The Austin Golfer Report2026
Anonymized round and combine data from Central Texas amateur golfers, drawn from Coach by ATX users and ATX Golf Performance sessions. The definitive picture of where Austin amateurs actually lose strokes — and what the fastest improvers do differently.
Full dataset published with the next edition. Preview snapshots below.
Across all measured Austin amateurs in the sample.
Where the average Austin amateur bleeds shots most.
Methodology
How this data was collected
Every data point in this report is drawn from anonymized Coach by ATX rounds logged by Central Texas players and from ATX Golf Performance in-studio assessments. Rounds are deduplicated by player and normalized to par-72 equivalent where course par differs.
The report is intentionally biased toward serious amateurs — golfers who log rounds and book assessments — so numbers skew slightly better than a truly random public sample. That's the population Coach by ATX is designed for.
Full methodology, sample-size breakdowns, and downloadable CSVs ship with the full-data edition.
Driving
How far the average Austin amateur actually hits it
Preview: median driving distance by handicap band, fairways hit percentages, and the surprising cost of the two-way miss. Full charts in the complete edition.
Approach
The hidden cost of missing greens short
Preview: proximity to hole by starting distance bucket, short-vs-long miss frequency, and the yardage where Austin amateurs lose the most strokes.
Short game
Scrambling — the number nobody tracks
Preview: scrambling percentages by handicap, sand-save data, and the wedge distance every 10-handicap over-uses.
Putting
Three-putts and where they actually come from
Preview: three-putts per round by handicap, first-putt proximity from 30+ ft, and the pattern that predicts a blow-up hole.
What the fastest improvers do
Patterns that drop a handicap fastest
Preview: what separates a golfer who dropped 3+ strokes in a year from one who didn't. Practice cadence, session length, and the one stat that predicts improvement more than any other.
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