Glossary
What every stat on OTIS Golf actually means.
- Baseline
- The player's average score per round over the trailing 12 months — their own recent norm.Raw scores, stroke-play events only.
- Birdies per Round
- Average number of birdies made per round.
- Cuts Made
- Tournaments where the player survived the halfway cut and played the weekend.
- Dist. from Fairway Edge
- Average distance from the fairway's edge on missed fairways — how badly a miss misses. A precision signal on tight, penal courses.Shown in feet; measured rounds only.
- Distance (All Drives)
- Average length of every tee shot with a driver-type club, not just the two measured holes per round — the truest picture of raw power.Laser-measured events only.
- Driving Accuracy
- Percentage of tee shots that finish in the fairway.Par 4s and 5s only.
- Driving Distance
- Average drive length in yards, measured on two holes per round chosen to face opposite wind directions.Measured drives only, not every tee shot.
- Earnings
- Official prize money for the season, in US dollars.Excludes bonus pools like the Comcast Business Top 10.
- Events
- Official tournaments entered that season.
- FedExCup Rank
- Season-long points-race position that decides who reaches the playoffs and the TOUR Championship.
- Finish
- Final position in the event. T = tied, CUT = missed the cut, W/D = withdrew, DQ = disqualified.
- Form
- Average score per round over the selected window of recent events (last 5 or last 10).Raw scores, stroke-play events only.
- GIR from Fairway
- Greens in regulation when the approach comes from the fairway — iron play with a clean lie.
- GIR from Rough
- Greens in regulation when the approach comes from anywhere other than the fairway. The gap to the fairway number shows how much a missed fairway really costs this player.
- Good Drive %
- Tee shots that hit the fairway OR still produced a green in regulation from the miss. Fairer than fairways-hit: missing by a foot into light rough isn't punished.
- Greens in Regulation
- Percentage of holes where the ball is on the green with at least two strokes left for par (e.g. on a par 4, on the green in 2).
- Par-3 Scoring
- Average score on par-3 holes (3.00 is even par).
- Par-4 Scoring
- Average score on par-4 holes (4.00 is even par).
- Par-5 Scoring
- Average score on par-5 holes, where pros make their biggest gains (tour average is under par).
- Proximity <100 yds
- Average distance to the hole on approach shots from inside 100 yards — pure wedge scoring range.Shown in feet; measured rounds only.
- Proximity 100-125
- Average distance to the hole on approaches from 100-125 yards out.Shown in feet; measured rounds only.
- Proximity 125-150
- Average distance to the hole on approaches from 125-150 yards — short-iron territory.Shown in feet; measured rounds only.
- Proximity 150-175
- Average distance to the hole on approaches from 150-175 yards — mid-iron territory.Shown in feet; measured rounds only.
- Proximity 175-200
- Average distance to the hole on approaches from 175-200 yards. Elite play here is a big edge on courses with long par 4s.Shown in feet; measured rounds only.
- Proximity 200+
- Average distance to the hole on approaches from beyond 200 yards — long irons and woods.Shown in feet; measured rounds only.
- Putting 25+ ft
- Make percentage from beyond 25 feet. Low for everyone — lag quality matters more than makes here.
- Putting 3-5 ft
- Make percentage from 3-5 feet — the knee-knocker par-save range where misses sting most.
- Putting 5-10 ft
- Make percentage from 5-10 feet — the birdie zone that separates hot putting weeks from cold ones.
- Putts per Round
- Average putts per round. Beware: missing lots of greens lowers this number, so pair it with SG: Putting.
- Scoring Average
- Average score per round, adjusted for the field's scoring each week so hard weeks don't punish a player unfairly.The tour's adjusted (not raw) scoring average.
- Scrambling
- How often a player still makes par or better after missing the green in regulation.
- Scrambling from Rough
- Par-or-better saves when the missed green left the ball in the rough.
- Scrambling from Sand
- Par-or-better saves out of greenside bunkers.
- Season Status
- Whether the season is finished. In-progress season numbers change weekly until the playoffs end.
- SG: Approach
- Strokes gained on shots into the green, including par-3 tee shots but not short-game shots. The stat most predictive of sustained elite play.Strokes Gained needs ShotLink-measured rounds; opposite-field and some international events are excluded, and a season shows no SG until a player logs enough measured rounds.
- SG: Around the Green
- Strokes gained on shots within 30 yards of the edge of the green: chips, pitches, and bunker play.Strokes Gained needs ShotLink-measured rounds; opposite-field and some international events are excluded, and a season shows no SG until a player logs enough measured rounds.
- SG: Off the Tee
- Strokes gained from tee shots on par 4s and 5s. Rewards long AND accurate driving, not just distance.Strokes Gained needs ShotLink-measured rounds; opposite-field and some international events are excluded, and a season shows no SG until a player logs enough measured rounds.
- SG: Putting
- Strokes gained on the greens, accounting for how hard each putt's distance is. The noisiest SG category year to year.Strokes Gained needs ShotLink-measured rounds; opposite-field and some international events are excluded, and a season shows no SG until a player logs enough measured rounds.
- SG: Total
- Strokes gained on the field per round, all parts of the game combined. +2.0 means beating the field average by two strokes every round.Strokes Gained needs ShotLink-measured rounds; opposite-field and some international events are excluded, and a season shows no SG until a player logs enough measured rounds.
- Top 10s
- Finishes of 10th place or better, ties included.
- Total Driving
- Driving-distance rank plus driving-accuracy rank combined — lower is better. Rewards being long AND straight, punishing one-dimensional drivers.
- Trend
- Baseline minus form: positive means the player is beating their own 12-month norm — trending hot.A score-based proxy, not Strokes Gained — the tour does not publish per-round SG at usable granularity.
- Wins
- Official tour victories that season.
- World Ranking
- Official World Golf Ranking position, a rolling two-year points average across global tours.Former members off the ranking show no value.