Bryson's Win, Tiger's Putting Pain: Strokes Gained Tells The Story Again

Mark Broadie's little stat that could has become a fun way for fans to understand how all of these talented, closely-matched players separate themselves on the PGA Tour. And the investment in ShotLink continues to help tell the stats story in a sport where the numbers do not always tell the story.

Regarding the 2018 Memorial, while it does not take a rocket surgeon* to know Bryson DeChambeau putted his way to Memorial glory and Tiger Woods putted his way out of contention, the numbers are still intriguing. From the talented crunchers at the PGA Tour's ShotLink:

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Bob Harig at ESPN.com filed his assessment of Tiger's week and included this:

For 72 holes, Woods was -7.695 meaning he gave up more than 7 shots on the greens; had that number been 0, in theory he would have finished 7 strokes better and been leading or certainly in a position to chase down eventual playoff winner Bryson DeChambeau.

Mark Broadie took the comparison a bit deeper with this Tweet:

Congrats to @b_dechambeau on his Memorial win! Dominated in round 3 in spite of putting. See a strokes gained comparison of Bryson and Tiger. Tiger putting field average 'would have won' (of course, every player would look better replacing negative SGP with 0). pic.twitter.com/5BpUHUhVQS
— Mark Broadie (@MarkBroadie) June 4, 2018