Wordplay: Fernandez-Castano Tops “Scrabble Rankings”

The overwhelming power of statistics has proven over the years that you can rank golfers in just about anyway possible.

Sure ,there’s the actual world golf rankings, which are confusing at best, but tolerable; then there’s the FedExCup, the Race to Dubai, the money lists, longest drives, lowest average score, you name it.

Here’s one you might have missed: Most Scrabble points per player name.

Thanks to the handy point generator over at Dvorkin.com, we can proudly tell you that the No. 1 golfer in the scrabble word is Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, whose name checks in at a hearty 43 points.

It surely sounds good for Fernandez-Castano, otherwise ranked No. 76 in the world golf rankings and coming off a year with only one victory.

The extraordinarily unofficial Scrabble golf Top 10 is:

1. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano    43
2. Fabrizio Zanotti               38
3. Charl Schwartzel             37
4. Thongchai Jaidee           37
5. Zach Johnson                 35
6. Charley Hoffman           33
7. Jimmy Walker               32
8. Freddie Jacobson         31
9. Hideki Matsuyama      30
10. Pablo Larrazabal          30

On the other end of the spectrum we find the pedestrian Tiger Woods (15 points),Adam Scott (14) and the bottom the barrel – Ernie Els with 8.