More than 80 percent of your improvement in score comes from avoiding bogeys compared to making more birdies.

And this is crucial for golfers hoping to break 80.

A 10 handicap may only makes one less birdie per round ton average than a scratch, but they make almost two and a half more double bogeys, and that accounts for about half of the entire difference in those two handicaps.

And the data shows that there are some patterns in how they're making these bigger mistakes, as you can dive deeper into below...