The Race to Dubai is a done deal, however at the least there's a little excitement brewing in the desolate tract. After the primary round, OWGR #2 Luke Donald led the event through one stroke over #1 Rory McIlroy. As I'm scripting this, the second one round is barely underway and neither man has teed off but.
This battle between #1 and #2 fascinates me because of how one-of-a-kind the 2 gamers are from each different, but neither in reality stands proud from the rest of the gamers on excursion. Let me give an explanation for that a touch more, because I think it may help some of you who're concerned that your game is not desirable sufficient to compete in opposition to... Well, whoever you choose to play against.
Neither guy is above average height -- both are listed at five'9" on the ET web page. Most of the men up close to the top of the ranks are 6' or taller.
Rory's pretty lengthy off the tee -- indexed at 302 this year. Yet Luke, indexed at 288, can rating with the high-quality of them. The distance distinction is offset by the accuracy difference -- Rory's at fifty nine% at the same time as Luke's at 69%.
Rory's higher in GIR this yr -- a bit over seventy nine% vs simply underneath 72% for Luke.
Luke's total putting strokes in step with round is two strokes better than Rory's -- 28.Five vs 30.5.
How do these differences work out in stroke average? It's ridiculously close, with Rory's 69.98 average barely edging out Luke's 70.12. That means Rory outscored Luke this year by just over a half-stroke... for an entire tournament! A half-stroke over four rounds is basically what separates #1 from #2. (Last year Luke edged Rory by .04 strokes per round, or a sixth of a stroke over four rounds.)
GC did a comparison of the two on Golf Central which showed another difference. The main difference between the two -- other than Rory winning 4 times vs Luke's 3 -- was that Luke missed one cut while Rory missed 5. (That's for both tours.)
All-in-all, Luke held #1 for 24 weeks in the course of 2012 whilst Rory held it for 22 weeks.
My point is that there's multiple manner to win at this game. Rory is greater "explosive" while Luke is more steady. Luke's Driving Accuracy and GIR have been off this yr compared to 2011, which can also have fee Luke that #1 spot greater than Rory's wins did. But what you want to look is that you can win with both strength or accuracy -- it's uncommon for every body to have both for any period of time. Build your recreation round your strengths and you may be amazed how well you may rating.
It'll be exciting to see if Luke, who's without a doubt rediscovered a number of his accuracy over the previous few weeks, can beat Rory's electricity at Dubai. He's in reality off to a terrific start.
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