By the numbers: Jordan Spieth’s amazing 2015 season
We scour the stats to work out just why Spieth has been so dominant this season
A phenom this season, the 22-year old Texan has ascended to the top of the golfing totem pole in next to no time – and won two Majors this year – but how did he go about it?
We delve in to the stats to break-down the game of the hottest property in world golf.
1 – Spieth’s world ranking and position in the FedEx Cup standings following his victory in this weekend’s Tour Championship
4 – Missed Cuts this season
5 – Wins this PGA Tour season, including 2 Major Championships
15 – Number of Top 10s this season out of 25 events
16 – Number of hole outs on Tour this season
25 – Number of events played this season
27.82 – Average number of putts per round this season, the lowest on Tour
34.79 – The percentage of potential earnings that Spieth won this year
54 – Cumulative total under par in the four majors this season, a record in golf history
61 – Spieth’s lowest round this season which came in the 3rd round of the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run
65.03 – Scrambling percentage this season: 4th best on Tour this year
68.911 – Scoring average this season – the best on Tour this year
78 – Position on Tour in Driving Distance, with an average of 291.8 yards
208 – Cumulative total under par this season
279 – Spieth’s longest streak of holes without a 3 putt this season
701 – Number of one putts this season, with his average of 44.26% being the best on Tour this year
22,030,465 – Millions of dollars won this season, a PGA Tour record
Tom Irwin
Tom is a lifetime golfer, now over 30 years playing the game. 2023 marks 10 years in golf publishing and he is still holding down a + handicap at Alwoodley in Leeds. He has played over 600 golf courses, and has been a member of at least four including his first love Louth, in Lincolnshire. Tom likes unbranded clothing, natural fibres, and pencil bags. Seacroft in Lincolnshire is where it starts and ends.
