statistics and data visualization, applied to golf.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined July 2016
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How the top 10 in true strokes gained has evolved over the last five years via @DataGolf.
What sticks out?
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An hour ago, @datagolf had the U.S. at nearly 60 percent to win the event. Now, it's back down to 35 percent.
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Putting numbers via @DataGolf from Day 2 here at Medinah.
Two players from the US had an above average day putting.
The number of opportunities to bring the crowd to life that missed was a LARGE number out here today.
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What's the likelihood for those right around the top-70 bubble to make it to the FedExCup Playoffs? (per @DataGolf)
65. Aldrich Potgieter - 95.5%
66. Ricky Castillo - 86.3%
67. Matti Schmid - 75.4%
68. Jordan Smith - 69.2%
69. Steven Fisk - 48.5%
70. Jackson Koivun - 49.9%
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71. Mac Meissner - 34.6%
72. Keegan Bradley - 30.9%
73. Andrew Putnam - 10.7%
74. Johnny Keefer - 8.2%
75. Jason Day - 5.8%
86. Brooks Koepka - 3.8%
89. Tony Finau - 1.7%
103. Rasmus Hojgaard - 1.5%
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A reminder that @DataGolf had Koivun ranked as their best amateur golfer since 2010 ahead of some massive, massive names.
Now a win by 3 shots in his 3rd pro start as a 21 year old.
And by 5 shots over everyone that isn’t the number one player in the world.
SHEESH.
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Hard to picture this early wave going much better than it has from a golf course test perspective.
-Just 15 players under par out of 59
-NERD STAT ALERT: The skill separator is an astonishing 2.42 (1.00 is average).
Translation: The leaderboard is really, really, really good and the course is separating skill at a remarkably high rate so far.
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I'm sure most are already very familiar with the work of @DataGolf, but their Ryder Cup data is great. No better place to quickly drill down into individual players' records in particular: datagolf.com/ryder-cup/playe…
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Newsletter #72: How Europe Wins Ryder Cups
- Where Ryder Cups have been won and lost
- Scottie vs. the Field at 2025 majors
- Thoughts on FedExCup format
- Updating Scheffler's major projection
datagolf.com/letzigs-latest/…
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Data Golf now has Scottie with four of the 20 best seasons of the last 40 years.
Tiger: 8
Scottie: 4
Vijay: 3
Rory: 2
Norman: 1
Spieth: 1
Price: 1
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Newsletter #71: Peak Years
- When do pro golfers peak?
- Who are really the most accurate players?
- Why did Oakmont favour bombers?
datagolf.com/letzigs-latest/…
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Talking Tiger in 2008 - he obviously didn't play any tournaments after the U.S. Open ... but man, what could have been! Look at his run in just 7 events ... @DataGolf has it the 33rd best ever since 1983. SEVEN EVENTS!
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The live blog is back this week for the U.S. Open!
Follow along here: datagolf.com/live-blog/us-op…
