Share your GAME Golf Comparisons to Similarly Scoring Players

[iacas]

Wait. Is that driver total or carry?  How can a scratch hit it only 250 on 7000 yard courses?

7000/18 = 389 yards average.

389-250 = 139.

That's, what, a 9I? Or an 8I for the shorter hitters?

P.S. 589-yard par-fives and 189-yard par threes are all perfectly reachable too.

[Judah Ben-Hur]

7000/18 = 389 yards average.

389-250 = 139.

That's, what, a 9I? Or an 8I for the shorter hitters?

P.S. 589-yard par-fives and 189-yard par threes are all perfectly reachable too.

My 8i is my go to 115 yard club.  God, I really do suck!

[Hardspoon]

Putting aside the use of other clubs (irons off the tee on a short par-4), driving distance is an average, which can be fairly sensitive to outliers.  For example, if you hit (9) drives that go 275 yards, and one drive that duck-hooks 100 yards into the weeds, your average will be less than 258 yards.

You wouldn't want to use 258 as your driver distance for game-planning purposes...but at the same time, it may be a good measure of just how badly that 100-yard drive affects your scoring.

I'm curious: does GG give you the option to look at your median drive instead?  For you folks who know more about using golf stats to instruct your game, do you think a "median" number would be more useful for distance stats?

[Jeremie Boop]

Putting aside the use of other clubs (irons off the tee on a short par-4), driving distance is an average, which can be fairly sensitive to outliers.  For example, if you hit (9) drives that go 275 yards, and one drive that duck-hooks 100 yards into the weeds, your average will be less than 258 yards.

You wouldn't want to use 258 as your driver distance for game-planning purposes...but at the same time, it may be a good measure of just how badly that 100-yard drive affects your scoring.

I'm curious: does GG give you the option to look at your median drive instead?  For you folks who know more about using golf stats to instruct your game, do you think a "median" number would be more useful for distance stats?

GG  gives you a "typical" yardage which I would guess is similar or close to the median. My average including all outiers is 263, but my "typical" is 279 according to game golf. It's a bit off because the typical includes the long drive outliers but eliminates the most severe of the short drives.

[Hardspoon]

GG  gives you a "typical" yardage which I would guess is similar or close to the median. My average including all outiers is 263, but my "typical" is 279 according to game golf. It's a bit off because the typical includes the long drive outliers but eliminates the most severe of the short drives.

Gotcha.  So when planning your shot zones, you can use the 279 number, but when comparing to the "similar" player you want to also know the severity of those mishits.  Makes a lot of sense.

[dennyjones]

I used the app this Sunday to see if I'd like it.   Using just my Android phone was a pain but I can see the benefits.    I would not use my phone again without buying the hardware.     I usually shoot around 94-96.   First time playing this course.    I can see where getting off of the tee was my biggest problem.    What I didn't like about the app was when I hit what I call a knock down shot (partial shot), it still recorded the club and then used that distance to calculate the mean.