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Compare Your Golf Game with Other Players
Compare your golf stats and strokes gained metrics with other players using the player comparison feature in golfity.
Want to know if you’re actually better than your golf buddy? golfity’s player comparison feature lets you compare your golf game directly against any other player on the platform. No more arguing over who has the better short game—the numbers tell the story.
How Player Comparison Works
Select any player you’re connected with and golfity displays your stats side by side. The comparison pulls data from all tracked rounds, giving you a complete picture of how your games differ.
The interface highlights where each player has the advantage, making it easy to spot patterns at a glance. Green indicators show where you’re ahead; red shows where your opponent has the edge.
Compare Traditional Golf Stats
The comparison includes all the classic metrics golfers care about:
- Average score: Your scoring average across all rounds
- Fairways hit percentage: How often you find the short grass
- Driving distance: Average distance off the tee
- Greens in regulation: Percentage of greens hit in the expected number of strokes
- Putts per round: Your putting average
- Awful shots per round: Those costly mistakes that add strokes
These numbers provide a baseline comparison, but they don’t tell the whole story. A player hitting fewer fairways might still score better because of superior recovery shots.
Compare Strokes Gained Metrics
The real insight comes from strokes gained comparison. This metric, developed by Mark Broadie, measures performance relative to a benchmark—revealing exactly where each player gains or loses strokes.
golfity breaks down strokes gained into four categories:
- Off the tee: Driving performance including distance and accuracy
- Approach: Iron play from the fairway and rough
- Around the green: Chipping, pitching, and bunker play
- Putting: Performance on the greens
You might discover your buddy outdrives you by 15 yards on average, but you gain 0.5 strokes per round on approach shots. That approach advantage more than compensates for shorter drives—and now you have the data to prove it.
Use Comparison Data to Improve
Player comparison isn’t just about bragging rights. Use the data to identify specific weaknesses holding you back.
If a comparable player gains 0.8 strokes on you around the green every round, that’s a clear signal. Spend more practice time on chip shots and bunker play. The comparison gives you a concrete target: close that gap, and you’ll save nearly a stroke per round.
Track your comparison over time to measure progress. As you work on weak areas, watch the gap shrink—or watch yourself pull ahead where you were previously behind.
Find Your Comparison Partner
The most useful comparisons come from players at a similar level. Comparing yourself to a scratch golfer when you shoot 95 shows big gaps everywhere, but doesn’t help prioritize improvement.
Find a rival who shoots similar scores. The differences between you will be more meaningful and actionable. Maybe you’re both 15-handicaps, but one of you excels at driving while the other dominates on the greens.
Download golfity and start comparing your game today. Connect with friends, challenge rivals, and let the data settle the debates once and for all.
