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  1. Interest discussion guys. I was about a 13 index but have been away from the game for a few years due to financial reasons and just recently got back into it and am currently a 22. I have developed a simple way too keep stats that I think accurately depicts where I'm losing strokes. Driving: Point system seen here: http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-instruction/mental-game/sanders_gd0809 Total Greens: This is a variable that will be used later and is equal to 18 less the number of holes where my driving points were 2 or more. E.g. if I went OB off the tee then I'd mark down 4 point for driving on that hole. Obviously, I am not going to get a GIR, but this is a fault of my driving not iron play. Iron/FW Play: I simply figure each missed GIR costs me 0.5 strokes. (Somewhat arbitrary I know, but I don't think it's a bad approximation.) So strokes lost to Iron Play = ( Total Greens - GIR ) / 2 Chipping : If a chip comes to rest within 6' (two paces) I give myself a check, if not I mark down an "X". Then I take the total number of "X's" and divide by two, i.e. each poor chip cost me 0.5 strokes. I attribute half a stroke to the missed green, because that's the reason I'm chipping in the first place as seen above. Sand: Same as chipping. Putting: Strokes lost to poor putting = Total putts - [ 2 * GIR + ( Total Greens - GIR ) + X's / 2 ]... X's are from both chipping and sand. The logic here is that for each green I hit I should have two putts, 2 * GIR, for each green I miss I should 1 putt, 18 - GIR. If I miss the green and hit a poor chip stroke will manifest from Iron Play and Chipping (or Sand). I also expect to 2-putt each time I hit a poor chip or sand shot, X's/2 . The difference between the sum of these and my total putts were how many strokes were due to poor putting. (I recognize this one is kinda confusing.) This system is not perfect, but if you sum all these up and then add that to par to get a theoretical score it will usually be with a stroke or two from my experience. As an example I shot a 96 yesterday and lost 7 stroke from off the tee, 5 stroke from Iron Play, 4.5 strokes from chipping, 1 stroke from sand and 10 strokes from putting according to this system. The course is a rinky dink par 68 that's within a few miles of my house. (It's actually not a bad course, just irritating have 3 par-3's on each side.) So the formula's tell me I should've shot a 95.5, but actually shot a 96. Anywho, this may help YOU determine where YOU should spend time practicing. Me? 12 strokes from full swing (Driving and Iron Play) and 15.5 stokes from short game base on the last round.
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