My Shot Chart (for Charting Your Round or Your Child's Round)

[iacas]

Years ago, when watching @NatalieB play golf, I both wanted something to keep me busy and to provide something useful to her after the round. I came up with this:

This is the third iteration of what I called simply the "Shot Chart" and it served me well for five years or so.

Here's a PDF: Shot Chart 3.0.pdf. Don't download the JPEG above.

Let's explain what each area is for:

• The outside is where I write down the running score.
• The par/yards area is for writing down, oddly enough… the par and yardage of the hole being played.
• I have four boxes for up to four shots (hopefully you don't need a fifth very often!) that aren't putts.
  • The area to the left is for the best guess as to what club was used.
  • The tic-tac-toe thing is for the location of the shot relative to the target: short-right, centered, long-left… etc.
  • The G A B is for "Good," "Average," or "Bad." This is relative to the player. They don't include the result of luck: if you hit a bad shot but get lucky, it's probably a "B."
• The putt lines are for the estimated distance of the putts faced.
  • I sometimes count a putt just into the fringe. I'll often add an "f" to the distance.
  • I sometimes also write "s" or "p" for "short" or "past" if it's helpful. For example, if the player leaves too many 10-foot putts short, I'll write down "10s" and then you'll know the "2" that follows was from short of the hole.

On these two sample holes, the player played a 410-yard par four and a 505-yard par five.

• On the first hole, they hit an average driver to the right side of the fairway.
• They quasi-chunked a 7I to the front right fringe, leaving a 41-foot putt.
• They hit a good putt to 3' and tapped in for par.
• On the second hole, they hit a good driver long and left-center of the fairway.
• They toe-hooked a 5W into the left trees (sometimes I write "trees" or draw a little tree).
• From there, they played a punchy wedge to the front-right part of the green.
• They made a 22-footer for birdie to go to -1.

Again, get the PDF, not the JPEG above: Shot Chart 3.0.pdf.

If you get some use of this, great.

[StuM]

42 minutes ago, iacas said:

Years ago, when watching @NatalieB play golf, I both wanted something to keep me busy and to provide something useful to her after the round. I came up with this:

This is the third iteration of what I called simply the "Shot Chart" and it served me well for five years or so.

Here's a PDF: Shot Chart 3.0.pdf. Don't download the JPEG above.

Let's explain what each area is for:

• The outside is where I write down the running score.
• The par/yards area is for writing down, oddly enough… the par and yardage of the hole being played.
• I have four boxes for up to four shots (hopefully you don't need a fifth very often!) that aren't putts.
  • The area to the left is for the best guess as to what club was used.
  • The tic-tac-toe thing is for the location of the shot relative to the target: short-right, centered, long-left… etc.
  • The G A B is for "Good," "Average," or "Bad." This is relative to the player. They don't include the result of luck: if you hit a bad shot but get lucky, it's probably a "B."
• The putt lines are for the estimated distance of the putts faced.
  • I sometimes count a putt just into the fringe. I'll often add an "f" to the distance.
  • I sometimes also write "s" or "p" for "short" or "past" if it's helpful. For example, if the player leaves too many 10-foot putts short, I'll write down "10s" and then you'll know the "2" that follows was from short of the hole.

On these two sample holes, the player played a 410-yard par four and a 505-yard par five.

• On the first hole, they hit an average driver to the right side of the fairway.
• They quasi-chunked a 7I to the front right fringe, leaving a 41-foot putt.
• They hit a good putt to 3' and tapped in for par.
• On the second hole, they hit a good driver long and left-center of the fairway.
• They toe-hooked a 5W into the left trees (sometimes I write "trees" or draw a little tree).
• From there, they played a punchy wedge to the front-right part of the green.
• They made a 22-footer for birdie to go to -1.

Again, get the PDF, not the JPEG above: Shot Chart 3.0.pdf.

If you get some use of this, great.

I remember as a kid I kept detailed score sheets when watching a baseball game, even when watching on TV.  It made me feel more involved in the game than simply as a spectator.

I like the idea of Good/Avg/Bad.

[iacas]

Bumping for those of you who didn't see this the first time. You can use the shot chart for yourselves, too. Give it a try.