Analytics

Your three-putt avoidance rate lines up with handicap more reliably than almost any other putting number. Here is why, plus the benchmarks and the fix.

Driving stats usually stop at fairways hit and average distance. A strokes gained off the tee calculator turns each drive into one honest number that accounts for both.

Approach shots decide more scores than any other part of the game. A strokes gained approach calculator turns each iron shot into a number you can actually act on.

Six of the most popular golf stats apps, ranked by what they actually do well. No sponsored fluff — just tracking method, strokes gained depth, and real cost, so you can pick the one you will still be using next season.

Everyone frames it as a choice: bomb it or find the fairway. But the strokes gained numbers reveal an exchange rate between yards and accuracy, and it tips further toward distance than most golfers believe.

Ask a golfer what they hit from 100 yards and you get an instant answer. Ask them to prove it with data, and the picture usually falls apart.