Strokes Gained Putting? Not really

WASHINGTON - Feb. 5, 2014 - PRLog -- Ken Venturi said that "statistics in golf are more meaningless than in any other sport." Yet the PGA tour has its Shotlink™ Academic program encouraging all sorts of data manipulation in search of performance answers. Which is it? Can you really boil down athletic accomplishment into statistics? Even casual observers of the game can’t help but notice the current, growing focus on stats as the latest game-improvement tool. But are they really useful and accurate, or are they a “Measurement Myth”? RecGolf, created as a new golf model based on highlighting the real facts of how professionals play, has gone under the covers of these stats to reveal the truth.

Shotlink’s performance data are simply measurement numbers such as driving distance, number of greens hit, etc. The analysis provided by RecGolf in their latest research, entitled “Golf’s Measurement Myth”, shows considerable error is being produced by statisticians who then manipulate these baseline numbers into what RecGolf terms “Glamour Stats”. The paper focuses on one of the latest, Strokes Gained Putting, created by professor Mark Brodie, who is about to release a new book of these statistical ‘answers’. Unfortunately, RecGolf’s analysis shows there is considerable error in Strokes Gained Putting, and it isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

RecGolf’s goal in releasing this latest research is to continue their quest to enlighten golfers worldwide. Learn the facts about how Pros really play, and how you should play the same game – with simpler rules, honest handicaps, and a healthy perspective on “Golf’s Measurement Myth”! Visit http://www.recgolf.com today!