Ask any amateur golfer how they played and you will get a number. 82. 91. 76. The number is almost always wrong — not literally, but as a description of the round.
Two 85s can be completely different rounds. One was hit fairways and three-putted six times. The other missed every fairway right and got up and down ten. Both were "an 85." Neither golfer can usefully improve from "I shot an 85."
So we built the Consistency Score.
What it is
The Consistency Score is a single 0-100 number that captures how you actually played. It combines three components, each weighted equally:
- Driving (0-33) — fairway-hit percentage weighted by hole difficulty
- Putting (0-33) — penalises three-putts, rewards one-putts, baselined against course par
- Scoring (0-34) — score-to-par with a 1.2x multiplier on doubles or worse
Why three components
Most golf stats are either too coarse (just the total score) or too fine (separated by club, lie, pin position, situation, putt distance). Both have problems for an amateur.
Three components is the sweet spot — broad enough to be stable round to round, granular enough to point at what you need to work on. If your driving sits at 22 and your putting at 14, you know where to spend the next month of practice time without a coach having to tell you.
How a Consistency Score moves
A 5-handicap golfer typically sits in the 75-85 range. A 15-handicap is usually 60-75. A 25-handicap is 45-60.
But the range matters more than the absolute number — players who lower their handicap over a season tend to do so by tightening their Consistency Score range, not by raising the top end.
The number that matters is your Consistency Score floor over the last 10 rounds. That is the version of you that shows up under pressure.
What it is not
It is not a handicap. Handicap is computed from differentials over 20 rounds against course rating and slope. Consistency Score is round-by-round and absolute.
It is not Strokes Gained — that requires per-shot tracking with starting and ending locations, which is not practical for amateur play.
It is a single, repeatable number that says how this round actually went. A coach watching from the cart could tell you the same thing — but you can carry the Consistency Score in your pocket.
Log a round on stack.golf and see your Consistency Score after 20 seconds per hole. Free, no card.