SG: Putting leaders — 2012 season

Strokes gained on the greens, accounting for how hard each putt's distance is. The noisiest SG category year to year.

Rank	Player	SG per round	Meas. rds
1	Brandt Snedeker	0.860	65
2	Luke Donald	0.818	48
3	Jonas Blixt	0.804	64
4	Brian Gay	0.704	78
5	Bryce Molder	0.666	71
6	Martin Flores	0.656	82
7	Derek Lamely	0.636	56
8	Aaron Baddeley	0.604	55
9	Gavin Coles	0.591	57
10	Zach Johnson	0.568	74
11	Phil Mickelson	0.562	60
12	Bo Van Pelt	0.542	65
13	Jason Day	0.526	47
14	Y.E. Yang	0.516	48
15	Greg Chalmers	0.506	75
16	Ben Curtis	0.505	48
17	Matt Kuchar	0.472	66
18	Ryan Palmer	0.453	71
19	Carl Pettersson	0.444	80
20	James Driscoll	0.434	70
21	Ben Crane	0.432	62
22	Brendon Todd	0.427	63
22	Jimmy Walker	0.427	91
24	Ryan Moore	0.424	81
25	Jim Furyk	0.423	65
26	Sergio Garcia	0.400	44
27	Brian Davis	0.370	79
28	Michael Thompson	0.355	65
29	Ryuji Imada	0.351	69
30	Ken Duke	0.349	90
31	Johnson Wagner	0.346	76
32	Tiger Woods	0.339	48
33	David Mathis	0.338	69
34	Daniel Chopra	0.331	43
35	Keegan Bradley	0.330	71
35	Spencer Levin	0.330	66
37	Kevin Kisner	0.303	53
38	Stewart Cink	0.301	54
39	Jeff Overton	0.293	92
40	William McGirt	0.282	79
41	Charlie Wi	0.279	73
42	Billy Hurley III	0.276	57
43	Jonathan Byrd	0.262	56
44	David Hearn	0.261	88
45	Brandt Jobe	0.257	45
46	Nathan Green	0.248	57
47	Geoff Ogilvy	0.238	55
47	George McNeill	0.238	71
49	Blake Adams	0.232	88
50	Tommy Biershenk	0.224	58
51	Scott Piercy	0.221	86
52	Tom Gillis	0.217	69
53	Webb Simpson	0.211	66
54	Ryo Ishikawa	0.196	37
55	Kevin Na	0.193	65
56	John Daly	0.192	38
57	Richard Lee	0.189	57
58	Dustin Johnson	0.185	53
59	Colt Knost	0.184	67
60	Harris English	0.175	87
61	John Huh	0.167	85
62	Pat Perez	0.160	69
63	Stuart Appleby	0.154	65
64	Jason Dufner	0.153	64
65	Edward Loar	0.145	43
66	Brendon de Jonge	0.144	102
67	S.Y. Noh	0.142	85
68	Troy Matteson	0.136	83
69	Steve Stricker	0.134	54
70	Brian Harman	0.132	88
71	Dicky Pride	0.130	49
72	Sangmoon Bae	0.128	57
73	Tommy Gainey	0.113	90
74	Henrik Stenson	0.105	42
75	Bill Haas	0.103	61
75	Ian Poulter	0.103	38
77	Cameron Tringale	0.102	77
78	Martin Laird	0.099	54
79	Matt Every	0.096	64
80	Erik Compton	0.092	64
81	Charl Schwartzel	0.084	40
82	Chris Couch	0.083	54
83	Chris Stroud	0.082	75
84	Bob Estes	0.074	65
85	Ted Potter, Jr.	0.073	61
86	Bud Cauley	0.065	91
87	Davis Love III	0.063	52
88	Rory McIlroy	0.058	40
89	Charles Howell III	0.054	77
90	Sung Kang	0.051	62
91	Troy Kelly	0.050	51
92	Roberto Castro	0.048	75
93	Danny Lee	0.040	59
93	Steve Wheatcroft	0.040	42
95	John Senden	0.039	62
96	Vaughn Taylor	0.031	64
97	Harrison Frazar	0.023	48
98	Kyle Reifers	0.021	74
99	Hunter Haas	0.011	52
100	Garth Mulroy	0.010	46
101	Russell Knox	0.000	56
102	Louis Oosthuizen	-0.004	49
103	Rocco Mediate	-0.012	58
104	Padraig Harrington	-0.020	45
105	Nick Watney	-0.028	76
106	John Rollins	-0.034	71
107	Jhonattan Vegas	-0.035	69
108	Jason Bohn	-0.037	66
109	Ernie Els	-0.050	65
110	Daniel Summerhays	-0.053	68
111	J.J. Henry	-0.054	71
111	Kevin Streelman	-0.054	77
113	J.B. Holmes	-0.057	78
114	Billy Horschel	-0.068	48
115	Gary Christian	-0.077	75
115	Jerry Kelly	-0.077	73
117	John Mallinger	-0.086	63
118	Matt Jones	-0.090	44
119	Mark Wilson	-0.102	68
120	J.J. Killeen	-0.107	84
121	D.A. Points	-0.109	80
121	Hunter Mahan	-0.109	64
123	Brendan Steele	-0.112	64
124	Chris DiMarco	-0.113	72
125	Tim Clark	-0.121	50
126	Justin Rose	-0.122	53
126	Trevor Immelman	-0.122	57
128	Jeff Maggert	-0.127	78
129	Mark Anderson	-0.133	61
130	Adam Scott	-0.138	41
131	David Toms	-0.141	44
132	Freddie Jacobson	-0.145	44
133	Patrick Sheehan	-0.149	44
134	Rod Pampling	-0.153	69
135	Will Claxton	-0.167	86
136	Tim Herron	-0.174	76
137	Jason Kokrak	-0.184	69
138	Michael Bradley	-0.189	55
139	John Merrick	-0.193	72
140	Chris Kirk	-0.195	85
141	Matt Bettencourt	-0.201	60
142	Rickie Fowler	-0.202	66
143	Billy Mayfair	-0.205	78
144	Chez Reavie	-0.206	66
145	Josh Teater	-0.209	83
146	Ángel Cabrera	-0.217	37
146	Arjun Atwal	-0.217	66
148	Andres Romero	-0.223	54
149	Robert Garrigus	-0.225	74
150	Alexandre Rocha	-0.232	50
151	Marco Dawson	-0.235	46
152	Bill Lunde	-0.241	67
153	Mathew Goggin	-0.242	55
154	Stephen Gangluff	-0.243	43
155	Stephen Ames	-0.255	39
156	Bobby Gates	-0.262	76
156	Kevin Chappell	-0.262	72
158	Kevin Stadler	-0.263	70
159	Graham DeLaet	-0.278	71
160	Bubba Watson	-0.280	51
161	Graeme McDowell	-0.282	38
162	Sean O'Hair	-0.286	76
163	Miguel Angel Carballo	-0.294	57
164	Tom Pernice Jr.	-0.318	52
165	Justin Leonard	-0.325	68
166	Marc Leishman	-0.331	76
167	Camilo Villegas	-0.343	73
168	K.J. Choi	-0.344	56
169	Cameron Beckman	-0.353	69
170	Lee Westwood	-0.359	40
171	Rory Sabbatini	-0.370	72
172	Nick O'Hern	-0.392	68
173	Vijay Singh	-0.404	81
174	Scott Stallings	-0.405	68
175	Greg Owen	-0.416	77
176	Charlie Beljan	-0.421	43
177	Chad Campbell	-0.425	73
178	Robert Allenby	-0.428	66
179	Scott Brown	-0.468	51
180	Charley Hoffman	-0.480	76
181	Ricky Barnes	-0.488	82
182	Gary Woodland	-0.497	53
183	Roland Thatcher	-0.514	44
184	Robert Karlsson	-0.531	41
185	Heath Slocum	-0.554	75
186	D.J. Trahan	-0.579	62
187	Kris Blanks	-0.608	60
188	Scott Dunlap	-0.688	46
189	Kyle Stanley	-0.797	70
190	Boo Weekley	-1.055	58
191	Kyle Thompson	-1.209	37

Strokes gained per round on the greens; higher is better, and this is the noisiest of the categories from season to season. 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

SG: Putting for the 2012 PGA Tour season, highest first. Strokes gained per round on the greens; higher is better, and this is the noisiest of the categories from season to season. 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 SG: Putting in 2012?

Brandt Snedeker leads the 2012 SG: Putting board with 0.860 strokes gained per round, 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 SG: Putting 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.