Mike Schulte | 1/13/2004

While Haas hasn't amassed an overwhelming number of wins, he has collected the wholesale admiration of his peers on the PGA and Champions Tour. He has received some of golf's most prestigious awards: the 2004 Payne Stewart Award for upholding the traditions of golf, the 2005 Jim Murray Award from the Golf Writers Association of America, and the 2006 Bob Jones Award, the USGA's highest honor for distinguished sportsmanship. Golf is, according to tradition, a gentleman's game and Haas has carried himself as one for many years.

Like other sports we love, golf is a game of statistics. We are obsessed with driving distance, GIR, putting averages, and sand saves. All of these stats make a difference in a player's results. Let's face it: if your putting average is 2.12, you aren't playing the PGA Tour, you're betting your buddies a beer you'll break 86 this Saturday.

While Haas hasn't amassed an overwhelming number of wins, he has collected the wholesale admiration of his peers on the PGA and Champions Tour. He has received some of golf's most prestigious awards: the 2004 Payne Stewart Award for upholding the traditions of golf, the 2005 Jim Murray Award from the Golf Writers Association of America, and the 2006 Bob Jones Award, the USGA's highest honor for distinguished sportsmanship. Golf is, according to tradition, a gentleman's game and Haas has carried himself as one for many years.

Like other sports we love, golf is a game of statistics. We are obsessed with driving distance, GIR, putting averages, and sand saves. All of these stats make a difference in a player's results. Let's face it: if your putting average is 2.12, you aren't playing the PGA Tour, you're betting your buddies a beer you'll break 86 this Saturday.

Test, test.