Most golfers are constantly seeking ways to improve, whether that’s low-handicappers on a mission to get to scratch or better, or higher-handicappers looking to break 80 or 90 for the first time. In almost all cases, getting lessons with a qualified professional will accelerate the process, but it’s also vital to have an accurate insight into the strengths and weaknesses of your game.
That’s where data comes in very handy. Shot-tracking technology allows users to review every round they play and identify the areas that are costing them shots. Coaches too can use this information to inform their lessons and potentially expedite the pupil’s journey towards lower scores. Two coaches who have already felt the benefit when trying to guide and track golfers’ progress are Lewis Bird and Olivia Pearson of Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club.
And it all starts before a ball has even been struck. Rather than spending precious minutes during a lesson trying to diagnose an issue, they are using data gained from Arccos Caddie to prepare ahead of time, ensuring pupils get value for money as well as the best advice possible.
“We’ve got the dashboard up in the shop all the time,” Lewis says. “So every time someone plays a round that we’ve got linked to the system, it just channels them through so we can have a look.
“You can flick through it super easy and you can go into a client’s last round and see that their strokes gained driving and iron play was great, for example, but their approach play or short game might have been terrible.
“So I can look before I go to the lesson and then say, ‘I looked at your data, it shows that you’ve played quite well on the weekend, but it looks like there’s a couple of bits we need to iron out’.
“And then you get the occasional student who gets massively into it and looks at their Arccos stats every time. Once you get people into it, they end up understanding the data themselves as well, which obviously helps.”
Lewis using Arccos during a lesson
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Olivia agrees and has also noticed a common trap…
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