Thursday, March 17, 2011

Top Danger Zone Players Last 5 Seasons

I will try to finish out the blog posts this week discussing statistical findings.

Today I’m taking a look at the players who have qualified for these stats in each of the last 5 seasons (2006-2010). So, Tiger will not be included in here. In all, only 89 players actually qualified for these stats in each of the last five seasons.

The first thing I did was got the stats of who was the closest to the pin on average for the past five seasons. In these rankings, you will see their total 2006-2010 Danger Zone ranking and their 2009 Putts Gained Per Round ranking. Since Putts Gained Per Round was only listed in 2009, that’s all I can use for now. But I think it would give the idea as to *why* many of these guys are able to keep their PGA Tour Card for the last 5 seasons…and it’s not because they putt lights out.





Player…………………………DZ Rnk……PGPR Rnk
Heath Slocum………………………1……….164
Kenny Perry…………………….……2……….50
Tim Clark……………………………..3……….40
D.J. Trahan……………………….…4……….161
Alex Cejka………………………..…5……….154
Joe Durant………………………..…6……….181
Jim Furyk……………………………….7……….6
Charles Warren…………..………8……….143
Robert Allenby…………….………9……….175
Chad Campbell…………..………10……….88
Vijay Singh…………………….…11……….178
Ernie Els…………………………...12……….153
Billy Mayfair………………….…13……….186
Zach Johnson……………….……14……….26
Sergio Garcia……………...……15……….118
Sean O'Hair…………………...…16……….121
Davis Love III……………...……17……….138
Robert Garrigus………..………18……….156
Scott Verplank…………...………19……….98
David Toms……………………..…20……….82
Vaughn Taylor……………...……21……….42
John Senden………………….……22……….93
Padraig Harrington……………23……….30
Hunter Mahan……………….……24……….32
Woody Austin………………..……25……….95
Lucas Glover…………………..……26……….68
Adam Scott……………………….…27……….185
Charley Hoffman…………..………28……….78
Bo Van Pelt………………………...…29……….54
Steve Stricker…………………...……30……….63
Camilo Villegas…………..………31……….136
Ryan Moore………………………..…32……….38
Phil Mickelson…………….………33……….133
Ted Purdy…………………………...…34……….70
Will MacKenzie…………….………35……….188
Ryan Palmer…………………..………36……….66
Jonathan Byrd………………..………37……….165
Mark Calcavecchia…….…………38……….145
K.J. Choi………………………………….39……….116
Bubba Watson…………………..……40……….81
Chris DiMarco………………….……41……….130
Briny Baird………………………….…42……….150
Paul Goydos……………………...……43……….72
Bob Estes……………………………...…44……….46
Jeff Maggert………………………..…45……….149
Troy Matteson…………………..……46……….89
Bill Haas………………………………..47……….99
Geoff Ogilvy………………………..…48……….18
Pat Perez………………………………..49……….21
Steve Flesch…………………….……50……….137
Retief Goosen…………………….……51……….37
Carl Pettersson……………….………52……….44
Steve Lowery……………………….……53……….77
Jerry Kelly……………………………..…54……….43
Stewart Cink……………………….……55……….33
Brian Gay………………………………….56……….8
Mathew Goggin……………...………57……….146
Nick Watney……………………….……58……….56
Fredrik Jacobson……………..………59……….16
Tom Pernice, Jr.……………...………60……….113
Brian Davis………………………...…61……….108
John Rollins………………………...…62……….109
Dean Wilson……………………...……63……….51
Rod Pampling…………………….……64……….69
Rory Sabbatini………………….……65……….148
Stephen Ames……………………..……66……….27
Ian Poulter…………………………...…67……….84
Justin Leonard…………………...……68……….79
Brett Quigley……………………..……69……….131
Mike Weir……………………………...70……….25
J.J. Henry………………………………...71……….75
Steve Elkington……………….………72……….122
Kevin Sutherland……………..………73……….58
Mark Wilson………………………...…74……….39
Lee Janzen……………………………..…75……….60
Richard S. Johnson………..…………76……….41
Charles Howell III…………..………77……….117
Tim Petrovic………………………….…78……….49
Stuart Appleby…………………..……79……….179
Tim Herron…………………………...…80……….124
Joe Ogilvie…………………………….…81……….14
Jeff Overton………………………….…82……….65
Daniel Chopra…………………...……83……….55
Ben Curtis………………………………..84……….3
J.B. Holmes………………………...…85……….182
Nathan Green…………………...……86……….35
Chris Riley…………………………...…87……….45
Aaron Baddeley……………...………88……….10
Ryuji Imada………………………….…89……….34


I also did my ‘Adjusted Danger Zone’ ranking. This formula adds a weight to the percentage of the total shots that they hit from either the 175-200 or the 200-225 increment.






Player…………………....Adj. DZ Rnk……PGPR Rnk
Kenny Perry……………….………..1……….50
Heath Slocum…………...………..2……….164
Tim Clark………………………..…..3……….40
Alex Cejka…………………...……..4……….154
D.J. Trahan…………………..……..5……….161
Robert Allenby………..…………..6……….175
Charles Warren……..…………..7……….143
Jim Furyk……………………...……..8……….6
Ernie Els………………………..…..9……….153
Sergio Garcia……………...…..10……….118
Joe Durant……………………....11……….181
Vijay Singh……………………...12……….178
Zach Johnson……………….…..13……….26
Chad Campbell………….……..14……….88
Davis Love III……………...…..15……….138
Sean O'Hair………………….....16……….121
Billy Mayfair…………………...17……….186
Robert Garrigus………..……..18……….156
Padraig Harrington…………..19……….30
Hunter Mahan…………………..20……….32
Vaughn Taylor……….…………..21……….42
John Senden……………..………..22……….93
Phil Mickelson……..…………..23……….133
Camilo Villegas…….…………..24……….136
Adam Scott………………...……..25……….185
Lucas Glover…………….………..26……….68
Steve Stricker……………………..27……….63
Woody Austin…………..………..28……….95
David Toms………………….……..29……….82
Bo Van Pelt………………..………..30……….54
Scott Verplank………...…………..31……….98
Charley Hoffman…….…………..32……….78
Bubba Watson……….…………..33……….81
Will MacKenzie……...…………..34……….188
Jonathan Byrd………..…………..35……….165
Chris DiMarco………….………..36……….130
Jeff Maggert……………..………..37……….149
K.J. Choi……………………...……..38……….116
Paul Goydos……………...………..39……….72
Retief Goosen………….…………..40……….37
Geoff Ogilvy……………….………..41……….18
Ryan Palmer……………….………..42……….66
Ryan Moore………………..………..43……….38
Mark Calcavecchia…...………..44……….145
Troy Matteson………………….…..45……….89
Nick Watney………………….……..46……….56
Pat Perez……………………………...47……….21
Bill Haas…………………………….....48……….99
Tom Pernice, Jr.………….………..49……….113
Briny Baird……………………….…..50……….150
Ted Purdy……………………………....51……….70
Brian Gay……………………………..52……….8
Jerry Kelly………………………...…..53……….43
Mathew Goggin…………………..54……….146
Stewart Cink………………….……..55……….33
Steve Flesch………………….……..56……….137
Steve Lowery…………………..……..57……….77
Bob Estes………………………….…..58……….46
Brian Davis……………………...…..59……….108
Carl Pettersson…………...………..60……….44
Fredrik Jacobson……….…………..61……….16
Dean Wilson…………………..……..62……….51
John Rollins…………………….…..63……….109
Rod Pampling………………..……..64……….69
Kevin Sutherland………..………..65……….58
Rory Sabbatini……………..……..66……….148
Mark Wilson………………...……..67……….39
Ian Poulter……………………...…..68……….84
Brett Quigley………………..……..69……….131
J.J. Henry……………………………....70……….75
Justin Leonard……………...……..71……….79
Stephen Ames……………..………..72……….27
Mike Weir……………………..……..73……….25
Steve Elkington………….…………..74……….122
Charles Howell III…….…………..75……….117
Richard S. Johnson………….……..76……….41
Lee Janzen………………………….…..77……….60
J.B. Holmes…………………….……..78……….182
Stuart Appleby……………………..79……….179
Jeff Overton……………………...…..80……….65
Joe Ogilvie…………………………...81……….14
Tim Petrovic…………………….…..82……….49
Tim Herron………………………....83……….124
Daniel Chopra……………...……..84……….55
Ben Curtis………………………….....85……….3
Nathan Green………………..……..86……….35
Aaron Baddeley………….………..87……….10
Ryuji Imada…………………….…..88……….34
Chris Riley……………………….....89……….45



3JACK

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