On June 1, the tour went further and now breaks this down into strokes gained off the tee, strokes gained with approach shots and strokes gained around the green. And for a putt, sinking a longer putt is harder than sinking a shorter putt. Strokes Gained could be the key to helping advance the game at a professional and amateur level. He calls it the Strokes Gained method and argues that an aggressive long-game approach to the hole is more important than the putting game. "It turns out that this old expression in golf, 'drive for show putt for dough' is wrong," says Broadie.

Source: CNN June 15, 2016 13:30 UTC