The final week of the 2021-2022 PGA Tour season is upon us, and next week the FedEx Cup playoffs are set to begin. Once again, golfers who excelled off the tee tended to have success this year, and the best measure of how well a golfer is performing is strokes gained off the tee.
A player who has a positive strokes gained off the tee average is getting an edge over the average golfer, while a player with a negative average is at a disadvantage. The numbers included with each player’s name indicates how many strokes a round better that player is than the Tour average.
The golfers listed below have had the best driving season among the players on the PGA Tour, and most of them have seen their names near the top of the leaderboard several times. See who they are and which drivers they are playing.
Will Zalatoris (Raj Mehta/USA TODAY Sports)
DRIVER: Titleist TSR3 (8 degrees), with Fujikura Speeder 661 TR X shaft
Corey Conners (Michael Madrid/USA TODAY Sports)
DRIVER: Ping G400 LST (8.5 degrees), with UST Mamiya Elements Gold 6X shaft
Cameron Young (Kirthmon F. Dozier/USA TODAY NETWORK)
DRIVER: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees), with Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 70 TX shaft
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