Every Shot Counts Quotes

“The numbers show that it’s possible to win with below-average putting, but victories almost never happen with below-average ball striking.”
― Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts: Using the Revolutionary Strokes Gained Approach to Improve Your Golf Performanceand Strategy

“Among the top 40 PGA Tour pros, approach shots accounted for 40% of their scoring advantage, driving accounted for 28%, the short game 17%, and putting 15%.”
― Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts: Using the Revolutionary Strokes Gained Approach to Improve Your Golf Performanceand Strategy

“Legendary golfer Ben Hogan is said to have prepared for majors by playing worst-ball scramble. At the peak of his career, Greg Norman practiced using worst-ball scramble. “I’d play two golf balls, and you always had to hit the worst shot. So if you hit a great drive, you had to hit the next drive great, too,” Norman said. “The best score I remember playing was 72. So, it really makes you concentrate.” According to our simulation, a typical tour pro would average about 80 playing worst-ball scramble on a championship course. A golfer’s best worst-ball score is lower than his average by about eight strokes, so Norman’s best worst-ball score of 72 is perfectly consistent with our simulation results. Hall”
― Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts: Using the Revolutionary Strokes Gained Approach to Improve Your Golf Performanceand Strategy

“The war ended before the ENIAC was completed, but from late 1945 through its retirement in 1955, the ENIAC was the primary workhorse for the U.S. Army and Air Force for the computation of firing tables, and it was used in many other scientific and engineering”
― Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts: Using the Revolutionary Strokes Gained Approach to Improve Your Golf Performanceand Strategy