2014 Travelers Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes ShotLink Keys to Victory for Ken Duke Ken Duke picked up his first career victory on the PGA TOUR in his 187 th career start on TOUR moving to 20 th in the FedExCup standings. Duke relied on is play from on and around the greens en route to victory at TPC River Highlands. Ken Duke vs. The Field 2013 Travelers Championship th Stat Rank Stat Field Entering the 2013 Travelers Ken Duke ranked 99 on TOUR for scrambling from around the greens (57.9%). Sand Save Percentage T6 75.00% 43.56 rd However, his short game was on point at TPC River Scrambling 3 77.78% 58.19 Highlands salvaging par or better on 21 of 27 missed Strokes Gained - Putting 10 th +1.204 .000 greens ranking 3 rd in this category. st Putting Average 1 1.622 1.800 th nd He was also sharp with the putter ranking 10 for One-Putt Percentage 2 51.39% 36.62 nd st strokes gained – putting, 2 for one-putts and T-1 nd Putts Per Round 2 26.50 29.38 when putting from 15 to 25 feet. Putting from - 15-25' T1 33.33% 14.10 Highest Pct of Putts Made 15 to 25 Feet 2013 Travelers Championship Ken Duke was solid when putting Rank Player % Made Attempts Putts made from 15 to 25 feet at TPC River T1 Ken Duke 33.33 15 5 Highlands. T1 Chris Stroud 33.33 12 4 For the week, he converted a field t- T1 Morgan Hoffmann 33.33 15 5 leading 5 of 15 putts from this 4 Zach Johnson 31.25 16 5 distance (1 in every 3). 5 Padraig Harrington 30.77 13 4 6 Camilo Villegas 29.41 17 5 2013 Course & Hole Statistics TPC River Highlands Courses with the Longest Proximity to Courses with the Lowest Hole Inside 100 Yards (Rough) GFG - Birdie or Better % Rank Course Avg Rank Course % 1 TPC Sawgrass 33' 2" 1 TPC River Highlands 46.15 2 Colonial CC 30' 2" 2 Innisbrook Resort - Copperhead 49.53 3 TPC River Highlands 27' 11" 3 Conway Farms GC 50.23 4 TPC Deere Run 27' 8" 4 East Lake GC 50.28 5 Plantation Course at Kapalua 27' 2" 5 Quail Hollow Club 50.95 Courses with the Lowest Courses with the Longest Proximity to Birdie or Better % - Fairway Hole – Greenside Bunkers Rank Course % Rank Course % 1 Innisbrook Resort - Copperhead 16.65 1 TPC River Highlands 11' 1" 2 TPC River Highlands 17.5 2 Redstone GC (Tournament) 10' 7" 3 Harbour Town Golf Links 17.79 3 Plantation Course at Kapalua 10' 7" 4 TPC San Antonio 18.08 4 The Old White TPC 10' 6" 5 PGA National (Champion) 18.37 4 TPC Louisiana 10' 6" Birdie or Better % from Fairway Leaders 2013 Travelers Championship Rank Player % On a course that was ranked 2nd in lowest percentage of birdie or better from the fairway. No one was better at this 1 Bubba Watson 34.0 event last year than Bubba Watson making 18 birdies or 2 Brendan Steele 30.2 better from the fairway out of 53 attempts (34.0%). When in 3 Stuart Appleby 28.9 the fairway Bubba made birdie or better 34% of the time while the field average was 17.5%. 4 Tag Ridings 27.8 5 Ken Duke 27.6 The par 4, 15th measures 296 yards on the scorecard ranking 1st on TOUR for shortest par 4’s. 85.9% of players went for the par 4 ranking 2nd on TOUR for highest par 4 going for the green percentage. The 15th hole at River Highlands had the most par 4 eagles in 2013 yielded 10 to the field. 15th Hole Par 4 TPC River Highlands Stat 2013 Rank on TOUR Value Shortest Par 4's on TOUR 1st 296 Yards Par 4's Highest Going For Green % 2nd 85.90% Par 4's with Most Eagles 1st 10 Broadcast Window Notes 2014 Travelers Championship (featured groups) Dustin Johnson Dustin Johnson is making his 3 rd appearance at the Travelers Championship (2009, W/D & 2008, T-34th). Dustin Johnson is coming off a T-4th at the U.S. Open last week and remains in the 4th position of the FedExCup standings. 7 Straight Years with a Win: Dustin Johnson now has at least 1 win in each of his last 7 seasons on the PGA TOUR (dating back to 2008). Phil Mickelson is the only other player on TOUR with at least 1 win each season since the start of the 2008 season (Mickelson’s streak extends back to 2004). Finishing Inside Top 15 Last 3 Years of FedExCup th Player 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Dustin currently ranks 4 in the race for the FedExCup Johnson, Dustin 13th 8th 4th 5th 14th and is looking to stay inside the top 15 for the 6th Mickelson, Phil 9th 5th 15th 13th 2nd consecutive season. In the last 5 seasons, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Nick Watney are the Watney, Nick 15th 4th 9th 12th 12th only 3 players to rank inside the top 15. Top 5 Driving Distance Leaders in 2013-14 nd Rank Player Avg. Dustin Johnson currently ranks 2 in Driving Distance in 2013-14, averaging 312 yards on measured drives off of the tee. Dustin is just 1 of 26 players on 1 Bubba Watson 313.2 TOUR this season to hit over 50% of his measured drives on TOUR over 300 2 Dustin Johnson 311.8 yards (54 of 74 drives). 3 Nicolas Colsaerts 308.7 4 J.B. Holmes 306.6 5 Rory McIlroy 305.0 Dustin Johnson – Key Stats This Season Dustin Johnson is the 2 nd most aggressive player on Dustin Dustin Stat TOUR this season in terms of going for the green. So Rank Value far this season, Dustin has gone for the green 75% of Driving Distance 2nd 311.8 the time on par 5’s and reachable par 4’s. Driving Distance - All Drives 2nd 298.5 th When going for the green, he has been successful Greens in Regulation Percentage 18 68.20% th 28% of the time ranking 26 on TOUR. Because of nd Going for the Green 2 74.60% his aggressive nature, Dustin currently has the 2 nd GFG - Hit Green Percentage 26 th 28.42% lowest par 5 scoring average on TOUR this season Proximity to Hole 5th 32' 9" (4.49). st Fairway Proximity 1 27' 11" No one hits it closer to the flag stick from the fairway Strokes Gained - Putting 96 th + .027 than Dustin Johnson. Dustin ranks 1st in fairway Front 9 Scoring Average 2nd 34.62 proximity averaging 27’11” to the flag stick. His average is nearly 5 feet closer than the TOUR average Par 3 Scoring Average T13 3.01 of 32’6”. Par 5 Scoring Average 2nd 4.49 Ken Duke Defending Travelers Championship Champion, Ken Duke makes his 6th appearance at this event. Duke currently ranks 145th in the FedExCup standings and is in search of his first top 10 of the 2013-14 PGA TOUR season. Ken Duke Greens In Regulation Since 2012 Year Rank Value Ken has made a big improvement this season This Season 24th 67.92% ranking 24th in greens in regulation hitting 758 of 2013 141st 63.09% 1,116 greens (67.92%). 2012 111th 64.61% Scrambling Leaders 2013 Travelers Championship Ken Duke ranked T-62nd in greens in regulation out of 74 players Rank Player % to make the cut at the 2013 Travelers Championship. 1 Andres Romero 78.95 1 Chris Stroud 78.95 However, it was his play from around the greens that kept him in 3 Ken Duke 77.78 contention. Duke ranked 3rd in scrambling at this event last season, salvaging par on 21 of 27 (77.78%) missed greens. 4 Robert Streb 73.33 5 Freddie Jacobson 73.08 Marc Leishman Marc Leishman makes his 16th start of the 2013-14 PGA TOUR season and currently ranks 52nd in the race for the FedExCup. The 2012 Travelers Championship Champion ranked 48 th in the field for strokes gained – putting en route to his victory at the Travelers Championship. However, you have to look at his round by round performance on the greens to uncover his putting performance. In the first 3 rounds, Leishman lost over 3 ½ strokes to the field with his putter (-3.70 total strokes lost putting) ranking 68 th in the field out of 70 players to make the cut. However, in the final round, Marc gained a field leading +3.89 strokes on the field with his putter en route to his final round 62. In the final round Leishman outperformed his first 3 round total on the greens by over 7 ½ shots. Marc Leishman Career Best Strokes Gained-Putting Rounds Year Event Round SG-Putting Marc Leishman has played 417 career 2012 Quicken Loans 1 +4.047 rounds where strokes gained-putting 2009 Deutsche Bank Championship 2 +3.998 was calculated. His performance in the final round of the 2012 Travelers 2010 BMW Championship 2 +3.943 Championship marked his 4th best 2012 Travelers Championship 4 +3.892 putting performance in a round of his 2012 Shell Houston Open 3 +3.826 PGA TOUR career. Matt Kuchar Matt Kuchar is coming off a T-12th at last week’s U.S. Open Championship. Since 2010, Matt Kuchar has played 111 events on the PGA TOUR.