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Originally Posted by rickroll
1 what's the biggest deficit you've had where you recovered and won or otherwise had a top finish
Shot 31(-5) the last nine to make a check. Shot 64(-7) final round to jet up the leaderboard another time.
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2 what's the biggest lead you had and lost
Was 3 up in a state am in college and lost the match. Shot 63(-9) first round of a 54 hole event, finished E over a dozen shots back.
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3 in the pga there's a ton of evidence that golfers who are behind by 10 strokes or more on days 2 and 4 nearly always perform worse than expected whereas day 3 is neutral. However, the exact reason for this is unknown. Some attribute it to facing pressure of cut/final day, whereas others view it as indifference as they can't win/make cut without a miracle so who cares, whereas another theory is that they are taking big risks to close the gap and they often don't pan out.
Do you have any thoughts on this? mind you it's a slight bias of say half a stroke but with enough of a sample in addition to the stark contrast of day 3 not having that bias to imply that while it may be subtle, it's very real and likely cut/finals related.
Guys just say **** it and don't try. I can't do it but many players if they can't make the cut or similar just don't care how bad they play.
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4 you mentioned that you graded your own SG data, how accurate do you think this is vs official PGA sg data? How do you use SG data to improve as a golfer? I'm particularly interested in this because I originate for pga betting and SG data is a big aspect of that.
For me the driving stat is skewed lower because I don't drive it near as far as a PGA Tour play. It's also different because many times I'm playing off shitty grass into the green with not near the control as tour players have off of perfect surfaces.
One use of going through this process is that you see exactly how strokes are gained and lost. You see you gain a ton if you stick a 7 iron stiff, you also see you lose a ton if you hit a 100 yard shot 25 feet away.
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5 you mentioned that there were few big guns who you were particularly worried about beating your score, this really surprised me. I kind of assumed once you get to this level then the gaps in skill are so narrow that you wouldn't need to focus too much on specific individuals, yes, over a large sample their results will stand out from the crowd but over a single tourney it always feels like anything can happen. Is this a regular thing or something about these specific tournies where the skill level is pretty varied
The players in qualifiers vary wildly, most have zero chance. Just look at what some of the players shot in this.
I went through the 119 names in the field and counted 17 that had a chance of advancing. So when I said big guns, I meant one of those 17. I could beat the majority of the field with 4 clubs. There were 4 of the 17 behind me on the tee sheet, but 2 of those guys had already WD'd when I finished. So that left 2 of the original 17 for me to worry about.
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6 at what point in your life did you become aware that golf could become a thing?
Early, and then freshman year of high school I had to decide between golf and baseball because I couldn't do both due to scheduling issues.
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7 if you could go back to that point in time, would you do anything differently?
I had the opportunity to attend MIT, had it not been for golf I would have done so intending to double major in math and computer science. At that time I could really code, no telling where that would have taken me.