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**Nptxsews** · 06-28-2012, 02:47 PM

Does anyone have any stats on what it takes to ahoot 85 or 80? I want to set goals for my rounds in terms of fairways and greens but not sure what they should be.

Ie tday i Played 9 holes tday and Just looked at my stats and it's clear putting was my foe. I was 8 over wirh 44. I Hit 5 of 7 fairways 72% and hit 5 of 9 greens. 56%. I should have been around 40 for the 9 holes but I 3 putted 4 times!! 22 putts for 9 holes is terrible.

IMO, that is your answer right there. The biggest scoring struggle many have is getting on the green. Based on your stats, that isn't a huge issue with you. You keep the ball in play and can hit some greens. Reduce your putts, improve your scores, it's as simple as that. A stat to shoot for is to average 2 putts or less per hole. If you had 4 less putts, you shoot 40. It doesn't matter if that is reducing the 3-putts or making some 1-putts, just reduce the amount of strokes with the putter. That can be accomplished by practicing more and being a better putter or by simply hitting the ball closer to the hole whether that is from just off the green, from the fairway, or simply your first putt attempt.

Some will give you these extreme examples about hitting every green and having 'X' amount of putts or missing every green and having 'Y' amount of putts and the stat doesn't matter. IMO those extremes don't happen and we live in the real world where people hit greens 30-40% of the time and then get lucky every once in a while with a chip or two. Based on what you've said, if you average 2 putts or less, you will shoot lower scores. Turn a couple 3-putts into a 2-putt and turn a couple of 2-putts into a 1-putt and you just shaved 4 strokes.

06-28-2012, 02:47 PM	#16
Nptxsews Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 427 Senior Member	Does anyone have any stats on what it takes to ahoot 85 or 80? I want to set goals for my rounds in terms of fairways and greens but not sure what they should be. Ie tday i Played 9 holes tday and Just looked at my stats and it's clear putting was my foe. I was 8 over wirh 44. I Hit 5 of 7 fairways 72% and hit 5 of 9 greens. 56%. I should have been around 40 for the 9 holes but I 3 putted 4 times!! 22 putts for 9 holes is terrible. IMO, that is your answer right there. The biggest scoring struggle many have is getting on the green. Based on your stats, that isn't a huge issue with you. You keep the ball in play and can hit some greens. Reduce your putts, improve your scores, it's as simple as that. A stat to shoot for is to average 2 putts or less per hole. If you had 4 less putts, you shoot 40. It doesn't matter if that is reducing the 3-putts or making some 1-putts, just reduce the amount of strokes with the putter. That can be accomplished by practicing more and being a better putter or by simply hitting the ball closer to the hole whether that is from just off the green, from the fairway, or simply your first putt attempt. Some will give you these extreme examples about hitting every green and having 'X' amount of putts or missing every green and having 'Y' amount of putts and the stat doesn't matter. IMO those extremes don't happen and we live in the real world where people hit greens 30-40% of the time and then get lucky every once in a while with a chip or two. Based on what you've said, if you average 2 putts or less, you will shoot lower scores. Turn a couple 3-putts into a 2-putt and turn a couple of 2-putts into a 1-putt and you just shaved 4 strokes.
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