Vegan702
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Reading this issue of Golf Magazine they have a multi page article on a new book coming out March 6 "Every Shot Counts", by Mark Broadie. He is the guy who invented the new stat the tour uses, Strokes Gained. He breaks down the shots from 100 shooters to tour pros and its pretty insightful. An example in the article takes a 400yd par 4 hole with OB right. An 80s golfer has an average score of 4.7 on this hole. If he aims down the middle off the tee 7% of the shots will go OB. If they aim to the left side of the fairway avg score drops to 4.6, but only 1.5% off the tee shots go OB. For a 100 golfer aiming down the middle 15% of their shots go OB and their avg score is 5.9. If the 100 golfer aims towards the left rough only 2% of his tee shots will go OB and avg score drops to 5.7. They give a few more examples in the article that breaks down every shot from tee to green and the strokes gained on every shot. Looks like it will be a good read, think I will pick it up when it comes out.