EDINBURGH, Scotland – Shot Scope, the industry leader in golf technology and performance data, has launched “The Women’s Game, By The Numbers,” a comprehensive, data-driven eBook dedicated entirely to female golfers, in celebration of Women’s Golf Week.
The eBook represents one of the most detailed data-driven looks at women’s amateur golf to date, drawing on data from 2,486 female Shot Scope users worldwide who have collectively recorded 2.5 million shots across 26,312 rounds.
The eBook breaks the game down into four key performance areas: tee shots, approach play, short game, and putting, benchmarking stats across seven handicap levels from scratch to 30. The result is a practical, honest guide to where strokes are genuinely won and lost in the women’s game, and where the real opportunities for improvement lie.
Among the standout findings from the data:
- Fairway accuracy is almost identical across all handicap levels, challenging one of the most common assumptions in women’s golf about what it takes to score better.
- The gap between a scratch golfer and a 30-handicapper from 100-150 yards is far greater than most players realise, and the consequences show up all the way to holing out.
- Even at the highest levels of the game, the so-called “scoring zone” inside 100 yards is considerably harder than it appears, with proximity stats that may surprise recreational and competitive players alike.
- There is one specific putting distance range where handicaps separate faster than anywhere else on the course, and it is a range every golfer faces multiple times per round.
To bring the data to life, the eBook also features case studies from three female Shot Scope users at very different stages of their golfing journeys: a professional tour player competing on the Epson Tour, a recreational golfer who recently broke 80 for the first time, and a golfer who uses Shot Scope technology to explore unfamiliar courses across Scotland.
“Women’s golf is growing at a remarkable rate, and we felt it was important to give female golfers the same quality of data-driven insight that we provide for the wider golfing community,” said Shot Scope CEO David Hunter. “What makes this eBook genuinely compelling is that the findings challenge what many women believe about their own game. The data points clearly to where the real scoring opportunities lie, and in many cases, it’s not where people expect.”
“The Women’s Game, By The Numbers” is available now as a free download at: https://shotscope.com/shop/products/ebooks/the-womens-game-by-the-numbers/
Golfers using Shot Scope’s performance tracking technology typically save an average of 4.1 strokes, and the insights within “The Women’s Game, By The Numbers” show exactly where those strokes can be found.