# What a fairway is worth

Fairways hit counts how many par 4 and par 5 tee shots finish on the short grass, and on the published baseline a fairway is worth about 0.25 of a stroke against the rough at 150 yards, while a tee shot out of bounds costs 2.05. The stat is useful once it is priced: the miss that matters is the one into trouble, not the one into light rough.

## Key figures

- A fairway is worth about 0.25 of a stroke against the rough at 150 yards on the published baseline.
- A tee shot out of bounds on a 400 yard hole costs 2.05 strokes.

## Scope

- The lie costs are the published baseline; the tee shot rows come from the site’s tee shot model with a stated driver distance and spread on two example holes.

Full page: https://pinflag.io/fairways-hit