Golf metrics

Breaking into the single digits is less about one heroic skill and more about a specific statistical shape. Here is what that profile actually looks like across the bag.

Two golfers can both hit 10 greens in regulation and lose three shots to each other on approach. GIR cannot see that gap. Strokes gained approach can.

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.

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.

You think you putt well, but the only evidence is a gut feeling and a putt total that hides more than it shows. Here is the honest way to grade your putting.