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34 | PGA Pro:ForMANCE Pro:fiLe of other golfers, as well as Major League Baseball players and NFL linebackers working themselves like finely tuned machines. DeLeat goes through a half hour of physical therapy before every 90-minute workout, and continues to hit the gym even during tournament weeks. "I need to do it because I want to continue to play golf," he says, adding, "It is inspiring to see how hard other professional athletes work at it as well." DeLeat's take on his current putting struggles are typical of his attitude—more practice and more hard work will result in success. And while he's never had a swing coach—a rarity on the PGA Tour—he has turned to former tour pro Gabriel Hjertstedt to help make his short game rival his all-world ballstriking. "His short game was okay, but to be a great player you need to be able to get it up and down out of a ball washer," says Hjertstedt. "He's got all the tools now. He's got the whole package to be scary good." Scary good—what does that mean, exactly? It means averaging more than 300 yards off the tee, and hitting nearly 75% of his greens. It is a deadly combi- nation, especially if DeLaet continues to refine his putting. e PGA Tour ranks him as the top ball- striker on tour, and his greens in regulation percent- age from 200 yards and out is tops among male pros. Even DeLaet recognizes that he has few peers on the PGA Tour when it comes to hitting a golf ball. By the nUMBerS His short game was ok, but to be a great player you need to be able to get it up and down out of a ball washer. —Gabriel Hjertstedt " " >> 32 Official World Golf Ranking 24 FedEx Cup Standings 14 Driving Distance: 301.4 yards 1 Greens in Regulation: 72% 23 Scoring Average: 70.354 89 Driving Accuracy: 61% 163 Strokes Gained Putting: -0.360 135 Scrambling: 56% 23 Money Leaders: $1,760,934