | 2nd |
| Driving distance | 299.1 | 278 |
| GIR | 4th | 2nd |
| Strokes gained-Putt | 7th | 10th |
| Scrambling | 33rd | 33rd |
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