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HCP +2.4 Avg +3.1 57 rounds
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Biggest leaks right now

Whether you're improving or slipping is on the Progress page.

1 Shape failure → missed green seen 196× high conf. details ▸

196 approaches with shape failures → 99 missed greens (50%) → -36.6 SG.

On course: Aim center of green when both sides have trouble — your shape reliability is the variable, not your line.

Practice: Range work on shape commitment — same target with different shapes back-to-back.

2 Short-side: causes & consequences seen 50× med conf. details ▸

50 short-sides (2.8/round). Mostly from over-drawn long-left. After: 2 birdies, 21 pars, 24 bogeys (51% bogey rate, 45% up-and-down). Chip+putt SG on these holes: -8.9.

On course: Never aim at a short-side pin. Take the fat side every time. Your short-sides are mostly caused by over-drawn long-left. When it happens, you bogey 51% of the time.

Worth asking them:

  • Before each approach to a tucked pin, are you identifying WHERE THE FAT SIDE IS — and aiming at it?
  • Did you have a clear acceptable miss zone picked BEFORE the swing, or were you aimed at the pin?
  • On the short-sides that resulted in bogey, did you commit to the safe target or change your line to the pin at the last second?
  • What's your default rule for tucked pins — center of green every time, or judge each one individually? Players who score the lowest pick a rule and stick to it.
3 Comebacker miss → 3-putt seen 203× high conf. details ▸

19 3-putts in window.

Practice: Make-or-bust 3-5ft putt drills.

+3 more leaksshow ▸

4. Bogey streaks — 19 bogey streaks, avg length 2.5 holes.

5. Approach distance leaks: 200 yds+, 125-150 yds — Leaking yardages — 200 yds+: 13% GIR, -0.15 SG/shot | 125-150 yds: 68% GIR, -0.18 SG/shot

6. Forced layup → recovery → score impact — ~0.9 forced layups per round (19 total). 10 of 19 layup holes became bogey (53%). Recovery approach SG: -3.3.

Strength Recovery after a double — You don't spiral after a double — you bounce back.
How to read this (20 rounds analyzed) • Leaks ranked by relative impact, not absolute strokes saved (the chain engine's stroke estimate is window-calibrated and not shown here).
• Single-window view — one cold round is noise; real trends need the multi-round signal-vs-noise comparison.
Strokes gained — per 18 holes vs the Tour baseline, last 20 rounds (9-holers count their real 9 — nothing doubled)
Off the tee -1.1 strk / 18
Approach -3.7 strk / 18
Around the green +0.6 strk / 18
One caveat: around the green is the one place SG flatters — your scrambling and up-&-downs run below tour, because the chip is fine and the par putt after it misses. Judge the short game on scrambling, not this number.
Putting -2.6 strk / 18
Total: -6.8 strokes per 18 vs Tour (a +2.4 handicap averages about -5.6)
Where your bogeys come from — every over-par stroke split by what caused it (adds up to your scorecard). 5.2 over-par strokes a round.
Approach play 41.5 strk · 40% · 45 holes
Penalties 28.5 strk · 27% · 20 holes
Putting 19.0 strk · 18% · 19 holes
Short game 9.5 strk · 9% · 8 holes
Off the tee 6.5 strk · 6% · 16 holes
25% of your bogey+ holes had two or more things go wrong — 32 strokes lost when mistakes stack.
Why the approach gap (-2.0 strk / 18)

You over-draw 42% of your approaches — they miss left and drop your greens-hit from 70% to 56%.

Shape failure → missed green seen 196× — 196 approaches with shape failures → 99 missed greens (50%) → -36.6 SG.

On course: Aim center of green when both sides have trouble — your shape reliability is the variable, not your line.

Approach distance leaks: 200 yds+, 125-150 yds seen 91× — Leaking yardages — 200 yds+: 13% GIR, -0.15 SG/shot | 125-150 yds: 68% GIR, -0.18 SG/shot

On course: Across 200 yds+, 125-150 yds, default to center-of-green and away from short-side trouble. A 30-foot putt is worth two strokes saved on a short-side miss.

Why the putting gap (-0.9 strk / 18)

Comebacker miss → 3-putt seen 203× — 19 3-putts in window.

Handicap index

+2.4 Lowest 8 of 20 rounds counted
+6 +1 4 9 5/26 · differential -3.0 (counting) 5/31 · differential 6.6 5/31 · differential 2.9 6/3 · differential 6.4 6/4 · differential 5.0 6/7 · differential 1.8 (counting) 6/10 · differential 3.4 6/12 · differential -4.2 (counting) 6/13 · differential 5.8 6/14 · differential -3.9 (counting) 6/16 · differential 1.8 (counting) 6/18 · differential 3.0 6/20 · differential 1.9 6/22 · differential 6.8 6/23 · differential 7.8 6/30 · differential 8.0 7/3 · differential 1.8 (counting) 7/4 · differential -2.7 (counting) 7/6 · differential -2.7 (counting) 7/8 · differential 3.4 5/26 6/4 6/13 6/20 7/3 7/8
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