Ken (and one thing for WGT as well):
The putting page needs some work, but I can understand that
it would not be a high priority for WGT. For example, let’s look at the info
provided (this is mine this morning):
Longest Putt Made 108 Ft.
Pretty straightforward and is nice to see as it is a distant
memory - lol.
Putting Avg. Per Hole 1.62
Nice to have and a
good statistic for WGT to keep, does show your improvement over time but the
more rounds a person plays the slower it changes and therefore cannot be used
in any linear analysis.
Putting Avg. Per Round 14.85
This is a totally meaningless statistic in my mind as 9 hole
rounds are treated the same as an 18 hole round. So what does this statistic tell
you – absolutely nothing - my 9 hole round average number of putts is approximately
14.58 (9 * 1.62) and 18 hole rounds is approximately 21.96 (18 * 1.62) so
really all it tells anyone is that I do not play a lot of 18 hole rounds but
you can look at my awards page and see that…
One Putt % 41.38%
Two Putt % 53.32%
Three Putts or More % 5.29%
This is the only really useful statistic on the page, if you
work out the numbers behind the statistic, as once again just because the 1
putt percentage is going up slower does not mean your putting has gotten worse –
rather the denominator is just getting larger. The way I understand this
statistic is that the percentage is calculated based on the number of putting
opportunities (number of greens you have been on).
As a confirmed statistics freak I track a lot of info.
Whenever I purchase a new club, or change tiers or play 100 rounds I save every
statistic WGT provides (well 90% anyway). I also keep those statistics current
after every few rounds.
Due to the fact that I save my stats frequently, I can
discover how I am doing lately with a few calculations with the numbers provided.
This is one good example of just that, I add the number of Eagles, Birdies,
Pars, Bogeys, Doubles and other then subtract holed shots. That gives me the
number of greens I have had to putt on. For me, I have been on 6,157 greens.
From that I multiple the percentages and determine the raw number of 1 putts, 2
putts and 3 putts. Subtract that from the raw number from when I turned Legend
and I have an automatic calculation of how I have done since becoming Legend
(57.43% one putt, 41.39% two putt and 0.60% three putts). This is especially
helpful when buying a new putter to see if it really is helping you.
PS – I have a spreadsheet do all the number crunching for
me.
% Putts Made from 0 - 5 Feet 45.23%
% Putts Made from 5 - 10 Feet 9.84%
% Putts Made from 10 -25 Feet 5.59%
% Putts Made from 25 - 50 Feet 0.63%
% Putts Made from 50+ Feet 0.13%
These are totally useless statistics in my opinion. Look at my
first one – percentage of putts made 0-5 feet 45.23% - the question is 45.23%
of WHAT? Not total putts for sure because it would be way higher with all of my
second putt tap ins. Is it 45.23% of the number of greens I have been on so I
can again calculate the raw number and then try to do something with it? I (fortunately)
do not get chances to try a 50+ foot putt, but I have noticed the % goes down
even though no new attempts have been made so the denominator must be
increasing.
I would love WGT to tell us what the numerator and the denominator
is for these statistics and if they have but I just have not seen it – sorry.
The better statistic here would be: Percentage
of first putts made when range is 0 – 5 feet, etc. To a
certain extent this gets to Ken’s point of where is the 50% line (albeit in a
range rather than a specific distance).
I would prefer not to have Percentage of all putts made when the range is 0 - 5 feet, etc.
(even though that would add up to 100% J
)
Total Putts 10,024
Woo Hoo another meaningless but easily retrieved statistic.
Ed