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October 22, 2009

Bill Yates commented on Aidan Montague's group 'Pure Golf Training'

Aidan I think this is an important issue. As you know I tend to think as a statistician and wonder about some of the problems comparing handicaps across time. I wonder if the average golfer is older now than 10 years ago--the population has aged and…

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Bill Yates commented on Aidan Montague's blog post 'Happy Birthday Stuart Appleby - 1st May'

Happy Birthday Stuart from a golf fan in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Good luck at Quail Hollow. Bill

May 2, 2009

Bill Yates commented on Bill Yates's blog post 'PGA vs LPGA Tour in Driving Distance'

Hi Aidan. Glad you enjoyed the post. John Daly is not listed in driving stats for 2009 since he has not played in any official PGA events. You could estimate where he would be in the 2009 stats. In his 2007 and 2006 stats his driving distance averag…

April 30, 2009

Aidan Montague commented on Bill Yates's blog post 'PGA vs LPGA Tour in Driving Distance'

Hi Bill. Great post as usual. Your first point is the most significant for me i.e. The top distance driver in the LPGA drives approx the same distance as the average PGA tour player - 283. Pretty awesome striking. As a matter of interest - do you kn…

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April 20, 2009

Bill Yates commented on Bill Yates's blog post 'Champions Tour vs PGA Tour: Driving Distance'

Good comment Aidan. I would bet that since Appleby was scrambling more, he had shorter putts than Perry and the average number of putts is somewhat misleading.

April 19, 2009

Aidan Montague commented on Bill Yates's blog post 'Champions Tour vs PGA Tour: Driving Distance'

Hey great post Bill. Those stats are fascinating. Not as big a difference as I would have thought. Now here is a tweet you may be interested in from @SteveBann, coach to @StuartAppleby. Masters stats birdies Perry 18 Appleby 18 GIR Perry 77% Apple…

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LaFortune, Tulsa, OK

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I've played for 40 years and followed professional golf for a long time. I love to watch golf including the LPGA as much as playing golf. I've just started twittering about my professional interests but couldn't leave out golf from my tweets. Follow me at WRY999 on twitter. My specialty is providing insightful golf statistics.

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PGA vs LPGA Tour in Driving Distance

On my last blog post, I looked at the driving averages for the leaders of the PGA and Champions Tour. This exercise showed that the seniors had a relatively modest drop of about 12 yards in average driving distance. Some of the top seniors would rank in the top 20 of the PGA tour in driving distance.

To further examine this issue, I reviewed the recent LPGA driving statistics and again compared them with the PGA tour. Listed below are the top-ranked women in driving distance with there average… Continue

Posted on April 29, 2009 at 6:04am — 2 Comments

Champions Tour vs PGA Tour: Driving Distance

So what does the effect of age have on driving distance in golf? One method to take a look at this issue is to compare the driving distance of pros on the Champions Tour compared to those on the PGA tours. I've posted the top 10 driving distance leaders for the two tours below.

Champions Tour
Tom Purtzer 307
Steve Thomas 296
Keith Fergus 295
Sandy Lyle 294
Eduardo Romero 290
Phil Blackmar 289
RW Eaks 286
Gil Morgan 286
Dan Forsman 283
Bernhard Langer 283

Champions Tour Average 272

P… Continue

Posted on April 19, 2009 at 5:47am — 2 Comments

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MastersStats: Top putters-Baddeley 1.48, TClark 1.50, AKim 1.51, SLyle 1.51, Flesch, Stricker, McIlroy 1.52, Appleby 1.541:07 PM Apr 12th from web

MastersStats: Top drivers thru 3 rnds:DJohnson 307, Romero 298, McIlroy 294, Casey 291, Watney 290, BWatson 288, M… Continue

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At 12:22pm on April 14, 2009, Aidan Montague said…: Hi Bill, There is one key stat that I am actually really interested in. This is more to do with handicap golfers. I would be interested to know if there are any reliable stats out there on how much golf handicaps have improved (or not) in recent years. I read somewhere that golf handicaps have only dropped by 0.5 of a stroke in the last ten years, in spite of all the new technology etc. I think this came out of the USGA but was unable to confirm the source. I know this is not actually what you are focused on, but thought you may have some info that you could share. Aidan

At 11:46am on April 14, 2009, Aidan Montague said…: Hello Bill,

Great to have you as part of our little (hopefully not for long) golfing community. And your stats are great. I have spoken a lot to Steve Bann (Stuart Appleby's coach) about the value of stats and keeping stats is a key part of his improvement cycle teaching. We might even set up a separate section on Twitr golfers just devoted to stats and maybe you can help us with that. Let us know if you are interested.
Cheers
Aidan