It is the single approach stat the PGA Tour tracks obsessively, and the one amateurs almost never record. Here is what proximity to the hole measures, why average distance beats greens hit, and the benchmarks worth chasing.
Every golf stat, defined in plain English and ranked by how much it actually tells you. Bookmark this page and use it to decode any number on your scorecard or in your app.
Your index fell two strokes this month but your strokes gained barely moved. That gap isn't a bug — it's the two numbers measuring different things. Here is how to reconcile them.
Breaking 80 is a different problem than breaking 90. The golfer on the bubble is already competent everywhere, so the four strokes hide in two places at once instead of one.
Breaking 90 is not about one heroic round. The strokes gained data shows it comes down to a specific shift in one category, and it is rarely the one golfers practice most.
Strokes gained off the tee sounds technical, but the meaning is simple: it scores your driver and fairway wood tee shots against what a benchmark golfer would do from the same spot.