Stat Focus: Royal St George's Golf Club

Thousands of golfers use the Golfshake Score Tracker to record their scores and track their stats, taking full advantage of the statistical analysis to provide an insight behind their games. This depth of information has offered us a vast library of data, covering golf courses across the UK, Europe and beyond, capturing just how well the Golfshake Community have played certain layouts.

Continuing our Stat Focus Series, we look at 2020 Open Championship venue Royal St George’s in Kent, which is one of the most historic on the present rotation, having been the first course outside of Scotland to host the game’s oldest major in 1894, won by J.H. Taylor. The likes of Harry Vardon, Walter Hagen, Bobby Locke, Sandy Lyle, Greg Norman and Darren Clarke have all triumphantly lifted the Claret Jug here. Known for its towering Himalaya bunker on the 4^th hole, its undulating fairways and occasional blind shots, Sandwich is a quintessential links experience and provides a challenge that has proven to be timeless. 

Like each Open venue, when playing Royal St George’s, you are walking in the footsteps of those champions of the past. Some of you will have taken the opportunity to etch your own story into the rich tapestry of this famous layout, but how did you score?

Royal St George's Feature Review

Luckily, we can compare the performances of the Golfshake Community. We have analysed rounds tracked by our mid-handicap golfers - between 12 and 19 - to provide a hole-by-hole guide to the course from the weekday tees (6,340 yards), ranking them in terms of difficulty in relation to par.

15th - 435 Yards, Par 4

8th - 395 Yards, Par 4

Average Score to Par: +1.781

13th - 420 Yards, Par 4

Average Score to Par: +1.469

17th - 392 Yards, Par 4

Average Score to Par: +1.438

4th - 412 Yards, Par 4

Average Score to Par: +1.250

 

1st - 399 Yards, Par 4

18th - 429 Yards, Par 4

Average Score to Par: +1.188

12th - 340 Yards, Par 4

Average Score to Par: +1.156

3rd - 180 Yards, Par 3

Average Score to Par: +1.125

10th - 351 Yards, Par 4

Average Score to Par: +1.125

14th - 507 Yards, Par 5

Average Score to Par: +1.094

9th - 366 Yards, Par 4

Average Score to Par: +1.031

 

5th - 406 Yards, Par 4

Average Score to Par: +1.031

2nd - 350 Yards, Par 4

6th - 142 Yards, Par 3

11th - 202 Yards, Par 3