Thread by @LouStagner

A mega-thread of stats from @ArccosGolf

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If you have a median distance with driver of 284 yards, you are longer than 99.7% of the male amateurs that play the game.

Scratch amateurs make bogey or worse on ~30% of the holes they play.

They make bogey...

...or worse...

...on nearly one out of every three holes.

Players with a 10.0 index:

Scoring average (all rounds):
➡️85.1

Scoring average (rounds where they make zero doubles or worse)
➡️78.7

For players with a 5 index:

From 55 yards in the fairway the ball is more likely to finish OUTSIDE 40-feet than it is to finish inside 10-feet.

From 21 feet the typical 5 index player will three-putt more than they will hole-out.

🚨Fairways are overrated for amateur golfers🚨

A 10 index player from 100 yards:

➡️Averages 3.38 strokes from the fairway
➡️Averages 3.50 strokes from the rough

The real scorecard killer for amateurs?
➡️Penalty strokes

How long would a par 72 course need to be for the typical 12 index player to have a scoring avg of 72?

Answer:
3,820 yards

All par 3s = 35 yards
All par 4s = 216 yards
All par 5s = 380 yards

Scratch players are in about the top half percent of all amateur golfers.

They average ~4.7 bogeys per round.

Chips from rough vs putting for a 10 index:

5 yard chip = 58 foot putt
6 yards = 61 feet
7 yards = 65 feet
8 yards = 68 feet
9 yards = 72 feet
10 yards = 77 feet

These numbers are *about* the same for every handicap index.

How long would a par 72 course need to be for the typical scratch player to have a scoring avg of 72?

Answer:
5,652 yards

All par 3s = 113 yards
All par 4s = 308 yards
All par 5s = 530 yards

My 7-handicap buddy:
▶️"I can't believe I made bogey from 95-yards in the middle of the fairway."

Me:
▶️"7-handicap players make bogey from 95-yards in the fairway 24% of the time. One out of four times they make bogey."

12-index players average ~0.6 birdies per round.

About one bird for every ~30 holes played.

In 29% of the rounds played by scratch players...

They make bogey (or worse) on at least 8 holes.

A 5 index from 150 yards in the fairway....

If they hit it inside 61 feet, they gain strokes on the approach shot.

The typical 10-handicap averages ~2.6 three-putts per round.

10-index:

Will average ~2.91 shots from 10-yards in the bunker.

Will average ~2.61 shots from 10-yards in the rough.

5-index players make bogey or worse on 44% of the holes they play.

10-index from 200-yards in the fairway:

~50% of shots finish more than 92-feet from the hole.

5-index players:

They average more doubles (or worse) per round than birdies.

▶️1.6 doubles or worse per round
▶️1.2 birdies per round

Average birdies per round:

Scratch players:
▶️2.2

20-handicap players:
▶️0.3

Scratch players are 20 shots better than 20-handicap player...

... yet they only make 1.9 more birdies per round.

Reduce the big numbers!