AUGUSTA, Ga. – There have been 209 players on the PGA Tour this season that have recorded enough rounds to qualify for the strokes gained: total statistic, the metric that compares a player’s score to the field average.
Charl Schwartzel is ranked 209th.
The 2011 Masters champion has – statistically – been the worst performer on Tour this season. In 23 rounds, he has averaged more than 2.78 strokes lost to the field per round – more than a half-stroke worse than Jonas Blixt.
“I haven’t felt like I’ve played as badly as my results, though,” Schwartzel said Friday.