Golf improvement

Telling yourself to concentrate harder rarely survives the back nine. Your shot data shows exactly where attention slips, and gives you something specific to hold onto instead.

A 25 mph day can wipe two strokes off your round before you make a single bad swing. Wind does not get subtracted from your strokes gained, so it pays to know exactly where it takes the strokes from.

The club you trust most is often not your best club, and the part of your game you apologize for is often fine. A simple self assessment against your strokes gained data shows where belief and performance have come apart.

A red strokes gained page is not a verdict. Here is how to work out whether your numbers are showing a genuine problem, a rough patch, or a data issue you can fix in five minutes.

Everyone believes they play the first hole badly. Your hole-by-hole data can tell you whether that is true, how much it costs, and whether the problem is your nerves or your warm-up.

Aiming at the center of the green is the right default. Pin position tells you which center, and how far you are allowed to shift from it. Here is the data behind that decision.