
Why Par 3s Are Harder Than They Look
One shot to the green sounds simple, but par 3 scoring is consistently worse than golfers expect. The data explains why these holes quietly cost you strokes and how to stop the bleeding.

One shot to the green sounds simple, but par 3 scoring is consistently worse than golfers expect. The data explains why these holes quietly cost you strokes and how to stop the bleeding.

Bombing it 290 looks great on the tee box, but does distance actually lower your scores? The strokes gained data on amateur driving is more nuanced than either side of the argument admits.

Breaking 80 is a different problem than breaking 90. The golfer on the bubble is already competent everywhere, so the four strokes hide in two places at once instead of one.

The smartest club for any shot is the one your own data points to — not a generic distance chart and not an "AI caddie" guessing from satellite imagery. Here is how to build club recommendations you can actually trust.

Amateurs treat 100 yards as a green light and then get frustrated when the ball lands 40 feet away. The proximity data says that result is completely normal — here is what to actually expect.

Breaking 90 is not about one heroic round. The strokes gained data shows it comes down to a specific shift in one category, and it is rarely the one golfers practice most.