UlyssesSky
Head Pro
Thanks for the info! :thup:
Thanks for the info! :thup:
User 105
Journeyman Pro
Just uploaded this mornings round and looks like they have introduced the strokes gained feature on the website. 
DaveL
Assistant Pro
My putting is coming in at -0.24 😀, I must admit it's the most improved part of my game (that's torn it) ever since I have been more positive and trying to get every putt past the hole. Just got to sort out the rest of my game now 😀
woody69
Journeyman Pro
I don't really get the strokes gained feature.
MendieGK
Tour Winner
I think they've got it wrong though surely it should be the other way round if it's 'strokes gained'. Mine shows as -2.79 on approach which I'm pretty pleased with.
DaveL
Assistant Pro
No minus figures are good, or that's the way I read it anyway.
MendieGK
Tour Winner
Yeah i agree as there is no way I'm better than scratch with putting. But given that it's called strokes gained, I think it's the wrong way round
DaveL
Assistant Pro
You will have to take that up with the founder/inventor, sounds better than strokes lost 😀
jdpjamesp
Q-School Graduate
Completely agree. Gaining a negative is a loss. So it should be strokes gained, but a positive number.
MendieGK
Tour Winner
The strokes gained on tour stats show as a positive number.
Scott W
Assistant Pro
Our winter league is 4BBB matchplay so I dont plan to use GG as seems pointless if dont finish some (=lots of :-( ) holes
Would you guys agree?
Would you guys agree?
DaveL
Assistant Pro
Ok I think I'm wrong, that's what 3hrs sleep after a night shift does 😀
My stats are off the tee 3.2, approach 6.1, short game 5.57 and putting -0.24, so if I sort my putting out, I will be better than a scratch golfer, which I'm clearly not.
Even if it puts handicap into the equation, which there's no mention on GG's website the numbers still seem quite high
My stats are off the tee 3.2, approach 6.1, short game 5.57 and putting -0.24, so if I sort my putting out, I will be better than a scratch golfer, which I'm clearly not.
Even if it puts handicap into the equation, which there's no mention on GG's website the numbers still seem quite high
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Jake O'Reilly
GM Staff
Ok I think I'm wrong, that's what 3hrs sleep after a night shift does 
My stats are off the tee 3.2, approach 6.1, short game 5.57 and putting -0.24, so if I sort my putting out, I will be better than a scratch golfer, which I'm clearly not.
Quite the opposite, you currently putt 0.24 strokes per round better than the average scratch golfer, but lose 3 shots to them off the tee, 6 from 100 yards out and 5 from 100 yards and in. 3+6+5=14 (your handicap), so a bit of work on your iron play, pitching and chipping would be the best place to start.
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Deleted member 16999
Guest
I still use it in this format and just record the holes I complete, say as Stableford comps if I NR on a hole without putting out, I delete that hole and record the rest.
DaveL
Assistant Pro
Cheers Jake, that makes sense. So I was right the first time, even if I didn't know why 😀
Thanks again for clearing that up:thup:
Thanks again for clearing that up:thup:
3565
Journeyman Pro
Strokes gained stats are negative is a loss on the field positive is a gain.
If I remember the book right if you have an 8ft putt on ave tour players will do it in 1.5 shots so if you hole it you gain .5 (half) of a shot on the field, if you 2 putt then you've lost .5 of a shot. So everytime you hit a shot from driving to putting your either gaining or losing dependant on how far the hole is and the distance you've covered and got left to the hole.
If I remember the book right if you have an 8ft putt on ave tour players will do it in 1.5 shots so if you hole it you gain .5 (half) of a shot on the field, if you 2 putt then you've lost .5 of a shot. So everytime you hit a shot from driving to putting your either gaining or losing dependant on how far the hole is and the distance you've covered and got left to the hole.
UlyssesSky
Head Pro
Technically you're right, if you take more shots than a scratch player, the number should be negative. I guess they decided to handle the statistic similar to handicaps...
Or who of you actually replies with e.g. "MINUS 10" when asked for their handicap? Since so few people have actual plus handicaps, it makes sense to just drop the "minus" and simply say the number.
The same is true for strokes gained: almost everybody is losing strokes vs. a scratch player in (almost) all aspects of the game. So why hassle with negative numbers.
The bar graph is also easier readable with positive numbers, and simply gives you the number of strokes you're losing as an absolute value.
MendieGK
Tour Winner
Not on Game golf though. It's the other way round, that's my whole argument that I think they have it wrong.
3565
Journeyman Pro
You got to be kidding me? Why on gods earth with the PGA and shot link do it one way then they go and do the opposite! Makes no sense.
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Deleted member 16999
Guest
This is exactly how Game Golf explain it on their how it works link, using the exact example you've put
https://gamegolf.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2198476
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