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Shot Scope Partners with Women’s Golf Day

Joanne Miller September 9, 2026

Golf News

Shot Scope delivers accessible golf improvement to women and girls globally.

Golf News: Shot Scope Announces Partnership with Women’s Golf Day to Empower Golfers Through Technology and Data.

West Palm Beach, Florida and Edinburgh, Scotland: Shot Scope, a leading golf technology brand dedicated to helping golfers improve their game through innovative tracking, GPS, and performance analytics, is proud to announce a new partnership with Women’s Golf Day (WGD).

The partnership brings together two organizations committed to making golf more accessible, engaging, and rewarding for golfers of all skill levels. Through the collaboration, Women’s Golf Day and Shot Scope will highlight the role technology can play in helping women better understand their games, build confidence, and enjoy their time on the course.
“Women’s Golf Day brings the golf community together around one shared mission: to introduce more women and girls to the game and create opportunities for them to stay and thrive in it. By working collectively with the governing bodies, golf facilities, industry organizations, and individuals, we can create more opportunities and ensure a stronger, more vibrant future for the game. Our goal is that woman and girls feel engaged, empowered and supported and discover and enjoy golf with the resources and community they need to make the game part of their lives,” said Elisa Gaudet, Founder of Women’s Golf Day. “Shot Scope shares our passion for growing the game and empowering golfers with tools that make their golf experience more meaningful. We’re excited to partner with a brand that understands the value of data, innovation, and making improvement fun.”

Shot Scope’s technology provides golfers with detailed insights into their performance, helping players identify strengths, understand areas for improvement, and make more informed decisions on the course.

“Shot Scope is thrilled to partner with Women’s Golf Day and support its mission to grow participation and create more opportunities for women in golf,” said Lyndsey Whitefield, Head of Marketing at Shot Scope. “We believe that access to the right technology and information can give golfers greater confidence in their game. Together with Women’s Golf Day, we look forward to introducing more women to the benefits of using data to play, practice, and enjoy golf.”

As part of the partnership, Women’s Golf Day and Shot Scope will explore opportunities to engage golfers through data, educational content, product experiences, and initiatives designed to demonstrate how technology can support golfers throughout their journey.

Shot Scope recently launched “The Women’s Game by the Numbers,” a new eBook exploring the data behind women’s golf and providing practical insights to help women golfers better understand their performance. Drawing on Shot Scope’s performance data, the eBook highlights key trends, statistics, and opportunities for improvement, giving golfers the knowledge and confidence to make more informed decisions about their game. The resource reflects Shot Scope’s commitment to making performance data accessible, relevant, and valuable to more women golfers.

The partnership reflects a shared commitment to building a more enjoyable and informed golf experience for the WGD golf community—one where everyone has the resources, encouragement, and opportunities they need to participate and thrive.

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About Women’s Golf Day

Women’s Golf Day (WGD) is a global movement that Engages, Empowers, and Supports women and girls playing golf and learning the skills that last a lifetime. WGD is the fastest-growing female golf development initiative. Held annually around the world, Women’s Golf Day brings together new and experienced golfers for opportunities to learn, play, and connect while celebrating the game and its community. This weeklong celebration is May 25 to June 1, 2027. Golf courses register with WGD and host their own WGD event during this week. These one-day, four-hour events have occurred at over 2,000 locations in 85 countries since its inception in 2016 and have introduced thousands of new golfers to the sport.
All are welcome to participate in Women’s Golf Day, except where prohibited by law. Women’s Golf Day does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or sexual orientation.

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Golf_Day

Socials: @womensgolfday

About Shot Scope

Shot Scope Technologies www.shotscope.com, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Edinburgh Scotland, offers a range of industry-leading products that are designed to help golfers improve their game. From on course products such as GPS devices and laser rangefinders, to launch monitors and their innovative shot tracking devices, Shot Scope have a product for every golfer. Shot Scope products have collected over 460 million shots and been used by hundreds of thousands of golfers worldwide, who enjoy lifetime free updates and no subscription fees – helping them to save an average of 4.1 strokes.
The team consists of technology experts, golfers, and a former Walker Cup player who are passionate about driving game improvement and enjoyment through the most expansive and accessible lineup of golf products on the market.

Is Chasing Birdies the Quickest Path to Lower Scores?

Joanne Miller August 2, 2026

Golf News

Shot Scope data reveals the reality of amateur golf scores.

Very few things in golf are more satisfying than making a birdie. It means – despite how the rest of your round might be going – at least two things in your golf game went really well in succession. A birdie also always delivers a welcome dose of momentum to your scorecard.

So, a sensible key to lowering your handicap must be to simply make more birdies, right? Sure, but the reality is that, for most, that’s just easier said than done. According to Shot Scope data, 15 and 20 handicappers both make an unglamorous .36 birdies per round, just a little better than one birdie for every 54 holes played. Anyone in that handicap range expecting to make a birdie every time they go out should stay optimistic – and opportunistic – but realize it’s statistically only likely to happen approximately once every three rounds.

Even 10 handicappers average less than one birdie per round, .72 birdies per 18 holes. Our single-digit friends, the 5-handicap players, pick up the pace by averaging 1.26 birdies per round, which is just slightly better than five birdies for every 72 holes played.

Shot Scope data indicates that scratch golfers average an impressive 2.34 birdies holed per round, which is almost twice as successful as the 5 handicappers but well behind the PGA TOUR average of 3.72 (data collected throughout the 2025 PGA TOUR season).

The pros simply make breaking par look easy. World No. 1 player Scottie Scheffler led the TOUR by averaging 4.61 birdies per round in 2025. He dropped a staggering 350 birdies over the course of 76 rounds on his way to six wins, including two majors. A 15 handicapper would make about 27 birdies over that same stretch of play.

You might be thinking, “My gosh! It would take me 1,000 ROUNDS to make as many birdies as Scottie made in tournaments in 2025!” Close. It would likely take about 972 rounds for a 15 handicapper to reach the 350-birdie mark. Remember the TOUR’s “These Guys Are Good” slogan? The players we watch on TV and from the other side of the ropes play an entirely different caliber of golf than most of us. But don’t lose hope.

WHAT NOW?

Remember, we’re only talking about averages here. You’re plenty capable of multiple-birdie rounds and definitely able to increase the number of chances you have to make more birdies.

Hitting more greens would definitely give you more birdie opportunities. Scratch handicappers hit 55 percent of their greens in regulation (GIR). That percentage drops to 38 percent for 5 handicappers and 30 percent for 10 handicappers. For 15 and 20 handicappers, the GIR conversion rate drops to 24 and 17 percent, respectively.

Aim for the green center: Give yourself more birdie looks by boosting your approach-shot percentages.

There’s definitely a correlation to hitting more greens and scoring better, but the reality is recreational players of every skill are going to miss a lot of greens and don’t have a ton of time to work on becoming world-class ball strikers. You probably work for a living and don’t have 10 hours a day to improve your swing or to add 25 percent more distance and accuracy to your shots. What you can do is play smarter with your current skill set and work diligently on the deficiencies in your game.

Here are some tips:

. Hit your drives a distance and direction that lands in the most generous part of the fairway and away from hazards and other trouble.
. If you’re missing your driver both left and right consistently, take a lesson and try to narrow tendencies down to, at least, a one-way miss that you can play for and use to your advantage.
. Hit your drives to the side of the hole that gives you the clearest shot to the green (away from sand, water or other obstacles, when possible).
. To hit more greens, know the approach distances to the front, middle, and back of every green. The Shot Scope G6 GPS Watch is an amazing tool to help you own this data and play to the most accepting section of the green.
. Dial in your distance-control on wedge shots from 100 yards and in. Every time you can turn three shots into two, you’re chipping away at a better handicap.
. Become a better bunker player.
. Also, work on putts of every length and that break both left-to-right and right-to-left.
. Tracking your birdies for the season, and trying to beat a particular benchmark, can be fun. Or demoralizing.

What you’ll likely find is that the path to better scores isn’t as much about making more birdies as it is about making easy pars and avoiding disaster. Turning 10-foot par putts into three- or four-foot opportunities can go a long way. Keeping the ball in play versus chasing distance can help. Every player can have a better short game and getting better inside of 100 yards can be a lot of fun to practice.

All that said, the satisfaction of holing birdies will always be enticing. So, happy hunting!