SMS - 5 Index, 75 Yards in Fairway, Up and Down vs 4 or More

Hack It Out Golf

Hack it Out Golf - Mark Crossfield, Lou Stagner, Greg Chalmers

Education, Sports, Golf

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. Today's episode: good golfers, simple shot. How often will a 5-index player get up and down from 75 yards in the fairway? At the other extreme, how often will it take him 4 or more shots to hole out? Lou puts this question to Mark and Greg, and the answer may well shock you as well. Learning to avoid the big numbers continues to be the theme of effective scoring. Each of these will be a mini-episode (10-15 minutes long) about an interesting golf stat. We will discuss what you can learn, and most importantly, how you can apply this on the golf course to lower your scores and lower your handicap. Listen on your drive to the golf course or over your Saturday morning coffee! Data is sourced from Arccos Golf. They have over 1 BILLION shots in their database. Check them out at: https://www.arccosgolf.com/ Use code MARK15 for 15% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sean has had some good ideas over the years, but using Canva was a really good one.
0:08.0	Sean designed some social posts to promote his friend's car boot sale.
0:13.0	They looked good, really, really good.
0:17.0	Next thing he knows, someone came and bought the lot, including the car.
0:24.5	Now Sean doesn't know how he's going to get home.
0:28.0	Thanks, Canva.
0:30.1	Saturdays that time, Lou, are we living it? I guess we are because I don't need a question.
0:35.7	I hope we are. I answered my own question.
0:38.9	This is an easy one.
0:40.8	So this is only a two-part question.
0:44.0	So we're going to add up how wrong you are and the one who is the least wrong is going to win this one.
0:50.5	This is not the best of the three.
0:52.3	So today we're talking about five index players
0:55.8	from 75 yards in the fairway. And what is the percent chance that they get the ball up and down
1:04.3	from 75 yards in the fairway? And then what is the percent chance that it takes them four or more shots to get the ball in the hole from 75 yards in the fairway?
1:16.6	So that would be, you know, like knocking it on in three putting or it would be, you know, missing the green, chipping it on and two putting.
1:22.9	That would be four shots.
1:24.8	So what are the chances they get up and down from 75 yards in the fairway?
1:28.4	And what are the chances that it takes them four or more strokes to get the ball in the hole?
1:36.8	Five index players. So pretty good golfers. Not scratch, but also not 20 indexes.
1:43.7	Oh, I'm ready.es. I'm ready.
1:45.1	Yeah, I'm ready.
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