[Peter Hill]

People can shoot scores so many different ways, stats really don't mean a lot, in my opinion. One of the biggest misleading stats is putts per round. You said 22 putts per nine is bad, but if you are hitting every green, then you will probably have more putts than if you are missing every green and chipping on for your third shot instead of putting for your third shot. I'm not saying 22 putts is good at all, but someone can have 22 putts but most of the time be barely on the green when they take their first putt. You could be on the fringe, inches farther away from the person who is barely on, and have 13 putts but the exact same score because they chipped on (or putted from off the green, which is not counted as a putt) when the other guy putted.

You can miss every fairway, but if you are just barely missing and missing in the right places, is that really that bad? You could hit every green, but if you are consistently putting it in a bad spot on the green, you might take more putts than if you hit the green in the right spots. There are some holes on my course that I would rather miss the green short than hit the green long but have a fast downhill putt for my next shot. I'm usually a stats guy, but with golf, I don't usually keep very many stats on my game. I might keep track of fairways hit and putts because it's easy to do, but may or may not tell you a lot.