What should my stats be?

[Ron]

Does anyone know what the average stats are for golfers 0-12, 13-20, etc?

On the Golf Mates web site it gives these averages:

Grade A:
driving accuracy 58%
Greens in Reg 43%
Putts per Round 31.42

Which is helpful, but.......

But what about Up & Down % per round?
Greens missed?
Sand saves % ?

My Up and down rate is about 24%.
Putts per round is 32.7
However I only hit 35% of greens (my Greens in Regulation rate varies between 33% and 44%, av'ge allegedly 35% because of 2 particularly bad rounds; and my driving accuracy is 59%)

Am I a shit putter, a shit chipper, or both? (I feel like I'm a good putter, but the stats tell a different story. I have slid up to 8.0 since landing in Oz, I was off 5 in the UK (4.6) and I must admit to finding these Bermuda greens difficult. I play at 2 courses, one with Bermuda grass and one bent grass. I feel the bent grass course is helping my putting stats, the other one is killing them.

[BenM]

It's be nice to know. The fairways, GIR and putts are probably not far off my averages.

Up and downs I'd be > 24% but probably < 50% sadly.

Sand saves I'd be 30% maybe?

Not sure if I am your average A grader though. I've always considered my short game worse than average for my 6 handicap.

[matty]

I think your GIR are your problem. 35% is ordinary. Off 5 you'd want to be hitting about 10-12 a round. Start hitting a few more greens and you'll come down again.

[mrbluu]

Ben and Ron putting is directly related to how often you hit it inside 10-15feet. consider myself a decent ball striker and putter, but well below average in short game. Putting stats are deceiving if you are either hitting a lot of greens or you are hitting it outside the 10-15 feet range.

I found over the years and especially recently that my putting is related to how many times I can hit it inside the 10-15 feet range. The more I hit it inside this range the more 1 putts I make. I've hit 12 or 13 greens but had 30 putts and still played and putter really well cos a lot of 1st putts were from outside this range. Sometimes I chip the ball really well, but if I'm leaving myself difficult shots in hard to get it inside the 10-15 range, then that's is a ball striking issue.

Secret is getting it inside 10-15feet range. If you can do this all day and you are having a lot of putts then it's a putting issue. If you need to chip it to get inside this range then it's a ball striking issue.

[Courty]

No idea what the averages for amateurs should be, but the pros numbers can be found on the PGA Tour site.

My stats for the last few years are here. FWIW, I consider ball-striking to be the biggest weakness in my game... FIR & GIRs back that up.

[bergsey]

Check this out http://gogolfstats.com/?page_id=67

[markTHEblake]

Does anyone know what the average stats are for golfers 0-12, 13-20, etc?

Here is some stuff for ya
http://www.ozgolf.net/showthread.php...e-of-handicaps

[Ron]

Ah, that is a great thread, thanks very much!

I like the advice to look at your stats for each category and then read across to see what handicap that puts you in. In my own case that means:

Putting - (1.9 per hole for GIR and 1.8 per hole overall) that is the expected range for a 2 to 4 handicap
Fairways hit (59%) equates to 3 or 4 handicap
GIR (36%) equates to a 12 -13 handicap
Up and Downs (25%) equates to a 15 handicap.

So my problem is ball striking with the irons, and chipping.