New: the free Round X-Ray is live. Plug in one round and see where your strokes are going.

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Round X-Ray

Enter one round's stats and get an estimate of where the strokes went. This is a simplified model, not official strokes gained, see how it works before you trust it too far.

Enter a par between 60 and 80.
Enter a number, no more than your driving holes.
Usually 14 of 18 holes have a fairway to hit.
Enter a number from 0 to 18.
Enter your total putts for the round.
Can't be more than attempts.
Any time you missed the green and tried to save par.
Optional: tally your misses (chunks, thins, slices, and so on)

Rough counts are fine, and none of this is required. Leave anything you didn't notice at 0.

Before you start

Don't have all six numbers from a real round yet? Print the round tracker and bring it next time out, or just estimate to see how the tool works.

Reading the result

Why did putting show up so small even though I three-putted twice?

Putting is weighted at 1 stroke per putt above the benchmark, which is exact but only looks at the total, not which holes. Two three-putts on an otherwise good putting day can look smaller here than it felt in the moment. Track a few rounds before trusting the trend over a single bad putting day.

Can I trust this after just one round?

Treat one round as a hint, not a verdict. A single missed up-and-down attempt swings that percentage a lot. The signal gets more reliable once the same category keeps showing up across several rounds.

I don't know my exact fairways or putts, can I still use this?

Yes. Tap “Not sure? Estimate instead” under fairways, greens, putts, or up-and-down and drag the slider to a rough guess instead of typing an exact count. The math behind the result is identical either way, it just starts from a rougher number.

What's the miss tally for?

It's a second, separate signal from the strokes-lost math above: log how many shots you chunked, thinned, topped, shanked, sliced, hooked, pushed, or pulled, and it points at the most common one with likely causes and a couple of drills. It's a pattern-matcher, not a swing analysis, treat it as a starting point for what to look at, not a diagnosis.

Where's the full methodology?

Every weight and benchmark used above is explained, with its sources and limits, in this post.

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