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Apr 2024
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Saturday Morning Golf Stat - GIR, Scratc...

Golf Swing Productions by Mark Crossfield Greg Chalmers and Lou Stagner
About this episode

Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. This week's stat is simple: greens in regulation, the "traditional" stat that has the greatest correlation with handicap and scoring. In this episode, Lou asks Mark and Greg to guess the average GIRs of a scratch golfer and of a 15-index player. After, they give advice to help with your approaches to the green—and your approach to golf.


Each of these will be a mini-episode (10-15 minutes long) about an interesting golf stat. We will discuss what you can learn, and most importantly, how you can apply this on the golf course to lower your scores and lower your handicap.


Listen on your drive to the golf course or over your Saturday morning coffee!


Data is sourced from Arccos Golf. They have over 750 MILLION shots in their database. 


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