StudyQuest
Sports Math

Golf

Drives, putting, slopes, and scoring averages.

7 formulas

Stats

Scoring Average

Avg=Total StrokesRounds\text{Avg} = \frac{\text{Total Strokes}}{\text{Rounds}}

Mean strokes per round over a tournament or season.

Stats

Fairways Hit Percentage

FH%=Fairways HitDriving Holes×100FH\% = \frac{\text{Fairways Hit}}{\text{Driving Holes}} \times 100

Share of par 4 and par 5 tee shots that finished in the fairway.

Stats

Putts Per Round

PPR=Total PuttsRoundsPPR = \frac{\text{Total Putts}}{\text{Rounds}}

Average number of putts per 18-hole round.

Trajectory

Drive Carry Model

h(t)=−12gt2+v0t+h0h(t) = -\frac{1}{2}gt^2 + v_0 t + h_0

A teed shot climbs and falls on a parabola until it lands (carry is horizontal distance to landing).

Angles & distance

Putting Slope Angle

θ=arctan⁡(riserun)\theta = \arctan\left(\frac{\text{rise}}{\text{run}}\right)

Steepness of a green between two points. Rise over run is the slope ratio; arctangent (arctan, inverse tangent) turns that ratio into an angle in degrees.

Stats

Score Differential (WHS)

SD=113SR(S−CR)\text{SD}=\dfrac{113}{SR}(S-CR)

Compares one adjusted round to course difficulty using slope and course rating from the scorecard. The 113 is the standard slope; harder courses have higher slope ratings. Posted rounds feed your Handicap Index in GHIN or your golf association.

Stats

Course Handicap (WHS)

CH=HI×Slope Rating113+(Course Rating−Par)\text{CH} = \text{HI} \times \frac{\text{Slope Rating}}{113} + (\text{Course Rating} - \text{Par})

Turns your Handicap Index (GHIN or league file) into strokes you may subtract today on this course and tees, using slope rating, course rating, and par from the scorecard.

About sports math

Sports math applies real formulas to the games students follow—batting average and ERA in baseball, shooting percentages in basketball, passer rating in football, xG and group-stage points for World Cup Seattle 2026 soccer, plus golf and volleyball stats and the physics of speed, distance, and projectile motion.

Each sport pairs a plain-language formula with a calculator and links to the Formula Library, turning stats and game situations into approachable practice for ratios, percentages, and algebra.