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Associated Press

Posted on: Thursday, December 24, 2009

Scoring in the 60s not always ends in victory

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Either these guys are good, or they tend to play the easier courses.

The PGA Tour released a statistic showing David Toms led the tour with 51 rounds in the 60s this year. Upon closer inspection, Toms also led the tour in a more dubious category. He had five tournaments in which he broke 70 every round and failed to win. Toms did that at the Sony Open, FBR Open, St. Jude Classic, Travelers Championship and Wyndham Championship.

He wasn't alone. There were 120 players who had at least one tournament with every round in the 60s without winning, and 55 players did it multiple times. PGA Tour rookie Jeff Klauk did it four times, and the 12 players who had three such tournaments included Justin Leonard, Ryan Moore, Chad Campbell and Zach Johnson.

In all, there were 192 times this year when a player broke 70 in every round and did not win.

Strangely enough, neither Tiger Woods nor Phil Mickelson were on the list.