Golf is becoming more and more of a statistics game, and these 10 stats dispel some myths you may have about golfers and may teach you a thing or two about your own game too.
The stats in this article come courtesy of Arccos Golf, with data gleaned from more than 540 million shots from 11.5 million rounds worldwide using its Smart Sensors.
1. 5 handicappers from 150 yards in the fairway
Inside 10ft: 6% of the time
You might think that 5 handicappers are lethal from 150 yards in the middle of the fairway with a 7 or 8 iron, but according to the stats they only get it inside 10ft of the pin 6% of the time, averaging 1.2 birdies per round. They hit 46% of greens in regulation and average 28ft with GIR approaches and 54ft with all approaches to the green. If you play off 5 and don’t get it inside 10ft with your 7 iron, go easy on yourself.
2. What distance to hit the green roughly 50% of the time
20 index: 92 yards
15 index: 110 yards
10 index: 129 yards
5 index: 147 yards
0 index: 165 yards
Golfers hitting the green around about 50% of the time differs drastically with skill level unsurprisingly, with a 73 yard gap between 20 handicaps and scratch players. The average 20 handicapper has around a one in two chance of finding the green from 92 yards, going all the way back to 165 yards for scratch players. The distance changes by around 18 yards for every five strokes on handicap.
3. Fairways found with driver – 5 handicaps
The average 5 handicapper misses more fairways than they hit with driver
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5 handicaps find the fairway 49.7% of the time with driver
You might think that 5 handicappers find fairway after fairway, but the data shows that they actually hit just under 50% of fairways with driver. Taking a 3 wood ups that chance by just under 3% at 52.6%, showing that maybe 3 wood isn’t always worth hitting compared to driver. Overall, 5 handicaps average 245 yards off the tee but are probably more wayward than you might think.
4. Chipping – 10 handicaps
The typical 10 handicapper is more likely to leave it outside 20ft than to hit it inside 5ft from…
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