What Is A Good Percentage of Fairways Hit?

Keep track of fairways hit if you want to narrow down the issues in your golf game and why your scoring may not be exactly what you need it to be. Here is a general idea as to what the fairway hit percentage should be for all golfers.

What is a good percentage of fairways hit based on the handicap?

High Handicap

High handicappers should aim for 50% of fairway hit. If you are still in that 40% range, it will be difficult to drop that scoring below the 100 mark.

Mid Handicap

Mid handicappers should aim for 50-60% of fairway hit. Anything less than this will make it difficult to shoot lower scores as you will be hitting a lot of shots from the rough into the green.

Low Handicap

Low handicap golfers are very similar to professionals, and they will aim for 60-70% of fairways hit. Spin on golf shots is much easier to obtain when hitting an approach shot from the fairway.

Professionals

Professionals tend to hit about 70% of fairways or more when they are winning a tournament. One thing to keep in mind here is that professionals actually have a better chance of hitting a green even when missing fairways, but all golfers know their best chance for birdie starts with a fairway hit.

Conclusion

I hope these stats help on what is a good percentage of fairways hit. Are they accurate? Do you hit a similar number of fairways? Make sure you check another article I wrote about How to hit more fairways 😉

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