Monthly Archives: July 2010
100 BEST SEASONS 2004-2009
1 Tiger Woods 2008 -1.3104 2 Tiger Woods 2006 -1.2683 3 Tiger Woods 2007 -1.2201 4 Tiger Woods 2009 -1.1527 5 Tiger Woods 2005 -0.9903 6 Tiger Woods 2004 -0.9459 7 Vijay Singh 2004 -0.9246 8 Jim Furyk 2006 -0.9218 … Continue reading
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THE FUTURE OF TIGER WOODS
Any other golfer wouldn’t merit this level of attention after every week, but no one draws the amount of absurd overreactions both ways that Tiger Woods does. There is no one capable of saying, “Oh, Tiger just had an off … Continue reading
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FRIDAY TIME WASTERS: 2010 RANKINGS
I got a tweet earlier this week asking about my rankings solely based on play in 2010. Here they are: Rank Player Z-Sc Avg Rounds St Dev 1 Lee Westwood -0.776 54 0.852 2 Anthony Kim -0.719 35 1.083 3 … Continue reading
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RBC CANADIAN OPEN
Thanks for the tease Hunter. Hunter Mahan 10.76% 829 Charley Hoffman 6.47% 1445 Tim Clark 6.29% 1490 Retief Goosen 5.52% 1712 Paul Casey 4.81% 1977 Kevin Na 4.01% 2393 Camilo Villegas 3.16% 3067 Jason Bohn 2.88% 3374 Stephen Ames 2.62% … Continue reading
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NORDEA SCANDANAVIAN MASTERS ROUND 1
Apparently everyone who bombed Y.E. after last year’s PGA is not impressed with Oosthuizen. Player PCT ODDS Dustin Johnson 22.24% 350 Louis Oosthuizen 14.76% 578 K.J. Choi 11.75% 751 Richard Green 8.55% 1070 Edoardo Molinari* 4.88% 1948 Rory Sabbatini 2.93% … Continue reading
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RBC CANADIAN OPEN AND NORDIC MASTERS
Going forward I want to use these preview posts more to look into certain things that could affect value on a given week, rather than just randomly selecting players and writing about them (though I will continue with some of … Continue reading
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THE VALUE OF LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN
Louis Oosthuizen has been released in the 75-1 range for the PGA Championship in August after his win at the British Open. Winning a major might do something for your confidence, but this is still absurd on a number of … Continue reading
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TWO INTERESTING MAJOR POSTS
It’s rare to find two well though out reasoned arguments about winning major championships on the Internet but here they are. (thanks @klejdys) Another No Name wins a Major( Your Lying Eyes) For Golf Stat Geeks (iSteve) Also, from the … Continue reading
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THE EQUAL WEATHER BRITISH OPEN
There is almost no point in trying to take the randomness out of golf. There is no point trying to take the British Open trophy away from Louis Oosthuizen. When you throw in weather, lies, putts lipping in or out, … Continue reading
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BRITISH OPEN FINAL ROUND
Will add some commentary if I get a chance… Louis Oosthuizen 57.41% -135 Paul Casey 25.63% 290 Lee Westwood 3.91% 2456 Martin Kaymer 3.02% 3207 Henrik Stenson 3.00% 3235 Dustin Johnson 1.72% 5714 Alejandro Canizares 0.89% 11104 Retief Goosen 0.71% … Continue reading
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