Iron Benchmarks

Excel Spreadsheet for tracking your proximity.

Since iron play is the most important factor in scoring well, I want you to have clear benchmarks for tracking your progress. This can either be greens in regulation (GIR's), or this can be proximity percentage. The proximity percentage is much more useful once you get to shooting in the 80's and below.

GIR Goals

• Tour Pro - 12
• 80 golfer - 7
• 90 golfer - 4
• 100 golfer - 2

Proximity goals

• Tour Pro - <6%
• 80 golfer - 9-10%
• 90 golfer - 12-14%
• 100 golfer - 14-18%

A less complicated way of looking at your proximity goals is by comparing a few known benchmarks. Tour averages from a few distances can help:

Tour distance leave

• 100 yards - 16 feet
• 125 yards - 21 feet
• 150 yards - 31 feet