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If Keanu Reeves played golf: rated 79, best at short game

Keanu Reeves would be a golfer rated 79 in Legends Draft Golf, the parody game where famous people play golf. Best attribute: short game (88). The course that suits Keanu Reeves best is The Links Open, which leans on short game and course IQ. A scrambler with remarkable touch and a calm head. His short game leads the card, his nerve is close behind, and iron play is the weakness.

Portrait of Keanu Reeves

Photo: Birgit Fostervold, CC BY-SA 4.0

Screenborn 1964

Natural position

G Golfer

Rating

79OVR

Plays like: A cool, quiet scrambler who gets up and down from anywhere.

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Golf ratings

Made up for the game, 40 to 99.

Driving
70
Irons
69
Short game
88
Putting
84
Nerve
87
Course IQ
81

Keanu Reeves at each major

Each course weighs the ratings its own way. The higher the fit, the lower the scores there.

  1. SPRThe Spring Major81
  2. LNGThe Long Course Championship75
  3. NATThe National Open77
  4. LNKThe Links Open81

Keanu Reeves as a golfer: scouting report

Keanu Reeves is known for doing as much of his own action as the stunt coordinators will allow, training for months in martial arts and stunt driving for the John Wick films. That commitment to footwork and precision lands right in the short game, the best part of his golf card. Put him in a greenside bunker or a nasty lie in the rough and he will find a way to get the ball close. He would be the scrambler of the draft.

His nerve is the next strength. Calm under pressure is his whole screen persona, from Speed to The Matrix, and a five foot putt to save par is a lot less tense than steering a runaway bus. His putting is solid and his course IQ is decent. He grew up in Toronto and played goalie in hockey as a teenager, a position that demands a quiet mind and fast hands, and that background suits a player who saves strokes rather than piling them up.

Iron play is the weak spot. He will miss more greens than the elite ball strikers, which is exactly why his short game matters so much. The Spring Major is his best fit, where fast, tricky greens and tight recovery shots reward touch, and The Long Course Championship is his worst, because long irons into big par fours are the part of the game he handles least well. Draft him in the middle rounds and pair him with a pure iron player who finds greens in regulation.

Plays like A cool, quiet scrambler who gets up and down from anywhere

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Keanu Reeves in other sports

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Keanu Reeves in real life

Real life

Canadian actor and musician (born 1964)

Lived
Born 1964
From
Canada
Known as
television actor, film actor, actor, film producer
Active
since 1984
Honors
MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo, MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male, MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, and 1 more

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Questions about Keanu Reeves in golf

What kind of golfer would Keanu Reeves be?
A golfer rated 79 in Legends Draft Golf, at their best on short game (88) and weakest on irons (69). The best fit of the four majors is The Links Open.
What is Keanu Reeves's rating in Legends Draft Golf?
79, out of a top mark of 99.
What is Keanu Reeves's best attribute?
Short game, at 88. The weakest is irons, at 69.
Are these ratings real?
No. Legends Draft Golf is a parody game and the ratings are made up for fun, on a scale of 40 to 99. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by anyone in it.

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