The Latest

Hello, Daily Duffer readers! Sarah Chen here, and I’m excited to dive into a topic that’s been sparking some fantastic discussion in the golf world: putting. Recently, Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee dropped some interesting data on X that caught my eye. He presented a fascinating study indicating a slight but discernible decline in putting make percentages over the last two decades. Now, your initial thought might be, “Wait, aren’t golfers getting better?” And in many ways, they are! But putting, as we all know, is a unique beast. Let’s take a look at the data Chamblee shared: These numbers,…

As many of you sophisticated, data-driven golfers probably know, the biggest indicator of your scoring potential is how many greens you hit in regulation. If you are hitting three or four per round the chances of you being a single-digit handicapper are eerily similar to you scaling Mount Everest. But even the Tour players that