Statistics

A 15 handicap averages 90 to 92, not 87. Here is the full stat line behind that number, side by side with every handicap from scratch to 30.

A total is the least interesting thing about most rounds. Here is how to pick the golfity share card that tells the actual story, and what to write underneath it.

Scores are noisy and handicaps lag. If you know where to look, your stats will tell you that you are getting better long before the scorecard does.

Your scoring average can drop a shot and a half without you improving at all. A structured mid-season check separates the real progress from the noise.

Your handicap tells you almost nothing about why the season went the way it did. A structured end-of-season review does.

Ranked by predictive power: the 10 golf stats that actually tell you what you will shoot, and the popular ones that tell you almost nothing.