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Pick a part of the game — the ranked leaks, then every question card, same numbers as the app.

Leak

Your over-draw is costing you greens

Worth ~2.6 strokes a round to fix

100% of your over-draws that miss finish left of the green, and they cost you 38 strokes.

On the course: 100% of your over-draws that miss finish left of the green. Aim at the right edge and let it work back — starting it at the flag leaves the curve nowhere to go.

Practice: 51% of your shape misses are over-draws. Same target, half the curve — commit to the smaller shape and hit it back-to-back. It bites hardest 150-200 yards — work it there, not with the wedges.

Leak

Your approaches from 175-200 yds, 200 yds+, 150-175 yds — a distance-control problem

Worth ~2.0 strokes a round to fix

You finish short — 71% of them, 10yds short on average.

On the course: Across 175-200 yds, 200 yds+, 150-175 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.

Leak

Mid Irons go short

Worth ~1.1 strokes a round to fix

Your mid irons are systematically short — not scattered, short on average across 63 shots. That's a yardage number, not a swing fault.

On the course: Take one more club on full mid irons — they consistently leak short.

Practice: Range time finding real carry numbers for mid irons.

Leak

Under-draw → right miss

Worth ~0.4 strokes a round to fix

This is the smaller half of your shape problem — 26% of your shape misses are the draw NOT turning (the rest over-turn). When it doesn't turn it holds out right, 61% of the time — so it's a different miss to plan for, not a contradiction.

On the course: When the ball misses right, take the medicine. Hero recovery shots compound; pitch out and accept bogey.

Leak

Over-draw → long-left miss

Worth ~0.4 strokes a round to fix

On the course: On left-tucked pins, aim center green every time. Long-left is your dead zone.

[A2] What is your most common miss on approach shots?

#MissShotsShareSG a shot
1Over draw2420%-0.29
2Under draw1613%-0.26
3Wrong shape119%-0.58
4Over fade11%+0.11

You land the shape you called on 57% of measured approaches.

WHY

The over draw is your #1 miss into greens — 20% of measured approaches, -0.29 a shot.

[A8] The shape bill

ShapeShotsTotalA round
Over draw53-9.40-1.25
Wrong shape25-8.30-1.11
Under draw25-5.00-0.67
On target115+5.10+0.67

Tee and approach shots together. Quick-logged shots can't be shape-coded and aren't billed here.

WHY

The over draw is your biggest single bill: 1.2 strokes a round — not on any one swing, on volume (53 shots). All shape faults together cost 3.0 a round; your on-target shots gain strokes.

[A9] Where the pin was cut

PinShotsGreensWhen onShort-sidedSG a shot
Front3956%17 ft59%-0.07
Middle5465%29 ft26%-0.13
Back4450%29 ft18%-0.20
Left2962%25 ft18%-0.09
Center7351%24 ft31%-0.19
Right3569%28 ft55%-0.07

Front/middle/back and left/center/right are separate reads of the same shots — measured in your real approach direction.

WHY

Back pins are your expensive pin: 50% greens and -0.20 a shot, against 65% and -0.13 when it's cut middle. When the pin is deep, take the middle-of-green number and let it release.

[A10] Scoring wedges vs the pin

PinShotsGreensWhen onShort-sidedSG a shot
Front2268%17 ft86%-0.07
Middle3187%27 ft0%-0.01
Back1688%22 ft0%+0.02
Left1385%22 ft50%+0.06
Center3879%24 ft50%-0.04
Right1883%21 ft33%-0.03

Wedge-named clubs from your bag, 20 yds to your longest wedge carry. Layups, recoveries and chips excluded.

[A5] Your approach misses, ranked

#MissShotsSG a missShort-sided
1Short left16-0.4944%
2Short right15-0.4713%
WHY

Your most common miss — short left — is also your most expensive at -0.49 a miss, and it short-sides you 44% of the time.

[A1] Approaches by distance

FromShotsGreens hitSG a shot
75-100 yds1771%-0.12
100-125 yds2868%-0.13
125-150 yds1377%-0.18
150-175 yds2450%-0.24
175-200 yds2060%-0.22
200+ yds2759%-0.22

Penalty shots excluded — a ball in the water is not a yardage error.

[A3] Same distance, shape held vs failed

FromHeld: missed greenFailed: missed green
150-200 yds32% (22)76% (17)
200+ yds50% (12)100% (12)

Band-matched on purpose — distance is the confound.

WHY

From 150-200 yds, you miss the green 76% of the time when the shape fails vs 32% when it holds. Same distance, same clubs — the greens you lose there are a shape problem, not a yardage problem.

[A7] Wedge distances

FromShotsSG a shotGreens hitWhen on
70-90 yds13-0.0877%22 ft
90-110 yds19-0.1068%24 ft
110-130 yds16-0.1369%24 ft

[A4] Short or long — the depth truth

Approaches measured144
Typical finish (median)2 yds short
Finish short of the hole69%

The median is the honest number — a few huge misses drag the average.

[A11] Wind — into and down

WindShotsFinish depthShortSG a shot
Into the wind2412 yds short83%-0.14
Downwind254 yds short64%-0.06
Calm-ish956 yds short67%-0.17
WHY

Into a headwind you finish short 83% of the time, 12 yds deep on average — the wind is being under-clubbed. Take one more and swing the same.

[A11] Wind — across

WindShotsDriftFinish leftSG a shot
Wind right-to-left351 yds left57%-0.18
Wind left-to-right322 yds right34%-0.13
Calm-ish770 yds left52%-0.14

Drift is where the ball finished vs the plan, averaged.

[T5] Shot shape by approach club

ClubShotsOn planOver-shapedUnder-shapedWrong way
60 Degree Wedge3568%18%9%4%
56 Degree Wedge1762%25%6%6%
8 Iron1550%21%7%21%
Pitching Wedge1536%50%14%0%

Percentages are of shots with a measured shape.

[A12] Start line into greens

ClubStartShotsSG a shot
5 Hybridon line5+0.19
52 Degree Wedgeon line10-0.29
56 Degree Wedgeon line16-0.01
6 Ironon line8+0.18
60 Degree Wedgeon line34+0.04
8 Ironon line14-0.43
9 Ironon line14-0.13
Pitching Wedgeon line11-0.24

Detailed shots only — a quick-logged start line is scored against a synthetic target and is never graded.