This article is part of our PGA Tour Stats Review series.
PGA TOUR STATS: Tampa Bay Championship
Each week we'll list the statistical breakdown of the upcoming PGA Tour event. Below are the results of recent tournaments, including last week's WGC-Cadillac Championship, and a look ahead to this week's event, the Tampa Bay Championship.
2012 full-season results
2011 full-season results
2013 PGA Tour Events
| EVENT | WINNER | DRIVE | DRIVE | GIR | PUTTS | PUTTS | EAGLE/ | BOGEY/ | |||||
| %of56 | RNK | DIS | RNK | %of72 | RNK | PER GIR | RNK | PER RND | RNK | BIRDIE | DBL | ||
| TOC | D.Johnson -16 | 57.8 | 28 | 278.3 | 2 | 82.0 | 14 | 1.63 | 2 | 28.4 | 2 | 2/17 | 4/1 |
| Sony | Henley -24 | 55.4 | 8 | 293.1 | 51 | 83.3 | 2 | 1.62 | 4 | 27.7 | 17 | 0/26 | 2/0 |
| Humana | Gay -25 | 81.5 | 2 | 279.7 | 75 | 83.3 | 4 | 1.65 | 38 | 27.8 | 35 | 0/27 | 2/0 |
| Farmers | Woods -14 | 57.1 | 17 | 307.2 | 2 | 69.4 | 34 | 1.66 | 1 | 28.5 | 11 | 2/21 | 7/2 |
| Phoenix | Mickelson -18 | 57.1 | 55 | 298.8 | 11 | 87.3 | 1 | 1.57 | 2 | 27.6 | 15 | 1/29 | 1/1 |
| AT&T | Snedeker -19 | 78.2 | 14 | 277.4 | 41 | 77.8 | 6 | 1.64 | 6 | 28.0 | 15 | NA | NA |
| NorTrust | Merrick -11 | 53.6 | 27 | 298.6 | 20 | 63.9 | 23 | 1.67 | 8 | 27.5 | 10 | 2/17 | 10/0 |
| Honda | M.Thompson -9 | 71.4 | 9 | 279.7 | 53 | 66.6 | 5 | 1.71 | 8 | 27.8 | 10 | 1/18 | 11/0 |
| Cadillac | Woods -19 | 53.6 | 30 | 296.5 | 21 | 69.4 | 7 | 1.52 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 0/27 | 8/0 |
| TOUR AVG | 62.9 | 21.1 | 289.9 | 30.7 | 75.9 | 10.7 | 1.63 | 7.8 | 27.6 | 13.0 | 1/19.1 | 4.8/0.3 |
Last Week's WGC-Cadillac Championship
| GOLFER | DRIVE | DRIVE | GIR | PUTTS | PUTTS | EAGLE/ | BOGEY/ | |||||
| %of56 | RNK | DIS | RNK | %of72 | RNK | PER GIR | RNK | PER RND | RNK | BIRDIE |
PGA TOUR STATS: Tampa Bay Championship
Each week we'll list the statistical breakdown of the upcoming PGA Tour event. Below are the results of recent tournaments, including last week's WGC-Cadillac Championship, and a look ahead to this week's event, the Tampa Bay Championship.
2012 full-season results
2011 full-season results
2013 PGA Tour Events
| EVENT | WINNER | DRIVE | DRIVE | GIR | PUTTS | PUTTS | EAGLE/ | BOGEY/ | |||||
| %of56 | RNK | DIS | RNK | %of72 | RNK | PER GIR | RNK | PER RND | RNK | BIRDIE | DBL | ||
| TOC | D.Johnson -16 | 57.8 | 28 | 278.3 | 2 | 82.0 | 14 | 1.63 | 2 | 28.4 | 2 | 2/17 | 4/1 |
| Sony | Henley -24 | 55.4 | 8 | 293.1 | 51 | 83.3 | 2 | 1.62 | 4 | 27.7 | 17 | 0/26 | 2/0 |
| Humana | Gay -25 | 81.5 | 2 | 279.7 | 75 | 83.3 | 4 | 1.65 | 38 | 27.8 | 35 | 0/27 | 2/0 |
| Farmers | Woods -14 | 57.1 | 17 | 307.2 | 2 | 69.4 | 34 | 1.66 | 1 | 28.5 | 11 | 2/21 | 7/2 |
| Phoenix | Mickelson -18 | 57.1 | 55 | 298.8 | 11 | 87.3 | 1 | 1.57 | 2 | 27.6 | 15 | 1/29 | 1/1 |
| AT&T | Snedeker -19 | 78.2 | 14 | 277.4 | 41 | 77.8 | 6 | 1.64 | 6 | 28.0 | 15 | NA | NA |
| NorTrust | Merrick -11 | 53.6 | 27 | 298.6 | 20 | 63.9 | 23 | 1.67 | 8 | 27.5 | 10 | 2/17 | 10/0 |
| Honda | M.Thompson -9 | 71.4 | 9 | 279.7 | 53 | 66.6 | 5 | 1.71 | 8 | 27.8 | 10 | 1/18 | 11/0 |
| Cadillac | Woods -19 | 53.6 | 30 | 296.5 | 21 | 69.4 | 7 | 1.52 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 0/27 | 8/0 |
| TOUR AVG | 62.9 | 21.1 | 289.9 | 30.7 | 75.9 | 10.7 | 1.63 | 7.8 | 27.6 | 13.0 | 1/19.1 | 4.8/0.3 |
Last Week's WGC-Cadillac Championship
| GOLFER | DRIVE | DRIVE | GIR | PUTTS | PUTTS | EAGLE/ | BOGEY/ | |||||
| %of56 | RNK | DIS | RNK | %of72 | RNK | PER GIR | RNK | PER RND | RNK | BIRDIE | DBL | |
| Woods -19 | 53.6 | 30 | 296.5 | 21 | 69.4 | 7 | 1.52 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 0/27 | 8/0 |
| Stricker -17 | 58.9 | 15 | 280.9 | 51 | 68.1 | 10 | 1.63 | 4 | 26.3 | 8 | 0/21 | 4/0 |
| McDowell -14 | 75.0 | 1 | 278.5 | 58 | 72.2 | 4 | 1.67 | 15 | 27.5 | 28 | 2/17 | 3/3 |
| Scott -14 | 60.7 | 11 | 309.9 | 2 | 66.7 | 14 | 1.65 | 7 | 27.0 | 19 | 1/23 | 7/2 |
| Garcia -14 | 58.9 | 15 | 291.6 | 31 | 73.6 | 2 | 1.74 | 28 | 27.5 | 28 | 0/20 | 4/1 |
| Mickelson -14 | 57.1 | 20 | 293.6 | 28 | 73.6 | 2 | 1.66 | 13 | 28.3 | 42 | 0/21 | 5/1 |
| K. Bradley -12 | 58.9 | 15 | 304.3 | 8 | 66.7 | 14 | 1.73 | 26 | 27.8 | 33 | 3/11 | 5/0 |
| McIlroy -10 | 51.8 | 38 | 312.1 | 1 | 70.1 | 6 | 1.69 | 9 | 28.3 | 42 | 2/20 | 12/1 |
| Rose -10 | 48.2 | 49 | 305.5 | 5 | 68.1 | 10 | 1.78 | 41 | 27.5 | 28 | 0/17 | 2/1 |
| Hanson -10 | 44.6 | 58 | 302.4 | 11 | 52.8 | 54 | 1.66 | 10 | 25.3 | 3 | 1/16 | 6/1 |
| M. Thompson -10 | 73.2 | 2 | 285.6 | 40 | 68.1 | 10 | 1.77 | 35 | 27.3 | 21 | 1/15 | 7/0 |
| AVG | 58.3 | 23.1 | 296.4 | 23.3 | 68.1 | 12.1 | 1.75 | 17.2 | 27.1 | 23.1 | 0.9/18.9 | 5.7/0.9 |
Top-10 Ranks at the WGC-Cadillac Championship
| FAIRWAYS | GREENS/ | PER | STK GN/ | |||||||||
| RANK | HIT | RANK | REGULATION | RANK | GIR | RANK | PUTT | |||||
| McDowell | 1 | 75.0 | Colsaerts | 1 | 75.0 | Woods | 1 | 1.52 | 2 | 1.97 | ||
| M. Thompson | 2 | 73.2 | Garcia | 2 | 73.6 | Gay | 2 | 1.55 | 3 | 1.70 | ||
| Fowler | 3 | 71.4 | Mickelson | 2 | 73.6 | J. Day | 3 | 1.62 | 14 | 0.66 | ||
| Mahan | 4 | 69.6 | McDowell | 4 | 72.2 | Stricker | 4 | 1.63 | 1 | 2.67 | ||
| Sterne | 5 | 66.1 | Dufner | 4 | 72.2 | D. Johnson | 5 | 1.64 | 18 | 0.56 | ||
| Harrinton | 5 | 66.1 | McIlroy | 6 | 70.8 | Furyk | 6 | 1.64 | 46 | -0.36 | ||
| Huh | 7 | 64.3 | Woods | 7 | 69.4 | A. Scott | 7 | 1.65 | 31 | -0.02 | ||
| T. Clark | 7 | 64.3 | Noren | 7 | 69.4 | G. Fernandez | 8 | 1.65 | 29 | 0.06 | ||
| Westwood | 9 | 62.5 | Westwood | 7 | 69.4 | Wiratchant | 9 | 1.66 | 8 | 0.95 | ||
| Piercy | 9 | 62.5 | Stricker | 10 | 68.1 | Hanson | 10 | 1.66 | 4 | 1.41 | ||
| Rose | 10 | 68.1 | Jacobson | 10 | 1.66 | 10 | 0.83 | |||||
| M. Thompson | 10 | 68.1 | ||||||||||
| Schwartzel | 10 | 68.1 |
This Week's Tampa Bay Championship
The PGA Tour started regularly visiting the Tampa Bay area in 2000. Since then, this event has used the Copperhead Course at the Innisbrook Resort at Palm Harbor, FL., north of Tampa.
While the Copperhead Course was consistently used, things have been shaky since the 2000 start. The first event, titled "Tampa Bay Classic," lasted only to 2002. The Chrysler Championship held forth from 2003 to 2006; PODS Championship for 2007 and 2008 followed by Transitions Championship from 2009 through last year. This year's presenting sponsor, Everbank Financial, stepped in just two weeks ago.
Despite the instability, the tournaments have attracted good fields prepping for the upcoming Masters. The par-71 Copperhead track is a tough course ranging with a high score of 266 (-18) by Vijay Singh in 2004, to a low of 280 (-4) by Sean O'Hair.
Fairways are tight and the rough is usually tall, making accurate driving essential. Birdies are rare - just like a U.S. Open layout. Bogey avoidance and GIR are vital. Scrambling will be important, plus players will have to be solid in putting. Check out your selections in the Strokes Gained-Putting data at PGA Tour.com/stats.
Last Five Winners and Runners-Up
2012 - Luke Donald*, 13-under 271 (P1); Sang-Moon Bae, Jim Furyk*, Robert Garrigus*, 271 (P2)
2011 - Gary Woodland*, 15-under 269; Webb Simpson*, 270
2010 - Jim Furyk*, 13-under 271; K.J. Choi*, 272
2009 - Retief Goosen, 8-under 276; Charles Howell III*, Brett Quigley, 277
2008 - Sean O'Hair*, 4-under 280; Ryuji Imada, Troy Matteson*, John Senden*, George McNeill*, Stewart Cink*, Billy Mayfair, 282
2012 Low Rounds (Course record: 61, Padraig Harrington, 2012)
Round 1: 10-under 61, Padraig Harrington*
Round 2: 5-under 66, Sun-Moon Bae*, Jason Dufner*, John Mallinger*
Round 3: 6-under 65, Retief Goosen*
Round 4: 9-under 62, Scott Piercy*
2012 Scoring Averages
Round 1: 70.7
Round 2: 71.2
Round 3: 70.2
Round 4: 70.5
TOTAL: 70.7
NOTE: Choi (-17) won in 2002; Goosen (-12) won in 2003
Players with asterisks are in the 2013 field.
