Player profile
Understanding your strengths and weaknesses is the foundation of real improvement in golf. The Player Profile process goes beyond traditional assessments, helping you gain deep insight into your unique playing style, skillset, and areas for growth. By identifying specific strengths, you can maximize what you’re already good at, turning these into reliable assets on the course. Equally important, recognizing your weaknesses provides a clear map of what needs work, so you can practice with purpose, focus, and efficiency.
With a personalized Player Profile, you’re not just practicing—you’re practicing smarter. This targeted approach allows you to prioritize your training on the aspects of your game that will make the biggest difference. Instead of trial and error, you’ll have a clear strategy for improvement, guided by a detailed understanding of your own game. It’s about achieving consistent progress, one step at a time, and building confidence with every swing.
By unlocking a comprehensive view of your abilities, the Player Profile puts you in control of your growth, helping you play your best game and truly enjoy your journey to success.
Every player is evaluated against a PGA Tour benchmark across five key areas: Driving, Ball Striking, Wedge Play, Short Game, and Putting.
This gives an immediate, evidence-based answer to the question that matters most: where is this player actually losing or gaining shots against the field? From there, every training plan is built with purpose — prioritising the area with the largest strokes gained deficit first, and tracking progress numerically over time rather than by feel.
The Five Key Areas
01 · Off the Tee
Strokes gained off the tee — distance and accuracy combined into a single scoring-zone metric.
02 · iron play
Strokes gained on full-swing approach shots — converting the tee shot into a scoring chance.
Scoring & Short Game
03 · 55m–105m
Strokes gained on scoring-club approach shots — where birdie chances are created.
04 · Inside 55m
Chipping, pitching, bunker play — scramble for par saves.
05 · On the Green
Drills with integrated strokes gained scoring. SAM puttlab analysis
An Example Player Profile
Strokes Gained — by Category (vs. PGA Tour Benchmark)
Tee Shot — Scoring Zone Creation
Driving
+0.5
strokes gained / round
Strength
Ball Striking
+0.8
strokes gained / round
Strength
Scoring & Short Game
Wedge Play
−1.2
strokes gained / round
Priority area
Short Game
−0.3
strokes gained / round
Developing
Putting
+1.1
strokes gained / round
Strength
Net strokes gained: +0.9 per round. Wedge play (−1.2) is the clear priority — closing this gap to neutral would represent the single largest scoring improvement available to this player. Training plan below is sequenced accordingly.
Once the Player Profile is established, the training plan is built directly from the strokes gained breakdown — not from a generic curriculum. The category with the largest deficit is addressed first, with clear, measurable targets and a re-test built into the schedule to confirm the gap is closing. This keeps every training block accountable to a number, not an opinion.