What's One Putt a Day Worth on Tour?
At Least $14,400 a Day!
From 125th to 1st on the Money List, the Scoring Average ranges from
71.39 to Tiger's 68.56 (2.84 strokes). Forget Tiger - he's way gone! From
125th to 2nd, the range is 71.39 to Vijay Singh's 69.47 (1.92 strokes).
Shaving one full putt off the average moves a 125th Player from $515,000
in official earnings all the way to 25th in money at $1.96M -- for $1.44M
more, almost quadrupling the event earnings! During 25 events
and 100 rounds, that's a cool $14,400 a day for one putt! The sledding
gets VERY tough after that in the top 25. A Player would have to shave
ANOTHER full putt out of his average to move from 25th to 2nd. Players
in this Top-25 Echelon are definitely in a separate category altogether.
During a season of 25 events and 100 rounds, saving one extra putt per
round is worth at least $14,400 a day. For a Player at 60th, saving a
putt a day is worth about $17,400 a day. For a Player at 25th, the saving
is worth about $23,500 a day. Whose improving? Whose falling back? We'll
check and see. Here are the Stats
for Improvement, in progress.
|
|
Putts
Saved
|
Stroke
Avg
|
Annual
Money
|
Rank
|
Step
Increase
|
Cumulative
Increase
|
|
|
71.39
|
$515,000
|
125th
|
|
|
|
-0.25
|
71.14
|
$766,000
|
90th
|
+$251,000
|
+$251,000
|
|
-0.50
|
70.89
|
$1,000,000
|
60th
|
+$234,000
|
+$485,000
|
|
-0.75
|
70.64
|
$1,451,000
|
40th
|
+$451,000
|
+$936,000
|
|
-1.00
|
70.39
|
$1,956,000
|
25th
|
+$505,000
|
+$1,441,000
|
|
-1.25
|
70.14
|
$2,250,000
|
15th
|
+$294,000
|
+$1,735,000
|
|
-1.50
|
69.89
|
$2,738,000
|
8th
|
+488,000
|
+$2,223,000
|
|
-1.75
|
69.64
|
$2,946,000
|
6th
|
+208,000
|
+$2,431,000
|
|
-2.00
|
69.39
|
$4,311,000
|
2nd
|
+$1,365,000
|
+$3,796,000
|
|
-2.50
|
68.64
|
$6,912,000
|
1st
|
+$2,601,000
|
+$6,397,000
|
|
