Pga Benchmarks
How to Use Golf Benchmarks to Improve Your Scores
Golf benchmarks can turn PGA Tour data into realistic goals for your own game. Learn a simple scoring drill that reveals where your practice can make the biggest difference.
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify your 7 iron distance and set benchmarks for practice
- Create a scoring system to evaluate your shots and improve focus
- Develop patience and calmness under pressure for better performance
Tyler Ferrell. Golf Digest Best Teachers in California, 2026-27. The only person named to both Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers in America and Best Golf Fitness Professionals lists. Author of The Stock Tour Swing.
Video Transcript
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This game is PGA benchmarks so a lot of golfers get really frustrated when
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their perspectives are off or when they're not really living up to what their
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standards think that they should be. So here I've got my 7 iron so my 7 iron is
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00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:21.360
going to be somewhere around 165. If we were to look at the 150 to 175 zone for
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00:00:21.360 --> 00:00:25.680
PGA Tour the average distance from the hole is going to be somewhere around 28
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00:00:25.680 --> 00:00:30.600
feet. I'll put a bunch of the other benchmarks that you can use in the
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00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:34.680
notes section but what I would do is on the range I'm gonna pick a target and
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I'm gonna pick kind of goal posts that would give me about a 28 foot kind of
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00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:45.400
window or target. So if I get it in the benchmark I'm gonna give myself a score
10
00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:48.760
of plus one if I get it outside the benchmark I'm gonna give myself a score
11
00:00:48.760 --> 00:00:53.760
of minus one. So this is a great way to start painting realistic perspectives
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and to figure out what areas of the game I'm actually struggling with so that I
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can put a little bit more attention there. So I find that it helps create a
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little
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bit more patience. Patience is gonna keep you a little bit more calm and when
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00:01:06.880 --> 00:01:10.680
you're calm you're gonna be more likely to hold up under pressure and be able
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00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:10.840
to
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perform that fluid swing that you're trying to train.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.680
This game is PGA benchmarks so a lot of golfers get really frustrated when
2
00:00:06.680 --> 00:00:11.520
their perspectives are off or when they're not really living up to what their
3
00:00:11.520 --> 00:00:15.920
standards think that they should be. So here I've got my 7 iron so my 7 iron is
4
00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:21.360
going to be somewhere around 165. If we were to look at the 150 to 175 zone for
5
00:00:21.360 --> 00:00:25.680
PGA Tour the average distance from the hole is going to be somewhere around 28
6
00:00:25.680 --> 00:00:30.600
feet. I'll put a bunch of the other benchmarks that you can use in the
7
00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:34.680
notes section but what I would do is on the range I'm gonna pick a target and
8
00:00:34.680 --> 00:00:40.800
I'm gonna pick kind of goal posts that would give me about a 28 foot kind of
9
00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:45.400
window or target. So if I get it in the benchmark I'm gonna give myself a score
10
00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:48.760
of plus one if I get it outside the benchmark I'm gonna give myself a score
11
00:00:48.760 --> 00:00:53.760
of minus one. So this is a great way to start painting realistic perspectives
12
00:00:53.760 --> 00:00:58.800
and to figure out what areas of the game I'm actually struggling with so that I
13
00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:02.250
can put a little bit more attention there. So I find that it helps create a
14
00:01:02.250 --> 00:01:02.320
little
15
00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:06.880
bit more patience. Patience is gonna keep you a little bit more calm and when
16
00:01:06.880 --> 00:01:10.680
you're calm you're gonna be more likely to hold up under pressure and be able
17
00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:10.840
to
18
00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:14.840
perform that fluid swing that you're trying to train.
Tyler Ferrell. Golf Digest Best Teachers in California, 2026-27. The only person named to both Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers in America and Best Golf Fitness Professionals lists. Author of The Stock Tour Swing.
Pga Benchmarks
How to Use Golf Benchmarks to Improve Your Scores
Golf benchmarks can turn PGA Tour data into realistic goals for your own game. Learn a simple scoring drill that reveals where your practice can make the biggest difference.
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify your 7 iron distance and set benchmarks for practice
- Create a scoring system to evaluate your shots and improve focus
- Develop patience and calmness under pressure for better performance
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.680
This game is PGA benchmarks so a lot of golfers get really frustrated when
2
00:00:06.680 --> 00:00:11.520
their perspectives are off or when they're not really living up to what their
3
00:00:11.520 --> 00:00:15.920
standards think that they should be. So here I've got my 7 iron so my 7 iron is
4
00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:21.360
going to be somewhere around 165. If we were to look at the 150 to 175 zone for
5
00:00:21.360 --> 00:00:25.680
PGA Tour the average distance from the hole is going to be somewhere around 28
6
00:00:25.680 --> 00:00:30.600
feet. I'll put a bunch of the other benchmarks that you can use in the
7
00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:34.680
notes section but what I would do is on the range I'm gonna pick a target and
8
00:00:34.680 --> 00:00:40.800
I'm gonna pick kind of goal posts that would give me about a 28 foot kind of
9
00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:45.400
window or target. So if I get it in the benchmark I'm gonna give myself a score
10
00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:48.760
of plus one if I get it outside the benchmark I'm gonna give myself a score
11
00:00:48.760 --> 00:00:53.760
of minus one. So this is a great way to start painting realistic perspectives
12
00:00:53.760 --> 00:00:58.800
and to figure out what areas of the game I'm actually struggling with so that I
13
00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:02.250
can put a little bit more attention there. So I find that it helps create a
14
00:01:02.250 --> 00:01:02.320
little
15
00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:06.880
bit more patience. Patience is gonna keep you a little bit more calm and when
16
00:01:06.880 --> 00:01:10.680
you're calm you're gonna be more likely to hold up under pressure and be able
17
00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:10.840
to
18
00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:14.840
perform that fluid swing that you're trying to train.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.680
This game is PGA benchmarks so a lot of golfers get really frustrated when
2
00:00:06.680 --> 00:00:11.520
their perspectives are off or when they're not really living up to what their
3
00:00:11.520 --> 00:00:15.920
standards think that they should be. So here I've got my 7 iron so my 7 iron is
4
00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:21.360
going to be somewhere around 165. If we were to look at the 150 to 175 zone for
5
00:00:21.360 --> 00:00:25.680
PGA Tour the average distance from the hole is going to be somewhere around 28
6
00:00:25.680 --> 00:00:30.600
feet. I'll put a bunch of the other benchmarks that you can use in the
7
00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:34.680
notes section but what I would do is on the range I'm gonna pick a target and
8
00:00:34.680 --> 00:00:40.800
I'm gonna pick kind of goal posts that would give me about a 28 foot kind of
9
00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:45.400
window or target. So if I get it in the benchmark I'm gonna give myself a score
10
00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:48.760
of plus one if I get it outside the benchmark I'm gonna give myself a score
11
00:00:48.760 --> 00:00:53.760
of minus one. So this is a great way to start painting realistic perspectives
12
00:00:53.760 --> 00:00:58.800
and to figure out what areas of the game I'm actually struggling with so that I
13
00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:02.250
can put a little bit more attention there. So I find that it helps create a
14
00:01:02.250 --> 00:01:02.320
little
15
00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:06.880
bit more patience. Patience is gonna keep you a little bit more calm and when
16
00:01:06.880 --> 00:01:10.680
you're calm you're gonna be more likely to hold up under pressure and be able
17
00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:10.840
to
18
00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:14.840
perform that fluid swing that you're trying to train.
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