🏌🏻 Tour Pros vs Scratch Golfers

Good Morning. The $20 million Wells Fargo Championship is the next stop on the PGA Tour.

All eligible players have committed to the tournament - except one. Scottie Scheffler, awaiting the birth of his first child, will skip the event.

Despite the World No 1’s absence, we’re set to have the strongest field since the Masters at Quail Hollow next week.

Fun Fact: Jack Nicklaus has won the PGA Championship five times (joint highest). How many times has he finished runner-up? Answer at the end of the email.

⛳ This day in history: On this date in 1989, former World No 1 and four-time Major Champion Rory McIlroy was born in Holywood, Northern Ireland.

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Spieth Disappoints On Home Turf

The first two rounds of the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch are in the books and there’s a fan-favorite atop the leaderboard. Jake Knapp, thanks to back-to-back 64s, leads by one shot.

🚀 Solo Leader: Two years back he was working as a security guard at a restaurant in his hometown, but Jake Knapp is now a 1-time Tour winner and the overnight leader at The CJ Cup.

He fired a second consecutive 7-under 64 on Friday and a stroke ahead of Troy Merritt and first-round leader Matt Wallace.

🚨 History Alert: 16-year-old Kris Kim has become the youngest player to make cut on the PGA Tour since 2015. He is also the fifth-youngest in Tour history to achieve this feat.

He shot a 4-under 67 in the second round and currently sits T-36. .

🚩 Spieth Misses Cut: Local favorite and highest-ranked player in the field, Jordan Spieth, has missed the cut. Spieth is dealing with an injured wrist and it clearly affected his game on his home turf.

It is only the second time in his 12 starts at this event that Spieth has missed the cut.

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Tour Pro vs Scratch Player: This Is What The Numbers Say

The differences between scratch players and PGA Tour pros are vast - let us take a look at the stats.

📌 Driving Distance: Scratch Golfers average 259 yards off the tee while the PGA Tour average is 299.9 yards. This implies scratch players would be 40 yards back on every par 4 and par 5 where drivers are used.

📌 Driving Accuracy: The scratch golfer finds 51% of fairways while the average PGA Tour pro hits just under 60%.

📌 Greens In Regulation: Scratch golfers hit an average of 56% of greens in regulation, with the PGA Tour average standing at 66.32%.

📌 Birdies: Scratch players make 2.2 birdies on average while an average PGA Tour pro makes 3.72 birdies per round, so 1.5 more than scratch golfers.

📌 Bogeys: Scratch players make two more bogeys per round than PGA Tour pros, and around 2.8 more than the Tour leader. Scottie Scheffler made just 1.82 bogeys per round during the 23/24 season.

It is worth noting that Scratch golfers tracking their games on Arccos are not playing extremely difficult 7,500 yard courses under tournament conditions but despite that, this is where it stands.

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