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PGA TOUR PLUS/MINUS
SAL JOHNSON
December 16, 2008
To find the most improved PGA Tour players of 2008, as well as those who fell the furthest in a year's time, we calculated a Plus/Minus number by totaling the number of places a pro moved up or down the money list and the number of places he moved up or down the All-Around statistical ranking.
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December 16, 2008

Pga Tour Plus/minus

To find the most improved PGA Tour players of 2008, as well as those who fell the furthest in a year's time, we calculated a Plus/Minus number by totaling the number of places a pro moved up or down the money list and the number of places he moved up or down the All-Around statistical ranking.

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$ '07 126th AA '07 194th
$ '08 17th AA '08 47th
  +109   +147

PLUS

1. Ben Curtis +256

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Better putting (from 156th to 65th), scrambling (176th to 46th) and 7.6 more yards off the tee led to greatly improved scoring—from 71.58 (166th) to 69.98 (13th).

2. Chad Campbell +198

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A proven ball striker, Campbell leaped from 162nd to 42nd in putting, which shaved more than a stroke (1.18) off his scoring average.

3. Bob Tway +193

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The Tour leader in putting (from 66th) also made big strides in greens in regulation (from 138th to 33rd), ball striking (172nd to 70th) and birdie average (103rd to 3rd).

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