Pin Position Strategy Based on Data
Aiming at the center of the green is the right default. Pin position tells you which center, and how far you are allowed to shift from it. Here is the data behind that decision.
Golf Analytics
The Most Important Putt Length to Practice
Most golfers spend their putting practice inside six feet because those misses hurt the most. The strokes gained math says the money is somewhere else entirely, and it is not close.
How Often Should You Check Your Golf Stats?
Most golfers check their stats too often and change their practice too fast. The fix is not tracking less, it is matching what you look at to how much data you actually have.
ShotLink: How PGA Tour Data Changed Golf
Before 2003, nobody knew where tour players actually hit the ball. ShotLink turned every shot on the PGA Tour into a coordinate, and within a decade it had overturned most of the received wisdom about what separates good golfers from great ones.
How Your Mental Game Shows in Your Stats
You do not need a sports psychologist to spot your mental patterns. First-tee nerves, tentative putting, and post-disaster spirals all leave a signature in your shot data.
Lay-Up Distances That Save Strokes
Golf advice tells you two opposite things about laying up: get as close as you can, and leave yourself a full wedge. Both are right, and the tracked data tells you which one applies to you.