Each club has a circle of Precision.
The more Precision the club has the smaller the circle, but when you Ding! (Excellent) a shot, the ball will land somewhere within that circle.
If you miss the Ding! (Excellent) early or late, the ball lands outside of that circle of Precision by an amount determined by the club's Forgiveness rating.
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What do the Club Ratings mean?
The ratings chart rates the attributes associated with each club, such as precision, forgiveness, and spin. These ratings define how the club performs when used in the game. In the example below, the ratings for the driver you are viewing appears on the left, and for comparison the driver ratings of the driver you are using are on the right. You can see that the selected driver has better precision and more distance than the equipped driver.
Avg. Distance: Displays the average distance the ball will travel when hit at full strength on a flat surface and with no wind
Trajectory: Indicates the general height of the ball flight
Precision: Defines generally how close to the aiming point the ball will land based on where you hit on the swing meter
Forgiveness: Displays how much Distance and Precision the ball will lose if not hit perfectly
Shot Shaping: Displays the level of "workability" of the club to move the ball left or right during flight
Spin: Defines the level of spin the club will transfer to the ball. A ball with more spin will stop faster on the green
Meter Speed: Indicates the speed at which the swing meter moves, the lower the number the faster the meter will move.