Those are different questions. That fairways hit doesnt var6 vary much according to skill or distance is still true, which was the discussion.Statistics are like mini-skirts.
How often are pros OOB? How often are they an inch off the fairway and therefore "missed""?
Sure, the hackers miss of a drive topped 50 yards into the rough doesnt have the same impact as a 300 yd drive faded a yard of the fairway. But overall it does guide that going shorter, with the bet on more accuracy, and thus better scores, doesnt hold true. About 55 hits is the mean. If it were otherwise, pros would tail back their distance from 320 to 240 and increase their % fairways. But they dont, because they would lose more than they would gain from it.