Well, with stats being one of my "things" it seems that based on the figures published on the respective Tours web pages, in fact the ladies are the better putters......
Ernie Els leads the PGA Putting Average list with 1.680 putts per hole or 30.240 putts per round.
Shi Hyun Ahn & Stacy Prammanasudh (sorry ladies, have never heard of either of you before today) lead the LPGA Putting Averages list with an average of 27 putts per round or 1.5 putts per hole.
AND... You have to go down to Sophie Gustafsen, who is tied at 113th on the list to get to the first LPGA player with a putting average worse than Ernies...
I also checked the GIR stats and Tiger leads the Men with 73.61%, whilst Dina Ammaccapane & Jee Young Lee (again sorry ladies, have never heard of either of you before today) lead their list with 75.00%. Although you only need go to Paula Creamer with 72.80% at #8 on the LPGA list to get to the first lady with a worse result that Tiger's.
This raises an interesting point, why are the ladies seemingly far superior putters than the men...???
Are they putting on average from closer to the hole...???
Cheers
