Guides
Short answers to the questions behind the numbers, in a sentence or two each. If you want the arithmetic rather than the definition, the reference pages below carry it: a calculator, the published tables, and a worked example you can check.
Reference, computed
Every page below is built from the published baselines at render time: a table, the arithmetic behind it, and what the number is worth in strokes.
Distances
Handicap and scoring
The stats, priced
Course management
PinFlag for every golfer
Start here
- What strokes gained is: the formula, a whole par 4 worked shot by shot, and a calculator. The shot values sum exactly to what the hole was expected to cost minus what it did cost, so you can check the arithmetic rather than trust it.
- Which statistics are worth tracking: why putts per round can move in the opposite direction to putting skill, with two rounds computed to prove it.
- How a handicap is calculated: the World Handicap System formula, the table of how many rounds count, and a calculator that takes your scores.
- Where these numbers come from: the published baselines behind everything on this site, and the four places they stop being reliable.
Quick answers
One question, one answer, no scrolling.