# How to break 70 in golf

A 69 on a par 72 needs three more birdies than bogeys: three birdies and fifteen pars, or four birdies, one bogey and thirteen pars. It is a scratch level round, and on the benchmark model a scratch golfer sits about 1 stroke a round behind the tour average, so breaking 70 is a day of tour level golf from tee to green rather than a lucky putting round.

## Key figures

- A 69 on a par 72 is three birdies and fifteen pars, or four birdies, one bogey and thirteen pars.
- From 150 yards in the fairway an approach to 10 feet is worth 0.32 strokes against the tour average; the 10 footer is holed about 37 percent of the time.

## Scope

- Compositions are arithmetic on a par 72 with no doubles; the shot values are the published tour baseline and the benchmark model’s scratch gap.

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