The Beat Goes On
Golf Magazine|January 2019

Some golf streaks are harder to pull off than others. Among the toughest? Always doing better than the other guys.

Mark Broadie
The Beat Goes On

IN THE 2018 SEASON, Chris Kirk led the PGA Tour with 12 made cuts in a row. While that’s notable, I find “beat-the-field” streaks to be much more impressive. (A player beats the field when, in a round, his score is better than the field’s average score, e.g., a score of 69 beats the field average of 70.3.) A beat-the-field streak demands sustained good play over many consecutive rounds, while a made-cut streak only requires a good combined score on Thursday and Friday, when the field has yet to be narrowed—and toughened— for the weekend. Kirk’s longest beat-the-field streak in 2018 was just nine rounds.

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