How to Track Greens In Regulation Without Overcomplicating Your Scorecard

Keep the scorecard clean

You can track greens in regulation with tiny marks: F for fairway, G for green, P for penalty, and a dot for a three-putt. Mark the GIR result at the green, not halfway down the fairway — honest data only matters if it’s recorded accurately.

A focused GIR review:

1. Count how many GIR misses came from more than 170 yards and how many from inside 150.
2. Note the consistent miss direction — short, long-left, or pulled right.
3. Use that information to set one specific approach distance as the week’s practice focus.

What to ignore

Don’t track GIR on par 5s where the second shot is a layup — the number becomes misleading. Focus on par 3 tee shots and the par-4 approaches where the score is actually made or lost.