Although long putts on the final holes occasionally win tournaments, it’s usually consistently good putting at closer range that makes the difference. That got me to wondering how well APBA putters perform from 7 to 9 feet compared to the real pros. What I found surprised me. I decided to look at the 2021 PGA […]
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Fred Couples: First Take
This post is an initial look at the 1992 Frederick Steven “Fred” Couples card, focusing mainly on his carry distance and accuracy off the tee using a driver. We’ll dissect it, so that you can get a leg up on your competition… Most tee shots with a driver roll 25 – 30 yards if they […]
FW Accuracy at Peachtree
I recently finished a replay of the 2021 PGA TOUR Championship held at East Lake Golf Club (Peachtree). Afterwards, I began to wonder what factors matter most for performance on that course among real-life professional golfers. DataGolf has an interesting Radar Plot tool that lets you see the predictive power of five golfer attributes for […]
Does Wind Affect GIR%?
It would be logical to assume that the more wind there is, the harder it would be to reach a green in regulation (GIR). But as they say, it’s an empirical question. Thankfully, we have some APBA data to look at. Let’s begin with my entire dataset, which now consists of 19,746 holes. Here’s the […]
APBA Wish List Addendum
GC user, Gary Prince, has something he’d like to add to the APBA Wish List : an 18-hole course using satellite images. I “wish” I’d thought of that first! How cool would that be? Gary created this awesome APBA-like rendering of hole #1 at TPC Sawgrass using GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program): For purposes of […]
APBA Wish List
By now, it should be obvious that I love the APBA Golf Master Game. It’s smart, it’s fun, it’s (mostly) realistic, and it lends itself to endless analysis and speculation. What more could you ask for in a board game? Well, here’s the beginning of my wish list. If APBA ever gets around to updating […]
Longest Putts in History
OK, I suppose I should be clear about what I mean by “history.” There is real-life history, such as PGA records on putting. And then there is APBA history–more specifically my GCRB putting data (which represents only a tiny spec in the universe of APBA Golf that’s been played over the past 60 years or […]
Worst Round Ever (So Far)
I thought it might be fun to look back and see what was the worst round I’ve played since I began keeping APBA Golf statistics. Amazingly, it was with someone who currently has among the best short games in all of golf! It happened during the fourth round of my 2019 U.S. Open replay at […]
Are These APBA’s Best Putters?
I am curious as to who putts the best among APBA golfers. While I have a fairly large dataset to work with (19,314 holes), most of the data in it consists of one or two rounds per golfer–not enough to draw meaningful conclusions from in terms of Putts per Round. When I looked at all […]
Do GIR’s Affect Putting?
While golfers strive to make as many greens in regulation (GIR) as possible, does it affect their putting performance? Just because a golfer hits a green in regulation, there is no guarantee the ball will be close to the pin. There are three things I looked at: What’s the relationship between GIR’s and putting performance? […]