What Is Up-and-Down Percentage?
By The Fairway Labs TeamReviewed
Short game
Up-and-Down Percentage
How it works
Each missed green creates an opportunity, and if the short-game shot plus the following putt total two strokes, it’s marked a success. Successes divided by opportunities gives the percentage; on a par 5 this can still leave a bogey, so up-and-down and scrambling numbers aren’t always identical.
What's a good Up-and-Down Percentage?
Strong players convert up and downs at rates similar to scrambling, often 55-60 percent on tour, since most missed tour greens happen on par 4s where up-and-down equals scrambling for par. Amateurs generally sit in the 20-30 percent range, limited mainly by contact quality on the short-game shot.
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