8 Most One-Dimensional Golfers on Tour

They say it takes a complete golfer to play on the PGA Tour. However, there are some who feel the need to defy what everyone has said. And if you really look at these guys, you'll see a varying degree of success with this.

Some win tournaments, others struggle to get the job done. When you look through this, you'll notice not many of the top players are here.

Is that a trend?

Grip It and Rip It

The complaints about how far today's players hit it may seem to carry weight, but let's be serious: the guy who hits it the shortest is currently at the top of the game.

And here are the top in driving distance:

1. J.B. Holmes—He's played in a whopping 16 events this year, making 13 cuts and having only four top 10s. His best finish is at the CVS Caremark Classic and the Tavistock Cup with a T3. They aren't even PGA Tour events and don't feature a full field.

2. Bubba Watson—So he had a good run for a few years. Watson is not the golfer the media wants him to be so desperately, and he proved this year that his attitude really isn't that great either. He's never going to be a consistent golfer because his short game seems to have a faulty engine, because it can never stay with him long.

3. Robert Garrigus—Another bomber, Garrigus has the drive of a champion, and a putter the size of a 10-year-old. He's got a win, and a few close calls, but Garrigus' name is never one that anyone picks to win an event.

Always Putting for Birdie (Top GIR)

It should pay to be putting for birdie right? The putts have to drop at some point, don't they? Ask:

1. Chad Campbell—His great ball-striking got him one top 10 in 2011 in 28 events. Honestly, how does that happen? He's got more birdie putts than anyone else during golf tournaments, but he doesn't make any of them. That may, just may, be an issue...

2. John Senden—25 events, a second-place finish and two more top 10s on that is what John Senden gets for striping his irons. His irons aren't so good, however, around the green. He is below average for the PGA Tour for scrambling, and obviously in putting. When you only miss four or five greens per round, it would be nice to get up and down out of most of them. Is that asking too much to hit three chips well per round?

3. Heath Slocum—Talk about one-dimensional. He can't even make a top 10 with his ball-striking. At least the top 10 Chad Campbell has might add an imaginary dimension to his game. Slocum missed 12 of 27 cuts, almost a 50/50 split. His lack of other game has him sitting near the 125 mark for the PGA Tour next year, but he could be on the outside looking in very soon.

It's in the Hole!

This stat seems to be a key in many players' games. But are the best putters in the game the best players?

1. Kevin Na—At 27.75 putts per round, Kevin Na actually is at the point where he almost makes as many putts as he misses, if he has no three-putts. However, what Na's ball-striking costs him does more damage than his putting is able to withstand. Na finally got his first win, but it took long enough due to his below average GIR, driving distance and driving accuracy stats. They may not matter too much, but let's be serious: having at least one part of your game other than putting above average would definitely do a player good.

2. Greg Chalmers—I wish I could say something other than the stats, but I've never heard anything of Chalmers game. His putting is the only part of his game (other than the stats that correlate with putting) that is anything special. Without a flat stick, Chalmers is an average to below average golfer. Most of the time, people would say "I'll take that." Greg Chalmers would probably take a little more.