Golf Statistics Question

[cvlngineer]

I keep several different stats that I enter into a stats/handicap program that I use, such as Fairways Hit, Greens in Regulation, Drive Length, Penalty Strokes, Putts, etc.

My questions are:

1. For drive length, do most of you count all driving holes (par 4's and 5's) or just the ones that you hit driver on. I do all driving holes, whether I use a 6 iron, 3 wood, driver, or whatever.

2. How do you measure your drive length? I usually just subtract the distance I have left to the hole from the yardage for the hole on the score card. I know this is not perfectly accurate, due to placement of tee boxes, etc. Other than using a rangefinder / gps, is there a more "official" way of measuring?

Thanks,
cvlngineer

[Dent]

I keep several different stats that I enter into a stats/handicap program that I use, such as Fairways Hit, Greens in Regulation, Drive Length, Penalty Strokes, Putts, etc.

1) I usually dont keep a stat on drive length, but using anything other than the Driver will definatly lower your average, If you are trying to find your drive length with only your driver only keep stat of the holes you use the Driver

2) I do the exact same. Maybe subtract about 5-10 yards from that distance sometimes. I usually do the same.

[rudygu]

I don't track my drive distance, but if I did it would be to determine how far I actually hit the club I normally use to drive. I think that the average distance of several different clubs all lumped together would be a fairly worthless stat.

I believe on the PGA Tour they designate a couple holes per round and measure the players' distance on those tee shots for their stats. But, I could have that wrong.

[Divot]

If you are using Excel to track you game, I would suggest keeping your data column on drive length no matter the club, and ADD a column where the club type can be entered. That way, you can calculate averages for each club.

[cvlngineer]

Thanks for the info!

If you are using Excel to track you game, I would suggest keeping your data column on drive length no matter the club, and ADD a column where the club type can be entered. That way, you can calculate averages for each club.

That is a great idea, but I am using a stats/hcp program that I bought to keep track of everything.

cvlngineer

[BSweet]

I used to be into keeping track of all my stats. It's a waste of time. You start to worry more about your stats than your score. It gives you more things to keep track of. All it does is make a complicated game more complicated.

However, if you are going to keep stats, I would only keep track of the holes you hit Driver. Otherwise your Driving distance isn't accurate.

The PGA Tour takes one hole every tournament (Ideally a wide open hole that players will hit driver on) and they measure driving distance by that one hole.