CNDR Articles

Golf, considered.

Clear answers for golfers choosing what to measure, what to practice, and which tools deserve a place in the bag.

Motion

A swing, as seen from the wrist

To a watch, a golf swing is 1.5 seconds of acceleration and rotation. 1 shot and 1 practice swing show what the signal can tell you, and what it cannot.

October 15, 2026 · 4 min
Acceleration and rotation traces for one recorded golf shot and one practice swing
Statistics

Strokes gained, explained with 1 hole

A scorecard shows how many strokes you used. Strokes gained shows which shots lost them. This article calculates each shot of 1 bogey.

October 4, 2026 · 7 min
Strokes gained for each shot of 1 bogey, with the largest loss on the first putt
Rating

How the CNDR rating works

Each hole gives 4 points, plus 1 point for each stroke better than the hole difficulty. 1000 is the tour baseline. See where each handicap lands.

October 15, 2026 · 7 min
The CNDR rating scale with the estimated rating for each handicap
Strategy

The center of the fairway is not the target

Same golfer, same swing, 100 drives. Aim 9 yards to the right of the center, and the drives in the water decrease from 18 to 7. But fewer drives land on the fairway.

October 4, 2026 · 8 min
One hundred drives aimed at the center of the fairway and 9 yards right, with water on the left
Comparison

CNDR vs Arccos

Both automatically track your golf. The important difference is what they require—and what happens before you tee off.

August 20, 2026 · 10 min
A golfer checks a smartwatch at dawn
Comparison

CNDR vs DECADE Golf

Both use dispersion and expected outcomes to choose smarter targets. The difference is whether you want to learn the system or have the app build, track and refine the plan.

August 20, 2026 · 11 min
A golfer checks a smartwatch before a round
Comparison

CNDR vs Golfshot

Same wrist, same sensor-free tracking, same annual price. Only one of them also tells you where to aim—and what the miss is going to cost.

August 21, 2026 · 12 min
A golfer checks distances on an Apple Watch on the tee