[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":20},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-golf-statistics-benchmarks-for-golf-statistics-by-skill-level":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"subtitle":6,"image":7,"imageAlt":8,"category":9,"html":12,"wordCount":13,"prev":14,"next":17},"benchmarks-for-golf-statistics-by-skill-level","Benchmarks for Golf Statistics by Skill Level","Use statistics as a guidepost, not a verdict, as your game develops.","\u002Fimg\u002Fgolf-statistics\u002Fbenchmarks-for-golf-statistics-by-skill-level_benchmarks-golf-statistics.png","Benchmarks for Golf Statistics by Skill Level illustration",{"slug":10,"title":11},"golf-statistics","Golf statistics","\u003Ch3>Use ranges, not verdicts\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Benchmarks for statistics are guide rails. A 20-handicapper and a 5-handicapper should not judge the same number the same way, because their recovery skills, distance, and course choices differ. Improvement is usually the fairest benchmark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ctable>\n\u003Cthead>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Cth>Player goal\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003Cth>Useful focus\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Fthead>\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>Breaking 100\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>Reduce penalties and three-putts\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>Breaking 90\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>Improve approach contact and short-game saves\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>Breaking 80\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>Tighten dispersion and wedge control\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Ch3>Track your trend\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>If the pattern is improving over a month, you’re moving. Don’t let one windy Saturday erase four good rounds of evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",94,{"slug":15,"title":16},"common-misinterpretations-of-golf-statistics","Common Misinterpretations of Golf Statistics",{"slug":18,"title":19},"how-pros-use-golf-statistics-differently-from-amateurs","How Pros Use Golf Statistics Differently from Amateurs",1782812355261]