What is Proximity 200+?
Average distance to the hole on approaches from beyond 200 yards — long irons and woods.
Shown in feet; measured rounds only.
How it's calculated
Proximity is measured by ShotLink, which tracks the position of every shot at a tour event to within inches. For each approach from the relevant distance band, the distance from the resulting ball position to the hole is recorded, and the figure shown is the average across those attempts. Shots that miss the green entirely still count, which is why the averages are longer than the shots people remember.
How to read it
Lower is better — it is a distance to the hole, so shorter means closer.
What it doesn't say
Lower is better, but proximity says nothing about how often a player reaches the green at all, and nothing about the putt that follows. A player who misses greens frequently can post a flattering average if their misses happen to finish close. Read it beside greens in regulation and strokes gained on approach rather than alone, and remember the bands are distances, not shot quality: an approach from 174 yards and one from 151 sit in the same bucket.
OTIS tracks this stat across 15 PGA Tour seasons — see it for every player, or read how the numbers are sourced in the methodology.