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Golf Monthly
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Barry Plummer

How Does Your Driving Accuracy Compare To The PGA Tour Average? (Plus 5 Tips To Help Close The Gap)

Rory McIlroy in the finish position after hitting a driver off the tee, with an inset image of Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Keith Wood using alignment sticks to check his aim on the tee.

On the PGA Tour, driving accuracy is calculated using the number of fairways hit in relation to the possible number of fairways (excluding par-3 holes). Aaron Rai currently leads the way with a whopping 72% of fairways hit, but the average for 2024 currently stands at 60%.

If we say for argument sake that there are 14 holes in total on a particular golf course that are either par-4 or par-5, that means that an average PGA Tour player finds around 8 fairways per round. World No.1 Scottie Scheffler only slightly exceeds that average (66%), but how do you compare?

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