ntanygd760
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The distance you hit your 5 iron multiplied by 36 is the best rule of thumb for length of course you should play imo. The tee it forward numbers are okay as long as you use median not average or your typical drive in game golf.
Also half the reason strokes gained is so awesome it can give you a true evaluation of your game. Take putting for example I have had rounds with 28 putts that were negative strokes gained wise and rounds with 34 putts that were positive strokes gained.
Same with scrambling strokes gained treats getting up and down for par and getting up and down for double as the same short game wise. The loss of strokes gets assigned to the shot that cost you the chance to get up and down for par like driving OB ect.
Driving stats are a subject of both distance and accuracy since you are expected to get closer our of fairway and rough but 250 in the fairway is about the same as 275 in the rough assuming you have a clear shot to the green.
Basic stats are easy to keep but fairly worthless. I only keep them because entering my score gives them to me, don't really care too much except GIR since that has highest correlation to scoring well.
Also half the reason strokes gained is so awesome it can give you a true evaluation of your game. Take putting for example I have had rounds with 28 putts that were negative strokes gained wise and rounds with 34 putts that were positive strokes gained.
Same with scrambling strokes gained treats getting up and down for par and getting up and down for double as the same short game wise. The loss of strokes gets assigned to the shot that cost you the chance to get up and down for par like driving OB ect.
Driving stats are a subject of both distance and accuracy since you are expected to get closer our of fairway and rough but 250 in the fairway is about the same as 275 in the rough assuming you have a clear shot to the green.
Basic stats are easy to keep but fairly worthless. I only keep them because entering my score gives them to me, don't really care too much except GIR since that has highest correlation to scoring well.
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