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Strokes Gained category 03

Strokes Gained: Around the Green

Around the Green measures non-putt shots played from 30 yards and in. Lie changes the expectation: fairway or fringe, rough, and sand are not priced as the same starting position.

Category boundary

The category includes non-putts from 30 yards or less. A stroke from the fringe remains Around the Green even when a putter is used. Only a stroke starting on the putting surface belongs to Putting.

What counts

  • Chips, pitches, bunker shots, and other non-putts from 30 yards and in.
  • Strokes from the fringe, including strokes made with a putter.
  • The starting lie, which changes the expected strokes to hole out.

What to log

  • Starting lie and distance to the hole in yards.
  • Ending lie and distance; switch to feet when the ball reaches the green.
  • Any penalty charged to the shot.

A worked shot

25 yards from rough to 6 feet on the green
Expected before
2.645
Expected after
1.340
Stroke used
1
SG vs Tour
+0.30

The numbers above are calculated at render time from AlignIQ’s production SG engine. They are not copied into this page, so the example cannot drift away from the calculation used in the app.

How to interpret it

The number values the position the shot creates, not whether it looked like a good chip. A shot that finishes close can still lose value if the starting position carried an even stronger expectation.

A common mistake

Broadie's published fairway data has no knot below 10 yards, so AlignIQ clamps that lie to the 10-yard value rather than inventing a more precise number. Missing source data is not filled with a guess.

Where the benchmark comes from

The primary comparison uses Mark Broadie’s published PGA Tour expected-strokes tables and putting model. AlignIQ interpolates between published distances within the same lie, never across lies. A holed ball has an ending value of zero. When a required source value is unavailable, the engine returns no SG number.