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Drive distance?

Genty007
over 1 year ago

If I am in the 96% range on Drive on my handicap of 17.How come my drive distance is only 9% ?

My average drive is 235m or 257 yards so that's well above average?

  • +1 over 1 year ago

    My apologies to the initial response I provided on this post a little over a year ago. I made the mistake of conveying that a lower % indicates a higher than average performance stat for the post topic in relation to Drives. 

    Since my previous response, we have updated our FAQ content regarding performance stats earlier this year through the support article linked below: 

    Edited: September 4th, 2024. Correction to previous post where I made the mistake of explaining a lower % as best vs a higher %. 

  • 0 1 month ago in reply to Garmin-Cody

    So why is he 96% in Drive and only 9% in driver distance?

    Are you saying  he's doing poor in driving but great at driving distance?

    I swear, you would think Garmin were purposely trying to make their app confusing and unusable.

    In the same list of 5 different areas of your game, a high percentage can both mean you're doing poorly or great. I bought two new Fenix watches in 2 different sizes for golf.

    The app is appalling. There are messages saying similar over the past 4 years yet nothing has changed. Whoever is over the Golf App team needs to be replaced. It's like they're trying to kill Garmin sales.

    The app is so outdated and nobody at Garmin is interested in improving it. I see that Cody is replying to the feedback, but is he actually doing something about it or is he paid just to chat with customers? There seems to be a breakdown in communications between this forum and the App developers.

    When are the heads of Garmin going to realise that their Golf team are taking them for a ride and losing them a huge amount in sales? I'm returning my 2 watches now and moving to Shotscope

  • 0 1 month ago in reply to 6074399

    It's all rubbish now my drives are going further but now it says my drive distance is 44% when the average distance shown on the app for my drives are 257 metresRolling eyes

  • 0 1 month ago in reply to Genty007

    If you have concerns with the breakdown of your performance stats in relation to the Drives section showing on your account, I recommend contacting Garmin Support to discuss your data with a Golf Specialist. 

    They can discuss any performance stats related concerns after confirming your account to get more insight into the metrics you are seeing, or any potential questions you may have in relation to what your stats are currently showing. 

    I have also corrected my initial response above as we have updated the Golf Performance Stats article on the Garmin Support site to reflect a clearer breakdown of Golf Performance Stats.

  • 0 1 month ago in reply to Garmin-Cody

    It's So confusing that even Garmin don't know the meaning of the data.

    So why is the user only getting 9% in driver distance when he obviously drives further than 99% of people playing golf.

    Your explanation of 0 is lowest and 100% best does not stand.

    What does the 9% on his Driver Distance mean?

  • 0 1 month ago in reply to Garmin-Cody

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  • 0 1 month ago in reply to 6074399

    The driving distance % is intended to be a % relative to driving the ball (distance) vs other Garmin users. The drive distance category is pulled from all user scorecards uploaded, and some contain incorrect data that has not been corrected by some users. For example, a user plays a par 4 or 5 hole and the watch or device doesn't detect the following shot or two, thus resulting in the distance being attributed to the driver. This is a limitation of the current system and is the most common scenario and is a user experience concern that we are currently in the process of tracking reports from users for future improvements. 

  • 0 1 month ago in reply to 6074399

    When clicking the link 

    It says I'm blocked??

    Support link in my initial reply has been corrected to be accessible