pga tour driving accuracy leaders by year since 1980 to 1990 min 50 rounds played

Between the 1980 and 1990 seasons, Calvin Peete had the best driving accuracy with 50+ rounds in a season, with 84.6 percent of fairways hit off the tee in 1983.

NAME FWY% ROUNDS SEASON EVENTS TOP 10 WINS SCORING AVG GIR% DRIVING DISTANCE AVG PUTTING AVG SAND SAVE% SCRAMBLING % FEDEXCUP POINTS MONEY
1 Calvin Peete
C. Peete
84.6
87
1983
87
11
2
70.6
71.4
246.1
51.3
$313,845
2 Calvin Peete
C. Peete
83.7
65
1990
65
1
72.6
64.1
244.2
1.8
41.0
$54,379
3 Calvin Peete
C. Peete
83.0
68
1987
64
1
71.7
69.2
249.6
1.8
44.0
$56,841
4 Calvin Peete
C. Peete
82.6
51
1989
51
72
63.1
246.6
1.8
49.4
$38,584
5 Calvin Peete
C. Peete
82.5
85
1988
77
2
71
71.2
254.9
1.8
39.8
$138,310
6 Calvin Peete
C. Peete
81.9
109
1981
100
5
71.4
73.1
249.7
52.3
$93,243
7 Calvin Peete
C. Peete
81.7
94
1986
87
7
2
70.5
71.1
248.6
1.8
51.7
$374,953
8 Calvin Peete
C. Peete
81.3
102
1982
98
10
4
70.3
72.4
250.8
40.6
$318,470
9 Mike Reid
M. Reid
81.1
85
1986
81
3
71.1
68.1
246.6
1.8
47.6
$135,143
10 Calvin Peete
C. Peete
80.6
80
1985
72
8
2
70.6
71.2
252.1
46.7
$384,489
11 Mike Reid
M. Reid
80.4
99
1987
99
6
1
70.8
71.3
247.9
1.8
53.2
$365,334
12 Mike Reid
M. Reid
79.5
115
1980
111
13
70.8
71.6
244.1
43.9
$206,097
13 David Edwards
D. Edwards
79.3
80
1985
80
72.2
64.9
252.9
41.1
$21,506
14 Larry Mize
L. Mize
79.2
91
1990
87
7
69.5
67.2
255.6
1.8
60.3
$668,198
15 Doug Tewell
D. Tewell
79.0
79
1990
79
2
70.9
70.9
259.3
1.8
41.4
$137,795
16 Mike Reid
M. Reid
78.9
79
1989
75
7
70.2
65.3
247.4
1.8
48.0
$401,665
17 Calvin Peete
C. Peete
78.7
103
1980
96
6
71.1
70.9
248.5
39.8
$105,716
18 David Edwards
D. Edwards
78.2
94
1989
90
2
70.8
66.1
249.9
1.8
62.3
$238,908
19 Bill Rogers
B. Rogers
77.9
102
1980
98
9
71
68.3
251.5
52.0
$146,883
20 Hale Irwin
H. Irwin
77.8
69
1990
61
6
2
69.8
67.4
255.6
1.8
45.5
$838,249
21 Mike Reid
M. Reid
77.7
80
1988
78
5
1
70.5
67.4
253.5
1.8
43.4
$533,343
22 David Edwards
D. Edwards
77.6
73
1990
73
4
71
65.8
252.5
1.8
54.6
$166,028
23 Calvin Peete
C. Peete
77.5
86
1984
82
9
1
70.6
71.3
251.5
57.0
$232,124
24 David Edwards
D. Edwards
77.5
69
1987
66
3
71.3
69.9
253
1.8
50.0
$148,217
25 Jack Renner
J. Renner
77.3
85
1985
81
7
71.4
64.9
247.6
52.8
$202,761
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