65 Hitting 2 of 14 Fairways?

Fairways hit has become an overrated stat with the landing strips so hard to hit these days. Not to mention the fact that any decently designed course likely rewards side angles of approach that are now covered in rough, but I still did a double take at some of Alex Turnbull's ShotLink highlights following third round play at the Nelson: 

Sergio Garcia – 4 under par
• Sergio shot the low round of the day (5 under 65) despite hitting the fewest fairways in the field in the 3rd round (2 of 14).  He ranks 2nd to last in the field for driving accuracy (38.1%) for the week yet ranks T3rd in the field for greens in regulation (70.3%).   

Our friends in Far Hills may want to copy and paste that for the ban U-grooves presentation. That is, whenever you get around to that. Then again, maybe Sergio's finally putting better thanks to Stan Utley:

• Of the 16 greens Garcia has missed thus far, he’s successfully salvaged par 14 times ranking 1st in the field for scrambling percentage.  Entering the week, Garcia ranked T107th on TOUR for scrambling from around the green (58%).

• Sergio Garcia’s 128 ft of putts made in the 3rd round was more than both his 1st and 2nd round distance of putts made combined.