Driving Accuracy leaders — 2012 season

Percentage of tee shots that finish in the fairway.

Rank	Player	Fairways %	Meas. rds
1	Jerry Kelly	73.00	73
2	Heath Slocum	71.69	75
3	Tim Clark	71.60	50
4	Jim Furyk	70.71	65
5	Graeme McDowell	70.11	38
6	David Toms	69.75	44
7	Ben Curtis	69.70	48
8	Chris DiMarco	69.24	72
9	Gary Christian	68.95	75
10	Richard Lee	68.72	57
11	John Huh	68.69	85
12	Mark Wilson	68.62	68
13	Chez Reavie	68.57	66
14	Zach Johnson	68.53	74
15	Colt Knost	68.00	67
16	John Mallinger	67.93	63
17	Hunter Mahan	67.74	64
18	Brian Davis	67.24	79
19	Jeff Maggert	67.16	78
20	Russell Knox	67.03	56
21	Jason Dufner	66.90	64
22	Billy Horschel	66.58	48
23	Tom Gillis	66.09	69
24	John Senden	65.93	62
25	Kevin Na	65.91	65
26	Kris Blanks	65.84	60
27	Blake Adams	65.83	88
28	Justin Rose	65.82	53
29	Ryan Moore	65.75	81
30	Ken Duke	65.69	90
31	Chris Couch	65.49	54
32	Stuart Appleby	65.45	65
33	Brian Harman	65.44	88
34	Roberto Castro	65.36	75
34	Will Claxton	65.36	86
36	Billy Mayfair	65.20	78
37	Luke Donald	65.16	48
38	Boo Weekley	65.15	58
39	Ian Poulter	65.13	38
40	Kevin Stadler	65.09	70
41	Gavin Coles	65.08	57
42	Matt Kuchar	65.06	66
43	Jason Bohn	65.00	66
44	Bo Van Pelt	64.79	65
45	D.A. Points	64.66	80
45	Scott Dunlap	64.66	46
47	John Merrick	64.46	72
48	Rickie Fowler	64.43	66
49	Cameron Tringale	64.41	77
50	Ben Crane	64.36	62
51	John Rollins	64.25	71
52	Ted Potter, Jr.	64.18	61
53	Henrik Stenson	64.13	42
54	K.J. Choi	64.08	56
55	Tiger Woods	63.93	48
56	Bill Haas	63.62	61
57	Alexandre Rocha	63.47	50
58	Brendan Steele	63.44	64
59	Brendon de Jonge	63.42	102
60	Nick O'Hern	63.34	68
61	Steve Stricker	63.31	54
62	David Mathis	63.22	69
63	J.J. Henry	63.18	71
64	Rod Pampling	62.72	69
65	Kyle Thompson	62.65	37
66	Brandt Jobe	62.48	45
67	Louis Oosthuizen	62.41	49
68	Steve Wheatcroft	62.37	42
69	Pat Perez	62.33	69
70	Johnson Wagner	62.32	76
71	Chris Stroud	62.31	75
72	David Hearn	62.25	88
73	Charley Hoffman	62.23	76
74	Rocco Mediate	62.22	58
75	Roland Thatcher	62.19	44
76	Lee Westwood	62.17	40
77	Brian Gay	62.10	78
78	Camilo Villegas	62.01	73
78	Geoff Ogilvy	62.01	55
80	Greg Chalmers	62.00	75
81	Daniel Summerhays	61.93	68
82	Jeff Overton	61.91	92
83	Stephen Ames	61.88	39
84	Hunter Haas	61.82	52
85	Kyle Reifers	61.70	74
86	Cameron Beckman	61.67	69
87	Charlie Wi	61.65	73
87	Keegan Bradley	61.65	71
89	Kevin Streelman	61.63	77
90	Vijay Singh	61.62	81
91	Bryce Molder	61.59	71
92	Webb Simpson	61.47	66
93	Charl Schwartzel	61.41	40
94	Dicky Pride	61.38	49
95	D.J. Trahan	61.33	62
96	Josh Teater	61.30	83
97	Tom Pernice Jr.	61.26	52
98	Sergio Garcia	61.15	44
99	George McNeill	61.14	71
100	Arjun Atwal	61.12	66
101	Kevin Kisner	61.10	53
102	Y.E. Yang	61.06	48
103	Rory Sabbatini	61.04	72
104	Matt Every	60.89	64
105	Bob Estes	60.72	65
106	Vaughn Taylor	60.59	64
107	William McGirt	60.58	79
108	Billy Hurley III	60.56	57
109	Brandt Snedeker	60.50	65
110	Graham DeLaet	60.36	71
111	Justin Leonard	60.34	68
112	Bud Cauley	60.33	91
113	Scott Brown	60.22	51
114	Chad Campbell	60.19	73
115	Greg Owen	60.16	77
116	Patrick Sheehan	60.11	44
117	Garth Mulroy	60.10	46
118	Sean O'Hair	59.98	76
119	Tim Herron	59.93	76
120	Padraig Harrington	59.86	45
121	Chris Kirk	59.70	85
121	Trevor Immelman	59.70	57
123	Adam Scott	59.61	41
124	Kyle Stanley	59.49	70
125	Harris English	59.47	87
126	Michael Thompson	59.43	65
127	Robert Allenby	59.34	66
127	S.Y. Noh	59.34	85
129	Martin Laird	59.16	54
130	Davis Love III	59.11	52
131	Bill Lunde	59.10	67
132	Nathan Green	58.97	57
133	Jonas Blixt	58.90	64
134	Nick Watney	58.86	76
135	Bubba Watson	58.84	51
136	Brendon Todd	58.77	63
137	Bobby Gates	58.60	76
138	Erik Compton	58.33	64
139	Charlie Beljan	58.19	43
140	Ricky Barnes	58.10	82
140	Scott Stallings	58.10	68
142	Sangmoon Bae	58.08	57
143	Freddie Jacobson	57.98	44
144	Ryan Palmer	57.95	71
145	Jonathan Byrd	57.88	56
145	Miguel Angel Carballo	57.88	57
147	Mathew Goggin	57.86	55
148	Carl Pettersson	57.63	80
149	Sung Kang	57.53	62
150	Danny Lee	57.44	59
151	Spencer Levin	57.30	66
152	Tommy Biershenk	57.22	58
153	Ángel Cabrera	57.02	37
154	Kevin Chappell	56.73	72
155	Ernie Els	56.71	65
156	Rory McIlroy	56.61	40
157	Robert Garrigus	56.58	74
158	Dustin Johnson	56.30	53
159	Ryuji Imada	56.13	69
160	J.J. Killeen	56.09	84
161	Scott Piercy	56.06	86
162	Marco Dawson	56.04	46
163	Edward Loar	56.01	43
164	John Daly	55.78	38
165	Tommy Gainey	55.63	90
166	Matt Jones	55.49	44
167	Robert Karlsson	55.22	41
168	Marc Leishman	55.20	76
169	Andres Romero	54.90	54
170	Harrison Frazar	54.68	48
171	Charles Howell III	54.60	77
172	Gary Woodland	54.55	53
173	J.B. Holmes	54.40	78
174	Phil Mickelson	54.31	60
175	Aaron Baddeley	54.30	55
176	Jason Kokrak	53.92	69
177	Martin Flores	53.58	82
178	Stewart Cink	53.43	54
179	Ryo Ishikawa	53.28	37
180	Jhonattan Vegas	53.09	69
181	Jimmy Walker	52.74	91
182	Troy Matteson	52.67	83
183	Troy Kelly	52.60	51
184	Jason Day	52.48	47
185	Matt Bettencourt	52.29	60
186	Mark Anderson	52.23	61
187	Derek Lamely	52.08	56
188	Michael Bradley	51.88	55
189	James Driscoll	51.32	70
190	Stephen Gangluff	49.93	43
191	Daniel Chopra	47.27	43

Share of tee shots on par 4s and 5s that finish in the fairway; higher is more fairways, which is not automatically better golf. Values and ranksare the Tour's published figures for the 2012 season; OTIS applies no minimum of its own, because a season figure exists only for players the Tour qualified for one. Sourcing is described in the methodology; the stat is defined in the glossary.

What this leaderboard ranks

Driving Accuracy for the 2012 PGA Tour season, highest first. Share of tee shots on par 4s and 5s that finish in the fairway; higher is more fairways, which is not automatically better golf. The table lists 191 players — every player the Tour published a 2012figure for — with each name linking to that player's full profile, where the same figure sits in their season table beside every other season they played. Values and ranksare the Tour's published season statistics, restated: nothing on this page is computed, estimated or projected by OTIS. The 2012 season is complete, so these are its published figures rather than a snapshot in motion.

How the Tour's ranks and ties work

The number in the first column is the Tour's published rank for the season, not a list position. Players the Tour ranks level share the same number, so the column can repeat itself, and the list is ordered by that rank first and by the value second. This is the reverse of the career and green-type boards, where the site declines to invent a tie-break and numbers straight down the list: here a competition rank exists and is published, so it is shown as published. When two players share a rank, the value column separates them only if their figures differ at the precision the Tour prints, and where they do not, the order between them is alphabetical and means nothing.

Coverage and eligibility

A player appears here when the Tour published a 2012season figure for them, and not otherwise. OTIS applies no minimum of its own, because a season figure exists only for players the Tour qualified for one: a player without the qualifying rounds has no published figure, so there is nothing to rank. The measured-rounds column shows how many shot-tracked rounds sit behind each row, and it is worth reading before the value — the same figure means more over a full season than over a few weeks. Where the figure is published but the rounds count is not, that column shows a dash rather than a guess. Players who played the season without meeting the Tour's threshold are absent, not shown at zero.

Common questions

Who leads the PGA Tour in Driving Accuracy in 2012?

Jerry Kelly leads the 2012 Driving Accuracy board with 73.00% of fairways hit, per the Tour's published season figures and rank. The full list of 191 players is on this page, each linked to their profile.

Is the first column the Tour's rank or a list position?

The Tour's published rank. Players the Tour ranks level share a number, and the list is ordered by that rank first and the value second.

Why is a player missing from this leaderboard?

Because the Tour published no 2012 Driving Accuracy figure for them. OTIS applies no minimum of its own; a player who did not meet the Tour's threshold for a season statistic has nothing to rank and is left out rather than shown at zero.

Where do these figures come from?

They are the PGA Tour's published season statistics, restated without adjustment or recalculation. The same value appears in the player's season table on their profile, and the methodology page describes the sourcing.

Sourcing is set out on the methodology page; every stat name is defined in the glossary.