highest scoring average 1996

John Mahaffey had the highest scoring average in 1996, with 72.9 strokes per round.

NAME SCORING AVG SEASON EVENTS TOP 10 WINS ROUNDS GIR% FWY% DRIVING DISTANCE AVG PUTTING AVG SAND SAVE% SCRAMBLING % FEDEXCUP POINTS MONEY
1 John Mahaffey
J. Mahaffey
72.9
1996
65
65
65.6
73.0
250.7
1.8
50.5
50.9
$30,016
2 Lucas Parsons
L. Parsons
72.8
1996
56
60
59.5
59.2
278
1.9
51.9
50.0
$21,233
3 Brian Kamm
B. Kamm
72.8
1996
87
91
61.4
62.3
263
1.8
50.0
53.2
$64,988
4 Scott Medlin
S. Medlin
72.6
1996
53
53
65.0
72.3
258.3
1.9
39.7
49.4
$23,277
5 Lanny Wadkins
L. Wadkins
72.5
1996
62
1
65
58.2
65.7
253.6
1.8
56.8
57.1
$64,995
6 Joe Acosta, Jr.
J. Acosta, Jr.
72.4
1996
71
71
65.8
60.4
279.7
1.8
44.6
51.4
$37,632
7 Tom Scherrer
T. Scherrer
72.4
1996
89
1
94
64.2
66.3
267.5
1.8
42.9
53.6
$136,323
8 Chris Smith
C. Smith
72.3
1996
80
80
64.9
55.9
279.5
1.9
48.9
51.8
$41,112
9 Andy Bean
A. Bean
72.3
1996
75
1
79
63.7
60.6
274.7
1.8
41.7
54.0
$80,849
10 Jim Thorpe
J. Thorpe
72.3
1996
55
55
63.2
69.2
259
1.9
45.4
51.3
$25,130
11 Shane Bertsch
S. Bertsch
72.3
1996
73
1
78
60.5
65.4
250.2
1.8
53.4
55.3
$65,517
12 Bryan Gorman
B. Gorman
72.3
1996
69
73
61.4
64.9
266
1.8
48.4
56.5
$47,713
13 David Peoples
D. Peoples
72.3
1996
56
65
60.9
66.2
266.7
1.8
55.6
55.3
$32,385
14 Ron Whittaker
R. Whittaker
72.3
1996
58
63
58.3
70.8
259.9
1.8
51.2
63.3
$29,656
15 John Elliott
J. Elliott
72.3
1996
51
55
61.9
63.9
271.2
1.9
44.3
55.4
$26,926
16 Bob Estes
B. Estes
72.2
1996
64
1
69
59.2
63.4
260
1.8
54.8
59.4
$123,100
17 Steve Rintoul
S. Rintoul
72.1
1996
75
75
59.2
61.2
265.3
1.8
55.3
58.6
$33,965
18 Jeff Julian
J. Julian
72.1
1996
69
74
59.9
60.3
270.3
1.8
47.4
56.4
$55,602
19 Robin Freeman
R. Freeman
72
1996
102
1
106
63.8
61.3
266.8
1.8
50.0
57.8
$133,605
20 Mike Swartz
M. Swartz
72
1996
73
1
77
61.6
60.4
268.7
1.8
48.8
55.7
$77,616
21 Joe Daley
J. Daley
72
1996
77
1
82
66.0
71.7
265.1
1.8
53.2
56.1
$96,287
22 Dillard Pruitt
D. Pruitt
72
1996
74
74
67.5
71.8
259.6
1.8
52.3
55.3
$55,954
23 Tommy Armour
T. Armour
72
1996
54
1
59
64.7
69.8
265.3
1.8
50.6
53.4
$79,616
24 Billy Ray Brown
B. Ray Brown
71.9
1996
77
82
64.9
65.2
264.7
1.8
48.4
57.8
$67,203
25 Mike Standly
M. Standly
71.9
1996
81
1
86
66.1
66.5
271.6
1.8
53.7
56.6
$99,034
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