J.T. Poston Is Risky But Has A Lot To Like At Charles Schwab Challenge
4 months agoThe last couple of weeks have not been kind to J.T. Poston, but what's a guy averaging 288 yards off the tee (ranked 162nd on Tour) supposed to do on 7,400+ yard courses? The interesting part though, is the part of his game that's let him down the most over his last two starts has been approach play (averaged -0.665 strokes gained on approach) and putting (averaged -1.275 strokes gained putting). The upside comes when considering that the T5 finish at Harbour Town before the two-event slump plays similarly to Colonial, which is short and demands accuracy over distance off the tee. Poston is ranked 7th on the year in driving accuracy (74.18%) while ranking much better on approach with the lower irons in the bag than the six through four irons he's been forced to hit over the last two weeks. The putter still has to make a resurgence, but everything tee to green should be much more reliable this week.
Source: Data Golf
Source: Data Golf