#SHORT GAME GOLF DRIVER#
#SHORT GAME GOLF FULL#

You can see that even the best players in the world on average have at least 6 chipping and pitching opportunities every time they step on the course due to missed greens. Where do the shots go? Since the best players on the PGA Tour only average hitting 12 greens per round that means we will have to do some chipping, pitching, and putting along the way. That gives us a score of 68, a great score.

#SHORT GAME GOLF FULL#

Let’s go a step further and take our 18 full swing iron/wood shots and we assume that we hit every green in regulation, then we added an average of two putts per hole, 36. All this to shot a score of 90, so think about your goals and abilities and what it might take. This doesn’t leave much room for a 3 putt and it also means on average we should be 2 putting every hole and one put one of the holes. That in turn means we will have 35 putts for 18 holes or 1.94 putts per hole on average. The average player that shoots 90 might hit 5 greens in regulation, so there will be 13 chip shots from around the green.

This means that roughly 48 shots are left for chipping and putting. So, you have hit 47% of your total shots and we have not talked about chipping or putting just yet. Since there are 12 par 4’s, 4 pars 5’s, and 4 par 3’s on average that would mean you will be required to hit a minimum of 28 iron/wood or 31% of your shots from the fairway or rough. This will on average leave you a shot into the green that will require you to hit an iron or wood into the green.

#SHORT GAME GOLF DRIVER#

There are typically four par threes on a golf course, so that means you will typically hit your driver 14 times or 16% of the time during a round of golf. So, let give you the benefit of the doubt and say you shot 90 for the day. The National Golf Foundation reports that 74% of golfers don’t break the score of 90 on a regular basis. Lets think about this for a minute, when you play a round of golf there are 18 holes. putts, chips, woods) you hit most during a round of golf? *One, what is the weakest part of my game? Typical practice sessions are after work or just before a around of golf, so even though there is not much time you need to maximize what time you do have. Short game to long game ratio is something that many players fail to think about when evaluating their golf games and more importantly their practice schedule.

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