How would the rounds have gone? (Hint: The anti-distance crowd might not want to read this.)
Number of total shots: 302,584 shots — you could shoot a round of 100 every day for just over eight years
Number of times drives hit: 57,350 — you could alternate the 28 drivers reviewed by GOLF.com in the ClubTest 2020 every day for about five years
Yardage on drives: 16,987,070 yards, or 9,652 miles — just about the distance from Chicago to Melbourne, Australia, the site of last December’s Presidents Cup
Number of fairways hit: 34,634
Number of times a ball would have strayed from the fairway off the tee — and given spectators a closer view: 22,716
Number of greens in regulation: 50,617
Number of times we would have seen a player scramble to make his score: 25,775
Number of eagles: 433
Number of birdies: 15,879 — you could put yourself down for 13 of them (a possible 59 on a par-72) every day for about three years
Number of putts: 123,327 — you could take 54 putts (even par) at your local putt-putt every day for about the next six years
Number of yards walked: 32,123,881, or about 18,252 miles — you could make about two round trips from Kohler, Wis. (site of this year’s Ryder Cup) to Rome (site of the 2022 Ryder Cup)
Number of golf balls used: 13,089 — you could buy a dozen golf balls every day for about the next three years
Number of tees used: 21,815 — you could string the 1-inch version of these lengthwise and go tee to green on a long par-5 (606 yards)
Let’s talk hot dogs and beer!
Projected attendance across the 11 events, minus the first round of the Players: 1.15 million — a little more than the population of San Jose, Calif., the country’s 10th-largest city
Number of hot dogs eaten: 575,000
Money spent on hot dogs: $2.875 million — just a little more than the winner’s share of the Players Championship
Number of beers consumed: 1.15 million
Money spent on beer: $9.2 million
Number of souvenirs bought per person: 287,500
Money spent on souvenirs: $7.19 million — or about the purse of the RBC Heritage
Distance traveled if a person went to every event (starting in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.): 8,890 miles
And finally, a place where we are getting quite familiar with, the couch:
Hours of televised golf: 210 hours, or 8.75 days straight of golf TV
Hours of commercials: 49
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