THE ROUNDS

175 rounds · 2021-07-08 → 2026-10-14 · 7 the watch heard · derived on render, nothing by hand

Five seasons of scorecards say the golf is getting better — and say exactly where the remaining strokes live. The arc, the recent form, every shot the watch heard, the critique of the evidence, and the gaps ranked by what they cost.

handicap index, from 23.9: 13.7
best differential in 5 yrs: 5.5
putts per 18-hole round: 35.6
greens in regulation: 5.1/18

The arc

Every posted round as a handicap differential — the one number in the record that already adjusts for course difficulty — with the trending handicap drawn through it. The dashed line at zero is scratch. Note what never happens: no dot touches it. The best round in five years is still 5.5 strokes above scratch pace.

handicap differentials & trending index · 160 chart points

trending handicapround differential

The subtler finding: the raw scores barely moved while the handicap halved — the yearly mean went 91.7 to ~90.0 as the index went 23.9 → 13.7. A differential is score-minus-rating scaled by slope, so that divergence is arithmetic, not opinion: the same scores, against progressively harder golf.

Where the strokes live

mean 18-hole score

putts per round

three-putt rate

35.6 putts a round is 39% of all strokes — the largest single line item — with a three-putt every 7 holes (2.6 per round). The trend is genuinely improving, though the recent figures rest on 13 rounds. The best putting round on file used 29.

fairway results · 1629 driven holes (436 holes carry codes outside Grint's legend, excluded)

hit62%

missed left16%

missed right17%

missed, no side5%

The tee miss is dead even: 16% left, 17% right — the course-side echo of what the launch monitor found in the irons, and the one miss pattern aiming off cannot fix. Meanwhile the approach game hits 5.1 greens in regulation per round (5.3 over the last twenty — improving), and when a green is missed, par is saved just 14.4% of the time.

the penalty row · 627 marks on 530 holes across 146 cards · 127 cards carry at least one

W penalty area7

D drop shot312

O out of bounds29

S greenside bunker208

F fairway bunker71

The card's penalty row is the one thing it records between the fairway and the green. Over the whole record it says 2.4 penalty strokes and 1.9 bunker shots a card; over the last 18 months it says 2.8 and 2.5 (13 cards). Every one of those is a floor: 19 of the 146 cards have a blank row, and Grint's own form says a blank cell is not counted — it is a clean hole or a hole never entered, and the record cannot tell which. A penalty stroke is a stroke by definition, so this is the one leak the card prices without a benchmark. The hole-by-hole rows are under each recent round below, and on every hole the watch heard.

The last 10 rounds

The last 10 distinct 18-hole cards, 2026-07-26 → 2026-10-14, measured from the newest card — never from today, so the page reads the same until the record changes. Quick-entry echoes of a card already on file are not counted twice. The watch heard 7 of the 10 through a confirmed link; pars come from the watch, so over par, double bogeys and the worst hole print only on those. Under each round, the card's own penalty row, hole by hole: W penalty area · D drop shot · O out of bounds · S greenside bunker · F fairway bunker. A letter is one event, so SS is two bunker shots; a blank is a hole Grint did not count — clean, or never entered — so every penalty figure is a floor.

2026-07-26Battlefield | Legends On The Niagara Golf Club · White91 strokes33 putts · 3 one-putts · 0 three-putts · fairways 8/14
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3 penalty strokes, 8 bunker shots on 8 holes: H2 7 · greenside bunker ×2 · fairway bunker / H4 5 · drop shot / H6 6 · greenside bunker / H9 6 · drop shot / H10 6 · fairway bunker ×2 / H12 5 · greenside bunker / H13 5 · greenside bunker / H16 6 · drop shot
2026-08-15Bennett Valley Golf Course · White89 strokes38 putts · 2 one-putts · 4 three-putts · fairways 10/12
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2026-08-16Brambles Golf · Middle90 strokes35 putts · 3 one-putts · 2 three-putts · fairways 3/9
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2026-08-20TPC Harding Park Golf Course · White91 strokes · the watch heard 52 →+19 to par · 33 putts · 5 one-putts · 2 three-putts · fairways 7/11 · 6 double or worse · worst 7 on H4 (par 5)
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2026-08-22Presidio Golf Course · White98 strokes · the watch heard 58 →+26 to par · 37 putts · 1 one-putt · 2 three-putts · fairways 6/11 · 8 double or worse · worst 8 on H2 (par 5)
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3 penalty strokes, 9 bunker shots on 9 holes: H2 8 · greenside bunker ×2 / H3 6 · drop shot / H4 5 · greenside bunker ×2 / H6 5 · drop shot / H8 6 · greenside bunker / H9 6 · fairway bunker / H11 7 · greenside bunker ×2 / H14 6 · drop shot / H16 6 · greenside bunker
2026-09-08Presidio Golf Course · White93 strokes · the watch heard 45 →+21 to par · 36 putts · 2 one-putts · 2 three-putts · fairways 5/12 · 6 double or worse · worst 6 on H3 (par 4)
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3 penalty strokes, 3 bunker shots on 5 holes: H8 6 · drop shot / H9 7 · drop shot / H13 5 · greenside bunker ×2 / H14 6 · drop shot / H18 6 · greenside bunker
2026-09-15Lake | The Olympic Club · Blue99 strokes · the watch heard 53 →+28 to par · 38 putts · 1 one-putt · 3 three-putts · fairways 5/11 · 9 double or worse · worst 7 on H6 (par 4)
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2026-09-26Lincoln Park Golf Course · Blue77 strokes · the watch heard 40 →+9 to par · 29 putts · 5 one-putts · 0 three-putts · fairways 9/13 · 2 double or worse · worst 7 on H18 (par 4)
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2026-10-05Meadow Club Fairfax · Blue88 strokes · the watch heard 42 →+17 to par · 36 putts · 1 one-putt · 1 three-putt · fairways 12/14 · 4 double or worse · worst 7 on H3 (par 4)
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2026-10-14Ocean | Half Moon Bay Golf Links · White88 strokes · the watch heard 45 →+16 to par · 35 putts · 3 one-putts · 2 three-putts · fairways 10/15 · 5 double or worse · worst 7 on H6 (par 4)
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The read

10 cards from 2026-07-26 to 2026-10-14: 90.4 a round, from 77 at Lincoln Park Golf Course to 99 at Lake | The Olympic Club; 4 of the 10 under 90, 1 under 80. The career runs 90.4.
Double bogey or worse 5.7 times a round on the 7 rounds the watch heard, carrying 61% of the strokes dropped over par — the score is made on the blow-up holes, not on the bogeys.
Fairways 61% (75 of 122 classified holes; career 62%): 15 missed left, 25 right, 7 unspecified — the miss leans right, so there is a side to aim away from.
2.4 troublesome tee balls a round on the watch's 7 rounds — a mishit wood, a bunker, or a punch-out next — and those holes went +1.7 against +1.0 on the rest.
4.9 greens a round on Grint's last 10 charted rounds. The watch saw 49 of 135 approaches from 50–200 yd finish on the green (36%); of the 86 misses it could place, 44% were short.
Up and down 6 of 43 (14%) when the last shot started inside 50 yd; chips that reach the green stop a median 5.6 yd from the hole, 8 of 23 inside 6 ft.
35.0 putts a round (career 35.6): 1.8 three-putts a round, 10% of holes, against 2.6 one-putts.
2.4 penalty strokes a card on the row — 24 drops, 0 penalty areas, 0 out of bounds — and 3.0 bunker shots a card; 0 of 10 cards blank throughout. Career: 2.4 and 1.9 a card. A blank cell is Grint's "not counted", so every one of these is a floor.
The chart's last 10 differentials average 17.6 (career 17.6) and moved the trending handicap from 12.9 to 13.7.

Last 10 against the record

Grint's chart rows are sliced by position and never joined to the cards; their last 10 course names do match the cards' in order.

	Last 10	Career
Scoring
Strokesmean over distinct 18-hole cards; a quick-entry echo of a card on file is not counted twice	90.4 (10 rounds)	90.4 (146 rounds)
Best / worst	77 / 99	77 / 102
Cards under 90 / under 80	4 / 1 of 10	58 / 2 of 146
Over parcard strokes against the watch's pars, on confirmed links only	+19.4 (7 rounds the watch heard)	+19.4 (7 rounds)
Double bogey or worseholes two or more over the watch's par	5.7 a round (7 rounds heard)	5.7 a round (7 rounds)
Over-par strokes those holes carryof every stroke dropped over par on an over-par hole	61%	61%
Par 3 / 4 / 5, over parmean strokes over par by hole par, same join	+0.9 / +1.2 / +1.0 (126 holes)	+0.9 / +1.2 / +1.0 (126 holes)
Off the tee
Fairways hitGrint's own codes — hit, left, right, missed; a code outside its legend is carried as unclassified, never read as a miss	61% (75 of 122 holes)	62% (967 of 1571 holes)
Misses left / right / unspecifiedleans right	15 / 25 / 7	258 / 269 / 77
Fairways hit, Grint's chartGrint's own per-round figure, sliced by position — its denominator is Grint's, not the codes'	44.3% (last 10 charted)	50.4% (113 charted)
Troublesome tee ballsa driver, wood or hybrid under 170 yd, a tee ball into a bunker, or a recovery shot next	2.4 a round (17 of 94 par-4/5 tee shots, 7 rounds)	2.4 a round (17 of 94, 7 rounds)
What one costsmean strokes over par	+1.7 on those holes vs +1.0 on the rest	+1.7 vs +1.0
Into the green
Greens in regulationGrint's own chart, sliced by position and never joined to the cards	4.9 a round (last 10 charted)	5.1 a round (153 charted)
Par-3 greens hitGrint's chart, same slice	32.0% (last 10 charted)	39.3% (153 charted)
Approaches 50–200 yd on the greenthe watch: a shot started 50–200 yd from the pin, a par-3 tee shot included, that ended on the green	36% (135 approaches)	36% (135 approaches)
Misses short / long / lateral0 unclassifiable (the shot's end is the pin itself); 9 into a bunker	38 / 23 / 25	38 / 23 / 25
From 125–200 yd	19% on (62)	19% on (62)
Around the green
Up and downthe last heard shot started inside 50 yd off the green and reached it; made = one putt or none on the card	6 of 43 (14%)	6 of 43 (14%)
Chips reaching the greenevery shot started inside 50 yd from off the green	66% (67 chips)	66% (67 chips)
Chip leave21 leaves unmeasurable (ended on the pin)	median 5.6 yd · 8 of 23 inside 6 ft	median 5.6 yd · 8 of 23 inside 6 ft
On the green
Puttsthe card's total	35.0 a round (10 rounds)	35.6 a round (143 rounds)
One-puttsholes with exactly one putt on the card	2.6 a round (10 cards)	2.7 a round (143 cards)
Three-puttsholes with three or more putts	1.8 a round · 10% of 179 holes	2.4 a round · 13% of 2564 holes
Penalties
Penalty strokesW, D and O on the penalty row; a blank cell counts as clean, so a floor	2.4 a card (10 cards)	2.4 a card (146 cards)
By type: drop / penalty area / OB	24 / 0 / 0	312 / 7 / 29
Bunker shotsS and F on the row — a lie, not a penalty stroke; same floor	3.0 a card · 26 greenside, 4 fairway	1.9 a card · 208 greenside, 71 fairway
Cards with a blank rowclean, or never filled in — the record cannot tell which	0 of 10	19 of 146
Handicap
DifferentialGrint's handicap chart, sliced by position	17.6 (last 10 charted)	17.6 (160 charted)
Trending handicapwhere the chart's trending line stood at the slice's first and last point	12.9 → 13.7	23.9 → 13.7

What the watch heard

7 rounds · 335 shots. Every AutoShot the watch recorded, hole by hole, traced over the hole itself — the shots from the coordinates the capture carries, laid on the same satellite imagery the course map stands on. The marks are drawn here; nothing is copied from Garmin. Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics — World Imagery tiles, loaded by your browser from Esri’s public service.

Each record hears what the other cannot: the watch the swings, the card the putts. Putts and some chips never become shots, so every hole prints what the watch heard against what the scorecard says happened — putts ride in from the Grint card through the confirmed round link, the one human-made join in the pipeline, and holes the link cannot explain say so.

The record

What AutoShot heard over 7 rounds (as of 2026-10-14; the record’s other 8 rounds are simulator rounds with nothing to hear). Findings from this data switch on at 5 shot-bearing rounds — until then this is the record, not a claim. The watch hears full swings: it caught 335 of the 634 strokes the scorecards count (53%); putts and some chips never become shots, so every share below is a share of recorded shots.

Tee: 99 shots · 30% of recorded
Approach: 134 shots · 40% of recorded
Short game: 82 shots · 24% of recorded
Putts: 1 shots · 0% of recorded
Unclassified: 19 shots · 6% of recorded

Where the ball was played from

Rough: 118 non-tee shots
Fairway: 58 non-tee shots
TeeBox: 32 non-tee shots
Bunker: 14 non-tee shots
Unknown: 13 non-tee shots
Green: 1 non-tee shot

The clubs the course has measured sit beside their range numbers on the bag page →

2026-10-14

Half Moon Bay Golf Links ~ Ocean

White tees (67.5/116) · 88 strokes · 35 putts on the Grint card · the watch heard 45 of 88 strokes · 3 penalty strokes, 3 bunker shots on the Grint card

Hole 1par 44 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway277 yd
2Gap Wedge · Fairway → Green117 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 2par 46 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough216 yd
2Sand Wedge · Rough → Fairway41 yd
3Lob Wedge · Fairway → Fairway21 yd
4Lob Wedge · Fairway → Green21 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 3par 34 · 2 putts

1Gap Wedge · TeeBox → Rough113 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 4par 56 · 1 putt

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough291 yd
25 Iron · Rough → Rough144 yd
3Sand Wedge · Rough → Rough70 yd
4chip · Rough → Green13 yd
1 putt · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 5par 44 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough247 yd
28 Iron · Rough → Green151 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 6par 4D7 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough146 yd
24 Iron · Rough → Fairway123 yd
3Lob Wedge · Fairway → Green95 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 7par 33 · 2 putts

19 Iron · TeeBox → Rough142 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 8par 54 · 1 putt

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough254 yd
23 Hybrid · Rough → Rough220 yd
1 putt · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 9par 34 · 3 putts

1Pitching Wedge · TeeBox → Rough138 yd
3 putts · Grint card

Hole 10par 55 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway286 yd
23 Hybrid · Fairway → Rough188 yd
3Gap Wedge · Rough → Rough50 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 11par 45 · 1 putt

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough270 yd
27 Iron · Rough → Rough86 yd
3Sand Wedge · Rough → Green89 yd
1 putt · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 12par 33 · 2 putts

17 Iron · TeeBox → Rough190 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 13par 4D6 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough124 yd
24 Iron · Rough → Rough184 yd
3recovery · Rough → Rough116 yd
4Gap Wedge · Rough → Green35 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card

Hole 14par 54 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway277 yd
24 Iron · Fairway → Green197 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 15par 45 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway272 yd
2Sand Wedge · Fairway → Rough81 yd
3Lob Wedge · Rough → Rough25 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 16par 45 · 3 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway283 yd
2Gap Wedge · Fairway → Green80 yd
3 putts · Grint card

Hole 17par 3D5 · 2 putts

1Pitching Wedge · TeeBox → Green131 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 18par 5SSS8 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway263 yd
28 Iron · Fairway → Fairway161 yd
3Gap Wedge · Fairway → Unknown101 yd
4Sand Wedge · Unknown → Rough13 yd
5Sand Wedge · Rough → Rough9 yd
6Sand Wedge · Rough → Green31 yd
2 putts · Grint card
greenside bunker ×3 · Grint card

2026-10-05

Meadow Club

Blue tees (72.2/134) · 88 strokes · 36 putts on the Grint card · the watch heard 42 of 88 strokes · 4 penalty strokes, 3 bunker shots on the Grint card

Hole 1par 56 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough244 yd
23 Hybrid · Rough → Rough185 yd
3Sand Wedge · Rough → Green52 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 2par 4D5 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway247 yd
25 Iron · Fairway → Green201 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card

Hole 3par 4D7 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough249 yd
24 Iron · Rough → Rough144 yd
3chip · Rough → Green37 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 4par 45 · 3 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway286 yd
2Sand Wedge · Fairway → Green102 yd
3 putts · Grint card

Hole 5par 34 · 2 putts

16 Iron · TeeBox → Rough175 yd
2Gap Wedge · Rough → Green37 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 6par 45 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway270 yd
27 Iron · Fairway → Fairway140 yd
3Lob Wedge · Fairway → Green22 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 7par 46 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway260 yd
29 Iron · Fairway → Rough132 yd
3chip · Rough → Bunker8 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 8par 34 · 2 putts

1Pitching Wedge · TeeBox → Green135 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 9par 44 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway290 yd
29 Iron · Fairway → Rough140 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 10par 44 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway265 yd
2Pitching Wedge · Fairway → Green117 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 11par 32 · 1 putt

19 Iron · TeeBox → Green133 yd
1 putt · Grint card

Hole 12par 4S6 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Fairway234 yd
2Pitching Wedge · Fairway → Rough136 yd
3Sand Wedge · Rough → Green21 yd
2 putts · Grint card
greenside bunker · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 13par 5D6 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough281 yd
23 Hybrid · Rough → Rough176 yd
3Sand Wedge · Rough → Green99 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card

Hole 14par 35 · 2 putts

14 Iron · TeeBox → Rough234 yd
2Lob Wedge · Rough → Green38 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 15par 5SS6 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway269 yd
23 Hybrid · Fairway → Bunker221 yd
3Sand Wedge · Bunker → Bunker2 yd
4Sand Wedge · Bunker → Green18 yd
2 putts · Grint card
greenside bunker ×2 · Grint card

Hole 16par 44 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Fairway238 yd
2Sand Wedge · Fairway → Green81 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 17par 4D5 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough246 yd
27 Iron · Rough → Green160 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card

Hole 18par 44 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Fairway228 yd
2Pitching Wedge · Fairway → Bunker139 yd
2 putts · Grint card

2026-09-26

Lincoln Park Golf Course

Blue tees (65.5/107) · 77 strokes · 29 putts on the Grint card · the watch heard 40 of 77 strokes · 1 penalty stroke, 0 bunker shots on the Grint card

Hole 1par 43 · 1 putt

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough199 yd
29 Iron · Rough → Green122 yd
1 putt · Grint card

Hole 2par 43

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Fairway215 yd
2Lob Wedge · Fairway → Fairway23 yd
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 3par 33 · 2 putts

18 Iron · TeeBox → Green151 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 4par 44 · 1 putt

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Fairway216 yd
2Pitching Wedge · Fairway → Green109 yd
1 putt · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 5par 45 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough260 yd
2Gap Wedge · Rough → Green90 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 6par 45 · 2 putts

18 Iron · TeeBox → Unknown159 yd
28 Iron · Unknown → Fairway103 yd
3Lob Wedge · Fairway → Green51 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 7par 45 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough120 yd
24 Iron · Rough → Fairway109 yd
3Gap Wedge · Fairway → Green101 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 8par 33 · 2 putts

18 Iron · TeeBox → Rough165 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 9par 45 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough175 yd
28 Iron · Rough → Rough80 yd
3Lob Wedge · Rough → Green53 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 10par 44 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough219 yd
2Lob Wedge · Rough → Green40 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 11par 45 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Fairway239 yd
2Lob Wedge · Fairway → Fairway22 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 12par 33 · 1 putt

13 Iron · TeeBox → Rough212 yd
1 putt · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 13par 55 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway239 yd
23 Hybrid · Fairway → Rough255 yd
3Lob Wedge · Rough → Green46 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 14par 45 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough202 yd
2Sand Wedge · Rough → Fairway39 yd
3Lob Wedge · Fairway → Green48 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 15par 43 · 1 putt

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway250 yd
2Lob Wedge · Fairway → Green22 yd
1 putt · Grint card

Hole 16par 34 · 1 putt

13 Iron · TeeBox → Rough172 yd
2Pitching Wedge · Rough → Fairway58 yd
3Gap Wedge · Fairway → Green20 yd
1 putt · Grint card

Hole 17par 35 · 2 putts

13 Iron · TeeBox → Rough219 yd
2chip · Rough → Rough35 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 18par 4D7 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough147 yd
23 Hybrid · Rough → Rough202 yd
38 Iron · Rough → Fairway45 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

2026-09-15

The Olympic Club ~ Lake

Blue tees (73.2/134) · 99 strokes · 38 putts on the Grint card · the watch heard 53 of 99 strokes · 0 penalty strokes, 2 bunker shots on the Grint card

Hole 1par 56 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough261 yd
27 Iron · Rough → Rough198 yd
3recovery · Rough → Rough83 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 2par 4S6 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough225 yd
28 Iron · Rough → Rough127 yd
3Lob Wedge · Rough → Rough58 yd
4Sand Wedge · Rough → Green23 yd
2 putts · Grint card
greenside bunker · Grint card

Hole 3par 34 · 1 putt

1tee · TeeBox → Rough203 yd
2Lob Wedge · Rough → Green30 yd
1 putt · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 4par 45 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough258 yd
29 Iron · Rough → Rough149 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 5par 46 · 3 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough238 yd
28 Iron · Rough → Rough141 yd
3recovery · Rough → Green71 yd
3 putts · Grint card

Hole 6par 47 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → TeeBox91 yd
23 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough42 yd
33 Hybrid · Rough → Rough151 yd
47 Iron · Rough → Green187 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 7par 46 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough206 yd
2Pitching Wedge · Rough → Fairway73 yd
3Gap Wedge · Fairway → Fairway14 yd
4Lob Wedge · Fairway → Green43 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 8par 35 · 2 putts

16 Iron · TeeBox → TeeBox66 yd
2Pitching Wedge · TeeBox → Rough71 yd
3Lob Wedge · Rough → Green38 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 9par 45 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough271 yd
27 Iron · Rough → Rough177 yd
3Lob Wedge · Rough → Green19 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 10par 46 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough233 yd
2recovery · Rough → Rough41 yd
39 Iron · Rough → Rough18 yd
4recovery · Rough → Rough79 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 11par 45 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway247 yd
26 Iron · Fairway → Green161 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 12par 46 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Unknown195 yd
28 Iron · Unknown → Rough86 yd
37 Iron · Rough → Green174 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 13par 34 · 2 putts

17 Iron · TeeBox → Green162 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 14par 46 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough166 yd
29 Iron · Rough → Fairway164 yd
3Gap Wedge · Fairway → Fairway30 yd
4Lob Wedge · Fairway → Green55 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 15par 3S4 · 2 putts

19 Iron · TeeBox → Bunker119 yd
2Sand Wedge · Bunker → Green28 yd
2 putts · Grint card
greenside bunker · Grint card

Hole 16par 56 · 3 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway251 yd
23 Hybrid · Fairway → Fairway232 yd
3Gap Wedge · Fairway → Green100 yd
3 putts · Grint card

Hole 17par 56 · 3 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough257 yd
23 Hybrid · Rough → Fairway204 yd
3 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 18par 46 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough202 yd
2Pitching Wedge · Rough → Rough36 yd
3Pitching Wedge · Rough → Rough56 yd
4Lob Wedge · Rough → Green59 yd
2 putts · Grint card

2026-09-08

Presidio Golf Course

White tees (71/133) · 93 strokes · 36 putts on the Grint card · the watch heard 45 of 93 strokes · 3 penalty strokes, 3 bunker shots on the Grint card

Hole 1par 45 · 2 putts

1tee · TeeBox → TeeBox56 yd
23 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough224 yd
3Gap Wedge · Rough → Rough118 yd
4Lob Wedge · Rough → Green23 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 2par 56 · 3 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Fairway238 yd
29 Iron · Fairway → Fairway131 yd
3Gap Wedge · Fairway → Green48 yd
3 putts · Grint card

Hole 3par 46 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → TeeBox61 yd
26 Iron · TeeBox → Rough202 yd
3Gap Wedge · Rough → Green86 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 4par 33 · 1 putt

1Gap Wedge · TeeBox → Green117 yd
1 putt · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 5par 44 · 2 putts

15 Iron · TeeBox → Rough192 yd
2recovery · Rough → Green106 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 6par 46 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough187 yd
26 Iron · Rough → Rough83 yd
3recovery · Rough → Rough129 yd
4chip · Rough → Rough19 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 7par 34 · 2 putts

17 Iron · TeeBox → Fairway146 yd
2Pitching Wedge · Fairway → Green44 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 8par 4D6 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Unknown236 yd
2Pitching Wedge · Unknown → Rough144 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 9par 5D7 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough229 yd
28 Iron · Rough → Fairway205 yd
3Putter · Fairway → Fairway82 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 10par 56 · 3 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway271 yd
24 Iron · Fairway → Fairway147 yd
3approach · Fairway → Green61 yd
3 putts · Grint card

Hole 11par 45 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough224 yd
29 Iron · Rough → Fairway155 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 12par 45 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway252 yd
26 Iron · Fairway → Rough183 yd
3Lob Wedge · Rough → Green32 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 13par 3SS5 · 2 putts

16 Iron · TeeBox → Bunker170 yd
2Sand Wedge · Rough → Bunker3 yd
3Sand Wedge · Bunker → Green13 yd
2 putts · Grint card
greenside bunker ×2 · Grint card

Hole 14par 4D6 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough244 yd
2Gap Wedge · Rough → Rough91 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 15par 34 · 1 putt

18 Iron · TeeBox → Rough186 yd
1 putt · Grint card
2 strokes nothing recorded

Hole 16par 45 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway254 yd
2Gap Wedge · Fairway → Green119 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 17par 44 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough234 yd
2Pitching Wedge · Rough → Green102 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 18par 5S6 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough292 yd
25 Iron · Rough → Bunker190 yd
3Sand Wedge · Bunker → Green15 yd
2 putts · Grint card
greenside bunker · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

2026-08-22

Presidio Golf Course

Black tees (72.5/136) · 98 strokes · 37 putts on the Grint card · the watch heard 58 of 98 strokes · 3 penalty strokes, 9 bunker shots on the Grint card

Hole 1par 46 · 3 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Fairway220 yd
29 Iron · Fairway → Fairway109 yd
3Sand Wedge · Fairway → Green29 yd
3 putts · Grint card

Hole 2par 5SS8 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough228 yd
27 Iron · Rough → Rough103 yd
3Pitching Wedge · Rough → Rough146 yd
4Lob Wedge · Rough → Bunker56 yd
5Lob Wedge · Bunker → Bunker1 yd
6Lob Wedge · Bunker → Green13 yd
2 putts · Grint card
greenside bunker ×2 · Grint card

Hole 3par 4D6 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Fairway250 yd
2Pitching Wedge · Fairway → Rough126 yd
3Gap Wedge · Rough → Green21 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card

Hole 4par 3SS5 · 2 putts

1Gap Wedge · TeeBox → Bunker143 yd
2Sand Wedge · Bunker → Bunker53 yd
3Sand Wedge · Bunker → Green40 yd
4Putter · Green → Bunker38 yd
2 putts · Grint card
greenside bunker ×2 · Grint card

Hole 5par 44 · 2 putts

15 Iron · TeeBox → Fairway205 yd
2Gap Wedge · Fairway → Green86 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 6par 4D5 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough266 yd
2Gap Wedge · Rough → Green105 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card

Hole 7par 34 · 2 putts

16 Iron · TeeBox → Rough130 yd
2Gap Wedge · Rough → Green64 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 8par 4S6 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough272 yd
2Gap Wedge · Rough → Bunker108 yd
3Sand Wedge · Bunker → Rough7 yd
4Sand Wedge · Rough → Green17 yd
2 putts · Grint card
greenside bunker · Grint card

Hole 9par 5F6 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Bunker284 yd
29 Iron · Bunker → Fairway62 yd
38 Iron · Fairway → Fairway172 yd
4Putter · Fairway → Green19 yd
2 putts · Grint card
fairway bunker · Grint card

Hole 10par 56 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough233 yd
23 Hybrid · Rough → Rough113 yd
38 Iron · Rough → Fairway66 yd
4Lob Wedge · Fairway → Green86 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 11par 4SS7 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough273 yd
28 Iron · Rough → Bunker141 yd
3Sand Wedge · Bunker → Rough22 yd
4Sand Wedge · Rough → Green18 yd
2 putts · Grint card
greenside bunker ×2 · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 12par 45 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Unknown262 yd
29 Iron · Unknown → Rough109 yd
3Sand Wedge · Rough → Green83 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 13par 34 · 3 putts

17 Iron · TeeBox → Green174 yd
3 putts · Grint card

Hole 14par 4D6 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough127 yd
23 Hybrid · Rough → Rough42 yd
37 Iron · Rough → Rough185 yd
4Lob Wedge · Rough → Green31 yd
2 putts · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card

Hole 15par 34 · 2 putts

19 Iron · TeeBox → Unknown156 yd
2Lob Wedge · Unknown → Green38 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 16par 4S6 · 1 putt

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough269 yd
2Gap Wedge · Rough → Unknown42 yd
3Sand Wedge · Unknown → Bunker71 yd
4Sand Wedge · Bunker → Fairway23 yd
1 putt · Grint card
greenside bunker · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 17par 45 · 2 putts

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough243 yd
2Pitching Wedge · Rough → Rough73 yd
3Sand Wedge · Rough → Green41 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 18par 55 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough316 yd
27 Iron · Rough → Fairway105 yd
3Gap Wedge · Fairway → Green72 yd
2 putts · Grint card

2026-08-20

Harding Park Golf Course ~ Harding

White tees (71.2/127) · 91 strokes · 33 putts on the Grint card · the watch heard 52 of 91 strokes · 1 penalty stroke, 0 bunker shots on the Grint card

Hole 1par 45 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Unknown298 yd
2Gap Wedge · Unknown → Fairway85 yd
3Gap Wedge · Fairway → Green21 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 2par 4D5 · 1 putt

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough149 yd
25 Iron · Rough → Rough196 yd
3Lob Wedge · Rough → Green27 yd
1 putt · Grint card
drop shot · 1 penalty stroke · Grint card

Hole 3par 34 · 2 putts

18 Iron · TeeBox → Unknown161 yd
2Lob Wedge · Unknown → Green37 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 4par 57 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough109 yd
23 Hybrid · Rough → Rough60 yd
3layup · Rough → Rough128 yd
47 Iron · Rough → Unknown147 yd
56 Iron · Unknown → Green101 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 5par 46 · 1 putt

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough222 yd
2Pitching Wedge · Rough → Rough144 yd
3chip · Rough → Rough32 yd
1 putt · Grint card
2 strokes nothing recorded

Hole 6par 44 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough258 yd
29 Iron · Rough → Rough145 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 7par 45 · 1 putt

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough244 yd
2Gap Wedge · Rough → Rough66 yd
3chip · Rough → Green17 yd
1 putt · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 8par 33 · 2 putts

17 Iron · TeeBox → Rough181 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 9par 56 · 3 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Unknown204 yd
23 Hybrid · Unknown → Rough202 yd
3Sand Wedge · Rough → Green80 yd
3 putts · Grint card

Hole 10par 57 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway259 yd
27 Iron · Fairway → Fairway206 yd
3Lob Wedge · Fairway → Rough21 yd
4chip · Rough → Rough20 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 11par 35 · 2 putts

17 Iron · TeeBox → Unknown194 yd
2unknown · Unknown → Rough27 yd
3chip · Rough → Green19 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 12par 57 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → TeeBox102 yd
23 Hybrid · TeeBox → Unknown188 yd
3approach · Unknown → Bunker167 yd
4chip · Bunker → Green23 yd
2 putts · Grint card
1 stroke nothing recorded

Hole 13par 43 · 1 putt

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway275 yd
2Gap Wedge · Fairway → Green100 yd
1 putt · Grint card

Hole 14par 45 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough263 yd
29 Iron · Rough → Rough151 yd
3chip · Rough → Green26 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 15par 45 · 3 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Rough273 yd
2Gap Wedge · Rough → Green105 yd
3 putts · Grint card

Hole 16par 44 · 1 putt

13 Hybrid · TeeBox → Rough176 yd
2recovery · Rough → Rough43 yd
3recovery · Rough → Green57 yd
1 putt · Grint card

Hole 17par 34 · 2 putts

18 Iron · TeeBox → Rough145 yd
2chip · Rough → Rough10 yd
2 putts · Grint card

Hole 18par 46 · 2 putts

1Driver · TeeBox → Fairway275 yd
2Gap Wedge · Fairway → Rough106 yd
3Lob Wedge · Rough → Rough8 yd
4Lob Wedge · Rough → Green13 yd
2 putts · Grint card

The critique

What this analysis can and cannot claim, before anyone builds a swing on it:

The recent story rests on 13 rounds in the last 18 months. The improving means, the falling three-putt rate, the rising GIR — all real numbers, all thin samples. One buddies trip rewrites them.
Volume collapsed exactly when the golf got good. 64 rounds in 2022; 13 in the last 18 months. The record proves improvement happened; it cannot prove it survives playing more.
The differentials and the scorecards are two un-joined datasets. The chart has 160 points, the ledger 175 rounds, and joining them by position would be invented data — so no per-round score-vs-differential claims are made.
Only the penalty row records anything between the fairway and the green. Bunker visits and penalty strokes are marked hole by hole where the card was filled in; chips and pitches still hide inside the strokes column, and a blank row cannot say whether the hole was clean or never entered. The scramble rate says the short game leaks; the row says where the sand and the drops were, not which chip.
No par, rating or slope per tee made it into the capture, so raw scores are only comparable through the handicap math.
The monitor and the course have never met. The watch now stands between them — 335 shots measured on grass — but not one launch-monitor number was struck on a course, so every range conclusion is still an inference about the course, checked only where the watch overlaps it.

The leaks, ranked

Scratch means the best eight of the last twenty differentials average 0.0. Today that number is 13.65. Where the strokes leak, on this record's own arithmetic: leaks the record can price come first, ranked by strokes; the ones whose cost is unknown by construction follow, ranked by how much of the record says they exist. Each move is the open practice task that addresses it, joined on render.

01The approach game caps everything: 5.1 greens a roundscorecards + watch

fact: 5.1 GIR per round career, 5.3 over the last 20; ~13 missed greens per round; the watch has heard 63 approaches from inside 150 yd on the course over 7 rounds — 28 found the green
cost: the structural ceiling — at a 14.4% save rate, ~11 of those misses are bogey-or-worse before the putter or driver say anything
move: the approach clubs are the practice list's whole top end — first up: The 3 Hybrid has never been measured
retired: a capture averaging 9+ GIR over 20 rounds

02The green gives back 2.6 strokes a roundscorecards

fact: 35.6 putts per round; 372 three-putts over 2770 recorded holes; own best round used 29
cost: ~2.6 strokes/round in three-putts alone; the gap between mean and own-best putting is 6.6 strokes
move: already on the practice list: A three-putt every 7 holes
retired: three-putts under one hole in 10, sustained over a season

03The tee ball is unmeasured and misses both waysscorecards + range

fact: 38% of fairways missed, split 16/17 left/right; the driver has one launch-monitor swing on file
cost: unknown by construction — a two-way miss can't be aimed off, and an unmeasured club can't be diagnosed
move: on the practice list: Measure the Driver
retired: the driver drawn on the bag page, and one side owning two-thirds of the misses

0413 rounds in the last 18 monthsscorecards

fact: 58 rounds in 2022 → 13 in the last 18 months
cost: not strokes — proof. Every encouraging recent number rests on a sample one trip could overturn
move: the cheapest fix on this list: play. 20 rounds makes every other line here trustworthy
retired: a season with 20+ posted rounds

05The short game, locatedscorecards + watch

fact: par saved on 14.4% of missed greens; the watch heard 82 short-game shots — 24% of 335 recorded shots — across 7 rounds
cost: every unsaved miss is a stroke; the save rate prices the approach leak above, and the watch now says where the saves die
move: keep wearing the watch — the split now retires or confirms itself round by round
retired: par saved on a third of missed greens, sustained over a season

The honest summary: scratch is 13.7 strokes of sustained improvement away — roughly the distance already traveled from 23.9. The first half was bought with harder courses and better putting. The record says the second half is priced in greens hit.
— best 8 of last 20 differentials: 13.65 · required for scratch: 0.0

Read from

Scorecards: 175 dated scorecards, 2021-07-08 to 2026-10-14, from the Grint export bundle, captured 2026-10-15
Shots on course: 335 AutoShot shots over 7 of 15 rounds (the rest are R50 simulator rounds, which carry no shots), from the Garmin export bundle, captured 2026-10-19

GIR and scramble rates read from TheGrint's own per-round charts · fairway codes decoded from the scorecard form's own legend (1 left · 2 right · 3 hit · 4 missed) · penalty codes from the same form's Penalties legend (W penalty area · D drop shot · O out of bounds · S greenside bunker · F fairway bunker; one letter per event, a blank is not counted) · putts and penalties on the watch's rounds arrive through data/round-links.json — machine-proposed, human-confirmed; only confirmed links are read · every claim above carries the condition that retires it