Two Tiger Woods Stats From 2000 Boggle The Mind

Tiger Woods had a golf year for the ages in 2000. If you don’t remember, let’s reflect.

Pre-tay, pre-tay, pre-tay good, yes?

So, when stat guru Mark Broadie added Scoring Volatility to his popular Strokes Gained categories, he cited Woods’ incredible season. Feel free to plow thru the Volatility explanations. Just know that Phil Mickelson is the not-so-surprising poster child in that category.

But, the cool info that raised my eyebrows was this regarding Woods’ ridiculous 2000 campaign.

Looking at the bigger picture (well, back to 1999 at least), the best at avoiding bogey or worse, adjusted for course difficulty, was Tiger Woods in 2000. That season, Woods made bogey or worse on a mere eight percent of the holes he played. (The PGA Tour average was 19 percent that season.) Tiger also comes out on top on the birdie side of the ledger—again during the 2000 season—where he won nine events, including three majors.

That year, Woods scored birdie or better at an astounding 32 percent clip, 12 percentage points higher than the Tour average. 

Maybe a new category Strokes Gained: Dominating ?