Game Golf Advanced Stats

[RFKFREAK]

I'm not sure if this is the right forum so if it's not, my apologies.

I was reading the GHIN Advanced Stats thread and unless I'm mistaken, GameGolf keeps the same stats.  Anyway, I've been playing around with the insight feature and wondered for those who have GameGolf how they utilize it.  I just started playing around with it and use the Strokes Gained feature to see my rounds against scratch golfers, my last round vs. last 3 rounds, and my last round against what GG says is my HC.

I was just curious who else uses this feature and what they've found the best way to use it is to improve.

 

[bweiss711]

I use the summary of Tee Shots, Approach, Short Game, and Putting strokes gained as a basic barometer of how I played.  But I don't think the implementation beyond that is as helpful as Game Golf wants it to be. 

I'll look at those "Smart Tips", but I don't take everything exactly to heart as it says.  When it says you could "improve 1.5 strokes from tee shots on holes 350-400 yards", that doesn't really help me too much.  I know I need to hit straighter and further drives.  The specific length of the hole is irrelevant and makes me question whether the algorithm programmed to develop those insights is actually highlighting the most helpful things.  I'd much rather be able to see strokes gained on an individual shot basis and sort through it myself.  But I'm also a nerd.

And further, the strokes gained for short game and putting are only going to be as accurate as the pin placements set for each hole.  So again, its fine I think to use as a general indicator, but I don't use it as the entire story of where I need to focus to improve.  Your LSW book probably does a better job of that.

[dennyjones]

After each round, I always compare my round vs my last 10 rounds.   A snap shot of one round vs another does very little except maybe to boost an ego.    The data (Insights) that is provided has definitely defined my problem areas but once defined, it takes the dedication to practice properly to improve.     

I also compare my last 10 rounds vs 10 handicap.      

[RFKFREAK]

On 8/26/2020 at 7:31 PM, dennyjones said:

After each round, I always compare my round vs my last 10 rounds.   A snap shot of one round vs another does very little except maybe to boost an ego.    The data (Insights) that is provided has definitely defined my problem areas but once defined, it takes the dedication to practice properly to improve.     

I also compare my last 10 rounds vs 10 handicap.      

Why do you use those two barometers?

[klineka]

6 minutes ago, RFKFREAK said:

Why do you use those two barometers?

I think using your last 10 rounds is a good way to see how your game has been trending, larger sample sizes typically minimize the effect that outliers have on your overall results. If you had 5 straight rounds of 36+ putts but then your most recent round was 31 putts, your putting still probably needs some work/extra attention.

For choosing which handicap group to compare to, I typically choose one group better than where my handicap is. When I was a 7-10 handicap, I would compare my stats to the 5 handicap group so I knew how I compared to people that were slightly better than me. Now that I am a 3 handicap, I use scratch as my comparison point. 

[RFKFREAK]

9 minutes ago, klineka said:

I think using your last 10 rounds is a good way to see how your game has been trending, larger sample sizes typically minimize the effect that outliers have on your overall results. If you had 5 straight rounds of 36+ putts but then your most recent round was 31 putts, your putting still probably needs some work/extra attention.

For choosing which handicap group to compare to, I typically choose one group better than where my handicap is. When I was a 7-10 handicap, I would compare my stats to the 5 handicap group so I knew how I compared to people that were slightly better than me. Now that I am a 3 handicap, I use scratch as my comparison point. 

Ok, thanks for explaining.  It makes a lot of sense.

I guess the way I look at it for myself - I know that my full swing is what I should spend most of my time concentrating on (but which I have difficulty finding time to consistently do) and that my short game is really inconsistently bad but I never practice to improve it because of a lack of practicing time available to me at the range..

[dennyjones]

21 minutes ago, klineka said:

I think using your last 10 rounds is a good way to see how your game has been trending, larger sample sizes typically minimize the effect that outliers have on your overall results. If you had 5 straight rounds of 36+ putts but then your most recent round was 31 putts, your putting still probably needs some work/extra attention.

For choosing which handicap group to compare to, I typically choose one group better than where my handicap is. When I was a 7-10 handicap, I would compare my stats to the 5 handicap group so I knew how I compared to people that were slightly better than me. Now that I am a 3 handicap, I use scratch as my comparison point. 

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