Strokes gained

Your strokes gained numbers tell a story about your game. Learn what those positive and negative values actually mean and how to use them.

Traditional golf stats have been around for decades, but strokes gained is changing how golfers understand their performance. Here is why the two approaches tell very different stories.

Compare your golf stats and strokes gained metrics with other players using the player comparison feature in golfity.

Choose from multiple strokes gained benchmarks in golfity - PGA Tour, scratch, or handicap levels for more relevant analysis.

Explore the groundbreaking 2008 paper by Mark Broadie that introduced shot value and started the strokes gained revolution in golf analytics.

Learn how tracking and reducing awful shots can be an easy path to lower golf scores using strokes gained analysis.