68%
A 15-handicapper making a three-foot putt (68% of the time) is like Rickie Fowler hitting a drive in the fairway (66%), which is about the same probability as Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill scoring a touchdown in a regular season game (61%).
48%
A golfer who shoots 85 taking less than 34 putts in a round (48%) is like Justin Rose taking less than 29 putts in a round (51%) and Wimbledon champ Carlos Alcaraz winning the next tennis major (50%).
45%
A 5-handicapper making a par (45%) is like Rory McIlroy hitting a drive longer than 320 yards (47%), which is like Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy giving up one or two goals in a game (49%).
45%
20%
An 80s-shooter making a par (45%) is like Justin Thomas making an eight-foot putt (43%) and tennis sensation Coco Gauff making it to at least the semi-finals of a Grand Slam (40%).
A 5-handicapper scoring back-to-back pars (20%) is like Ludvig Aberg going for a par-5 green and making birdie or better twice in a row (23%), which is about the same as Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry making two three-pointers in a row (18%).
24%
A GOLFER WHO SHOOTS IN THE LOW 90s making a par on the next hole (24%) is like Xander Schauffele making birdie or better on the next hole (25%) and Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander striking out two batters in an inning (25%).
11%
A 15-handicap hitting a green in regulation (11%) is like Wyndham Clark getting up and down from a greenside bunker 5 times in a row (12%), which is about the same as New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge hitting a home run in consecutive games (7%).
9%
7%
AN 80-shooter making three consecutive pars (9%) is like Scottie Scheffler making two birdies in a row (9%), which is like PBA bowler Jason Belmonte rolling four strikes in a row (12%).
A golfer who averages 85 shooting under 80 (7%) is like Sahith Theegala making a 30-foot putt (7%), which is like Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Dončić scoring 45 or more points in a game (8%).
7%
A 100-shooter making a par (7%) is like Shane Lowry hitting 11 fairways in a row (8%), which is about the same as Baltimore Ravens placekicker Justin Tucker making seven 50-yard-plus field goals in a row (7%).
5%
A 12-handicapper making a birdie (5%) is like Collin Morikawa scoring back-to-back birdies on consecutive par 4s (4%), which is about the same as Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark making her next three 3-pointers (5%).
.3%
A golfer who shoots in the mid-80s making two birdies in a row (.3%) is like Max Homa making five birdies in a row (0.4%) and Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout hitting three home runs in a game (0.1%).
4%
.05%
A 10-handicapper making three pars in a row (4%) is like Min Woo Lee making four sand saves in a row (6%) and Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi scoring a hat trick—three goals in one game (5%).
An 18-handicapper making two birdies in a row (.05%) is like Jordan Spieth making a hole-in-one (0.04%), which is about the same as stock-car racer Chase Elliott winning four NASCAR races in a row (0.09%).