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**durootrium** · 09-30-2012, 09:01 AM

It is a bit dated but according to a 2005 National Golf Foundation [NGF] report the distribution of scores among men is as follows:
< 80: 5.0% of golfers
80-89: 19.7%
90-99: 27.2%
100-119: 32.8%
> 119: 15.3%

And the average score of amateur men is 98.3.

In other words, Golf is hard and we need to temper our expectations. For as much as we think we should be able to break 90 (for example) only about a fourth of all golfers do it.

I'm guessing the numbers would hold true today. Equipment may advance, but the human still has to do the swinging. Our club course record was set in the late 1960's and still stands today. Set with 1960's technology and still standing. Golf is still hard.

09-30-2012, 09:01 AM	#25
durootrium Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 529 Senior Member	It is a bit dated but according to a 2005 National Golf Foundation [NGF] report the distribution of scores among men is as follows: < 80: 5.0% of golfers 80-89: 19.7% 90-99: 27.2% 100-119: 32.8% > 119: 15.3% And the average score of amateur men is 98.3. In other words, Golf is hard and we need to temper our expectations. For as much as we think we should be able to break 90 (for example) only about a fourth of all golfers do it. I'm guessing the numbers would hold true today. Equipment may advance, but the human still has to do the swinging. Our club course record was set in the late 1960's and still stands today. Set with 1960's technology and still standing. Golf is still hard.
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