I Thought Distance Made You Better - It Doesn’t

What is the best way to lower your golf scores; driving or putting? The debate between long game and short game in golf rages on and on (in reality, every shot counts in golf) so in this video, I put my game up against a DP World Tour professional to find out what really lowers golf scores the most.

Is driving distance the key to better golf, or is the short game, chipping and putting where golfers actually lose / save the most shots?

Using Arccos strokes gained data, I compare every part of my game to Alex del Rey, a Spanish tour pro who plays on the DP World Tour, to discover what really separates the best players in golf from us mere mortals.

In recent years, I have worked super-hard on getting longer not only off the tee, but with my general long game too, and the results have been amazing. BUT…after comparing my performance against Alex, the numbers told a very different story…

00:00 Intro
00:34 Hole 1
04:21 Hole 2
07:35 Hole 3
10:37 Hole 4
16:19 Hole 5
19:48 Hole 6
23:35 Hole 7
30:40 Match Recap

Throughout the round you'll see real strokes gained data breaking down:

- Driving distance
- Tee-to-green performance
- Approach play
- Chipping
- Pitching
- Putting
- Short game
- Scoring performance

If you're trying to break 90, break 80 or simply become a better golfer, this video could completely change how you practise and where you focus your energy on getting better at golf.

To watch my match against Brandon Robinson Thompson, click here: youtube.com/watch

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