What The Scratch Snapshot Says

This homepage now starts with Arccos's own scratch-baseline snapshot, not the old Tour comparison. The short-game component handicap is the number that changes the entire story.

Snapshot saved 5/18/2026, 7:39:07 AM from the latest 7 Arccos rounds.

Scratch Relative

Snapshot

Component Handicaps

Overall scratch SGA is −4.5, but the component split is far more revealing than the blended total.

Biggest Gap

−7.9

Short game handicap from the latest Arccos scratch snapshot.

Driving

+3.0

Scratch SGA +1.5

Approach

−6.0

Scratch SGA −2.0

Short Game

−7.9

Scratch SGA −1.6

Putting

−8.3

Scratch SGA −1.9

Floor Control

Computed

Best 25% vs Worst 25%

This is the round-separator view Arccos does not give you. Across 128 clean rounds, the best quartile is +4.0 or better per 18, while the worst quartile starts at +12.0.

Score vs Par

Best 25%

1.63

Worst 25%

14.88

Penalty Strokes

Best 25%

0.25

Worst 25%

2.63

Double+ Holes

Best 25%

0.84

Worst 25%

3.81

Three-Putts

Best 25%

1.84

Worst 25%

3.88

GIR

Best 25%

68.2%

Worst 25%

44.1%

Fairway% (Par 4/5 only)

Not a split

Best 25%

31.1%

Worst 25%

45.5%

Fairway percentages exclude par-3 holes.

What Drives Blow-Up Rounds (SG by Category)

Driving

Best 25%

−0.42

Worst 25%

−1.78

Gap: −1.36 per 18

Approach

Best 25%

+0.58

Worst 25%

−1.68

Gap: −2.26 per 18

Short Game

Best 25%

+0.29

Worst 25%

−4.19

Gap: −4.48 per 18

Putting

Best 25%

−2.53

Worst 25%

−5.67

Gap: −3.14 per 18

Shot Triggers

Computed

Penalty Strokes / 18

Best

0.25

Worst

2.63

Gap

+2.38

Double+ Holes / 18

Best

0.84

Worst

3.81

Gap

+2.97

Three-Putts / 18

Best

1.84

Worst

3.88

Gap

+2.04

Club / Decision Split

Computed

Driver share is similar. Driver penalty rate is not.

Driver share of par 4/5 tee shots

Best 25%: 63.8%

Worst 25%: 62.0%

Penalty strokes per 100 tee shots

Driver: 2.4 best vs 15.3 worst

3+W stays basically flat: 3.9 vs 0.0.

Recurring hole deltas

City Park GC hole 13

+1.92

Best −0.25 vs worst +1.67. Doubles: 0 vs 1. Penalty holes: 1 vs 2.

Common Ground GC hole 3

+1.64

Best −1.00 vs worst +0.64. Doubles: 0 vs 3. Penalty holes: 0 vs 2.

Common Ground GC hole 4

+1.47

Best −0.20 vs worst +1.27. Doubles: 0 vs 5. Penalty holes: 0 vs 1.

City Park GC hole 16

+1.17

Best −0.50 vs worst +0.67. Doubles: 0 vs 0. Penalty holes: 0 vs 0.

Common Ground GC hole 10

+1.17

Best 0.00 vs worst +1.17. Doubles: 0 vs 2. Penalty holes: 0 vs 1.

Common Ground GC hole 12

+1.00

Best 0.00 vs worst +1.00. Doubles: 0 vs 1. Penalty holes: 0 vs 1.

Hurting Most

Snapshot

chipByPinDistance (25-50 Yards)

short

−1.1

approachByTerrain — tee

approach

−1.1

approachByPinDistance (50-100 Yards)

approach

−1.1

Helping Most

Snapshot

distanceVsAccuracy — distance

driving

+1.8

distanceVsAccuracy — accuracy

driving

+0.8

approachByTerrain — sand

approach

0.0