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Auto Strokes Gained

Powerful insights and statistics that will transform your approach to golf.

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Get a new perspective on your game

After playing a round of Golf using Auto Shot Tracking, mark your round as “Reviewed for strokes gained” in Rounds, and then head over to the Strokes Gained statistics page.

Strokes Gained helps you uncover your hidden strengths and pinpoint areas for improvement. Elevate your skills, optimize your strategies, and conquer the course with unrivaled precision. 

 

Get a new perspective on your game

After playing a round of Golf using Auto Shot Tracking, mark your round as “view for strokes gained” in Rounds, and then head over to the Strokes Gained statistics page.

Strokes Gained helps you uncover your hidden strengths and pinpoint areas for improvement. Elevate your skills, optimize your strategies, and conquer the course with unrivaled precision.

Understanding Strokes Gained

Averages

To understand strokes gained, one first has to look at the course a little differently. Think of any given course as a Checkerboard. Each square on this board represents a position on the hole. Each square, or position, has a number attached to it. This number is the average number of strokes it takes a professional player to hole out from that position. These averages are extracted from the plethora of round data we have here at Golfshot.

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Example Round

Strokes Gained is a very simple equation that can be used on every shot you take. All you need to know is the average from your square before you swing, and after you swing. We’ve set up a scenario where you’ve gotten a bogey on a par 4 to help demonstrate the equation in action.

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Starting Position Average

Let’s take a look at your second shot for this hypothetical hole. Before you hit the ball, we take note of your position on the course. From this position, pros will typically put the ball in the hole after 2.94 shots. This is the first number you put in the equation.

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Ending Position Average

You take your second shot and shank it into the sand bunker, happens to the best of us. While this ending position may be closer to the hole, the average actually goes up compared to your starting position because sand bunkers, as we all know, are quite difficult to get out of. In this position, pros will take an average of 3.61 shots to get their ball in the hole. This is the second number we slot into our equation.

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Your Swing

Lastly, we need to subtract your shot. In theory each shot should get you closer to the hole, so in order to represent that, we subtract 1 in our equation, bridging the gap between our starting and ending positions.

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Add it Up

Now all you have to do is basic subtraction! Crunch the numbers and you’ll know how many strokes you gained or lost on that specific swing! Knowing where you lose or gain the most strokes can help you gain a better understanding of your own game, allowing you to practice more efficiently and play to your strengths during a round.

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We Make It Easy

As you can imagine, recording several of these equations per hole can get quite exhausting and time consuming. That’s where we come in! Golfshot uses advanced Auto Shot Tracking and an extensive database to track and compile your total strokes gained in a digestible format. All you need to do is press a few extra buttons during your round. See how to effectively record strokes gained below.

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Understanding Strokes Gained

Averages

To understand strokes gained, one first has to look at the course a little differently. Think of any given course as a Checkerboard. Each square on this board represents a position on the hole. Each square, or position, has a number attached to it. This number is the average number of strokes it takes a professional player to hole out from that position. These averages are extracted from the plethora of round data we have here at Golfshot.

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Example Round

Strokes Gained is a very simple equation that can be used on every shot you take. All you need to know is the average from your square before you swing, and after you swing. We’ve set up a scenario where you’ve gotten a bogey on a par 4 to help demonstrate the equation in action.

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Starting Position Average

Let’s take a look at your second shot for this hypothetical hole. Before you hit the ball, we take note of your position on the course. From this position, pros will typically put the ball in the hole after 2.94 shots. This is the first number you put in the equation.

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Ending Position Average

You take your second shot and shank it into the sand bunker, happens to the best of us. While this ending position may be closer to the hole, the average actually goes up compared to your starting position because sand bunkers, as we all know, are quite difficult to get out of. In this position, pros will take an average of 3.61 shots to get their ball in the hole. This is the second number we slot into our equation.

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Your Swing

Lastly, we need to subtract your shot. In theory each shot should get you closer to the hole, so in order to represent that, we subtract 1 in our equation, bridging the gap between our starting and ending positions.

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Add it Up

Now all you have to do is basic subtraction! Crunch the numbers and you’ll know how many strokes you gained or lost on that specific swing! Knowing where you lose or gain the most strokes can help you gain a better understanding of your own game, allowing you to practice more efficiently and play to your strengths during a round.

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We Make It Easy

As you can imagine, recording several of these equations per hole can get quite exhausting and time consuming. That’s where we come in! Golfshot uses advanced Auto Shot Tracking and an extensive database to track and compile your total strokes gained in a digestible format. All you need to do is press a few extra buttons during your round. See how to effectively record strokes gained below.

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How to Use Strokes Gained

Step 1

Go into your Settings and turn on Auto Shot Tracking. This allows us to track each shot on the course and collect the necessary information to calculate strokes gained.

Step 2

Play a round!

Step 3

During your round, look for our new green-mode on your Apple Watch and tap the flag icon to set the pin for each hole.

Step 4

After each putt you take, make sure you record each ball’s distance from the flag on your Apple Watch. This helps us give you a more accurate putting stat when calculating each part of your strokes gained.

Step 5

Once you’re finished with your round, go into the Rounds tab on Golfshot, and toggle the “Review for Strokes Gained” button on. Make sure to review your Tracked Shots on that round to check for accuracy.

Step 6

Finally, go to the Statistics tab and look for strokes gained. There you will find your overall round data as well as your individual round data.

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