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Advanced putting metrics in golf
Using ShotLink data that records information on every stroke taken on the PGA Tour, this paper introduces a new metric to assess putting. The methodology is based on ideas from spatial statistics where a spatial map of each green is constructed. The spatial map provides estimates of the expected number of putts from various green locations. The difficulty of a putt is a function of both its distance to the hole and its direction. A golfer`s actual performance can then be assessed against the expected number of putts.
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| Notations: | sport games technical and natural sciences |
| Published in: | Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1515/jqas-2013-0010 |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 239-248 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | advanced |