How to Build the Perfect Golfer Using the PGA Tour's Top Stars' Games

The closest thing to the perfect golfer, technically speaking, in an all-around sense on the PGA Tour right now is probably the gentleman pictured above. This isn't to disrespect Jordan Spieth, who has been getting better results lately, but Rory McIlroy's all-around game is more technically sound (although he putted miserably last year). 

There's no arguing with the results Spieth's chicken-wing swing produces, however. 

And you'd have to think McIlroy would be happy to borrow Spieth's putting and short game, which gets at an interesting question: How to build the "perfect" golfer?

Pulling from 2014-2015 stats (with a nod to career performance), here are the tour's best in the various facets of this frustrating game.

Driving: Adam Scott

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Driving distance: 4th (311.6)

Driving accuracy: 107th (60.69%)

Total driving: 15th (111)

If only he could putt! Adam Scott is perennially one of the best drivers and iron players on tour. Last year was no exception, as the Australian was fourth in driving distance, which is vastly more important than accuracy in today's game.

He ranked 15th in total driving, which totals a golfer's distance and accuracy figures. Nobody stripes it better than Scotty.

Long Approaches: Hudson Swafford

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Approaches from >200 yards: 1st (41'9'')

On approaches from more than 200 yards last year, Hudson Swafford was better than anyone else on tour. Interestingly, he was 136th on tour from 150 to 175 yards.

He was 27th in the category in 2014, so the strong play from distance is no fluke. Swafford was nearly four feet better, on average, than anyone on tour from over 200 yards—a huge margin.

Mid-Range Approaches: Jason Gore

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Approaches from 150-175 yards: 1st (23'1'')

Approaches from 175-200 yards: T9th (29'7'')

Jason Gore was 104th on tour in strokes gained tee-to-green, but we suspect that if all his approach shots could have come from between 150 and 200 yards, he'd be among the tour's best.

The Pepperdine alum is simply dominant from the range in question. He has problems from beyond 225 yards (176th) and 50 to 125 yards (180th).

Scrambling: Jason Day

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Scrambling: 2nd (65.34%) 

For all the attention Jason Day's power and towering approach shots get, it's important to remember that he's really, really good around the green.

Further, he's excellent at scrambling from distance, placing second in scrambling from 20-30 yards last year (66.04 percent). The PGA Championship winner was fifth in scrambling in 2013-2014.

Bunker Play: Kevin Na

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Sand save percentage: 1st (63.19%)

With 20 more rounds in 2014-2015 than anyone else in the top five, Kevin Na got up and down better than 63 percent of the time. Na was fourth on tour in proximity from the sand (7'2''), which we can file under "Pros: They're a lot better than you."

Could you image having a seven-footer on average every time you blasted out of a bunker?

Putting: Aaron Baddeley

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Strokes gained: putting: 1st (.717)   

It's no surprise, as he's one of the best on tour year after year, but Aaron Baddeley is the tour's best putter in 2015-2016. He was second in SG:P in 2014 and fifth in 2015. This guy can roll the rock to the tune of nearly three-fourths of a stroke better than his contemporaries on average.

Stats via PGATour.com