Statistics

Every golf stat, defined in plain English and ranked by how much it actually tells you. Bookmark this page and use it to decode any number on your scorecard or in your app.

Two golfers can both hit 7 fairways and be three shots apart off the tee. Fairways hit cannot see that. Here is why the stat misleads and what to track instead.

One double or triple bogey can sink an otherwise solid round. Here is what the data says blow-up holes really cost you, and where they come from.

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.

Strokes gained off the tee sounds technical, but the meaning is simple: it scores your driver and fairway wood tee shots against what a benchmark golfer would do from the same spot.

Strokes gained approach sounds technical, but the meaning is simple: it grades every shot you hit at a green against what an average player would do from the same spot.