A great way to become a complete player is learning to keep up with your stats. I know many of the parents do this but taking ownership of this as a player can really help you learn more about your game. Collegiate players keep track of their own stats and input them after every tournament. At a minimum, they keep up with fairways, greens, putts, up/downs and bunker up/downs. As a professional, when I wrote down my score after each hole I would also jot down F for hitting the fairway, G for hitting the green, tally marks for putts, U/D or Sand if I got it up and down, or a slash through U/D or Sand if I didn’t. Then I would add them each up at the end of the round. While there are more detailed ways of keeping up with stats, these are a great way for a player to start taking ownership of their game by keeping up with their own stats and reviewing them after each round.

If you would like to take the stat keeping one step farther, after the round you can add more details to the stats. For example, what side of the fairway or green did you miss on, what type of up/down was it (bump-n-run, lob, pitch), how far were the putts you missed/made, etc. You can also use these stats to discuss your game with your coach and begin to understand your strengths and weaknesses better.