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Justin Thomas Leads the PGA Tour in an Impeccable Scoring Record Ahead of Tiger Woods

Published 09/05/2021, 4:30 PM EDT

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Ever since the introduction of stats in sports, fans have got a new perspective out of it. It not only gives them additional information but also assists players in enhancing their game. Moreover, it also helps judge a player’s overall performance with multiple criteria in mind and not focus on the wins. And in one such stat, Justin Thomas is ahead of popular names like Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, and others. 

Meanwhile, in golf, the usual par score for all 18 holes is around 70 to 72. And hence we see a lot many players finishing a round in the 60s and very rarely in the 50s. But scoring 64 or 65 on any course is impressive enough. Hence, let us find out which player has the highest percent of rounds that were 64 or less.

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Justin Thomas leads Tiger Woods in the scoring record

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Recently, Lou Stagner, a golf statistician, tweeted a stat that showed the players with the highest percent of rounds that were 64 or less. The duration of this stat was from 1983 to 2021. And the criteria was a player should have played a minimum of 300 rounds on the PGA Tour. And this is what the stat revealed. 

Justin Thomas is the leader in this stat, with 4.72% of his rounds were 64 or below. Meanwhile, the GOAT of golf Tiger Woods isn’t far behind him. Tiger has 4.39% of rounds that were 64 or below. However, it is interesting to note that Justin has played only half the number of rounds of Tiger Woods. 

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Thomas has played 615 rounds so far, while Woods has played around 1322 rounds. Moreover, Justin Thomas is one of the few golfers who has a sub 60 round on the PGA Tour. He achieved this milestone at the 2017 Sony Open. 

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However, when it comes to the players who have played more than a thousand rounds, Tiger undoubtedly tops the list. The player next to Woods is Webb Simpson, with 4.27% of rounds that were 64 or less in 1101 rounds. 

Other prominent names in the list

Meanwhile, the unusual name on this list is Joaquin Niemann. The youngster from Chile has already played around 320 rounds on the PGA Tour so far and has 3.44% of rounds that were 64 or below. 

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Moreover, the other prominent names on this list are, as expected, Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, and Bryson DeChambeau. 

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Amey Kulkarni is a Golf writer at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in mass media. Before joining EssentiallySports he used to write articles on Golf and Cricket on his personal blog cricgolf.
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