Average walking distance on the six-minute test improved from 1, 508 feet to 1, 588 feet over the 30-day study period.

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Among players 30 or older, that's the second-greatest reduction in average shot distance in the NBA over the past five seasons.

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John Davis, chief nameplate engineer for Ford's compact cars and utility vehicles, said it's all designed to improve the driving experience: from making the 550-mile trek down Highway 99 from Sacramento to San Diego to the daily 20-mile one-way trip to work - the distance some reports suggest the average American commutes.

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It is designed for high performance, with a high-visibility backlit LCD display providing the runner with critical in-run metrics of time, average and instantaneous pace and distance.

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He hit nearly two out of three fairways (62.5%, or 35 out of 56) on the ultra-challenging Spanish layout with an impressive driving distance average of 293.4 yards per tee shot.

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He has one-putted 131 holes this season through 17 rounds with an average distance of seven feet, 10 inches.

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He finishes the season with a best-ever stroke average of 70.7, and his driving accuracy (63.9%), driving distance (288.2 yards) and greens in regulation (69.8%) are all improvements on previous years.

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