What is Scrambling from Rough?
Par-or-better saves when the missed green left the ball in the rough.
How it's calculated
Scrambling is a tour-published rate: of the holes where a player missed the green in regulation, the share on which they still made par or better. It counts outcomes, not technique — a holed bunker shot and a fortunate two-putt from the fringe score identically.
How to read it
Higher is better, and it is the more common recovery situation of the two.
What it doesn't say
Scrambling rewards the outcome, not the difficulty of the position. A player who misses greens in easy places will scramble better than one who misses them short-sided, without being any better at recovery. It also interacts with the rest of the game in a way that flatters weak iron play: a player who misses many greens gets far more attempts, and a high rate off a large number of misses is not the same achievement as a high rate off a few.
OTIS tracks this stat across 15 PGA Tour seasons — see it for every player, or read how the numbers are sourced in the methodology.