Golf Analytics

Three apps. Three approaches to golf analytics. Arccos requires sensors. Shot Scope requires a watch. golfity requires nothing but your phone. Here is what each one actually delivers.

Sensor systems like Arccos and Shot Scope are useful, but you can build a serious analytics picture with nothing but a scorecard, a phone, and a few seconds per hole.

Pin-hunting feels aggressive and exciting, but strokes gained data shows that aiming at the center of the green consistently produces lower scores for amateurs — and even many tour players.

Most golfers have a "favorite" yardage they lay up to — usually somewhere between 80 and 100 yards. Strokes gained data shows this instinct is costing them shots every single round.

Every golfer has heard them: hit 3-wood for accuracy, aim at the pin, lay up to your favorite wedge distance. Strokes gained data tells a different story — and the numbers are not close.

Most golfers practice what they enjoy, not what they need. Strokes gained data reveals the fastest path to a lower handicap — and it is probably not what you think.