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At Trackman, we're dedicated to providing the most accurate and up-to-date data to enhance your golfing experience. That's why we're excited to announce the release of our new Tour Averages, reflecting the latest insights from leading professional golf tours.

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Our team has been hard at work collecting data from a wide range of pro players, utilizing Trackman technology to capture every swing and shot with precision.

Explore the New Tour Averages

Discover the latest numbers for both PGA and LPGA Tours, now presented in a redesigned format for easy reference. To see how the game has progressed over time, check out this link to see what’s changed compared to the last Tour Averages.

What's Changed Since Last Time

Since Trackman last revealed the Tour Averages, certain areas of the game have changed. When driving, for instance, players are now hitting further, with greater ball speed and less spin rate. See how your figures compare to the pros.

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Male data is captured across 40+ different events and 200+ different players.

Data is captured at both PGA TOUR and DP World Tour events with majority coming from PGA TOUR events.

Female data is captured across 30+ different events and 150+ different players.

Data is captured at both LPGA and LET events with majority coming from LPGA events.

Averages are based on data from competition as well as on the range.

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What is Dynamic Loft?

The vertical angle of the club face at the center-point of contact between the club and ball at the time of maximum compression

Dynamic loft is the amount of loft on the club face at impact and is measured relative to the horizon..

The golfer’s attack angle, how the shaft bends, how the golfer releases the club head, whether the club face is open or closed to the club path, and where the ball makes contact on the club face can all affect the dynamic loft.

Creating the proper dynamic loft is important to creating the optimal trajectory and maximizing carry. Too much dynamic loft can send the ball too high into the air and reduce the golfer’s distance. Too little dynamic loft can send the ball too low making the ball roll out excessively causing it difficult to judge distance.

Technical Definition:

Dynamic Loft – The vertical club face orientation at the center-point of contact between the club face and golf ball at the time of maximum compression

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Tour Averages

Driver – 12.8 degrees
6 iron –20.2 degrees
Driver – 15.5 degrees
6 iron – 23.6 degrees

For a full list of Tour averages, visit TrackMan PGA and LPGA Tour Averages [/one_half] [one_half_last]

TrackMan Combine Averages

Male Amateur (Driver)

Scratch of Better – 13.0 degrees
5 HCP – 13.2 degrees
10 HCP – 14.1 degrees
Average Golfer (14.5) – 15.1 degrees
Bogey Golfer – 14.3 degrees

Female Amateur (Driver)

Scratch or Better – 14.8 degrees
5 HCP – 14.4 degrees
10 HCP – 15.0 degrees
15 HCP – 16.5 degrees

Learn more about TrackMan Combine, visit TrackMan Combine Explained [/one_half_last] [separator]

The standard assumption for dynamic loft comes from the TrackMan Optimizer. For the driver, a club speed of 94 mph, attack angle of 0 degrees, and optimized carry results in a dynamic loft of 15.6 degrees. For a 6-iron, a club speed of 80 mph and mid-trajectory results in a dynamic loft of 22.4 degrees. For a PW, a club speed of 72 mph and mid-trajectory results in a dynamic loft of 36.7 degrees.

What our TrackMan Masters say about Dynamic Loft…

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Andrew Rice Berkeley Hall Golf Club, SC, US

“Dynamic loft often will show me what a golfer is capable of, as better golfers seldom hit shots with too much dynamic loft.

Learn to de-loft the club face into impact and you are well on your way to being able to compress the golf ball” [/one_third]

Christoph Bausek Progressive Golf, Austria

“Dynamic loft is a very good indicator of whether a golfer is adding too much loft or de-lofting the club too much.

But be careful with drivers…hitting the ball high on the face will create a higher dynamic loft due to the roll of the club face.

Dynamic loft is the main factor for launching a ball into the air. There is a myth that “hitting down on the ball gets the ball up”.

Instead, pay attention to the dynamic loft if you want to get the ball up.” [/one_third]

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James Leitz Pinewood Country Club, LA, US

“I call dynamic loft “delivered loft”. Most golfers’ dynamic loft is too high for a particular club and therefore their launch angle is too high.

The key is to teach the golfer to deliver a lower dynamic loft without increasing their attack angle, especially with irons.” [/one_third_last]

I recently took the level 2 certification test on line and made a mistake answering this question not choosing A as an answer. Is there anybody out there able to explain to me why when talking about dynamic loft, how the static one might be relevant ? I don’t get it. I can start a golf swing with any static loft and the dynamic one at impact can be about the same, higher or lower, right ? So… ?

Thanks for your answer but I found the question ambiguous…

) Dynamic Loft is comprised of the following variables. Select 5 out of 6 answers Value Score Choose one answer. A) Static Loft 1 0 B) Any lead/lag of the shaft at impact 1 0 C) Roll on club face if not impacted in center 1 0 D) Left arm/shaft angle 1 0 E) Attack Angle 1 0 F) Tee height

Hi Patrick,

The static loft is relevant because it is setting the starting point / basis for for the dynamic loft. It can be changed in the formula, just like the other parameters also can be changed and will affect the dynamic loft.

Feel free to get back to me on [email protected] if you have any additional questions or comments to this or any other question.

Thank you Niklas Bergdahl Support Manager Europe & Asia

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Score Average

Who had the lowest scoring averages on the pga tour in 2021-22, share this article.

The lower the scores, the better chance of having success on the golf course.

That’s why most of the names on the PGA Tour’s lowest scoring average list for the 2021-22 season is not a surprise. It’s loaded with major winners but there are some surprises.

It’s difficult to play well throughout the course of a season. With numerous different types of courses, conditions and the elevated status of many tournaments, it can be difficult for golfers to hit their peak and maintain it for a majority of the year.

The golfer with the lowest scoring average gets awarded the Vardon Trophy.

Here’s a look at the 10 PGA Tour golfers who had the lowest scoring averages in the 2021-22 season:

10 Will Zalatoris, 69.69 average in 85 rounds

Will Zalatoris holds up the trophy after winning the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire)

Will Zalatoris again had close calls in majors, losing to Justin Thomas in a three-hole aggregate playoff at the PGA Championship at Southern Hills and missing a birdie putt on the 72nd hole to force a playoff at the U.S. Open at The Country Club. But, he finally got his first PGA Tour win at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

9 Shane Lowry, 69.66 average in 65 rounds

Shane Lowry chips onto the second green during the third round of the BMW Championship golf tournament. (Photo: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports)

Shane Lowry may come as a surprise on this list, as he didn’t make the Tour Championship and didn’t record a win this year, but he finished in the top 10 in 10 of his 18 events.

8 Tommy Fleetwood, 69.65 average in 61 rounds

Tommy Fleetwood plays a shot from a bunker on the seventh hole during the second round of the 2022 U.S. Open in Brookline, Massachusetts. (Photo: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports)

Another surprise on the list is Tommy Fleetwood, who didn’t play past the British Open because of personal reasons. He didn’t record a win but made the cut in 14 of his 17 events and recorded five top-10 finishes.

7 Justin Thomas, 69.49 average in 79 rounds

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The 2022 PGA Championship winner at Southern Hills had a strong year numbers-wise, even if he only recorded the one victory. He made the cut in all but two of his 21 events and recorded 10 top-10 finishes.

6 Patrick Cantlay, 69.468 average in 75 rounds

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Patrick Cantlay defended his title at the BMW Championship, coming through at Wilmington Country Club, and he also was victorious at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with playing partner Xander Schauffele. Cantlay also had three runner-up finishes.

5 Xander Schauffele, 68.462 average in 79 rounds

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The aforementioned Xander Schauffele had his best season on Tour, recording three wins, including the Travelers Championship and Genesis Scottish Open. In 21 events, he made the cut 19 times and finished in the top 25 in 15 of those.

4 Scottie Scheffler, 69.29 average in 95 rounds

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Scottie Scheffler nearly secured his fifth win of the season at the Tour Championship but fell just short. Nevertheless, it was an incredible year, recording a Tour-best four victories, including the Masters, and finishing runner-up four more times.

3 Matt Fitzpatrick, 69.21 average in 73 rounds

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The 2022 U.S. Open Champion earned his first Tour victory at The Country Club at Brookline. He made the cut in 17 of the 20 events he played in. In those tournaments, he finished in the top 25 an astounding 14 times.

2 Cameron Smith, 69.20 average in 66 rounds

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Cameron Smith’s PGA Tour days are over, as he joined LIV Golf following the conclusion of the Tour Championship, but it doesn’t take away from the stellar season he had. He won the British Open at St. Andrews and captured the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in March.

1 Rory McIlroy, 68.67 average in 60 rounds

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Rory McIlroy capped his stellar season with a victory at the Tour Championship, his third of 2021-22. His stroke average of 68.7 makes him only the third player in history to have a stroke average that low throughout a season. The other two? Vijay Singh and Tiger Woods, who accomplished it eight times.

McIlroy had the lowest scoring average on Tour since Tiger Woods’ mark of 68.052 in 2009. McIlroy has won the Vardon Trophy, awarded to the player with the lowest stroke average on Tour, for the fourth time.

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Low Point and Angle of Attack

One of the fundamental differences between low handicap players and a high handicap players is the ability to contact the ground in the right spot, consistently, every time. The article today is going to cover this topic which arises almost every week on the lesson tee. We’re going to look at exactly what Attack Angle and Low Point is in the golf Swing, what you need to know about it and why you need to know it. Often just getting a grasp on the right concept alone can have the potential to transform a player’s game.

Let’s Start with Some Definitions!

Angle of attack (aoa).

Angle of Attack is the up or down movement of the club head at the time of maximum compression (impact). On Trackman a positive number would mean the clubhead is travelling up, and a negative number would mean the club head is travelling down.

If you imagine that the club swings around your body in a circle, the Low Point is simply the lowest point of this circle or arc at the bottom of the swing in relation to the maximum point of compression (impact).

The Low point can either be Before impact or after it. On Trackman it reads ‘A’ for After and ‘B’ for Before-

How can this help my game?!

The reason we need to know and understand these two factors is because they are responsible for some of the most common reasons a player comes for a lesson!

Hitting the ground before the ball
Hitting the ball from the bottom of the club face- Thin Strike, Low trajectory, runs forever!
Lacking distance with the driver

Do any of these sound familiar?

Believe it or not, all of these issues can be improved by understanding and adjusting your Angle of Attack and Low Point awareness.

Lets Get Into It!

Heavy and thin strikes.

Whenever the ball is on the ground, the players low point must be after the ball which will mean the angle of attack will need to be somewhere in the range of a negative number at impact. The reason I’m using both references is sometimes visualising the low point can be easier than visualising angle of attack. I’ve included some cool visuals here of where we want the low point.

Having the AOA slightly down and low point after the point of impact is important as it will create optimal conditions to land the sweet spot right on the ball and create that clean strike we’re all after!

If you struggle with heavy or thin strikes it means your low point is before the ball and your attack angle is more than likely positive. See the image for the visual- Moving your low point forward and creating a slightly downward AOA needs to be your goal!

Believe it or not, heavy and thin shots largely both stem from a low point which is before the ball and an attack angle which is positive at the moment of impact. How the player attempts to react and compensate will depend if the shot comes out heavy or thin- The root cause for both shots however, is the same!

Loss of Distance with the Driver

Creating an attack angle which is optimal for your club head speed is critical for optimising carry distance off the tee. An attack angle which is excessively negative and a low point which is after the ball is by far the most common mistake when it comes to the driver. (See Image) It can create poor launch conditions and cost you a lot of yards off the tee. You may have even ‘Skyed’ a your driver too? (We’ve all done it at some stage, even Tiger!) This again is due to the attack angle being too negative and the low point too far in front of the ball.

This image represents a great visual for what we want to achieve with the driver. Notice how the low point and AOA differs from shots hit from the ground.

Here are some of the averages from the best players in the world.

Angle of attack tour averages, low point tour averages, key takeaways from the tour players.

You’ll notice that the attack angle is always negative and the low point is always after the ball on shots hit from the ground for both men and women. The amount however can vary slightly. The reason I wanted to make this comparison is to highlight that there is no one perfect attack angle. However, it must be within the correct range for the club and shot being used to achieve the desired outcome. You may also notice that the average attack angle for men with the driver is -1 and the women is +3.

Remember, these are averages, not all players on the PGA Tour Hit down on the driver and Visa Versa for the LPGA Tour. For example arguably one of the best drivers of the ball ever, Rory Mcilroy, hits up sometimes +5 degrees!

The differences in the averages between both tours is largely due to the differences in club head speed.

Speed and Angle of Attack.

The average club head speed on the PGA Tour is higher than the LPGA Tour. Generally, a player with more club head speed can afford to have a slightly negative attack angle with the driver. What I mean by afford is, they will have no loss in optimising distance and carry. The ball flight does not suffer. On the other hand, a player with slower club head speed will sacrifice carry and distance if their attack angle is negative. Matching the correct attack angle to the player to achieve optimal flight conditions will depend on that players club head speed. So in summary, like a lot of things in golf, it depends.

Rule of thumb!

Most players will optimise carry and distance by learning to hit up on the driver. Remember, you can also think of this as getting the low point before the ball.

Lets summarise and gather some thoughts…

The main goal for this article is to provide a clear concept and visual understanding of what the angle of attack and low point are, and what they need to do in order to create the shots we’re looking for. Hopefully I’ve done that for you!
We’ve highlighted three common problems that many golfers suffer from and discovered that all of these problems point to to AOA and Low point control and awareness
Visually we have a clear idea of the differences between what the club needs to be doing with shots hit from the ground and shots played off the tee (Driver).
We also know that there’s no specific number that works for everyone, however there is ranges that we simply must hit in order to strike the ball to our fullest potential.

How to fix it !

There are many reasons as to why these factors can be inefficient. It can be a concept, technique or a skill problem. So far, hopefully I have ruled out one possible cause, the correct concept! The correct idea can sometimes be all that’s needed, sometimes.

Fixing a players technique with regards to the AOA and Low Point will always be specific to the player. However there are some common faults that show up which can be seen in both pre and in swing principles that have a direct relationship with AOA and low point control. This we’ll have to get to in another article- We’ve covered lots today already!

In the mean time if you are struggling with any of the strike problems I outlined in this article, don’t forget you can always reach out to me at any time. An evaluation of your swing will mean I can tailor the drills so that they are specific to you, no guesswork, just results.

Speak soon,

Phillip Tanham

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The key here is ball position/tee height. The maestro himself Rick Shiels has a great video on driver setup that helped me. I to have the same issue but always remember what he says at 1:30 timestamp.

To break it down. Driver is hit on an upward arc while irons are hit on a downward arc. I have been able to fix the problem with my driver but not the irons yet as I am not the greatest iron hitter.

One key for me is always setting up the tee to the outside of my lead foot. It may feel/seem uncomfortable and like you're not going to hit it but trust me you will. Give this video a watch and just remember ball position and upward arc. The driver will be on it's way upward on the ball vs downward which will result in an amazing drive and ball flight.

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Mike Bury has posted a few drills on his IG:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CK5LA6JABVE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

And the average drive on the pga tour was ~ 295yards while the average golfer hit it about 225 yards.PGA tour average CHS was ~ 114 while the average player’s was ~ 93.

The fact that the PGA AOA is -1.7 is completely irrelevant to the average golfer . More relevant to the average golfer is the AOA of players on the LPGA tour since the average club head speed of those women averaged ~ 95 .LPGA average AOA was > +3.

1 hour ago, mikpga said: Last I check, the PGA Tour average with AOA with the driver is 1 degree down...

Bingo. With modern equipment, really not need to hit up excessively.

OP..how do you know you aren't hitting up on it?

Hitting up on purpose almost never ends well.

You improve your swing and your AoA takes care of itself.

Hitting up ends in dropping the trail shoulder early, which makes matching face/path/sweetspot/target very difficult.

All "tips" are welcome. Instruction not desired.

The problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

BERTRAND RUSSELL

Exactly. Most go over-board trying to hit up. It doesn't take a different swing. Put the ball in the correct spot, make your normal swing and you will catch it with the proper AoA.

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Everyone goal should be to improve one’s swing as Monte stated .

Let me expand upon Ri_Redneck’s point

There should be NO attempt to change your swing in order to hit more up. NO dropping the rear shoulder as Monte of often mentions .

Just SETUP CHANGES

1. Widen your stance via moving your right foot away from your front foot by 1 or at most 2 inches . This will place slightly more weight on your rear foot at setup and slightly increase overall body tilt. 2. Place your hands in the middle of your stance. NO SHAFT LEAN TOWARDS the target at SETUP. - probably a little shaft lean away from the target at setup.

3.Place the Tee slightly more forward , but never much more forward than middle of your left heel. Experiment by moving it 1/2 to one ball more forward . Try different length tees.

4. Tee the ball slightly higher . Your goal with the driver is hit the driver in its sweet spot , which is NOT in the CENTER of the CLUBFACE but SLiGHTLY above the CENTER.

If you do not have access to a Trackman . buy some Dr Scholls spray foot powder and spray it on the drivers clubface . Your goal is to hit the ball slightly above the center of the clubface. It does NO good to hit up slightly up on the ball , while sacrificing solidness of the strike .

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Five statistical shortcuts for lower scores.

One of the very first things I examine with the PGA Tour players I work with is their basic scoring metrics. Those metrics include the following:

Adjusted Total Scoring Average
Adjusted Par-3 Scoring Average
Adjusted Par-4 Scoring Average
Adjusted Par-5 Scoring Average
Adjusted Bogey Rate
Adjusted Birdie Rate

The term “adjusted” means that actual average is adjusted based on the difficulty of the courses they play.

It’s important that golfers understand these metrics at a fundamental level to improve, because that is what the game is about: shooting the lowest possible score you can. And if you can better determine what your strengths and weaknesses are from a pure scoring perspective, you can then start to reverse engineer what you need to work on in order to get better.

Here’s five scoring metrics and/or strategies that can help you get your handicap trending in the right direction.

No.1: Par 4 Scoring Average

The scoring average golfers have on par 4’s has the strongest correlation to their total scoring average. This is particularly true on the PGA Tour, because Tour players play roughly 11-to-12 par 4’s per round. The same holds true for the average amateur on an 18-hole championship course.

Par 4’s are the truest test of a player’s overall ability, however, that does not mean a good par-4 player cannot struggle in certain areas. Phil Mickelson has been a terrible driver of the ball historically, yet he plays par 4’s extremely well. Mickelson just happens to make up for it by being one of the best iron players in the world, arguably the greatest trouble-shot player of all time and generally a good putter with a great short game. Boo Weekley tends to be a good par-4 player as well, but he is one of the worst putters on Tour and has a mediocre short game. He just makes it up with incredible driving of the ball and good-to-great iron play.

In order to play the par 4’s better, I recommend working on what I call the four cornerstones of the game:

Long approach shot play (175-to-225 yards for scratch or better golfers, 150-to-200 yards for other amateurs)
Short Game (10-to-20 yards for less than 5-handicaps, 10-to-30 yards for 5+ handicaps with an emphasis on bunker shots)
Putting (3-to-15 feet for less than 5-handicaps, 3-to-25 feet for 5+ handicaps)

If one can practice these areas and start to see improvement on the range, then they will very likely see a dramatic improvement in their play on the par 4’s. But, if their par-4 play is a problem, then it is very likely due to one of these issues.

No. 2: Bogey Rate

I list Bogey Rate second because it has the second strongest correlation to scoring average on Tour. The reason is that this stat includes all double, triple and quadruple bogeys. For all intents and purposes, the best somebody will do on a hole is make a birdie (eagles happen, but very rarely). Theoretically, however, a golfer can shoot an infinitely high score on each hole. And if a golfer makes a double bogey, they now need to make two birdies in order to break even. By then, they have already used up one-sixteenth of their round and are quickly running out of holes to make more birdies.

The other important facet to understand about bogeys is that they are often not related to a golfer’s short game. Instead, they are often related to a golfer’s ball striking ability. For example, even if a golfer is a terrible putter, if he leaves himself a 20-foot putt for birdie on every hole he’s not likely to three-putt that often. He may not make many birdies, but he is not going to make many bogeys either. That is why Hogan was such a great player even when he had the putting yips; he still hit the ball close to the cup repeatedly, and even his putting would not yield many bogeys.

I even came up with a game in 2013 Pro Golf Synopsis to help promote getting the ball closer to the hole called the “15/5 Score.” Here is how I recommend 10 handicaps or better to play it:

2 points for every birdie opportunity (putt or chip) inside 15 feet.
1 point for every par putt inside 5 feet.
-3 points if the par putt is not inside 5 feet.
+3 points for eagle putts inside 15 feet.

For golfers above with a handicap of 10 or higher, I would just go 1-stroke higher:

2 points for every par opportunity (putt or chip) inside 15 feet.
1 point for every bogey putt inside 5 feet.
-3 points if the bogey putt is not inside 5 feet.
+3 points for birdie putts inside 15 feet.

The golfer can only record one score per hole, so if a 4 handicap has a 12-foot birdie putt and leaves it to 2 feet, he or she can only record 2 points for the birdie opportunity inside 15 feet.

I admit that there are golfers who have high bogey rates because of their short game and putting. It’s just that poor ball striking tends to cause more bogeys than most golfers would believe. For those golfers who struggle with making bogeys because of their short game and putting, I advise that they work on their short game shots from 10-to-20 yards and their putting from 3-to-5 feet. The goal should be to make 90 percent of their putts from 3-to-5 feet. Once that is accomplished, move on to making 5-to-10 foot putts.

No. 3: Par 5 Scoring Average

Par-5 performance is greatly influenced by the distance golfers have off the tee and their club head speed. We see a strong correlation between par-5 performance and the “go for it” rate on Tour. According to PGATour.com, a player is assumed to be going for the green if the second shot lands on or around the green or in the water. “Around the green” indicates the ball is within 30 yards of the edge of the green.

Take note that it counts as “going for it” any time a golfer hits their second shot within 30 yards of the edge of the green. So, a player could have a 300-yard shot to the hole and only be able to hit their 3 wood 250 yards, but it can still be considered a “go for it” if the ball is within 30 yards of the front edge of the green.

Obviously, golfers want to make sure it is feasible to attempt to reach a par 5 in two shots. If the shot requires the ball to fly over water that you’re not likely to carry, there’s no reason to go for it. On the other hand, I see a lot of amateurs and even Tour players lay up to a specific yardage when there is no real trouble instead of hitting their 3 wood as close to the hole as they can. Typically, this is a poor strategy.

All golfers, including Tour players, hit shots closer to the hole on average if the have a shorter shot; provided that the shot is from the same type of lie (fairway vs. fairway, rough vs. rough, sand vs. sand, etc). The idea of getting laying up to a golfer’s favorite yardage is faulty, because while a golfer may be able to stick it close frequently from a specific yardage, their variance in how close they can hit it to the hole becomes greater than if they were, say, 30 yards closer to the hole.

I have tracked numerous Tour players using ShotTracker and experimented with a few friends of mine that are amateurs. What we typically see is that a golfer’s money yardage is often not as money as they think it is.

The best case scenarios happen with Tour players. They will hit shots from their money yardage inside 5 feet, say, 20 percent of the time. And from 30 yards closer, they may only hit it inside 5 feet only 15 percent of the time. The real killer is not their good shots, however, but the deviation in all their shots. The money yardage will provide a greater variance in results than a shot that’s 30 yards closer to the hole. For every two times they hit it inside 5 feet from their money yardage, they may miss the green completely from that distance.

So, what we tend to see on Tour is that the longest hitters with high club head speeds tend to perform best on the par-5’s because they are playing them more like par 4’s. The good par-5 players that do not hit it long off the tee like Webb Simpson, Kevin Na and Matt Kuchar tend to be very aggressive in going for the par-5’s that they can go for and are good performers from 75-to-125 yards when they have to lay-up.

There is one very important caveat to this, however. Playing par 5’s well is mostly about being able to advance your second shot as close to the hole as possible. Most golfers get on a par 5 and are trying to bomb it off the tee to leave themselves with less club into the hole. The better par-5 players, on the other hand, often hit their “stock swing” driver and focus on making good contact and finding the fairway. That’s because even Tour players do not like hitting 3 woods out of the rough, and more often than not they will lay up if they are in the rough. The golden rule I stress to golfers is that any time your second shot is likely to be a 5-iron or longer, take your stock driver swing and focus on making good contact and finding the fairway. This applies for both par 5’s and long par 4’s.

No. 4: Birdie Rate

Birdie Rate is often tied in with Par-5 performance because golfers birdie par 5’s almost three times more than they birdie par 4’s and almost four times more than they birdie par 3’s.

There are some Tour players that generate a lot of birdies, but do not play the par 5’s that well. Those players are usually good at one of or both of these areas:

Shots from 125-to-175 yards
Making putts outside of 15 feet

Typical amateurs who makes a lot of birdies but do not play par-5’s well will likely be performing very well from 100-to-150 yards.

Making putts outside 15-feet is a very fleeting metric. Even the best putters on Tour have a very inconsistent percentage of putts made from outside 15 feet. Typically, making putts outside 15 feet will move towards the mean. So the golfer that is making a lot of birdies because they are putting great outside 15 feet will eventually see that cease, because that make percentage is going to regress over time.

No. 5: Par 3 Scoring Average

Par-3 performance is:

1-part iron play
1-part short game play
1-part putting outside 20 feet

Typically, if a Tour player performs at least two of these parts well they will perform better than average on par 3’s. Par-3 performance is also a bit fleeting because one part of it relies on making putts that are longer than 20 feet, which you now know is a fleeting metric.

Recent research that I have conducted shows that between the frequency of shots and shot performance, bunker play accounts for 50-to-55 percent of a Tour player’s short game performance. For amateurs with a 5 handicap or greater, it accounts for 75-to-80 percent of their short game performance. That’s why most amateurs should concentrate on their bunker play to improve their scoring average. And they could greatly help themselves by avoiding those bunkers in front of the green, where I found that Tour players hit their shots an average of 38 percent farther away from the cup that shots from the bunkers to the side of the green or in back of the green.

I hope this information allows golfers to better understand scoring, what to practice and how to generate a better strategy to improve their score. Good luck!

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Richie Hunt is a statistician whose clients include PGA Tour players, their caddies and instructors in order to more accurately assess their games. He is also the author of the recently published e-book, 2018 Pro Golf Synopsis; the Moneyball Approach to the Game of Golf. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @Richie3Jack. GolfWRX Writer of the Month: March 2014 Purchase 2017 Pro Golf Synopsis E-book for $10

21 Comments

Jun 13, 2014 at 8:33 am

Good article Richie. For those who are dismissing it, take a closer look at your own game and evaluate your strengths and weaknesses. Then refer back to the article to see where you may gain the most from an improvement. I’m sure your intuition and knowledge of your own game can point you to your weaknesses even if you don’t keep detailed stats.

This year I’m working on being more aggressive into Par 5s (even when I can’t get all the way there), pitching and bunker play, and also improving my putting in the 3-15 foot range. I can already see improvements.

Jun 9, 2014 at 11:44 am

You fail to put a score down for 15/5 Score in the bogey section as to what is good, average, bad.

Jun 9, 2014 at 11:29 am

Not a terrible article. I just don’t see it as very useful for many people. It’s too generic and focused on tour pros. I unfortunately do not have the game of a tour pro so in all likelihood these statistical trends you note based on tour pro data are not very relevant to me. You mentioned research you’ve done with amateurs as well, but again, my game looks nothing like the “average amateur”. I have my strengths and weaknesses that are particular to me. What the average pro or average amateur does is interesting to a degree, but there is so much variance from golfer to golfer that I just don’t find that useful at all.

The same is true for individual touring pros. You can tell Tim Clark that there’s a great correlation between “go for it” rate on par 5’s and par 5 scoring average, and it means nothing to him. He has to play to his strengths just like everybody else does.

What I do find useful is tracking my own stats and digging into my own statistical patterns. There are some great new products out there that work with smartphones and can track all of your shots and provide you with all of this data for your individual game. Use one and do your own statistical analysis and you won’t need to pay any attention to what the average tour pro or average amateur needs to do to score better on par 4s or par 3s. You can know what YOU need to do to score better.

Jun 9, 2014 at 8:59 am

Richie … don’t lose heart. I dug the article. Some people will never get it. I also noticed that the haters certainly didn’t add any alternative information.

Keep on keepin on.

Jun 9, 2014 at 6:53 am

First of all I think it is a great article, thanks for that Richie!

Too all of you guys that makes fun of this article, stating it is to obvious, haven’t really read it properly or either you just don’t get it.. As Richie mentioned in an above comment it is an article that goes into understanding how to get better on the par-3’s par-4’s and par-5’s holes which some of you clearly did not understand! I have read Richie’s articles for the past 2 months and for the last month I have been training on some the aspects of the game he mentioned in this article.

My focus have been on going for the par 5’s every time I can. Improving my driving accuracy by swinging more controlled. Improving my long iron play. And lastly my putts from 1-6 feet.

That have made my handicap go from 3 to 1 in a month.

And yes I makes good sense to take statistic from your round to make things clearer, but every player should have an idea of where there game lacks! If you don’t just train “the four cornerstones of the game” and you golf will improve!

Jun 8, 2014 at 8:50 pm

I think this is a good article with a misleading title.

And really it only helps anyone who keeps stats.

It really does a good job of providing/identifying the 5 basic scoring metrics you need to analyze in order to identify some of the most influential strengths and weaknesses in your game.

Once you find your strengths and weaknesses based on these 5 metrics then you can analyze why exactly you score well/poorly in certain areas

Jun 8, 2014 at 7:37 am

Solid article. The hacks above didn’t really think about the logic: look at what you are performing poorly at and then address how to improve there.

This certainly made me think about what to work on. I am scratch trying to get to plus and win club championship.

My par 4 scoring is mediocre for my hdcp and I can see it is due to less than fair driver accuracy and weak long iron play.

My bogie rate is not good. This is certainly bc I excel at short game yet long iron ball striking in general is a weak stat. .

My par 5 scoring, relatively speaking, is weak and I can see how trying to crush it off the tee instead of a stock driver in the fairway has greatly affected my score. When thinking about it, although I hit it plus 300 yards, I’m usually in the rough. Last 5 rounds I only hit 46% of fairways.

Birdie rate is average and improving par 5 stat will get me there.

My best stat above is par3 scoring, which makes sense because I’m abnormally great long putter and putter in general and my short game far exceeds the rest of my game.

So my priorities are: Driver accuracy 175-225 shots

Jun 7, 2014 at 11:21 am

Putts inside three feet are good. 1 mulligan each 9. Maximum score on a hole is Double Bogey. Use a pencil with an eraser. Stop after 15 holes.

Jun 7, 2014 at 9:41 am

What to work on to score better… Drives iron play short game putting well now the game is just too easy!

Jun 7, 2014 at 9:40 am

So all I have to do is improve on the Par 3’s, 4’s and 5’s? Thanks for the tip.

Richie Hunt

Jun 7, 2014 at 11:15 pm

The article goes into *what goes into* improving on the par-3’s, par-4’s and par-5’s.

Jun 7, 2014 at 12:23 am

This article really put some groundbreaking information out there.

Scooter McGavin

Jun 6, 2014 at 7:10 pm

Soooo… Lower your scores by shooting more pars and birdies? If only somebody would have told me that sooner.

Jun 6, 2014 at 8:32 pm

Totally agreed…

I didnt know that i should have worked on driving, irons, short game and putting.

This article is such an eye opener!!!

Jun 6, 2014 at 8:58 pm

Scooter, that was funny….

Jun 6, 2014 at 7:01 pm

Statistics is so boring

Chris Steele

Jun 6, 2014 at 4:30 pm

I agree with Mike, All you’re really saying is hit better shots.

Jun 6, 2014 at 4:04 pm

Still such a cutie richie

Duncan Castles

Jun 6, 2014 at 2:18 pm

Another excellent and informative article, Rich. Thanks.

Jun 6, 2014 at 1:16 pm

So not really shortcuts…this whole article is more like “he’s how to score in golf” and essentially means shoot better, score better lol

But thanks, was good, just a tad misleading.

Jun 6, 2014 at 2:29 pm

We had difficulty coming up with a good title. That certainly is not one of my strengths.

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2022 KPMG PGA Championship

At the 2022 KPMG PGA Championship, Lexi Thompson held a two-stroke lead with three holes to play. She couldn’t close the deal and lost the tournament.

Afterwards, she was fined $2k (as were the rest of the group) for slow play.

Lexi declined to speak to the media and got hammered on social media for doing so…

Lexi Thompson has declined to speak with the media here at Congressional. Not a great look? — Zephyr Melton (@zephyrmelton) June 26, 2022

Almost every golfer at some point has skipped a media session following disappointment on the course, and nobody has really batted an eyelid.

Tiger skipped back-to-back post-round media briefings at the 2019 WGC Mexico after being frustrated with his putting. Remember the backlash over that? Nah, me neither.

Donald Trump

@TheWhiteHouse

Every (or nearly every) big-name golfer under the sun has played golf with Donald Trump. Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy etc. Nobody really cared.

For whatever reason, when Lexi Thompson did, it was a story , and she took herself off social media soon after the photo was posted.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lexi Thompson (@lexi)

2021 U.S. Women’s Open

In the final round of the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open, Lexi Thompson had a 6-foot eagle on her opening hole. She missed and made birdie to lead by five.

She then lost the tournament.

Following the round, Brandel Chamblee said on ‘Live From’ :

“She’s got 6 feet away. Now professional golfers don’t miss the center of the face by a pinhead. Look where she hits this putt on the very 1st hole. Look where this putt comes off the face. She would have missed the center of the putter there by a half an inch. I have never — I have never — seen a professional golfer miss the center of the putter by a wider margin than that. That was at the 1st hole. “

Honest? Absolutely. Correct? Brandel usually is. Has any other LPGA golfer been handed the full-on Chamblee treatment? Not to my knowledge.

2023 Solheim Cup

Lexi Thompson spoke the words, “I don’t need to comment on that” when a reporter asked her about a failed shot, and the golf community collectively lost their minds.

Lost on many people is the fact that she literally answered the question instantly after.

Jessica Korda described the reporting of the awkward exchange with the media member as yet another example of the golf media shredding Lexi, but in reality, it was really just golf media covering the furore created by golf fans reacting to the viral clip.

So sad seeing golf media , yet again, shred Lexi. It’s easy writing about other people’s mistakes. It’s Golf, bad shots happen- give the girl a break. She grows the game more than anyone on tour… And she’s a great player!! — Jessica Korda (@Thejessicakorda) September 23, 2023

Lexi then won her next two matches, collecting 3 points from 4 for the U.S. team. But nobody seems to care about that.

‘yOu ShoUlD PrAcTIce puTTinG’

There’s very few golfers that have been plagued with such inane posts on their Instagram page as Lexi Thompson has.

I’ve tracked golfer’s social media accounts over the past few years (job requirement, sort of?). I can categorically say that Lexi gets some of the angriest and most aggressive responses to her posts of any golfer. Male or female. (She also gets some very nice ones too) .

Despite countless posts of Thompson relentlessly practising her putting, the number of comments from dummies accusing her of neglecting that area of her game is both bizarre and alarming. Notice how the comments have been disabled on the post below? Probably not a coincidence.

Go on any other golfer’s social account, and it will be hard to find the same dynamic.

Throw in the scandalous rules decision at the 2017 ANA Inspiration that cost her a second major title and spawned the “Lexi rule,” and it’s hard not to think Lexi has had a bit of a raw deal at times.

Vincenzi’s 2024 RBC Canadian Open betting preview: Breakthrough PGA Tour winner likely in Canada

The PGA Tour is heading north of the border to play the 2024 RBC Canadian Open at Hamilton Golf and Country Club.

This will be the seventh time that Hamilton Golf and Country Club will be hosting the Canadian Open. The previous six winners were Rory McIlroy (2019), Scott Piercy (2012), Jim Furyk (2006), Bob Tway (2003), Tommy Armour (1930) and James Douglas Edgar (1919).

Hamilton Golf and Country Club is a par-70 measuring 7,084 yards and features greens that are a Bentgrass and Poa Annua blend. The course has been open since 1915 and is one of the oldest golf clubs in Canada.

Since we’ve seen it last, the course underwent a $8.5-million restoration guided by Martin Ebert.

The RBC Canadian Open will play host to 156 golfers this week. Notable players include Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns, Cameron Young, Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood, Sahith Theegala and Alex Noren.

Past Winners at RBC Canadian Open

2023: Nick Taylor (-17, Oakdale)
2022: Rory McIlroy (-19, St. George’s)
2019: Rory McIlroy (-22, Hamilton)
2018: Dustin Johnson (-23, Glen Abbey)
2017: Jhonattan Vegas (-21, Glen Abbey)
2016: Jhonattan Vegas (-12, Glen Abbey)

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Key Stats for Hamilton Golf and Country Club

Let’s take a look at five key metrics for Hamilton Golf and Country Club to determine which golfers boast top marks in each category over their last 24 rounds.

1. Strokes Gained: Approach

The best metric to start with is Strokes Gained: Approach. Proficient iron play is a requirement anywhere, and this statistic will help target the hottest golfers. With the winning score likely being very low, players will need to be dialed with their approach shots.

Strokes Gained: Approach Over Past 24 Rounds

Corey Conners (+1.14)
Kelly Kraft (+1.06)
Rory McIlroy (+0.88)
Patton Kizzire (+0.87)
Alex Noren (+0.76)

2. Good Drive %

Hamilton is a short golf course, so keeping the ball in the fairway, or just off, will be more important than bombing the ball this week.

Good Drive % Over Past 24 Rounds

Kelly Kraft (+89.3%)
Daniel Berger (+87.9%)
Nate Lashley (+87.6%)
Chan Kim (+86.6%)
Aaron Rai (+86.1%)

3. Bogey Avoidance %

I expect golfers to go low this week, in order to compete, limiting bogeys will be crucial.

Bogey Avoidance % Over Past 24 Rounds:

Alex Noren (+10.6%)
Brice Garnett (+10.6%)
Aaron Rai (+11.3%)
Kevin Tway (+11.4%)
Henrik Norlander (+11.4%)

4. Strokes Gained: Total in Canada

This stat will boost the players who’ve done well in Canada over the past 36 rounds.

Strokes Gained: Total in Canada Over Past 36 Rounds

Rory McIlroy (+4.28)
Tommy Fleetwood (+3.07)
Aaron Rai (+2.91)
C.T. Pan (+2.80)
Gary Woodland (+2.21)

5. Strokes Gained: Putting

Shorter courses with a lot of birdies being made tend to turn into putting contests. I believe a good putter will win the RBC Canadian Open.

Strokes Gained: Putting Over Past 24 Rounds

Mackenzie Hughes (+1.04)
S.H. Kim (+0.84)
Matt Kuchar (+0.74)
Ben Griffin (+0.72)
Sahith Theegala (+0.66)

The RBC Canadian Open Model Rankings

Below, I’ve compiled overall model rankings using a combination of the five key statistical categories previously discussed — SG: Approach (30%), Good Drive % (25%), Strokes Gained: Canada (15%), Bogey Avoidance % (15%), SG: Putting (15%).

Rory McIlroy
Sahith Theegala
Patton Kizzire
Justin Lower
Shane Lowry
Tommy Fleetwood
Kelly Kraft
Jhonnatan Vegas

2024 RBC Canadian Open Picks

Tommy fleetwood +1800 (fanduel).

Tommy Fleetwood was incredibly close to winning last year’s RBC Canadian Open. The Englishman took Canadian Nick Taylor to four playoff holes before losing on Taylor’s miraculous eagle putt from 72 feet.

Despite being at a different course this year, Fleetwood is still a great fit for this event. In his past 24 rounds, he ranks 23rd in the field in good drive percentage and seventh in bogey avoidance. The course is a shorter, plotters track, which will suit Fleetwood’s ability to hit it accurately from tee to green.

Tommy has gained strokes off the tee in six consecutive events. Those events include some big events such as The Masters, the PGA Championship and the Wells Fargo Championship. In those six starts, he has three top-15 finishes.

It’s been well documented that Fleetwood is yet to win on American soil and has looked like a different player when in contention outside of the United States. While it’s most definitely a mental hurdle that the 33-year-old will need to overcome, it doesn’t hurt that this event will be north of the border.

Martin Ebert, who redesigned Royal Liverpool and Royal Portrush, redesigned Hamilton as well. Fleetwood finished 2nd at Royal Portrush in 2019 and T10 at Royal Liverpool in 2023.

Backing Tommy has been frustrating at times, but I’m still of the mindset that betting on talent will eventually pay dividends.

Alex Noren +2500 (BetMGM)

Alex Noren is in the midst of one of the best seasons of his career. The Swede has an incredible eight straight top-25’s on Tour, with two of those being top-ten finishes. Noren has gained strokes on approach and around the green in all eight starts and has gained strokes off the tee in seven of eight.

Despite the strong results, the concern with Noren has been his inability to truly get into contention. However, this golf course feels like the right one for him to change that. He’s not incredibly long off the tee, so the shorter layout should help him. In his last 24 rounds, Noren ranks 6th in Strokes Gained: Approach, 8th in Good Drive Percentage and 3rd in Bogey Avoidance.

Noren’s ability to keep the ball in the ideal spots and limit mistakes should serve him well at Hamilton this week. In an event where accurate drivers should shine; he will have an advantage on the field. He hasn’t won on the PGA Tour, but the 41-year-old has ten wins on the European Tour. Being outside of the U.S. certainly won’t hurt Noren’s case.

Sam Burns +2800 (FanDuel)

Sam Burns had an excellent showing in Canada a few years ago, finishing in a tie for fourth place at the 2022 RBC Canadian Open a week after winning the Charles Schwab Challenge.

After a hot start to the season, Burns has struggled over the past few months, but has seemed to find some form with his irons in recent weeks. He finished T13 at the Wells Fargo Championship and gained 2.0 strokes on approach for the week. His irons were even better in the two rounds at the PGA Championship (+1.51 strokes per round), but a balky putter cost him the weekend, as he lost 5.1 strokes on the greens.

Burns is a player who can win an event with a hot putter and has done so in the past. He can make birdies in bunches and is one of the few players in the field that can win in both a difficult event and a shootout.

Robert MacIntyre +8000 (FanDuel)

Robert MacIntyre showed some life at the PGA Championship, finishing in a tie for 12th. For the week, MacIntyre ranked 16th in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee and 18th in Strokes Gained: Ball Striking.

The 27-year-old is a high upside player who has shown he can compete in big events. He’s also been putting great recently which I believe is one of the most important factors this week. In his past 24 rounds, he ranks 6th in the field in Strokes Gained: Putting.

We’ve seen MacIntyre play well at Open Championships and Martin Ebert, who redesigned Royal Liverpool and Royal Portrush, redesigned Hamilton as well. MacIntyre finished T6 at Royal Portrush in 2019.

Bobby Mac has gone toe-to-toe with some of the world’s best players at the Ryder Cup, and I believe has the right mentality to beat anyone if he finds himself in contention down the stretch.

The Wedge Guy: Early season wedge game tune-up

Depending on the part of the country you call home, you might just be getting into the 2024 golf season, or you might be several months into it. Either way, your scoring success this season – like every season – will likely drill down to how good your game is from 100 yards and in.

The best way to sharpen your wedge play is, surprise, spend some time refining and practicing your technique. Whether it’s winter rust or mid-season sloppiness, your wedge game can be a serious cause of frustration if and when it goes sour on you.

If you want to be sharp when it really counts, give it some time and attention. Start with a detailed look at your fundamentals – posture, alignment, ball position, grip, and grip pressure – and then advance to an examination of the actual chipping and pitching motion of the swing.

No matter what your skill level might be, I am convinced that time spent on the following drills will yield giant rewards in your scores and enjoyment of the game. There is nothing quite so demoralizing and maddening than to hit a good drive and better-than-average approach shot, then chunk or skull a simple chip or pitch, turning a par or bogie-at-worst into a double or even more.

Core activation

The key to a solid short game is to synchronize your arm swing with the rotation of your body core. They simply have to move together, back and through impact into the follow-through. When I’m about to start a short game session, I like to begin with the club extended in front of my body, with my upper arms close to my chest, then rotate my upper torso back and through, to give me the sensation that I am moving the club only with my core rotation, with the hands only having the job of holding on to it. In this drill, you want to ensure that the clubhead is exactly in front of your sternum as you rotate back and through. When you lower the club into the playing position, this puts the upper end of the grip pointing roughly at your belt buckle and it stays in that “attitude” through the backswing and follow through.

S-L-O-W motion

I believe one of the most misunderstood and destructive pieces of advice in the short game is to “accelerate through the ball”. What I see much too often is that the golfer fails to take a long enough backswing and then quickly jabs at the ball . . . all in the pursuit of “accelerating through the ball.” In reality, that is pretty hard NOT to do if you have any kind of follow through at all. Relying on that core activation move, I like to make very slow swings – back and through impact – experimenting with just how slow I can make the swing and still see some ball flight. You’ll be amazed at how slow a body rotation can be made and still make the ball fly in a nice trajectory.

I’m borrowing this term from Tiger Woods, who often spoke of hitting his iron shots through certain “windows,” i.e. first floor, second floor, etc. For your short game, I simplify this into hitting short pitch shots on three different flight trajectories – low, medium, and high. I have found the simplest way to do this is to use the same swing for each shot and determine the trajectory by where you place the ball in your set-up. Start by finding the ball position that gives you what you consider to be a “normal” trajectory with your sand wedge. Then, hit some shots with the ball just one inch back and forward of that spot and see what trajectory you get. You can then take that to another level by repeating the process with your other wedges, from your highest lofted to your lowest.

Ladder drill

For this exercise, I like to have some room on the range or practice area that lets me hit balls any distance I want, from ten feet out to about 25 yards, or even more if you can. I start by hitting a basic chip shot to fly precisely to a divot or piece of turf I’ve targeted about ten feet in front of me. The next shot I try to land where that ball stopped. I repeat that process until I have a line of balls from ten feet to 25 or so yards from me. With each shot, I repeat it until I can land my shot within a foot or less of my “target ball.”

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Trackman Measures Low Point

By saevel25 , September 17, 2015 in Golf Talk

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Wait, what? I thought low point for higher handicaps would be more behind the ball. So telling high handicaps to get their low point forward, that's what they've been doing all along? It's get the path outward, rather than focusing on low point?

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I think the reason is;

First) Ball is too far back

Second) Angle of attack is too downward

I think they are considering well struck golf balls. Not the I will flip and top the ball. Most golfers can hit the ball. That being they hit the ball first. If the average was before the ball then no high handicap person would ever hit the ball.

I think they assume the shots are not fat? The reason might be possibly that less skilled players are coming in too shallow on decent strikes?

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Do this ^^^ and you'll be fine. Less skilled players have not grooved their swings and are inconsistent at the swing motion. They don't get their hip turn and weight transfer to the front side timed consistently and will tend to chili dip a ball periodically. To compensate the weekend golfer will play the ball a little further back in their stance than desired.

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Look at the numbers in the screen cap. 6I, 130 carry, 30 roll. 30ft max height. Launch angle is 9. Spin rate seems low too. That's thin I'm guessing so low point is going to be ahead of ball? We'll get more info as more people get their hands on the new version, will be interesting to hear more details. Maybe more nuance?

Usually, if you hit ahead of the ball you get a chunk shot. Could also be a shallow path that hits the ground after the ball?

This tells me a few things. First, higher handicap players tend to have the ball too far back in their stance. If they lack the weight forward key then the ball is too far back for them to average that much more. Also it means the club is coming in too steep as well. A shallower angle of attack will lessen the low point distance from the ball.

Yeah and with the lack of doing Key #2 properly, the high handicapper doesn't "get the club out of the ground". Lack of thrust and/or moving the head forward on the downswing.

That's thin I'm guessing so low point is going to be ahead of ball? We'll get more info as more people get their hands on the new version, will be interesting to hear more details.

Fat or thin shots are basically the same mistake, just different compensations.

With that line drill the better player will consistently hit it in front of the line, as the handicap increases you'll start seeing the divots start at or behind the line.

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Quote: Originally Posted by saevel25 This tells me a few things. First, higher handicap players tend to have the ball too far back in their stance. If they lack the weight forward key then the ball is too far back for them to average that much more. Also it means the club is coming in too steep as well. A shallower angle of attack will lessen the low point distance from the ball. Yeah and with the lack of doing Key #2 properly, the high handicapper doesn't "get the club out of the ground". Lack of thrust and/or moving the head forward on the downswing. Quote: Originally Posted by nevets88 That's thin I'm guessing so low point is going to be ahead of ball? We'll get more info as more people get their hands on the new version, will be interesting to hear more details. Fat or thin shots are basically the same mistake, just different compensations. With that line drill the better player will consistently hit it in front of the line, as the handicap increases you'll start seeing the divots start at or behind the line.

What's the mistake? Coming in too steep or shallow?

EDIT: I think I got it.

[QUOTE name="saevel25" url="/t/84513/trackman-measures-low-point#post_1201035"] This tells me a few things. First, higher handicap players tend to have the ball too far back in their stance. If they lack the weight forward key then the ball is too far back for them to average that much more. Also it means the club is coming in too steep as well. A shallower angle of attack will lessen the low point distance from the ball. [/QUOTE] Yeah and with the lack of doing Key #2 properly, the high handicapper doesn't "get the club out of the ground". Lack of thrust and/or moving the head forward on the downswing. [QUOTE name="nevets88" url="/t/84513/trackman-measures-low-point#post_1201103"] That's thin I'm guessing so low point is going to be ahead of ball? We'll get more info as more people get their hands on the new version, will be interesting to hear more details.[/QUOTE] Fat or thin shots are basically the same mistake, just different compensations. With that line drill the better player will consistently hit it in front of the line, as the handicap increases you'll start seeing the divots start at or behind the line.

That's the thing about the results that make me scratch my head. None of the shots were "behind the line" for the high handicapper. Damn you Trackman. I have a headache. :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by mvmac Quote: Originally Posted by saevel25 This tells me a few things. First, higher handicap players tend to have the ball too far back in their stance. If they lack the weight forward key then the ball is too far back for them to average that much more. Also it means the club is coming in too steep as well. A shallower angle of attack will lessen the low point distance from the ball. Yeah and with the lack of doing Key #2 properly, the high handicapper doesn't "get the club out of the ground". Lack of thrust and/or moving the head forward on the downswing. Quote: Originally Posted by nevets88 That's thin I'm guessing so low point is going to be ahead of ball? We'll get more info as more people get their hands on the new version, will be interesting to hear more details. Fat or thin shots are basically the same mistake, just different compensations. With that line drill the better player will consistently hit it in front of the line, as the handicap increases you'll start seeing the divots start at or behind the line. That's the thing about the results that make me scratch my head. None of the shots were "behind the line" for the high handicapper. Damn you Trackman. I have a headache.

Are higher handicaps that much more inconsistent with making divots than, a mid handicap?

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The general rule with a mid iron is to create a divot in front of the line that’s neither too deep or too shallow, although turf conditions will be a factor. If you find that your Low Point is inconsistent from shot to shot, that’s a good indication that a lesson should be in your future. Remember, with iron play consistency is key!

It seems like a higher handicap doesn't necessarily chunk half his shots unless maybe a beginner?

What's the mistake? Coming in too steep or shallow? EDIT: I think I got it.

Simple answer is lack of Key #3. Results in fat and thin shots. Golfer comes in steep, pulls the arms apart or flips it in an attempt miss the ground behind the ball. Just depends on how they time it.

That's the thing about the results that make me scratch my head. None of the shots were "behind the line" for the high handicapper.

Oh, I didn't see that in the article. We know that higher handicappers try to hit the ball first by swinging down and left, obviously not the functional way to move low point forward. You can still mis-hit the shot and have low point forward of the ball.

That's the thing about the results that make me scratch my head. None of the shots were "behind the line" for the high handicapper. Damn you Trackman. I have a headache.

It's measuring low point of the arc, right? Just because you hit fat and contact the ground before the ball doesn't mean the low point of your swing arc didn't (or wasn't going to) occur until after the ball.

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That's how I'm interpreting it. You can hit it fat and still have the low point of the arc forward of the ball. It's not measuring where the club initially enters the ground.

Quote: Originally Posted by billchao It's measuring low point of the arc, right? Just because you hit fat and contact the ground before the ball doesn't mean the low point of your swing arc didn't (or wasn't going to) occur until after the ball. That's how I'm interpreting it. You can hit it fat and still have the low point of the arc forward of the ball. It's not measuring where the club initially enters the ground.

Quote: Originally Posted by mvmac Quote: Originally Posted by billchao It's measuring low point of the arc, right? Just because you hit fat and contact the ground before the ball doesn't mean the low point of your swing arc didn't (or wasn't going to) occur until after the ball. That's how I'm interpreting it. You can hit it fat and still have the low point of the arc forward of the ball. It's not measuring where the club initially enters the ground. You guys make a good point. That helps take me a bit out of my befuddlement, but 7 inches in front of the ball? That's a big ass divot.

I feel like just at the point where my game started to improve I was making divots in front of the ball 2" to 7". My playing partners called it "thin to win". At this point, I am trying to raise my ball flight, so I am reeling it back a bit to try to get more into the sweet spot. My bad shots are still 7" in front of the ball, and my good ones have divots that are shallow and right under the ball to 5" with a mid-iron.

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2024 U.S. Open prop bet picks and PGA Tour predictions

N orth Carolina will be the center of the golf world this week with Pinehurst No. 2 hosting the 2024 U.S. Open. Scottie Scheffler is seeking his 2nd major championship of the year after winning the Masters in April, while Xander Schauffele is looking for a 2nd consecutive major win following his PGA Championship win in May. The 1st round begins on Thursday morning from Pinehurst.

Below, we search for the best value prop bets from BetMGM Sportsbook among the 2024 U.S. Open odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions .

Scheffler is the overwhelming favorite at +333, with Schauffele holding the 2nd-best odds at +1100. Rory McIlroy (+1200) and Collin Morikawa (+1400) are the only other players with odds shorter than +2000. Martin Kaymer won the U.S. Open at Pinehurst in 2014 and he comes into the week at +20000, while last year's champion, Wyndham Clark , is +6600 to defend his title.

Pinehurst No. 2 is a par 70 and has a listed yardage of 7,543 yards, but it will play shorter than that due to the fast, firm conditions – particularly with the lack of rain in the forecast this week. There's no traditional rough like there typically is at a U.S. Open, and there will instead be native areas and waste bunkers that will penalize players for missing fairways.

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124th U.S. Open – Top-5 picks

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Bryson DeChambeau (+400)

DeChambeau is unquestionably one of the best golfers on the planet right now and his odds would be much shorter this week if he were playing regularly on the PGA Tour. He finished 6th at the Masters after shooting 2-over in the final round and he came in 2nd at the PGA Championship, 1 shot behind Schauffele.

Brooks Koepka (+450)

Koepka finished 45th at the Masters and 26th at the PGA, 2 disappointing results for the 5-time major champion. You can bet he's motivated to rebound at the U.S. Open, a tournament he's won twice before, and Pinehurst sets up well with what are expected to be brutal course conditions.

Collin Morikawa (+300)

Pinehurst seems long based on its yardage but the layout could also take driver out of the bag for some longer hitters, thus leveling the playing field a little bit. Morikawa isn't long off the tee, but he's accurate and he's one of the best approach players in the world. He's finished 4th, 4th and 2nd in his last 3 starts, nearly catching Scheffler at the Memorial Tournament on Sunday.

U.S. Open – Top-10 picks

Xander schauffele (+110).

Schauffele is one of the most consistent U.S. Open players on tour, finishing 3rd, 5th, 7th, 14th and 10th in his last 5 appearances. And now that he's gotten the major monkey off his back by winning the PGA in May, he might feel less pressure to perform this week. At plus money, he's a great bet for another top 10 in a major, of which he's had 13 in his career since 2017 – including 6 of 7 U.S. Open appearances.

Cameron Smith (+320)

Pinehurst has some links-like attributes to it, requiring creativity around the greens and off the tee with the amount of runout shots will have. Smith, the 2022 Open champion, should excel on a course like this if he can keep the ball in the fairway. He's a top putter and wizard with a wedge, so he's set up well this week.

Max Homa (+320)

Homa doesn't have a great record in the majors, but he started playing better this year with a 3rd place at the Masters and 35th at the PGA. He's struggled off the tee, ranking 125th in strokes gained, but he's great around the greens and above average on approach. Those are 2 key stats for players this week.

Other T10 contenders ( in order from longest odds to shortest ):

Rory McIlroy (+125)

U.S. Open – Top-20 picks

Hideki matsuyama (+160).

Matsuyama always comes with some injury concerns, but he looked healthy and in good form at Muirfield where he finished 8th. He's far and away the best player around the greens on tour, ranking 1st this season, so saving par is something he's very good at. Also, he's made the cut in 10 of 11 U.S. Open appearances, including each of the last 7.

Tommy Fleetwood (+138)

In his last 4 starts, Fleetwood hasn't finished worse than 26th and he could be in for a particularly good showing at Pinehurst where driving accuracy and short game will be critical to a player's success. Fleetwood thrives in both areas and his recent form is good enough to warrant a top-20 bet at Pinehurst.

Dean Burmester (+300)

Burmester has played exceptionally well on LIV this season, ranking 3rd in points earned for the year. He has a win and 6 total top-20 finishes in his last 6 starts on LIV, becoming a legitimate player on the alternate tour. He could be a sleeper this week in North Carolina.

Other T20 contenders ( in order from longest odds to shortest ):

Robert MacIntyre (+275)
Keegan Bradley (+250)

U.S. Open – Matchups

Suggested play is golfer in bold .

Hideki Matsuyama (-135) vs. Patrick Cantlay (+105)

Cantlay shockingly missed the cut at Muirfield, a limited-field event, and one he's won twice before. That's a bad sign for his current form and now that he's heading into an event with similarly difficult conditions, he could struggle.

Cameron Smith (+120) vs. Matt Fitzpatrick (-150)

Yes, Fitzpatrick is a former U.S. Open champion, but he shouldn't be -150 over a player of Smith's caliber – especially given Smith's high ceiling and low floor. I'm more confident in Smith winning this week than Fitzpatrick, so give me the Aussie.

U.S. Open – Top South African

Dean burmester (+150).

Burmester and Christiaan Bezuidenhout are co-favorites to be the top South African in the field at +150, but Burmester has higher upside at this course and given his recent play.

U.S. Open – Top Swedish

Alex noren (+220).

It's not that I don't think Ludvig Aberg will play well this week, it's just that the knee injury is somewhat concerning and Noren at +220 is a very good number in what's essentially a head-to-head against Aberg; Tim Widig is the only other Swede in the field.

U.S. Open – First-round leader

Xander schauffele (+2200, +225 for top 10).

We hit Schauffele to be the 1st-round leader at the PGA Championship and we're going back to it at the U.S. Open. He's tied with Morikawa in 1st-round scoring average (68.08) this season and is always a fantastic U.S. Open player. It just makes too much sense.

Collin Morikawa (+2500, +250 for top 10)

Morikawa is another player to take for a 1st-round lead, or at least a top-10 after Thursday's round. As mentioned, he's tied for 2nd in 1st-round scoring average and has played well in both majors so far this year.

U.S. Open – To make the cut

Suggested play in bold .

Phil Mickelson: YES ( +200 ) vs. No (-275)

Mickelson is looking to complete the career grand slam and while that's highly unlikely to happen, making the cut is a real possibility. With odds this long, it's not a bad play, if only for the storyline of Lefty trying to complete the career slam.

More expert prop bet predictions

Any liv player to win: yes (+400).

DeChambeau, Koepka, Jon Rahm and Smith are all among the 11 favorites to win outright this week, and I'm particularly confident in DeChambeau, Koepka or Smith getting the job done. It's worth betting each individually but at +400 for any LIV player to win, it's an even safer way to play those guys.

Winning margin: 1 shot (+240)

Kaymer ran away from the field and dominated here in 2014 but that's not going to happen again. There will be enough carnage on this course to bring everyone to around even par, resulting in a close finish on Sunday.

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U.S. Open analysis: What to know as the world’s best invade Pinehurst

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The third men’s major championship of the year sees the U.S. Open return to a Donald Ross North Carolina masterpiece, Pinehurst No. 2.

Brutal wiregrass awaits those who miss wildly with driver. Lightning-fast, crown-shaped putting surfaces make for a uniquely torturous test. The native areas at No. 2 have visibly matured in the decade since the world’s best convened here for back-to-back weeks at the 2014 U.S. Open and Women’s Open. Maybe the only star guaranteed to outshine Scottie Scheffler this week is the golf course.

Here are the top numbers and notes to know ahead of the 1,000th USGA championship ever played – the 2024 United States Open.

1. This is the fourth U.S. Open contested at Pinehurst No. 2, and the second since an extensive restoration by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw took place early last decade. In 2014, Martin Kaymer spent the first two rounds in a full sprint ahead of the field, setting the Open’s 36-hole record for scoring (130) and tying the largest ever second-round lead (6 shots). While Kaymer won by eight, 10 players finished the week between 1-under and 2-over, including Rickie Fowler (T2), Brooks Koepka (T4), Dustin Johnson (T4), Jason Day (T4), Henrik Stenson (T4) and Adam Scott (T9).

While fairways are accessible (the field hit them 70 percent of the time in ’14), the penalty for an errant drive at Pinehurst is immense. Players who hit the fairway off the tee in the 2014 U.S. Open then found the green in regulation 66 percent of the time. Following a missed fairway, that number plummeted to below 38 percent. Each of the three previous U.S. Open winners here ranked in the top 10 in the field that week in percentage of fairways hit.

In each of the previous three Opens held at Pinehurst No. 2, the field scrambled at a rate of less than 50 percent. Play around the greens is almost always more significant amidst a comprehensive exam like the U.S. Open. Complete strokes gained data is available for this championship going back to 2017. In that span, players who have finished in the top five have gained 19.5 percent of their total strokes with shots around the greens. In all other PGA Tour events in that span, that number is just 12.6 percent.

Putting these ‘upside-down cereal bowl greens’ is no picnic, either. By the traditional metric of putts per green in regulation, Pinehurst was either the most difficult or second-most-difficult course to putt in each of the 1999, 2005 and 2014 PGA Tour seasons. Ten years ago, the field successfully converted their birdie opportunities just 20.6 percent of the time, a steep decline from the season average (28.5 percent).

2. Another week, another Scottie Scheffler superlative.

Scheffler’s victory at the Memorial Tournament last week was his fifth of the 2024 season, the fastest any player has reached five PGA Tour wins in a calendar year since Tom Watson in 1980. Scheffler is just the second player since 1950 to enter a U.S. Open with at least five PGA Tour wins that season including a major. Arnold Palmer did it twice – when he won at Cherry Hills in 1960, and two years later when he lost in a playoff to Jack Nicklaus at Oakmont.

Scheffler’s distance control with his irons has been worth drooling over this year. He leads all players in average proximity to the hole, sticking it nearly four-and-a-half feet closer than the tour average. He’s not just the best from 150-175 yards away (21-6), he’s the best with a wedge in his hand, too (First from 50-125).

One of the less heralded facets of Scheffler’s greatness is his ability to avoid mistakes, one of the hallmarks of a U.S. Open setup. This season after hitting a fairway on a par 4 or 5, Scheffler has then gone on to make bogey just 5.1 percent of the time, the lowest rate of any player on the PGA Tour. Scheffler is 153-under-par in those situations this season, 25 strokes better than any other player. Good luck, y’all.

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3. Few players in modern history have been as consistently good at the U.S. Open without winning it than reigning PGA Champ Xander Schauffele. Not only is Schauffele the only player to finish in the top 15 at the U.S. Open each of the last seven years, he’s the first player to begin his U.S. Open career with seven top 15s in a row since Bobby Jones. Since World War II, only Jack Nicklaus (12) and Sam Snead (9) have a streak longer than Schauffele’s at any point in their careers. Schauffele’s career scoring average at the U.S. Open is 70.25, the best of any player the last 50 years with at least 20 rounds under their belt.

The test facing Schauffele and the field this week will be vastly different than the birdie bonanza at Valhalla. In his win last month, Schauffele became the first player in men’s professional golf history to finish 21-under-par. In the previous three U.S. Opens held at Pinehurst, there have been four players – combined – who finished better than par.

Schauffele is one of the few players with the truly complete skill set that reveals itself at a venue like Pinehurst: He is the only man on the PGA Tour this season ranked in the top 40 in strokes gained off-the-tee, approach, around the green and putting.

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4. One trend worth keeping tabs on this week is whether or not length off the tee continues to strengthen its significance at the U.S. Open. From 1984 through 2015, the average driving distance rank of U.S. Open champions for the week was 27.6. Just 44 percent of those winners ranked in the top 15 for the championship. That has changed dramatically: the last eight champions have a driving distance rank of 6.8, with each ranking in the top 15 (at least) that week.

For past winners at Pinehurst, we have seen a mixed bag when it comes to driving distance. In 1999, Payne Stewart ranked 50th of the 68 players who made the cut that week in average length off the tee. Michael Campbell was middle-of-the-pack (36th) in 2005, while Kaymer ranked seventh the week of his win. And while Johnson (4th in driving distance) and Scott (9th) finished in the top 10 here a decade ago, Erik Compton (40th) tied for runner-up.

5. If Wyndham Clark was Scheffler’s main foil earlier in the season (runner-up at Bay Hill and The Players), then Collin Morikawa has taken that mantle more recently (shared the final pairing at the Masters and the Memorial). The two-time major winner is the only player to finish in the top five this year at both the PGA and Masters. Sunday was his toughest day at both Augusta and Valhalla this year: in Rounds 1 through 3 at those two majors, he gained 4.45 strokes on the field per round. In the final round, that number dropped to -1.63.

Morikawa is one of the most improved short-game players on the PGA Tour, up from 88th in 2023 to ninth this year in strokes gained around the green. One of his other strong traits will benefit him greatly around this place: he’s second on tour in both fairways hit and distance from the edge of the fairway on tee shots.

6. Thursday will be the 149th men’s major championship round contested since Rory McIlroy won the 2014 PGA. In recent years, McIlroy has been at his best at the U.S. Open. Since 2019, his strokes gained average of +2.94 is nearly a full shot better than any of the other three biggest events in the game. McIlroy is the only player to finish in the top 10 each of the last five years at this championship. In fact, the last player with a longer streak was Jack Nicklaus, who did it in six straight from 1977 to 1982.

McIlroy leads all players in strokes gained ball striking and strokes gained total per round at the U.S. Open since 2019. A year ago at LACC, his 72-hole total of 271 was the lowest score in the history of the championship by a player who didn’t win. His 20 top-10 finishes in majors since his last win are the most of any player in that span. Each of these pieces of information pale in comparison to the simple number draped around his neck for nearly a decade running: 4. His major total.

7. At Valhalla, Bryson DeChambeau earned the ill-starred distinction of being the only player in golf history to finish a major 20 strokes under par and not win. He didn’t leave with the Wanamaker, but DeChambeau was unquestionably one of the week’s big winners. Fittingly, the closest thing the sport has to a professional wrestler has executed a reverse heel turn, eliciting arguably the loudest cheers of anybody last month in Kentucky.

Oh, by the way, he’s still an extremely good player. Nobody has gained more strokes off the tee at the majors this year than DeChambeau, which isn’t surprising. What might be, though, is that he is one of just three players to make the cut in both the Masters and PGA this year and average at least 0.3 strokes gained per round in each of the key denominations (the others are Morikawa and Tommy Fleetwood). DeChambeau is more balanced, statistically speaking, than he probably gets credit for. Can the scientist unlock another U.S. Open puzzle?

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8. While Brooks Koepka has finished outside the top 15 in each of the four majors held since his win at Oak Hill, to make him a footnote entering Thursday’s opening round is foolish. The only other time since 2016 that Koepka went four major starts in a row with no result in the top 15, he went T2 at the 2019 Masters and then won the PGA.

Brooks sandwiched a LIV Golf win in Singapore between ninth-place finishes in Adelaide and Houston. Despite the recent run of un-Brooksian major form, he’s still a combined 92 strokes under par in the majors since 2016, 16 shots better than anyone else in that span. Koepka’s 2.44 strokes gained total per round are the third-most of any player with 20 or more rounds at the U.S. Open the last 50 years, trailing only Schauffele and Tom Weiskopf.

9. Jon Rahm was forced to withdraw due to a foot infection, an understandable predicament that only emphasizes how incredible Adam Scott’s current streak in the majors is.

While it was in question for a bit, Scott is in the field this week – making his 92nd consecutive major championship start. The last major without the affable Aussie in the field was the 2001 U.S. Open, won by Retief Goosen at Southern Hills. Nick Dunlap – who won earlier this year on tour – was born more than two years later. Scott is grouped with Billy Horschel and Chris Kirk for the first two rounds.

10. In Koepka, Clark, Brian Harman, Scheffler and Schauffele, the men’s game has had five different American winners of the last five majors. It’s the first time that has happened since a run from the 1983 U.S. Open through the following year’s U.S. Open at Winged Foot (Larry Nelson, Tom Watson, Hal Sutton, Ben Crenshaw and Fuzzy Zoeller). If a sixth different American player wins this week, it will be the longest such streak since the late 1970’s.

It’s been especially difficult to recover at major championships recently after a tough opening round. Thirty-nine of the last 41 men’s major winners have opened with week with a round under par. The average first-round deficit of major champions in that stretch is a mere 2.8 strokes.

The test at Pinehurst begins Thursday morning.

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Unique Scoring at the Meijer LPGA Classic Leads to Success in Michigan

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The scorecard at Blythefield Country Club tells a very specific story. If you plan to win the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give , then you better score. The average winner’s total over the past five years is 21-under par. With five par-5s across 18 holes, it is no wonder the world’s best women show out and go low each year in Belmont, Michigan. An interesting preview for the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, 12 of the top 25 women in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings are ready to compete.

The field of 144 will be cut to the top 65 and ties after 36 holes. Three million dollars await the weekend warriors and $450,000 for first place. Seven of the nine different winners are major champions, and the defending champion is Solheim Cup star Leona Maguire. Something about this layout brings out incredible leaderboards, but diving into the details of the last few years produces trends that’ll likely show again this time around.

Nelly Korda highlights an incredible field this week, after last appearing at the U.S. Women’s Open in Lancaster. Three years ago, Korda captured our attention by winning the Meijer LPGA Classic and KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in back-to-back weeks. How did she and others conquer the field in Michigan? The secret could start with the scorecard. Blythefield Country Club has unique routing; there are five par-3s, five par-5s, and eight par-4s.

At an average of 508 yards in length, the par 5s are gettable. Past winners have destroyed the fives on their way to the winner’s circle. The best par 5 players ready to compete in this field near the top of the odds board are: Korda, Alison Lee, Atthaya Thitikul, and Georgia Hall. With five of these per round, you get 20 super scoring chances over 72 holes.

On the other end of the scoring spectrum, the field has their hands full on the par 3s. The par 3s at Blythefield are tough. Four play uphill, while the 13th hole measures 234 yards. Minjee Lee leads the LPGA Tour in par-3 scoring and is closely followed in the field by Xiyu Lin and Lilia Vu, with Vu back in action this week since withdrawing from The Chevron Championship. It could be an unbelievable edge when you consider the last two top-10 finishers at the Meijer earned a 2.90 scoring average on the 3s.

The average green size at Blythfield is 4,500 sq/ft. The fourth smallest greens on tour, BCC is also the seventh-longest course. Approach play to these small targets is the last key for success. Minjee Lee is again the leader on Tour for iron play. Narin An, Ariya Jutanugarn, and Carlota Ciganda are next for those in the field. Ciganda is also top 10 in the field for par-5 scoring. Coming off a top 20 at the U.S. Women’s Open, her last two starts at the Meijer LPGA Classic were an eighth- and fifth-place finish.

When it comes to this event, ball strikers come out the most rewarded. That keeps the weekend very exciting. While the men get punished down at Pinehurst, stay tuned to Golf Channel and CBS this week for the LPGA Tour’s No. 1 player in Michigan. She and an elite field are prepping for not just their next major, but to also take advantage of some mid-season momentum.

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