Who is a more consistent player at the Puerto Rico Open? Dicky Pride or Vaughn Taylor?
The Puerto Rico Open presented by seepuertorico.com is about to start from March 8 to 11, gaining all the featured news for its field members.
The field is set and contains all the junior competent players at the Trump International Golf Course, Puerto Rico Rio Grande, PUR.
Dicky Pride and Vaughn Taylor will also tee off and they are in live competition against each other.
All the players will strive hard for the purse of $3,500,000 and out of which the winner will earn $630,000. There will be two tournaments this week.
From Thursday, the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship is also scheduled and all the leading world ranked players are heading to Florida, leaving Puerto Rico Open for the junior stars.
The most frequent question asked between Pride and Taylor is regarding consistency. Both the players are competent and the biggest contenders of the title.
Their presence in the field of the tournament is making the event more appealing.
Both are outstanding golfers but Taylor is on a potential lead over Pride at the Puerto Rico Open.
Taylor will be showing his debut presence and is confident to lead over the others, especially over Pride.
The statement will be clearer after looking at his statistics and career achievements. Speaking about the most favourite player at this point will be understandable.
The 35-year-old American golfer had won seven professional events in the past. He turned professional in 1999 and since then has recorded multiple wins and achievements.
He won the Reno-Tahoe Open title two times, in 2004 and 2005, consecutively.
His performance at the major tournament of the Masters in 2007 was also impressive. He was tied for the 10th position and recorded his best debut scores at the majors.
Now looking at the 42-year-old American Pride, he only secured one win since turning professional in 1992.
It was Federal Express St. Jude Classic in 1994 when he won his first and only title in a play-off mode.
He appeared many times at the qualifying rounds and failed to maintain his tour card consistently.
He also played the Puerto Rico Open presented by seepuertorico.com in 2011 and failed to impress the spectators again.
Pride scored a 3-under par and 285 strokes in total. He finished the tournament on the 50th position, tied with many others, and did not score any eagle.
Hence, Taylor plays better than Pride and he will strive hard to make his debut performance more appealing and memorable.
Now comparing the scoring average and driving distances of both will further clear the situation.
Taylor has an average of 71.35, whereas Pride only managed to record 68.50 in the past performances.
Pride’s scoring accuracy is better than Taylor but again covering more yards distance is required and Taylor takes a potential lead over him in this sector as well.
On the other hand, Taylor currently holds the 368th rank, whereas Pride stands at 385th in the world rankings. So it is expected that Taylor will be competing well against Pride.
However, there are several more players who are well prepared for the competition. If Taylor wants to lead over the others, then he will have to deliver extra efforts on the course.
Preparing and practising for the upcoming competition may help him and Pride for better results at the Puerto Rico Open.
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