Saturday

Driving Distance in the Second Round

In the second round of the Tour Championship being played at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, GA, Brett Wetterich led the field in average driving distance with a 308.4 yard average drive. The rest of the field averaged 285.5 yards off the tee according to pgatour.com. Brett was considerably ahead of his next competitor in distance, by a 8.9 yard average over Robert Allenby.

So far in 2007, Brett has averaged 303.7 yards off the tee on the PGA Tour. That's good enough for seventh overall in 2007, and consistent with his 308.4 yards in this year's Tour Championship. Brett also ranks first on the tour for the longest drive of the year, with a 437 yarder.

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