These powerful metrics gives golfers and golf coaches a more precise and immediate way to appreciate how good a particular shot was and how good a player is at a given point in time.

Shot Quality and Player Quality build on the advances made by Strokes Gained, but factor in additional layers of all-important context. The additional layers of context Clippd factors in are course difficulty, weather conditions, course conditions, temperature and altitude/elevation.

Shot Quality

Shot Quality is the foundation of all Clippd's metrics. It scores each individual shot – both on and off the course. Shot Quality takes into account distance, lie, end result and other factors that impact the difficulty of each shot. 

Shot Quality is represented as a number between 0 and 200.

0 represents the worst possible outcome, such as a lost ball or hitting out of bounds.

100 is the quality expected of a typical male tour player.

200 is “statistical perfection”, such as a hole-in-one or a hole out from the fairway.

In calculating Shot Quality, we consider a variety of conditions that affect the difficulty of a shot, from wind, weather and course difficulty, to pin placement and elevation changes. We have trained our models on millions of shots by professional golfers to better understand the nuances of every golf shot.

Why is Shot Quality valuable? Let's look at the example of two tee shots played to 'Little Eye', the 17th at Royal Liverpool. The two shots have identical outcomes but are played on very different days and in very different conditions. In the first image, we see this shot in flat calm conditions is shown as 0.19 Strokes Gained. The Shot Quality is 95, so just below male tour average but still very good.

Here we see the same shot with the same outcome played in strong wind and rain. The Strokes Gained for this shot is still shown as 0.19 but the Shot Quality is 124. Why? Because it is a much harder shot to execute, which is reflected by the Shot Quality score.

When recording rounds in Clippd, we ask the player to add context so we can provide a far more accurate picture of their game. Recording rounds in Clippd can be done during or after the round and takes a few minutes.

‍Player Quality

Player Quality works on the same scale and is created via a proprietary Clippd Algorithm that rolls up all of the shots a player hits. Based on those shots, the algorithm predicts how well the golfer will play the next time they step up to hit a ball.  

Like Shot Quality, Player Quality is represented as a number between 0 and 200, with 100 representing male tour standard.

Player Quality is dynamic and more sensitive to current form than handicap. It can be viewed overall, but also broken down to the specific parts of the game such as Off The Tee (OTT) or Putting (PUTT). We use Machine Learning to then measure what happens and see how accurate we were.  

Over time, Clippd's AI smarter and more tailored to the individual, giving unique insights into the golfer's playing ability.

What does good look like?

Clippd offers Player Ability Comparisons within the platform, allowing golfers to compare themselves to different levels of players. The Player Ability Comparison is accessed. by clicking on your avatar, selecting Settings and Display Preferences. Some of these Player Quality comparisons are listed below.

Female 10 Hcp: 71; Male 15 Hcp: 72; Male 10 Hcp: 74; Female 5 Hcp: 77; Male 5 Hcp: 81; Female Scratch Hcp: 84; Male Scratch Hcp: 87; Female Div 1 College: 87; LPGA Tour Avg: 89; Male Plus Hcp: 93; Male Div 1 College: 95; LPGA Tour Top 25: 97; Male Tour Avg: 100; Male Tour Top 25: 108

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