Halcón
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But what constitutes a putt?
I think I see where you're going with this, but the 10m circle is well defined. Anything outside of it can leave room for interpretation.
What is an accurate drive vs. an inaccurate drive?
This is far trickier, I agree. Percent of drives that land in the circle is easy, and quickly recordable. But not all courses have defined fairways, or even "rough." OB % can be a measure of driving accuracy. Perhaps a new term could be defined that conveys our "fairways." Correct me if I'm wrong, but most holes have a safe landing zone off the tee. In other words, there's an optimal area(s) that you should land in that could be considered outside the "rough."
Percentage of "safe throws" off the tee could be a new stat...or whatever you want to call it. (With wide open courses, a safe throw could be almost anywhere...so I can see where this stat could be skewed)
Stat buffs I think need to realize that for every person that cares about this sort of thing, there are probably twenty who don't care about the stats that do get collected.
Can't really argue with that one.