Golf's conventional wisdom, tested against real data.

Most golf advice was calculated for tour pros. You play a $65 muni. I rerun the numbers at your handicap and name every source, so you can pull the math apart yourself.

Chart showing how many yards the fairway is worth over the rough, by handicap, at a 150-yard approach
Analysis Nº 001

Fairway vs. Rough, by Handicap

July 2, 2026

At a 150-yard approach, the fairway is worth 75 yards to a tour pro, 23 yards to a 10-handicap, and 17 yards to a 20-handicap. For a 30-handicap it comes to 12 yards, a figuremodeled extrapolated from the published data above it.

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Every "always play the fairway" tip has a number behind it. Nobody checked that number for a 20-handicap until now.

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