A junior tells me, "I need to work on my putting." My response is always the same: "Let's see." Not because I doubt them. What a player remembers about their round and what actually happened are often two different rounds. Golfers remember three missed putts from the weekend. The data remembers all of them, and more often than you'd think, when I pull up the last ten rounds, putting turns out to be one of that player's strongest areas. That gap, between what a player feels and what the...

You cannot play your golf swing on tournament morning. You have to play golf. The best players aren't always the ones with the best swing. They're the ones with the best plan. They know where they can miss. They pick smart targets instead of aiming at every flag. Strokes gained data shows exactly where a player gains and loses shots, so practice and tournament decisions get based on facts, not opinions.

Chris Petefish highlights that golfers do not need to play perfectly to achieve great results, focusing instead on smart decision-making and managing expectations on the course.