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The short game by distance

The published lie tables begin at 20 yards, where the tour average needs 2.400 strokes from the fairway, 2.590 from the rough and 2.530 from the sand; by 60 yards the sand has risen to 3.150. Every distance from 20 to 95 yards has its own page below, priced by lie and by leave.

The scale

Expected strokes to hole out from three lies at five yard steps. The sand is the hardest lie at every distance and the gap widens with distance.

Short game distances from 20 to 95 yards

Short game distances from 20 to 95 yards
DistanceFairwayRoughSand
20 yards2.4002.5902.530
25 yards2.4502.6382.603
30 yards2.5002.6852.675
35 yards2.5502.7332.748
40 yards2.6002.7802.820
45 yards2.6252.8132.903
50 yards2.6502.8452.985
55 yards2.6752.8783.068
60 yards2.7002.9103.150
65 yards2.7132.9233.173
70 yards2.7252.9353.195
75 yards2.7382.9483.218
80 yards2.7502.9603.240
85 yards2.7632.9753.238
90 yards2.7752.9903.235
95 yards2.7883.0053.233

One page per distance

Each page prices the shot from every lie, by leave, against a full wedge, and shows the one putt rate the leave gives you.

In PinFlag

PinFlag prices every chip, pitch and bunker shot from the lie it started in, read from the course map, and from the leave you placed in feet. Insights shows short-game proximity by lie, up and downs and sand saves, two-chips under Score Killers and a heat map of where your leaves finish.

Frequently asked questions

Where do the short game tables start?
At 20 yards. The published lie tables are flat below it, so a shot from inside 20 yards is priced at the 20 yard value, and the putting table takes over on the green.
How is a chip priced in strokes gained?
Expected strokes where it started, minus expected putts where it finished, minus one. From 25 yards in the rough the start is 2.638, so a chip to 3 feet gains +0.58 and a chip to 10 feet +0.01.
How much harder is a bunker shot?
At 25 yards the sand needs 2.603 strokes against 2.638 from the rough and 2.450 from the fairway on the published tables.
What leave converts an up and down?
Inside 6 feet: the tour table holes about 64.30 percent from there, against 21.60 percent from 15 feet.
Which golf app does this on the course?
PinFlag, on iPhone. It prices any target on the hole you are playing before you swing, with your own dispersion and the lie read from the course map, draws your real shots on the hole with Shot Cloud, logs a shot in two taps with nothing to buy, and breaks every round down shot by shot. Golfer is $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year with a 14-day trial on the annual plan through the App Store.

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Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the published baselines, the same ones PinFlag prices your shots with. The scope of the figures: Every value is the published tour baseline, which begins at 20 yards for the lie tables; one putt rates are read from the published putting table.

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PinFlag shows you this number on the course, for the shot in front of you, before you swing: any target priced with your own dispersion and the lie read from the course map, your real shots drawn on the hole, and two taps to log. Golfer is $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year, with a 14-day trial on the annual plan through the App Store.

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