The 2016 Masters at Augusta National is often remembered for Jordan’s Spieth’s collapse in the final round. In 2015, Jordan had led wire-to-wire and won. In 2016, Jordan again led after 54 holes, and thus expectations for another Spieth Green Jacket were high. Conditions at the Masters at Augusta National in 2016 were challenging. Thursday […]
GCRB Tip: Adding Starting Scores
The leaderboard for the Game Caddie Record Book (GCRB) rank orders players based on round scores, but what if you have a tournament where players are “handicapped” in such a way that they don’t all start out with zero strokes? The best example of this in professional golf is probably the PGA TOUR Championship, where […]
Do Sand Points Make a Difference?
Yesterday, I posted about the APBA ratings for the 2021 season player cards. One of the rating categories I discussed is Sand Points. In this post, we’ll look at some preliminary data to see if Sand Points make a difference in terms of sand saves or scoring. Here’s what the distribution of Sand Points looks like […]
Card Ratings – 2021 Season
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 […]
2021 PGA TOUR Championship Replay: R2 Results
This post describes a replay of the 2021 PGA TOUR Championship event played at East Lake Country Club (Peachtree). The first part of the post summaries the setup of the actual tournament. Highlights for simulated rounds will be posted as they are completed. A final set of results will be posted at the tournament’s end […]
GC Survey Results
Here are the results of a survey sent out to 91 people who requested a copy of the Game Caddie at some point. Many thanks to everyone who responded. How long have you been playing APBA Golf? In the past 3 months, how many times have you played APBA Golf? In the past 3 months, […]
Tiger Live on New GC Podcast!
I am pleased to announce the premiere of The Game Caddie podcast tonight at 9pm EDT. My first guest will be none other than Tiger Woods! Tiger has been a long-time supporter of the GC and has helped finance it, so that it can be distributed for free. I don’t want to over-promise, but he […]
Have You Ever Wondered . . .?
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 […]
How to Speed Up Master Game Play
[An earlier version of this post first appeared on the APBA Between the Lines forum.] Having completed 3 full tournaments and being well into two others, I’ve come up with a few strategies that may offer those who enjoy the choices made possible by APBA Golf’s Master Game rules (and its many innovations) a way […]
Recent Bombers vs. the Rest
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 […]