Interesting short game facts

Here are some short game facts and statistics that you may find interesting. 

When hitting a putt the ball is actually on the putter face for .000125 of a second.

Which is more important when putting: Club face or Club path?
Putter face 83%, Putter Path 17%. The putter's face angle is 5 times more important than putter's path.
A 1degree closed or open putter face on an 8 foot putt will cause you to miss the putt.

PGA Tour Statistics  Percentage of putts made from these distances

3-5 ft.         94%
4-8 ft.         77%
5-10 ft.       65%
10-15 ft.     39%
15-20 ft.     26%

On putts from 4-8 ft. there is a nearly 15% difference between the No. 1 and No. 150th ranked putter on the PGA Tour. For every 100 attempts the No. 1 will hole 15 more than the 150th. That's nearly 11 strokes in a 72 hole tournament.

During a 6 year period on the PGA Tour Tiger Woods won 45% of the tournaments he entered. If he had not three putted he would have won 85% of them.


How important is the short game? Check out these statistics.

PGA Tour Leading Scoring Average through March 10, 2015.

                                                      Avg.                                       Greens in Regulation

1. Bubba Watson                            69.63                                          64%
2. Webb Simpson                           69.42                                          70%
3. Dustin Johnson                           69.69                                          65%
4. Brooks Koepka                           69.71                                          67%
5. Ryan Palmer                               69.72                                          70%

These players are hitting between 11 to 12 greens in regulation and yet they are averaging 2 under par per round.