What kind of stats do you all keep`?

[jetsknicks1]

Putts, GIRs & fairways hit. I also keep track of what I call "Wasted shots". These are almost always flubbed or sculled chip shots around the green. I figure that I cost myself about 6 shots per round just by not being able to get on the green consistantly from inside 50 yards. Hmmmmm, I wonder what I need to work on?

[dkmago]

Being new to golf (about 1 year) I keep track of the number of shots I consider to be "good" and the type of shot.  What's interesting about this is, as I get better, shots I used to count as "good" no longer are because my expectations rise.  I find this to be a way to play without getting down when I make a bad shot.

My average is around 12 shots per 18 holes that I consider "good".

[ghalfaire]

I keep track of GIR, saves, putts/GIR and total putts.  I used to keep track of fairways hit but found that statistic didn't correlate to my final score very well.  I do keep track of wasted shots however (OB, sculled, etc.).  Most of these seem to come from "peeking" as I have a tendency to lift my head a little early.  But my early stat keeping showed what every pro says, "it's the short game stupid".  I have a buddy that keeps track of how many strokes on he takes inside of 100 yards for all 18 holes.

[Elmer]

I always keep my own separate scorecard, even during my league play (which gets difficult when it is my week to score the match, which means I am hauling and marking 2 score cards.)

On my score card I use alot of the columns in descending order as they appear on the score card:

Strokes

putts

fairways

penalites

drive distance

I then enter this all into the GHIN system where it keeps my stats for me.

Keeping these stats enables me to see where I went wrong if I had a bad round. If I see I did not hit any fairways, had a few 3 putts and more than 1 penalty than I know what to work to avoid next week!

[rustyredcab]

GIR, Fairways, up & down from

use golf digest http://www.golfdigestchallenge.com/user_sessions/new to keep track. It gives me a long game and a short game handicap.

[jetsknicks1]

Originally Posted by ghalfaire

I keep track of GIR, saves, putts/GIR and total putts.  I used to keep track of fairways hit but found that statistic didn't correlate to my final score very well.  I do keep track of wasted shots however (OB, sculled, etc.).  Most of these seem to come from "peeking" as I have a tendency to lift my head a little early.  But my early stat keeping showed what every pro says, "it's the short game stupid".  I have a buddy that keeps track of how many strokes on he takes inside of 100 yards for all 18 holes.

That's a great idea. I'm going to do that when I play Saturday. I'm guessing the total number will be much more than I anticipate.

[soloredd]

I use Golfshot on my iPhone, it tracks fairways, GIR, scrambling/sand saves, putts per hole, putts/GIR. Recently they added distance averages but often I forget to tell it track a shot.

The only thing I want additional is the ability to track shots inside a given yardage (like the 100 yard example above). You can add notes on their website, I might start using that after rounds and just keep track on a scorecard.

[rustyredcab]

I do not like plugging in the stats "live" into my phone. I much prefer just using a line or two on the scorecard to track my four main stats. I track putts on the line with the hole score. I find it easier and faster than Golfshot -- which I use and like as a GPS sometimes.

[shamus]

I never really kept track of stats, but I plan to this season.

I made some stat sheets on excel that I'll take with me to the course to pencil in as I go.

I'm planning on compiling the stats that I collect in some sort of log book. Should be interesting to see how things progress (or not) during the season.

[Chris Stewart]

I use GolfShot and love it. I find I can very easily input the information between holes, even when I had a bad one and had to do some counting. :)

[The Recreational Golfer]

For each hole, I record number of: full swings, short shots, putts. For example, 202 is a green in regulation with two putts. On par-5 holes I like to see 212. X11 is an up and down. X22 and XX3 are things I don't like to see.

When I get home I write down every stroke and analyze the round in detail.

[newtogolf]

i use pencil and paper too, just for the sake of speed then when I get hom I enter the data into oobgolf.

Originally Posted by rustyredcab

I do not like plugging in the stats "live" into my phone. I much prefer just using a line or two on the scorecard to track my four main stats. I track putts on the line with the hole score. I find it easier and faster than Golfshot -- which I use and like as a GPS sometimes.

[mtsalmela80]

I just installed the demo of scorecard 2. Pretty good, allows you to enter notes for each hole, the entire round, etc. Almost guaranteed to buy the full version once I enter my five demo rounds. Its exactly what I was looking for, although may still try and learn some basic visual basic and develop my own for the hobby of it.

[Rednax1530]

What do you consider to be the best online golf stat tracker? I've never really tracked my stats much past the end of the round, but as I become more serious about golf, I would like to track a lot more...

Mitch

[jetsknicks1]

For the 1st time today I tracked all my shots inside of 100 yds (Putts included) and not surprisingly, found exactly what I need to work on. I figure I need to get up & in from 100 yds in no more than 3 shots, on 9 holes it took me 4 shots to get in. Considering that I shot a 95, if I can cut that number in half, I'm flirting with breaking 90 on a consistant basis.

[Jimdangles]

I wasnt quite sure where to put this thead so I decided here was fine. ANYWAYS...When you keep your stats how do you track putts and how many shots it took you to get on the green.

On my score card I put:

Score:

On in:

putts:

fairway:

So lets say I just miss the green but hole the putt from the fringe on a par 3. I am now on in 2 with a 1 putt but I scored a two.

Yesterday on hole 1 It technically took me 5 to get on the green put I 1/3 putted. How do you keep track of that for yourself? Does that say more about my putting or my approach?

[Motown88]

If I'm putting from off the green I don't consider that a putt since I may have used a wedge or iron to play a chip shot.  The only things I track, and not every round, are fairways hit, green in regulation, and putts.

[dkmago]

I use the socre for the hole minus the number of putts to tell me how many strokes were used to get on the green.  I don't play that often so I only have maybe 40 cards a year to go through, so this isn't that bad for me to calculate.  Maybe takes less than an hour to go through a year's worth of cards.