Check out the very good year Adam Scott has had. And click on his stats page to see that he is doing just about everything right. The only thing lacking is a "W" or two.
Until recently I always had the impression that Adam just wasn't comfortable playing with someone else's swing. He just didn't look natural...like he was forcing it, perhaps.
But lately Adam has begun to look very smooth and he seems to have added a bit more of his own personality into his game. Like he has gotten use to something. It's difficult to explain, really, but Adam just looks more natural lately, and he also looks more relaxed and confident.
Adam just may be thisclose to becoming a true titan of golf. And in good time, too, what with Retief, Ernie and Vijay seemingly fading from the upper echelon.
One more note on Adam: has anyone noticed that he has posted consecutive best finishes in majors?
Yeah what a year he's had!! Amazing..luckily he got that win in Singapore..not a PGA tour win but a win nonetheless! It'll hopefully give him even more confidence as he heads back to the US!
Check out the very good year Adam Scott has had. And click on his stats page to see that he is doing just about everything right. The only thing lacking is a "W" or two.
Until recently I always had the impression that Adam just wasn't comfortable playing with someone else's swing. He just didn't look natural...like he was forcing it, perhaps.
But lately Adam has begun to look very smooth and he seems to have added a bit more of his own personality into his game. Like he has gotten use to something. It's difficult to explain, really, but Adam just looks more natural lately, and he also looks more relaxed and confident.
Adam just may be thisclose to becoming a true titan of golf. And in good time, too, what with Retief, Ernie and Vijay seemingly fading from the upper echelon.
One more note on Adam: has anyone noticed that he has posted consecutive best finishes in majors?
Unfornately Adam is not a good putter. A good putter is a natural gift. He can work at his putting and can certainly improve but he can not be an outstanding player IMO.
Unfornately Adam is not a good putter. A good putter is a natural gift. He can work at his putting and can certainly improve but he can not be an outstanding player IMO.
How do you defind outstanding player? Obviously its quite different than how I do. Adam Scott is currently the 4th ranked player in the world. Outside of Tiger and Jim Furyk he's picked up more points in the World Golf Rankings this year than every golfer this year.
I'll also throw this piece of info out there for you and others to digest...Adam Scott is ranked ahead of Tiger in total putts per round by 0.01 putts and is just shy of Woods mark for Putts per GIR with approximately 0.01 putts more than Tiger in that category.
My definition of an outstanding player is someone who can win 2-3 pga tour tournaments a year and 5-10 major in his career.
Adam Scot like his friend Garcia come Sunday does not seem to be able to close the deal and until he can overcome this hurdle he will be a good player but not an outstandng one.
My definition of an outstanding player is someone who can win 2-3 pga tour tournaments a year and 5-10 major in his career.
Adam Scot like his friend Garcia come Sunday does not seem to be able to close the deal and until he can overcome this hurdle he will be a good player but not an outstandng one.
So, by your definition there is only ONE outstanding golfer playing in the world right now...Tiger Woods. Does that mean the rest of the tour, including Mickelson, Els, Singh, DiMarco, Furyk, Goosen, etc, etc., etc. are all less than outstanding professional golfers? Based on the 5-10 majors requirement they'd have to be. In fact, only a few of have averaged 2-3 wins per year throughout their careers.
Ah yes but there is more than one outstanding player otherwise it would just be called a tuger woods? surely just because they arnt the best doesnt mean that they are outstanding ok yes tiger is something else i think that we must look at other players, that can also qualify as outstanding
If every top player was outstanding then 'outstanding' would be the norm and it wouldn't be 'outstanding', just average. Understand that logic.
It's a subjective term, but to limit it to those who win 2-3 per year and 5-10 majors in their career would mean that there have been about a dozen "outstanding" golfers in the history of the game. That's a bit restrictive, IMO.
I'll also throw this piece of info out there for you and others to digest...Adam Scott is ranked ahead of Tiger in total putts per round by 0.01 putts and is just shy of Woods mark for Putts per GIR with approximately 0.01 putts more than Tiger in that category.
Those sound like impressive putting stats.
Sometimes they can be masked by how close a player is hitting the ball to the hole. Obviously it is much easier to knock in 4 foot putts, than 20 foot putts.
It would be really nice if the pga were to supply stats of % of putts made from inside 5 feet, % from 5-10 feet etc., that would be really good.
I checked out Adam's stats and most of them are very impressive indeed.
The one chink that was there is that his scrambling was very poor, 122nd, and his scrambling from rough was very bad indeed, 199th, with only 4 players behind him.
Why is that?
Surely he doesn't lack strength to control it out of the rough around the greens. So is it his subsequent putt that lets him down, or is he just a poor rough player? I doubt it is all about the subsequent putt letting him down, because he is also poor from rough well away from the green.
For example, he has very poor stats of actually hitting the green in regulation once he goes into the rough. He is 101st in greens in regulation from hitting out of rough stuff.
None of that is meant to be critical of Adam, it is just trying understand why he doesn't win more, when so many of his stats are so good.
So, by your definition there is only ONE outstanding golfer playing in the world right now...Tiger Woods. .
Tiger as well as any other player that falls within the above definition.
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Originally Posted by SuperTiger18
Does that mean the rest of the tour, including Mickelson, Els, Singh, DiMarco, Furyk, Goosen, etc, etc., etc. are all less than outstanding professional golfers?
Obviously our understanding of OUTSTANDING differs, if you consider that Els, Singh, Di Marco or Goosen are having an outstanding year.
August 23rd, 2006, 10:36 PM
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