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What does it take for the best to ?Pass low??

One of the most common questions I get hold of is about the numbers behind ?Going low.? Fortunately with the ShotTracker and ShotLink information, we?Re in a position to investigate what it takes to move low as achieved through the types of golfers that cross low the most, PGA Tour gamers.

For the sake of brevity, I will examine golfers who shot a spherical of sixty one or higher within the 2012 season. They had been:

? Tommy Gainey (60 ? The McGladrey Classic)

? Brian Harman (61 ? The Honda Classic)

? Padraig Harrington (61 ? The Transitions Championship)

? Tim Herron (61 ? The Wyndham Championship)

? Hunter Mahan (sixty one ? The Travelers Championship)

? Troy Matteson (61 ? The John Deere Classic)

? Ryan Moore (61 ? The Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open)

Robert Garrigus (The Humana Classic) and Charlie Wi (The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am) also shot rounds of 61. But, they were on courses that were not tracked by ShotTracker, so I will not include them in the analysis.

But first, we have to understand an important rule of going low. Golfers make a significantly smaller percentage of birdie putts than putts for par or worse.

Here’s a look at the make percentage of birdie putts versus non-birdie putts on Tour in 2012.

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3JACK

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