The Players Championship

Island Target

We crunch the numbers to see which players are the best (and worst) when it comes to hitting it close on the famed island green. Here are the top five, bottom five and some other notables' average proximity to the hole of the 219 active players with at least eight attempts (All data comes from PGA Tour's ShotLink, which began keeping track of this statistic in 2002)

May 7, 2012
Steve Marino

THE BEST
1. Steve Marino

Attempts: 15
Proximity: 17.34 feet
Best Players finish: T-19 (2011)
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