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Shot Scope Partners with Women’s Golf Day

Joanne Miller September 9, 2026

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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.

Pull up a Pew: The Data Behind Oakmont CC

Ted Odorico June 10, 2025

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Oakmont: The Data Behind the Church Pews

Oakmont Country Club, known for its narrow fairways, Church Pew bunkers, and challenging layout, is the 2025 U.S. Open venue this week and promises drama. Previously, having hosted the Championship in 2016, Oakmont provided PGA Tour professionals with one of the toughest tournaments of the season, where only four competitors broke par, three of whom were at -1. With the rough lush and the bunkers deep, accuracy off the tee is paramount, pars are crucial, and every stroke will be a test of the players’ skill.

What Makes Oakmont So Brutal?

Oakmont’s reputation as a challenging course is well-deserved, with hurdles ready to trip competitors at every step from tee to green. Where some courses have wide fairways and less than penal rough, Oakmont’s fairways are a mere 31 yards wide on average, significantly lower than the typical US course’s 42-yard average. Accuracy is non-negotiable off the tee if players want to have any chance of hitting and holding greens.

When missing the green at Oakmont, Shot Scope data reveals that being in the rough is almost as bad as being in the bunker. From the rough, golfers have an up and down success rate of 16% compared to 14% from the sand. Both lie types guarantee a tricky par save and can easily result in dropped shots. Brutal bunkers. The most iconic and daunting feature of Oakmont CC, its bunkers, and one in particular, the Church Pew bunker. It’s a vast sprawling bunker with a series of grass mounds that resemble church pews.

Hole 3 – The Impact of the Church Pews on Scoring

When the average golfer visits a bunker, they typically lose 0.5 strokes. However, on hole 3, when they find themselves in the Church Pew bunker, it costs them 1.25 strokes compared to not being in the bunker.

On hole 4, pews are slightly less penalizing, but still cost golfers 0.61 shots compared to those who avoid the hazard. Players who find themselves in the Church Pew bunker typically hit clubs between an 8 iron and 54 degree wedge. Getting out the first time is crucial, so taking your medicine, albeit at times a tough pill to swallow, is advisable.

Who will raise the U.S. Open Trophy on Sunday?

As with every major, the golfing world is buzzing with anticipation as the game’s best players prepare to tee it up at Oakmont. Given the incredibly challenging course setup and the history of low scores being a rarity, the question on everyone’s mind is: how many pros will manage to shoot under par in 2025? If 2016 has taught us anything, the victor is not guaranteed until the final putt is holed on the 72nd hole.

Women’s Golf Week: The Data Behind Women’s Golf

Joanne Miller May 28, 2025

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The second women’s major of the year, the U.S Open, takes place at Erin Hills this week, coinciding with the annual Women’s Golf Week (May 27 – June 3, 2025). With women’s participation in golf on the rise, and with Shot Scope’s mission to help every golfer improve through innovative and accessible technology, there is no better time to take a deep dive into the statistics underlying women golfers.

How far should women hit it based on your handicap?

P-Avg. or Performance-Average is Shot Scope’s data metric that gives players a club distance that a well-struck shot will travel by removing extreme outliers from the dataset, both good and bad. With the average woman’s handicap in the mid-to-high 20s, depending on the region and governing body, a drive in the region of 160-170 yards would be considered on par with the average golfer.

If you are routinely hitting it 177 yards or longer, you are above average and are likely gaining strokes on your fellow competitors. If you are coming up a bit shy, then some added distance will help you post lower scores, as accuracy off the tee is not an issue.

Women golfers excel at hitting fairways.

If we apply these percentages to a course with four par 3s, all of the handicap brackets hit, on average, eight fairways per round. The 30 handicapper is only three percent shy of the 10 handicap golfer in terms of fairways hit. However, they are a whopping 44 yards shorter. When it comes to the second shot, this difference has a profound impact on club selection and the likelihood of hitting the green.

Where a 10 handicap golfer would have a PW in hand, the 30 handicap golfer could have up to a 5 wood. In terms of proximity to the pin, the 10 handicap golfer will typically be five times closer. Off the tee, undeniably, players are accurate, but does this translate to their approach play?

From 100 yards, how close are women hitting it?

Many may think that hitting the green from 100 yards is a guarantee, but the data paints a very different picture. For the average golfer, from 100 yards, the likelihood of hitting the green is around one in four, which means that 75 percent of shots from 100 yards will miss the green.

The most common miss in golf, in terms of approach play, is short, with roughly one in two shots coming to rest just shy of the green. If this sounds familiar, try playing to the back of the green distance on your GPS device, if you have one, you may find it transforms your approach play and green hit success. When missing the green, players face the challenge of attempting an up and down.

How do female players perform from close range?

When faced with the awkward distance of 10-20 yards and the decision of whether to pitch, chip, or try something creative, players have mixed success. In terms of up and down likelihood, the 10 handicap golfer is three times more likely to get up and down than the 30 handicapper.

Once on the green, the data behind putting highlights why getting up and down is so hard.

It all revolves around proximity. The difference between putts inside three feet and those from three to six feet is staggering. For the lower handicapper, the 10 handicap, the likelihood of holing their putt drops by just over a third from beyond three feet. For the average 20 handicapper, the likelihood drops from almost a dead certainty, 9 in 10, to roughly a 50/50 chance – a toss of a coin almost. For higher handicaps, they are twice as likely to hole from zero to three feet versus three to six feet (85 percent versus 40 percent). Although the drop off is significant, it should help with expectation management; putts from three to six feet are by no means a gimme, so don’t get frustrated if you aren’t holing them all.

Do you want statistics like this on your game? It could transform your golf.

Iris Wong, a golf content creator, used Shot Scope performance tracking technology to go from a beginner golfer to club champion in four years! Learn her story here.

With the U.S Women’s Open and Women’s Golf Week taking place at the same time, it’s shaping up to be a great week for golf.

Media provided by: Joanne Miller, Kevin Frisch PR