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Free strokes gained calculators
Plug in a few numbers from your round and see exactly where
you're gaining or losing shots, measured against tour-level
baselines.
The basics
What strokes gained tells you that your scorecard can't
Putts per round, fairways hit and greens in regulation all
ignore where a shot started. Two putts from 50 feet and two
putts from 5 feet look identical on a scorecard, but one is a
good result and the other costs you most of a stroke.
Strokes gained fixes that by comparing every shot to a baseline:
the average number of strokes a tour-level player needs to
finish the hole from that exact distance and lie.
Strokes gained = expected strokes before the shot − expected
strokes after it − 1
Positive numbers mean you beat the baseline, negative numbers
mean you lost to it. Because every part of the game is measured
in the same unit, you can finally compare them: losing 1.5
strokes putting and 4 strokes off the tee tells you where your
practice time should go.
Don't panic about negative numbers
These calculators benchmark you against tour players, so most
amateurs will see negative totals. That's expected. The value is
in comparing rounds to each other and comparing parts of your
game to each other. We explain why in
Why comparing yourself to tour average still makes you
better.
FAQ
Strokes gained calculator questions
What are strokes gained?
Strokes gained gives you a mathematical way to compare your shots to a tour-level baseline. It compares each shot to how many strokes a benchmark player needs to hole-out from the same spot. For example, if a tour player averages 1.59 putts from 10 feet and you one-putt, you gained 0.59 strokes, you miss you loose 0.41.
Are these strokes gained calculators really free?
Yes. Both calculators run in your browser with no account, email or signup. PARfect Performance offers them so any golfer can see how strokes gained works on their own numbers.
What baseline do the calculators use?
Tour-level benchmark tables of the average strokes to hole out from each distance. The putting calculator uses a single baseline from 1 to 120 feet. The driving calculator has separate PGA Tour and LPGA Tour tables for tee shots, approaches from the fairway and approaches from the rough.
Can I get strokes gained for approach and short game too?
Those need shot-by-shot location data, which is what the PARfect app tracks. With a 1-month free trial, you can log a round and get strokes gained off the tee, approach, around the green and putting, with trends across rounds.
Both calculators use the same strokes gained methodology behind the
PARfect Performance platform, the analytics engine college programs
use to track player development.
Get strokes gained for every shot, every round
The calculators cover putting and driving. PARfect covers your whole game, with approach and short game strokes gained, trends across rounds and an AI coach that builds your practice plan.