Strokes gained

Not every hole gets holed out, and that is fine. Here is how pick-up holes keep your golfity stats honest when you pocket the ball.

Two golfers who both shoot 89 rarely shoot it the same way. Here is how to compare golf stats side by side in golfity so the conversation ends with something to practice instead of someone feeling small.

Golfshot has spent fifteen years perfecting the number you see before the shot. golfity works on the number you get after it. Both live on your phone, both are free to start, and they answer completely different questions about your round.

"Aim for the center" is a decent default, but it is not a strategy. Here is how to turn your own distance, dispersion and miss-pattern data into a specific target and club on every par 3 you play.

Missing the fairway costs you about a fifth of a stroke from wedge range and more than double that from 200 yards. Here is what the rough vs fairway approach gap actually looks like in strokes gained, and why chasing driving accuracy usually costs more than it saves.

Four holes a round, and they swing your total by two to three strokes. Here is what strokes gained data shows about how par 3 performance affects your score, why the damage concentrates in a handful of holes, and how many rounds you need before the number means anything.