Strokes Gained (SG) measures how your performance compares to a benchmark golfer from the same position on the course.

Positive (+) → you performed better than average
Negative (–) → you performed worse than average

Every shot is evaluated based on how many strokes it should take to finish the hole from that position.

📐 SG Categories

Your performance is split into four key areas:

🏌️ Off the Tee (OTT) – Driving distance and accuracy
🎯 Approach – Shots into the green (typically 50m+)
🍀 Short Game – Chips, pitches, and bunker shots near the green
⛳ Putting – Performance on the green

Each category shows how many strokes you gain or lose per round.

📊 How to read your numbers

A value like +1.5 SG means you gain 1.5 strokes per round in that area
A value like -2.0 SG means you lose 2 strokes per round

👉 The lower (more negative) the number, the more it is costing your score.

📈 What SG tells you

Strokes Gained helps you:

• Identify strengths (where you gain strokes)
• Identify weaknesses (where you lose strokes)
• Understand what impacts your score the most

Not all areas affect scoring equally—improving the right category can lead to faster score improvements.

📏 Deeper insights

SG can also break down performance by:

• Distance (e.g. approach shots from 100–150 m)
• Lie (fairway, rough, bunker)
• Putting ranges (short, mid, long putts)

This helps pinpoint exactly where strokes are gained or lost.

⚠️ Mistakes and impact

Large mistakes (penalties, duffs, 3-putts) show up as big negative SG values.
Reducing these has a direct and often significant effect on your total score.

🎯 How to use SG

• Focus practice on your largest negative areas
• Maintain your strongest categories
• Track trends over time to measure improvement

👉 Small improvements in the right area can lead to meaningful score reductions.

💡 Key takeaway
Strokes Gained is not just about how you score—
it explains why you score the way you do, and where you can improve most efficiently.