Off the tee at the PGA Championship
(USA TODAY)
The second major of the year tees off at Valhalla in Louisville, Kentucky, where 156 golfers will compete for the Wanamaker Trophy. Unlike other majors, no qualifiers or amateurs are in the field for the PGA Championship, which begins on Thursday.
As always, plenty of eyes will be on Tiger Woods, while much of the focus will be on Scottie Scheffler’s dominance (after time off for the birth of his baby boy), Rory’s hot hand, Brooks Koepka’s title defense, and the always exciting “unknowns.”
The course is over 7,600 yards, so distance off the tee (with accuracy, of course) will be viyal for any serious run up the leaderbord.
With that in mind, here’s the average driving distance (if available) for each golfer in the field…
Ludvig Aberg
(Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 307.7
Byeong Hun An
(Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 313.5
Rich Beem
(Jeremy Reper-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 281
Josh Bevell
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: N/A
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
(Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 286.8
Akshay Bhatia
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 298
Alexander Bjork
(Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 276.4
Zac Blair
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 273.8
Michael Block
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 266
Evan Bowser
(Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
Avg. driving distance:
Keegan Bradley
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 299.8
Dean Burmester
(Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 313.4 (per LIV Golf)
Sam Burns
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 303.9
Patrick Cantlay
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 297.9
Wyndham Clark
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 313.8
Eric Cole
(Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Network)
Avg. driving distance: 297.1
Preston Cole
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: N/A
Tyler Collet
(Clare Grant-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 289.8
Corey Conners
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 298.8
John Daly
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 276
Cam Davis
(Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 298
Jason Day
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 303
Bryson DeChambeau
(Edgar Su/Reuters via USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 318.9 (per LIV Golf)
Thomas Detry
(Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 301.4
Matt Dobyns
(John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 303.8
Luke Donald
(Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 278.1
Jason Dufner
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 270
Nick Dunlap
(Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 303.6
Austin Eckroat
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 297.2
Harris English
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 299.1
Tony Finau
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 308.1
Matt Fitzpatrick
(Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Network)
Avg. driving distance: 297.1
Tommy Fleetwood
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 296.3
Rickie Fowler
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 296.8
Ryan Fox
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 307.6
Brice Garnett
(Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 289.6
Doug Ghim
(Jim Cowsert-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 288.3
Lucas Glover
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 287.1
Talor Gooch
(Edgar Su/Reuters via USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 296 (per LIV Golf)
Ben Griffin
(Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 294.2
Emiliano Grillo
(Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 288.9
Larkin Gross
(Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
Avg. driving distance: 285.8
Adam Hadwin
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 296.6
Brian Harman
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 289.4
Padraig Harrington
(Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Avg. driving distance: 298.3
Tyrrell Hatton
(Edgar Su/Reuters via USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 303.7 (per LIV Golf)
Russell Henley
(Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 287.3
Lucas Herbert
(Edgar Su/Reuters via USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 303.7 (per LIV Golf)
Ryo Hisatsune
(Jim Cowsert-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 293.3
Lee Hodges
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 294.8
Charley Hoffman
(Jason Parkhurst-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 300.9
Tom Hoge
(Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 292.8
Nicolai Hojgaard
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 307.8
Rasmus Hojgaard
(Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 305.7
Max Homa
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 300.6
Billy Horschel
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 298.3
Beau Hossler
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 296.9
Viktor Hovland
(Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 300.2
Mark Hubbard
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 291.1
Mackenzie Hughes
(Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 296.4
Sungjae Im
(Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 292.9
Stephan Jaeger
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 310.2
Dustin Johnson
(Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 307.7 (per LIV Golf)
Jared Jones
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: N/A
Takumi Kanaya
(Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 276.3
Martin Kaymer
(Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 286.3 (per LIV Golf)
Jeff Kellen
(Clare Grant-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 293.5
Si Woo Kim
(Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 291.9
Tom Kim
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 293.5
Chris Kirk
(Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 296.3
Kurt Kitayama
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 305.2
Jake Knapp
(Andrew Dieb-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 307.7
Kazuma Kobori
(Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)
Avg. driving distance: 280
Brooks Koepka
(Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 304.7 (per LIV Golf)
Ben Kohles
(Andrew Dieb-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 285.2
Thriston Lawrence
(Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 307.1 (per DP World Tour)
Kyoung-Hoon Lee
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 300
Min Woo Lee
(Katie Goodale-USA TODAY Network)
Avg. driving distance: 311.3
Luke List
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 299.3
Shane Lowry
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 296.8
Robert MacIntyre
(Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 297.9
Peter Malnati
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 294.2
Brad Marek
(Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)
Avg. driving distance: 293.7
Hideki Matsuyama
(Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 296.9
Denny McCarthy
(Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 287.3
Rory McIlroy
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 316.8
Maverick McNealy
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 302.6
Kyle Mendoza
(Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: N/A
Adrian Meronk
(Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 305.6 (per LIV Golf)
Shaun Micheel
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: N/A
Phil Mickelson
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 298 (per LIV Golf)
Keith Mitchell
(Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 307.1
Francesco Molinari
(Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 288.4
Taylor Montgomery
(Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 292.7
Taylor Moore
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 302.2
Collin Morikawa
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 291.2
Jesse Mueller
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 279.4
Grayson Murray
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 303.2
Keita Nakajima
(Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 301.6
Joaquin Niemann
(Edgar Su/Reuters via USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 317.4 (per LIV Golf)
Alex Noren
(Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 294.8
Vincent Norrman
(Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 309.3
Zac Oakley
(Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)
Avg. driving distance: N/A
Andy Ogletree
(Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 296.9 (per LIV Golf)
Thorbjorn Olesen
(Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 296
Adrian Otaegui
(Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 279.4
Matthieu Pavon
(Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Network)
Avg. driving distance: 298.3
Taylor Pendrith
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 311.1
Victor Perez
(Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 299.2
Tracy Phillips
(Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Avg. driving distance: N/A
Ben Polland
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 288
J.T. Poston
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 288.3
David Puig
(Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 313 (per LIV Golf)
Andrew Putnam
(Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 282.5
Jon Rahm
(Edgar Su/Reuters via USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 312.9 (per LIV Golf)
Aaron Rai
(Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 291.3
Patrick Reed
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 298.3 (per LIV Golf)
Patrick Rodgers
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 306
Justin Rose
(Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Network)
Avg. driving distance: 295.3
Xander Schauffele
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 304.6
Scottie Scheffler
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 299.3
Adam Schenk
(Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 301
Adam Scott
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 304
Braden Shattuck
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 305.1
Cameron Smith
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 295.4
Jordan Smith
(Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 297.4
Sebastian Soderberg
(Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 292.4
John Somers
(Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)
Avg. driving distance: 290
Josh Speight
(Eric Sucar-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 298.5
Jordan Spieth
(Jim Cowsert-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 304.2
Sepp Straka
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 291
Adam Svensson
(Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 297.8
Jesper Svensson
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 321.7
Andy Svoboda
(Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
Avg. driving distance: 289.4
Nick Taylor
(Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Network)
Avg. driving distance: 289.9
Sahith Theegala
(Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 303.4
Justin Thomas
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 307.8
Brendon Todd
(Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 277.6
Alejandro Tosti
(Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 311.9
Sami Valimaki
(Jim Cowsert-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 299.8
Erik van Rooyen
(Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Network)
Avg. driving distance: 300.5
Ryan van Velzen
(Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
Avg. driving distance: N/A
Camilo Villegas
(Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Network)
Avg. driving distance: 282.5
Jimmy Walker
(Jim Cowsert-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 291.1
Matt Wallace
(Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 298.1
Jeremy Wells
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 295.5
Tim Widing
(Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images)
Avg. driving distance: 309.5
Gary Woodland
(Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Avg. driving distance: 310
Tiger Woods
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 291.8
Wyatt Worthington II
(Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 298
Y.E. Yang
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 280.4
Cameron Young
(USA TODAY)
Avg. driving distance: 303.7
Will Zalatoris
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 296.8
Chris Gotterup
(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 312.6
C.T. Pan
(Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 291.8
S.H. Kim
(Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports)
Avg. driving distance: 300.7
