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You Average Five Strokes From How Far!?!

Friend of mine sent me a text recently asking a question related to scoring. It is “semi-related” to today’s topic and will be a really interesting future article.

I relayed this question to a group text with some friends, and that second conversation is what sparked today’s newsletter.

I asked them a simple question:

How long would a hole need to be for the typical player to average 5 shots. I was looking for an answer for different skill levels (0 index, 5 index, 10 index, 15 index and 20 index).

They all put their guesses in and I was really surprised at how far off they were, so I thought it would make an interesting article.

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Here it is by skill level. This is how long the hole needs to be for the typical player to average 5.00 shots.

• 0 index: 530 yards

• 5 index: 464 yards

• 10 index: 403 yards

• 15 index: 346 yards

• 20 index: 275 yards

My Thoughts

If you are like most of my friends, you are probably surprised by at least a few of these numbers!

I am keeping this week’s episode short and sweet. I am leaving in just a few hours to go the the US Amateur. I am caddying. Practice rounds this weekend and starts on Monday.

I am planning to find some interesting situations that come up and discuss a few of them in future newsletters. There are several very interesting holes that will make for some good discussion.

Wish us luck! :)

See you next week!

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