Strokes gained

Mark Broadie created putts gained to replace flawed traditional putting statistics. Learn how this metric accurately measures putting skill.

Our free strokes gained calculator helps you understand the metric by calculating the value of any golf shot based on starting and ending positions.

View strokes gained by category (OTT, APP, ARG, PUTT) for each hole with the golfity enhanced scorecard view.

Discover how Sean Denning uses strokes gained analysis in his journey to become a scratch golfer and why this metric is essential for improvement.

Data Golf, created by Matt and Will Courchene, provides comprehensive professional golf analytics with strokes gained data, predictions, and tournament analysis.

Mark Broadie, Columbia Business School professor, created the strokes gained metric that transformed golf analytics and changed how we understand performance.