Category: APBAnalyses

The first step in exploring the effect of APBA card ratings on performance is to look at the ratings themselves. This post examines ratings for the 2021 season. There are 80 players in that season set. Here is a summary of what those ratings look like numerically:  It probably makes sense to think of the […]

Yesterday, I uploaded the records in my APBA Golf database* in the form of an Excel file to the Downloads area of this site. I did this to give others a chance to explore questions they might have about how APBA golfers perform.  Several of the blog posts here are based on that dataset. I […]

A post on this blog by ishmail66 on the Tendencies of Today’s Bombers got me to thinking about how driving distances of recent APBA golfers compare to those from the past. While recent APBA season cards seem to have lower Average W’s and more Player Result Numbers (PRNs) of 31 or higher in the W […]

In a comment to my recent post “Are There Putting Patterns?” ishmail66 speculates that my APBA average putting scores (1.57/hole) may be slightly lower than those of real-life pros from the past couple of seasons (1.61/hole), because my dataset probably has quite a few All-Time Greats (ATG) included in it. He’s not wrong. The dataset […]

For some time, I have believed that par 3’s in APBA are more difficult to one-putt than par 4’s or par 5’s. I reasoned that it has to be harder to get the ball closer to the pin on a par 3, since there aren’t really any short approach shots involved (a few 100-yard par […]

[Ed. Note: This post by ishmail66 is in response to an earlier post, “Tendencies and Probabilities” by me.] Understanding the Left and Right tendencies of a player can really help hitting the smaller greens on some courses and getting it close to the pin on others. I’ve also noticed something else with the more recent […]

In his recent post, Scott (smohler9) discussed the importance of roughly understanding the odds when planning shots. I want to take that a step further and look at Approach shot tendencies based on lie and the player’s Average I.   While the Average I bonus does not apply to Approach shots, Player Result Numbers (PRNs) […]

If you are new to APBA Golf (or an old pro), there are a few things you should keep in mind about shot tendencies. In this post, I’m going to cover the bare minimum you need to know to have any chance of scoring well (dumb luck aside). We’ll use Lee Trevino’s 1971 All-Time Great […]

When using the GC, you may sometimes question whether a shot outcome is realistic. Examples of this could be short approach shots that end up in unlikely locations, weird tree shot results, and even some bunker shots that go backwards. You may wonder, “Would a shot like that ever happen in real life?” Maybe not, […]