European Tour Rookie, Chris Paisley, submitted the highest TrackMan Combine score in 2012. With a total score of 90.4 (out of 100), Paisley beat other Tour Professionals such as Edoardo Molinari, Soren Kjeldsen, Justin Rose, and more. To see a list of TrackMan Combine leaders and their individual results visit www.mytrackman.com.
Paisley is originally from Newcastle, England and was recruited to play collegiate golf at the University of Tennessee by Coach Jim Kelson. Coach Kelson started working with TrackMan back in 2006, making Tennessee one of the first universities to add TrackMan to their golf program. When Coach Kelson was asked about Paisley as a junior player Kelson responded, “He wasn’t super highly recruited as a junior player. I had recruited his brother, Andrew, when I first got the job at UT so I knew he came from good stock and he was known to be a very accurate player. At the time, Chris’s overall strength and length were a concern, but he worked hard on improving those things during his time at Tennessee.” Paisley’s average club speed during the TrackMan Combine was 108 mph and his average total distance was 281 yards. Although these numbers are a little below the PGA TOUR average of 113 mph and 289 yards, Paisley made up for it with his accuracy. With an absolute average offline of only 19.6 feet, Paisley still managed to score an 85.5 on the driver portion of the TrackMan Combine.
Paisley commented about the pressure he felt during his final shots, “I felt a bit of pressure because I knew I was on for a pretty good score, but I didn’t realise that I was about to break the record! I thought the 140 yard target had messed it up for me! It goes to show you that no matter how well you perform, there is always room for improvement.” Paisley went on to say, “I love the TrackMan Combine because it is as close as you can get to emulating the pressure you feel in a tournament. Every shot counts so you need to focus the whole time, and if you hit a bad shot you need to mentally recover from it rather than shrug it off as you do when shelling balls. The main benefits for me are that it highlights areas I need to improve and sharpens my game up as I’m gearing up for a tournament. The shear depth of feedback it gives you is invaluable, especially when you share it with your coach. ”
As the TrackMan Combine looks forward to 2013, we will leave you with a comment made by the only other person to have broken 90 points on their total score, Edoardo Molinari. When Molinari was told about Paisley’s accomplishment he responded, “Wow! That’s good but I am confident that soon I’ll post a higher score again. I think that 92 is achievable, anything more than that will be insane!”
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