In golf, as in so many things, effectiveness begins with a clear grasp of details. Week after week, golfers invest significant time at a sport in which they neglect to pay attention to fundamental details of their game. While most golfers can readily recite their final score, few are aware of how well they performed in specific game components and how such performance impacts their total score. Without these details, however, golfers have only a vague sense of why their score remains high and where to direct additional practice. Just as professional golfers find it enormously beneficial to record key statistics to monitor game skills, amateur golfers can greatly benefit from analyzing their score in order to promote systematic game improvement.