I have heard this saying for years. My dad told me this when I was a kid and golf commentators have also said it many times.

It means you can show off hitting long drives, but you make all your money with your putts. So, with this in mind, I decided to take a look at our current PGA Top Ten Money Leaders. I also looked at their rankings for Driving Average and Putting Average.

I wanted to see if their rankings of putting skills reflected their earnings. Interesting enough it was an even split. So, does "Driving for the Show, Putting for the Dough", still hold up? Below are their current rankings in these areas:

2009 Rankings	Earnings	Driving Avg	Putting Avg
Tiger Woods	1	24	17
Steve Stricker	2	109	1
Phil Mickelson	3	13	36
Zach Johnson	4	153	29
Kenny Perry	5	53	86
Sean O'Hair	6	56	102
Geoff Ogilvy	7	64	24
Jim Furyk	8	168	22
Lucas Glover	9	27	47
Y.E. Yang	10	68	102

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