# ![@DataGolf Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::750523968415735808.png) @DataGolf data golf

data golf posts on X about pga tour, events, liv, ryder cup the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"At [--] years of age Kevin Tway's top comparable is "2005 Pat Perez" (red line) who ended up improving through his 30s. If Tway can follow suit that would be on the high end of his potential trajectories"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1081281511154900993)  2019-01-04T20:09Z 75.9K followers, [--] engagements


"We now have true strokes-gained plots for amateurs (along with some useful benchmarks.) Here is top ranked junior Karl Vilips' plot with the average Korn Ferry Tour player indicated by the blue line. https://datagolf.org/true-strokes-gained-am https://datagolf.org/true-strokes-gained-am"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1269877595295961088)  2020-06-08T06:23Z 75.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Among players currently under [--] here are the top [--] projections for 2025: Morikawa Hovland Scheffler Im Wolff Niemann Zalatoris Macintyre Redman Wise Burns Brandon Wu McNealy Rasmus Hojgaard Riley Davis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1340029081824333825)  2020-12-18T20:20Z 76K followers, [--] engagements


"8/ To wrap up the thread I'd encourage anyone interested in this stuff to slog through the full blog: These expected win metrics are far from perfect and aren't particularly useful but they are super interesting. https://datagolf.com/performance-and-pressure https://datagolf.com/performance-and-pressure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1353627686233534464)  2021-01-25T08:56Z 75.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Adjusted scores from R1 (adjusted for raw scoring avg today and the avg skill of each wave):"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1484348209103183876)  2022-01-21T02:12Z 76K followers, [--] engagements


"Example: Cantlay (played LQ) beat K.H. Lee (SC) by [--] strokes today; LQ scoring avg was [-----] strokes lower than SC but avg golfer skill on LQ is [----] strokes better. So LQ adj. for skill played [----] strokes easier making Cantlay's performance [---] strokes better than Lee's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1484349749738098691)  2022-01-21T02:18Z 76K followers, [--] engagements


"@bkatrek @MarkBroadie @JasonSobelTAN True a lot of jargon. But the AT&T field is just way deeper. 69th 70th 71st best players at Saudi: Hiroshi Iwata Shiv Kapur Richard Lee; at the AT&T: Doc Redman Camilo Villegas Trey Mullinax"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1489236338482327558)  2022-02-03T13:56Z 76K followers, [--] engagements


"Dustin Johnson's history at Riviera 😎:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1493970375822036993)  2022-02-16T15:27Z 76K followers, [--] engagements


"Norman Xiong's 50-round True SG average when he turned pro in [----] was +0.5. It's been a tough road since but Xiong is in the field this week as a Monday Q. https://datagolf.com/player-profilesdg_id=24354 https://datagolf.com/player-profilesdg_id=24354"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1521245616671760387)  2022-05-02T21:49Z 75.9K followers, [--] engagements


"(1/2) Chris Gotterup's off-the-tee game is impressive. Led the field in driving distance (all holes) today by [--] yards highlighted by a 370-yard bomb to [--] feet on #8:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1552796250399014912)  2022-07-28T23:20Z 76K followers, [--] engagements


"We'll have live KFT Finals projections over the next three weeks here: Dean Burmester has the highest probability of securing a PGA TOUR card at 58%. (In [----] Hovland began the Finals at 89% 🤯). https://datagolf.com/korn-ferry-finals https://datagolf.com/korn-ferry-finals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1559979892686692352)  2022-08-17T19:06Z 76K followers, [--] engagements


"KFT Finals update: - [--] PGA Tour cards officially locked up [--] unofficially (99.9%). - next highest probability is Nick Hardy at 71%. - Doc Redman (solo 10th last week) is not in this week's field moving his % from 84% to 69%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1562184867416260608)  2022-08-23T21:07Z 75.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Some new stuff we've been working on 🫡 https://datagolf.com/what-makes-justin-thomas-great https://datagolf.com/what-makes-justin-thomas-great"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1597342158239191040)  2022-11-28T21:30Z 76K followers, [--] engagements


"A by-product of this work is a new page breaking down each player's stats by yardage and lie e.g. Corey Conners is an elite approach player but struggles from inside [---] yards. https://datagolf.com/approach-skill https://datagolf.com/approach-skill"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1597344733877383169)  2022-11-28T21:40Z 76K followers, [--] engagements


"Updated the Major vs non-Major SG plot from last year. Max Homa is now sitting to the right (better non-major SG) of Koepka and Zalatoris. time to start getting it done in the majors https://datagolf.com/viz-blog/major-performers https://datagolf.com/viz-blog/major-performers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1640727344099868674)  2023-03-28T14:47Z 76K followers, 189.2K engagements


"A couple weeks ago we listed the top [--] players without a PGA Tour win by their cumulative SG (PGA Tour-only). Patrick Rodgers is 11th on this list with [---] strokes-gained in [---] () rounds played"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1642186908703883264)  2023-04-01T15:27Z 76K followers, 39.6K engagements


"Interesting to look back at this post on Brent Grant's putting from a year ago: Back then with just [--] rounds of putting data we predicted his putting skill to be [----]. In [----] he's averaged [----] SG/round on the greens. https://datagolf.com/model-talk/brent-grants-putting https://datagolf.com/model-talk/brent-grants-putting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1684619697260531713)  2023-07-27T17:40Z 75.9K followers, 11.9K engagements


"Took five hours for someone (Rico Hoey) to reach one of the [--] most likely cutlines. probably a record"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1748096830188003617)  2024-01-18T21:35Z 71.4K followers, 18.1K engagements


"Surprisingly it was entirely ball-striking: OTT: [---] stroke advantage for early-late wave APP: [---] ARG: [--] PUTT: [--] @DataGolf Is it possible to breakdown the [----] shots into the different areas of the game Mainly impacts ball striking @DataGolf Is it possible to breakdown the [----] shots into the different areas of the game Mainly impacts ball striking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1848343535684104700)  2024-10-21T12:40Z 75.9K followers, 21.1K engagements


"@ShaneRyanHere @BrentleyGC @Robopz @acaseofthegolf1 Maybe. I think all PGA Tour wins still matter. If Spieth or JT or even Rory wins an event it adds to their legacy in a meaningful way. It also just doesn't mean much to win/lose to [--] guy over [--] holes. Anyone who draws Tom Hoge this week in Round [--] is just out of the event"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1875669451154362832)  2025-01-04T22:23Z 75.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Seems like Charley Hoffman figured something out on [--] this week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1878598763847307497)  2025-01-13T00:23Z 70.7K followers, 225.1K engagements


"From the data viz archives: PGA Tour courses plotted by length and fairway width; dot size is the bomber advantage. The South Course actually doesn't favour bombers as much as you'd expect given its yardage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1889337285146980803)  2025-02-11T15:34Z 69.4K followers, 33.4K engagements


"Dropped shots for Scottie and Cantlay push Mav's win prob up to 84% with three to play"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1891245572973076833)  2025-02-16T21:57Z 69.4K followers, 13.3K engagements


"This is just an embarrassing level of engagement farming. For the first time since [----] Jon Rahm is now outside of the top [--] on the OWGR. What are your thoughts on that https://t.co/rsZQRirsoc For the first time since [----] Jon Rahm is now outside of the top [--] on the OWGR. What are your thoughts on that https://t.co/rsZQRirsoc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1891501398631551114)  2025-02-17T14:54Z 69.4K followers, 125.2K engagements


"@ObscureExReds @jamierkennedy These advantages are small; can realistically only affect a team's win probability by a few percent. Plus the Europeans gained the most in the last Ryder Cup with their driving. https://datagolf.com/letzigs-latest/38/postmortem https://datagolf.com/letzigs-latest/38/postmortem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1892203737889837430)  2025-02-19T13:25Z 69.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@creteslips For now yes. It's probably better for you if your preferred book is not listed. Just accelerates the copying"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1892310779925315736)  2025-02-19T20:30Z 69.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Heading into last week's U.S. Open we had J.J. Spaun's skill at +1.0finally an addition to the left side of the distribution below. He is the 28th-lowest skilled winner since [----] (122 majors) sandwiched between Brian Harman ('23 Open) and Martin Kaymer ('14 US Open)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1935017085089808804)  2025-06-17T16:49Z 76K followers, 26.5K engagements


"Top [--] Americans by DG Points in 2025: DG Points measures what you accomplished this year (wins high finishes) SG measures how you actually played (treating all rounds equally)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1956057897193931249)  2025-08-14T18:18Z 75.9K followers, 21.7K engagements


"Harry Hall is averaging +0.95 SG: Putting per round in [----] and is posting good numbers again this week. +0.95 would be the 11th-best putting season in the Shotlink era. He has a good chance of becoming the 5th player to crack +1.0 (with a huge sample size too):"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1956437251702870126)  2025-08-15T19:26Z 76K followers, 15.3K engagements


"Koivun's pro ranking on this date was 42nd with a DG Index of +0.87 (strokes better than our baseline proroughly the avg PGA Tour player)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1978541852929237406)  2025-10-15T19:21Z 76K followers, 12.8K engagements


"Koivun has done most of his damage on the greens at least in his PGA Tour starts. Interesting that he hasn't been great around the greens; we've seen a similar trend with Clanton Thorbjornsen and Aberg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1978544107824808010)  2025-10-15T19:30Z 75.9K followers, 10.2K engagements


"Michael Brennan put up one of the best developmental tour seasons of all-time this year:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1981856234195345448)  2025-10-24T22:52Z 76K followers, 20.6K engagements


"@LindaRenner11 @Robopz That would get discrepancy down to [--] spots. DG Points will differ from OWGR points in general for various reasons but they tend to be fairly similar. Full details on how DG Points are allocated are here: I agree Canter was puzzling though good find. https://datagolf.com/frequently-asked-questions#dg-points https://datagolf.com/frequently-asked-questions#dg-points"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1992982199100940505)  2025-11-24T15:42Z 76K followers, [---] engagements


"@JeremyCallahan @jamierkennedy Got up to #21 in April. Been very bad since the Masters: https://datagolf.com/player-profilesdg_id=5689 https://datagolf.com/player-profilesdg_id=5689"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1993308832853115165)  2025-11-25T13:20Z 76K followers, [---] engagements


"We've also projected player schedules. These can only be so accurate but we've enlisted the help of @ebajek85 and @Robopz to help us stay on top of priority minutiae and tracking player commitments. Projections: Schedules: https://datagolf.com/tours/pga-tour/projected-schedules https://datagolf.com/tours/pga-tour/projected-standings https://datagolf.com/tours/pga-tour/projected-schedules https://datagolf.com/tours/pga-tour/projected-standings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2011832033195020406)  2026-01-15T16:05Z 76.3K followers, 10.5K engagements


"@JJ_Slice 😅 I agree it seems absurd. but the same methodology has Rory only 90% to be top [--] which seems low if anything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/2011939439304437864)  2026-01-15T23:11Z 75.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@LIVRandONIONS @bunkeredgolf @jerichsen66 On our rankings players aren't assigned tours the circles just indicate how much of their contributing rounds were played on each tour (LIV is green)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/2014104255074873519)  2026-01-21T22:34Z 75.9K followers, [--] engagements


"@trout601 @BReynolds200 @KylePorterNS Only played [--] events but played ridiculously well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/2014563986713268572)  2026-01-23T05:00Z 75.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Also the "putting contest" narrative around this event did not hold up last week as putting only explained 29% of the variation in scoring at Stadium. Well below the Tour average of 36%. In general this narrative isn't true approach and off-the-tee tend to drive the variation:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2015828637795102875)  2026-01-26T16:46Z 76.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Michael Thorbjornsen is now a PGA Tour member thanks to his #1 position in the PGAT U rankings. We have his current skill level right around 0; here's how that compares to recent amateur classes:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1795462888154448322)  2024-05-28T14:31Z 76K followers, 72.6K engagements


"@MattVincenziPGA @LindaRenner11 Probably yes. Predicting form [--] months into the future is a bit different than predicting next week. Niemann will likely rebound by then. Harry Hall also just had one of the best putting seasons ever so probably not expecting that to continue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1998428700682137898)  2025-12-09T16:25Z 76K followers, [---] engagements


"@Robopz @MattVincenziPGA @LindaRenner11 Yeah. I think most people's intuition about what a ranking should be aligns with points-based systems. So there will always be lots of criticism of an SG system. Which is fine. it is absurd in some sense to rank Harry Hall 23rd in the world (and 10th [--] months ago)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1998432692539703663)  2025-12-09T16:40Z 76K followers, [---] engagements


"We have FedExCup projections for [----] These will be updating throughout the season"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2011830796575752632)  2026-01-15T16:00Z 76.3K followers, 23.9K engagements


"Correction: 5/17 were long or inaccurate. But the point remains at all [--] courses both sets of players underperformed their expectation by roughly half a stroke per round"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2015831654539874355)  2026-01-26T16:58Z 76.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Currently giving Zac Blair who started the week 123rd but MC'd a 50% chance of finishing in the [---]. Wesley Bryan started 125th also MC'd and has a 1% chance. Currently only Thorbjornsen and Berger projected to move in but several others could with good weekends"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1860074209885712719)  2024-11-22T21:33Z 76.1K followers, 14.6K engagements


"@Robopz @LindaRenner11 Had not seen this. Interesting. Michael Brennan was/is an interesting case. He received a lot more points (relatively speaking) for his PGAT Americas wins from the OWGR than DG Points"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1992989985121964117)  2025-11-24T16:13Z 76.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Long and/or inaccurate players got punished last week on all [--] courses at the American Express. In the end [--] of the top [--] were short or accurate players (3/17 were long or inaccurate)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2015826511400444274)  2026-01-26T16:37Z 76.3K followers, 14.5K engagements


"Best performances through [--] holes since [----]. Rose should end up about 23rd depending on the field-strength adjustment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2017743197716312106)  2026-01-31T23:34Z 76.3K followers, 24.6K engagements


"And here are the best performances by raw SG (PGA Tour/majors only). Rose sits 18th on this list"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2017744225140400139)  2026-01-31T23:38Z 76.3K followers, [----] engagements


"In this week's newsletter we looked at the most frequent playing partners on the PGA Tour:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1655945901805031429)  2023-05-09T14:40Z 76.2K followers, 656K engagements


"Cumulative strokes-gained for the week:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1708172745190625530)  2023-09-30T17:31Z 76.2K followers, 316K engagements


"Matteo Manassero's career in adjusted strokes-gained:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1837510858999517197)  2024-09-21T15:15Z 76.2K followers, 14.6K engagements


"USA was. [---] strokes better putting [---] strokes better around the green [---] strokes better on approach [---] strokes better off the tee [--] strokes better total. 🧹"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1839424805810184549)  2024-09-26T22:00Z 76.2K followers, 195.5K engagements


"With Rasmus Hojgaard locking up the final auto qualifying spot team Europe will (very likely) look identical to [----] except with Rasmus replacing Nicolai. Europes previous record for lowest team turnover was [--] players; for the Americans its [--]. https://datagolf.com/ryder-cup/history https://datagolf.com/ryder-cup/history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1959642081858670982)  2025-08-24T15:40Z 76.2K followers, 14.2K engagements


"@MattVincenziPGA @LindaRenner11 While that is a concern (LIV being siloed) I think what ppl mainly dislike about our rankings is the short-term nature of them. Niemann's [--] MCs against weak fields are penalized heavily. In our points-based system where MCs matter less and wins matter more he's still 17th"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1998426239594328556)  2025-12-09T16:15Z 76.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@MattVincenziPGA @LindaRenner11 Citing major odds months from now can be misleading a lot of that is just name recognition. At the Aussie Open David Puig had shorter odds to win than Niemann (our model showed the same) which would have been absurd only a couple months ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1998426638132900017)  2025-12-09T16:16Z 76.2K followers, [----] engagements


"In [----] The Players had the best average skill (+0.38) of all full-field events but it was not the most difficult to win (x-score). A slightly smaller field (144) and missing LIV players made it easier to win than the full-field majors. In 2019-2021 it was the hardest to win"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2020266743223185667)  2026-02-07T22:41Z 76.3K followers, 13.7K engagements


"After finding the left bunkers on [--] Hideki will lose roughly [--] strokes this week off the tee. If he holds on to win it will put him 3rd on the list below"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2020633213966979468)  2026-02-08T22:57Z 76.3K followers, 254.7K engagements


"Morikawa gained [---] strokes on approach today. After adjusting for field strength this will be the 4th-best approach round since [----]. He hit [--] approaches that gained over half a stroke. Only his wedge on [--] lost strokes (-0.2)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022834925162959177)  2026-02-15T00:46Z 76.3K followers, 17.8K engagements


"Collin's approach play peaked in the summer of [----] when his 50-round moving average was [---] strokes per round (see image below). For reference Scottie's moving average has been hovering between [---] and [---] since mid-2023"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022838932082208920)  2026-02-15T01:02Z 76.3K followers, [----] engagements


"How good is Nick Dunlap We currently have him at 49th on the list of best amateurs since [----] and that ranking should improve after this week. https://datagolf.com/all-time-am-ranking https://datagolf.com/all-time-am-ranking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1748812997051429314)  2024-01-20T21:01Z 76.2K followers, 19.7K engagements


"Any guesses whose 50-round moving average this is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1776354859127562670)  2024-04-05T21:02Z 76.2K followers, 77.9K engagements


"John Keefer is playing his first PGA Tour event this week in Napa. He turned pro after NCAAs and lit up PGA Tour Americas (see photo). Since mid-June he's been the 71st-best player in the world according to our adjusted SG at +0.75 per round"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1833214156465676795)  2024-09-09T18:41Z 76.2K followers, 12.8K engagements


"Missed this amid all the Ryder Cup buzz but Jackson Koivun moved to No. [--] in our all-time amateur rankings after his T4 at the Procore. Ahead of some big names"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1978539011556679991)  2025-10-15T19:10Z 76.2K followers, 144.8K engagements


"The OWGR's point allocations to the top [--] on LIV are roughly in line with our DG Points distributions from [----]. Here are the [--] LIV players in the top [---] of our DG Points rankings. This gives an idea of what the OWGR would look if they'd been receiving points since 2022"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2018763966999306719)  2026-02-03T19:10Z 76.3K followers, 15.8K engagements


"@jakemarotz Here are the top [--] with data coverage detailed at the top. https://datagolf.com/stats/sg-recordslevel=round&cat=app&sg=true https://datagolf.com/stats/sg-recordslevel=round&cat=app&sg=true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/2022836398533861592)  2026-02-15T00:52Z 76.3K followers, [----] engagements


"AK began the day with just a 0.3% chance of winning according to our model. Thru [--] holes he's overcome a 5-shot deficit to both Rahm and Bryson and is now leading by two. 73% to win"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022903821236658454)  2026-02-15T05:20Z 76.3K followers, 60.7K engagements


"With a "True SG" of +2.8 per round this week Patrick Cantlay adds another solid week to what has been a remarkably consistent summer. He's now 6th in our rankings. might be time to enter him into the RC conversation. All player profiles: https://datagolf.ca/player-projections/ https://datagolf.ca/player-projections/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1034193549925859328)  2018-08-27T21:38Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Tiger Woods win probability: 100%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1043995838727413760)  2018-09-23T22:49Z 76K followers, [--] engagements


"At just [--] years old Jon Rahm is arguably underrated. His first [--] seasons on tour are most comparable to those of McIlroy Spieth and Matsuyama. Our career projection model has Rahm projected as #1 in [----]. Full player projections/profiles: https://datagolf.ca/player-projections https://datagolf.ca/player-projections"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1069348365329027073)  2018-12-02T21:51Z 69K followers, [--] engagements


"After experiencing a late-year slump in "true" sg:approach in [----] Keegan Bradley caught fire with his irons throughout [----]. If he is able to sustain this level he's just a cooperative putter away from a big [----] (which is a big ask for him since the ban)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1079831727709683712)  2018-12-31T20:08Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Ace - Birdie - Eagle finish good for [--] percentage points added to Keith Mitchell's top [--] probability now 49%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1083850270994509825)  2019-01-11T22:16Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Late round finish probabilities have course history darling Adam Hadwin winning 68% from here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1087121448206909443)  2019-01-20T22:55Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Every round Adam Long has played as a pro adjusted for field strength: He battled on the development tours for years steadily improving before making the big Tour in [----]. Rewarded in a massive way today great to see"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1087136768594391041)  2019-01-20T23:56Z 69K followers, [--] engagements


"Lucas Glover is not just on a recent run of good form he's been playing really solid for a while now:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1102983285196578816)  2019-03-05T17:24Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Important to keep Jon Rahm's young career in perspective: his top comparisons are Rory Spieth and Matsuyama. Our career projection system has him projected to be the #1 golfer in [--] years (with large uncertainty bars of course). https://datagolf.ca/player-projections https://datagolf.ca/player-projections"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1107447988450816000)  2019-03-18T01:05Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Tiger quite unlucky to draw an underrated Patrick Cantlay. Our model roughly has their match as a coin flip. TW still slight favourite to advance out of the group at 32%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1110353127020986368)  2019-03-26T01:29Z 69K followers, [--] engagements


"Intriguing first match of the day: Phil (0-2-0) vs Jason Day (0-2-0). Model has 0% either of them advance and 25% Phil actually shows up to first tee"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1111635151728054272)  2019-03-29T14:24Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Last year we published predictions for the upcoming [----] season. Our model projected a True SG average of +1.7 for Spieth (his 10th percentile outcome was just under +1.0). Thru [--] rounds this season he has an average True SG of +0.41"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1118197743560708096)  2019-04-16T17:01Z 76K followers, [--] engagements


"Updated DG Rankings: Is Jon Rahm the most underrated player in the world Yes he is. https://datagolf.ca/datagolf-rankings https://datagolf.ca/datagolf-rankings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1118260732636712960)  2019-04-16T21:11Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Every round of Jon Rahm's young career visualized. The blue line is a rough benchmark for a Top [--] player in the world. Kind of impressive. https://datagolf.ca/true-strokes-gainedplayer_name=rahm_jon&all=1 https://datagolf.ca/true-strokes-gainedplayer_name=rahm_jon&all=1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1128427402588315655)  2019-05-14T22:30Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"These were the top [--] comparable golfers to Chez Reavie at the start of the [----] season according to our career projection model. Just another reminder that Briny Baird was #solid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1142943561094184961)  2019-06-23T23:52Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Through [--] events in [----] Adam Scott's strokes-gained performances give him [----] "expected wins" (xWins) which is the highest xWin without an actual victory. Finau 2nd highest with [----]. Full xWin table: https://datagolf.ca/performance-table https://datagolf.ca/performance-table"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1143897169839177729)  2019-06-26T15:01Z 69K followers, [--] engagements


"Top [--] true strokes-gained averages of [----] so far: *best non-pga tour performer is Matt Wallace (+1.04 true sg per round)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1154103496150376448)  2019-07-24T18:58Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Riviera places big premium on around-the-green play relative to other courses (still a small factor in absolute terms). Biggest "fit" adjustments coming via the de-emphasis on driving accuracy (good news for Martin Trainer)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1227271224012812288)  2020-02-11T16:40Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"As leaders tee off at Bay Hill here is what faces them: Low round of the day is Max Homa who shot [---] and increased is top [--] probability by [--] percentage points"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1236361925325447168)  2020-03-07T18:43Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Today in underrated amateurs we have Beau Hossler: #5 in our all-time amateur rankings since [----] just above Wolff Hovland and Morikawa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1261377506608726017)  2020-05-15T19:26Z 69.1K followers, [--] engagements


"As expected 🙄 Brian Harman leading the way in total SG (filtering out concessions):"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1375536229756768256)  2021-03-26T19:52Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"A nice consolation prize for Aaron Rai after doubling [--] to lose the tournament in a [----] PGA Tour card. Rai and [--] others (Spaun Herbert Schwab) locked up their cards this week as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1429623642326028295)  2021-08-23T01:56Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Here is the distribution of possible 25th money positions today. Most likely outcome: Taylor Montgomery finishes in the [--] spot at [-----] points (27%). Such an important day for so many guys tomorrow on the Korn Ferry Tour. Here is everyone with a 5% shot at a PGA Tour card that hasn't already locked one up. link: https://t.co/pOAhqM07KZ https://t.co/gUsI0CzjAc Such an important day for so many guys tomorrow on the Korn Ferry Tour. Here is everyone with a 5% shot at a PGA Tour card that hasn't already locked one up. link: https://t.co/pOAhqM07KZ https://t.co/gUsI0CzjAc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1434555409440940035)  2021-09-05T16:33Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Course fit adjustments for the [--] Ryder Cup players: (Almost all are above zero because Whistling Straits overall favours skilled players.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1437513429279932418)  2021-09-13T20:28Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Added a little #feature to our profile pages that allows you to compare a player's current skill profile to earlier versions. Guess who"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1455234411730030592)  2021-11-01T18:04Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Forgot that we had added the historical skill profiles to our player profile pages. It's an interesting feature; here is Keegan Bradley at his worst (2020) and his best (2013) alongside his current skill profile"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1461792471906664453)  2021-11-19T20:24Z 69K followers, [--] engagements


"Hopefully your first [--] minutes at work today went better than Adam Schenk's:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1491800662128005132)  2022-02-10T15:46Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"As good as Daniel Berger is playing Adam Svensson is actually beating 🍔 by [---] strokes/round before they get to the green"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1497701567566340106)  2022-02-26T22:34Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"In his [--] trips around TPC Sawgrass Si Woo Kim has outperformed model expectations by [--] shots per round Surprisingly both Scott (+0.81 in [--] rounds) and Garcia (+0.7 in 69) are getting larger course history bumps due to longer and thus more predictive histories"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1500897291187720195)  2022-03-07T18:12Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Many "points of interest" from Bryson DeChambeau's profile page here's one that sticks out: Bryson's average SG:OTT is [----] over his last [--] rounds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1536689665989918720)  2022-06-14T12:39Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"The bad news for Rasmus Hojgaard on the par [--] 2nd at Le Golf National: he made an [--]. The good news: his tournament win probability is still 30%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1573638237167427585)  2022-09-24T11:39Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Brent Grant had his first +SG putting round yesterday (in his 11th ShotLink round). Grant was the subject of one of our posts earlier this year where we tried to predict his putting skill based on only [--] rounds: https://datagolf.com/model-talk/brent-grants-putting https://datagolf.com/model-talk/brent-grants-putting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1576291247043776512)  2022-10-01T19:21Z 69.2K followers, [--] engagements


"It's hard to believe (simply because it doesn't get much attention) but Russell Henley has been one of the best approach players on tour for the last [--] seasons: https://datagolf.com/player-profilesdg_id=14578 https://datagolf.com/player-profilesdg_id=14578"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1589381053721956352)  2022-11-06T22:15Z 75.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Rory improves his all-time best skill index from +2.62 to +2.67 but it's not quite enough to get past the [----] version of Jason Day. 📈"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1594544837944315904)  2022-11-21T04:14Z 69K followers, [--] engagements


"Newsletter #2 is out. We profile Tom Kim and give some context to Morikawa's final round collapse at the Sentry. Read it here: https://datagolf.com/letzigs-latest/2/morikawas-meltdown https://datagolf.com/letzigs-latest/2/morikawas-meltdown"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1612576233614888962)  2023-01-09T22:25Z 69.2K followers, 21.9K engagements


"@TheModelManiac Thank you for the heads up. somehow hadn't noticed it's been failing for [--] hours. An issue with Scott Harrington on [--] today. Fixed now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1614111569297739783)  2023-01-14T04:06Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"In our weekly newsletter we profile Jason Day who has been quietly climbing our rankings. Interesting to see that Day has become less of a bomber and more of a plodder in recent years. Link: https://datagolf.com/letzigs-latest/4/rahm-threat https://datagolf.com/letzigs-latest/4/rahm-threat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1617877549908099077)  2023-01-24T13:30Z 69.2K followers, 18.3K engagements


"It's early in his career but Taylor Montgomery is gaining strokes on the greens at an unprecedented rate. Shown below are the cumulative strokes-gained putting for all players since [----] with notables highlighted in green"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1617979237277011968)  2023-01-24T20:14Z 69.2K followers, 423K engagements


"We debuted a new stat in this week's newsletter #garbagetime https://datagolf.com/letzigs-latest/7/garbage-time https://datagolf.com/letzigs-latest/7/garbage-time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1625551734796853248)  2023-02-14T17:45Z 69.2K followers, 164.9K engagements


"Round [--] SG from the WGC Match Play (purged of conceded shots). Got to love match play"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1638701009399603200)  2023-03-23T00:35Z 68.7K followers, 430.4K engagements


"Keith Mitchell's path to the Round of [--] requires: - a tie between Fowler/Horschel today (Horschel currently [--] up thru 15). - a win against Fowler tomorrow. - a tie between Horschel/Rahm tomorrow. If all that happens he'll just need to win a 4-man playoff to get in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1638978777626693639)  2023-03-23T18:59Z 76K followers, 23.9K engagements


"While looking for the most compatible/similar teams at the Zurich we came across Davis Riley and Nick Hardy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1648083674368229386)  2023-04-17T21:59Z 69.2K followers, 41.3K engagements


"Wyndham Clark has quietly had a great [----] season so far:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1650234431918022660)  2023-04-23T20:25Z 69.2K followers, 20.9K engagements


"Going to be just [--] strokes between the lead and the cutline at the Wells Fargo. Only [--] instances since [----] of a 6-shot lead/cutline difference: [----] Houston Open [----] Travelers Championship. [--] strokes has happened [--] times"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1654613522913828866)  2023-05-05T22:26Z 69.2K followers, 21.9K engagements


"Updated USA Ryder Cup qualification table sorted by RC points. *yellow background means top [--] in column"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1661430127945809922)  2023-05-24T17:53Z 67.9K followers, 16.4K engagements


"McCarthy and Young looking to remove themselves from 'the best active player without a PGA Tour win' list today. Here are the top [--] winless players by expected PGA Tour wins:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1678019084850544640)  2023-07-09T12:31Z 60K followers, 61K engagements


"Expected wins explained here: Only performances in PGA Tour events (and majors for second column) count towards above numbers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1678019506097082368)  2023-07-09T12:41Z 60K followers, [----] engagements


"@_cycarver_ @KylePorterCBS @NoLayingUp Standard deviation is one of the options when you select box plots. In the download csv standard deviation is included"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1678065072357163008)  2023-07-09T15:35Z 60K followers, [--] engagements


"@MB159842255 Not sure maybe. He's currently 454th. On our new event pages you can see players' DG rank pre-tournament. Michael Kim came to mind at '18 John Deere But he was better than Cone at 398th"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1680689389733552129)  2023-07-16T21:22Z 59.1K followers, [--] engagements


"There were [--] drives that gained more than [---] strokes today. Christo Lamprecht had [--] of them (on [--] [--] [--] and 18)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1682121559761100801)  2023-07-20T20:13Z 69K followers, 27.1K engagements


"Brian Harman's major championship record:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1682372723803029505)  2023-07-21T12:51Z 67.9K followers, 23.5K engagements


"Potential points required to make it into the playoffs (based on 25K simulations): Min: [---] (currently 70th on FEC list) Mean: [-----] Max: [---] (currently T60th) Most likely cutoffs: [---] (14%) [---] (10%) [---] (9.5%) Advance probabilities for 60-80th in current FEC standings:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1686830651469635585)  2023-08-02T20:05Z 63.8K followers, 22.6K engagements


"JT's advance probability as a function of his score tomorrow:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1688025849243611137)  2023-08-06T03:14Z 59.5K followers, 100.4K engagements


"Probability that the winner of the FedExCup comes from current ranking positions. 1-3: 71% 4-10: 12% 11-20: 12% 21-30: 3% 31-50: 1.7% 50: 0.3%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1689245460005818368)  2023-08-09T12:01Z 60K followers, 27K engagements


"From this week's newsletter some data on Bryson's 58:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1689292119351885824)  2023-08-09T15:06Z 60.4K followers, 462.8K engagements


"In terms of [----] rounds we have Bryson's as 9th best. Still a great round just not historically so. You can read the full newsletter here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1689292448147578883)  2023-08-09T15:07Z 60K followers, 19.4K engagements


"In this week's newsletter we looked at Glover's career tee-to-green and putting numbers:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1691818008639881413)  2023-08-16T14:23Z 68.7K followers, 51.2K engagements


"@wagonomics Yeah exactly. Except we also fit a model for predicting X weeks in advance for the Ryder Cup. essentially just regressing skill more the further out it is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1693098462571614661)  2023-08-20T03:11Z 63.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@Robopz @nosmhsnow @RoryTrackr @AmateurStatus Yeah Hero WC is included in our data as a PGA Tour event. Yes MP is questionable to include in most averages. but we want it on the site for completeness and it does enter our model (with less weight than a typical event)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1694377226744082895)  2023-08-23T15:53Z 69K followers, [---] engagements


"2023 Ryder Cuppers sorted by DG Ranking:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1698691241184047191)  2023-09-04T13:35Z 63.8K followers, 285.7K engagements


"Interestingly Stephan Jaeger was never discussed as an option for Europe despite a solid [----] season. He's the 9th best Euro in our rankings primarily due to strong ball-striking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1698696013123355009)  2023-09-04T13:54Z 63.8K followers, 21.3K engagements


"@PGAFlow @jtedscott It's because Hovland's 2nd shot was deemed a recovery shot (based on our SG method). So he lost more on his tee shot because he put it in a spot that required a hack out / layup"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1699859267770028267)  2023-09-07T18:56Z 60K followers, [---] engagements


"Par-5 17th at Wentworth playing as the hardest hole of the day at +0.45. This ranks around the 20th hardest par [--] out of 16K holes played since [----] on Euro/PGA Tours"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1703426781905076669)  2023-09-17T15:12Z 60K followers, 18.4K engagements


"Amazing finish from Fox. After the triple on [--] he was just 0.4% to win and his probability went as low as 0.2% thru [--]. All this with the 5th-worst course fit adjustment in the field this week 😅"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1703440604863037488)  2023-09-17T16:07Z 60K followers, 19.9K engagements


"Our Ryder Cup newsletter: - Summarizing our forecast - Foursomes shot type breakdown (see below) - Randomness in team golf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1707046174891323891)  2023-09-27T14:54Z 60K followers, 20K engagements


"And here are the [--] "match previews":"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1707430748544815314)  2023-09-28T16:23Z 60K followers, 13.6K engagements


"Hard to understate how much variance there is in tightly-contested Ryder Cups: if every match was a coin flip (with a 13% tie prob.) here's what the point distribution would look like"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1707480363495251988)  2023-09-28T19:40Z 60K followers, 56.6K engagements


"hard to *overstate* Lots of opinions about strategy etc but the reality is that the randomness of the event will swamp most if not all the gains from optimal pairings and lineup tweaksremember that Morikawa and Homa MC'd at the Zurich this year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1707482690956529717)  2023-09-28T19:49Z 60K followers, 11.3K engagements


"Cumulative strokes-gained after day [--]. 9/12 Americans losing strokes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1707802274146254955)  2023-09-29T16:59Z 72.9K followers, 155.8K engagements


"Clear strokes-gained story from each afternoon four-ball match: 1: JT/Spieth ham-and-egged to get tie against strong euros 2: Highest quality match of the session 3: Rose and Clark carry their teams 4: Fitzy show"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1707806606463734024)  2023-09-29T17:16Z 60K followers, 77.6K engagements


"Ludvig Aberg has been good but not great so far: +1.1 SG Total with +2.2 putting and [----] T2G"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1708076339289293171)  2023-09-30T11:08Z 60K followers, 27K engagements


"SG sorted by match from Saturday Four-balls:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1708176959815958551)  2023-09-30T17:48Z 60K followers, 47.5K engagements


"Strokes-gained from the singles matches today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1708522905049457007)  2023-10-01T16:42Z 60K followers, 94K engagements


"Final cumulative SG tallies from the [----] Ryder Cup. *This data should give a decent summary of how guys played but also should be taken with a grain of salt. Even when a player is out of a hole or close to it their shots still count towards these numbers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1708524752250307063)  2023-10-01T16:50Z 67.9K followers, 226.4K engagements


"Our Ryder Cup wrap-up: A couple charts and some parting thoughts on what can (and can't) explain Europe's big win"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1709600129521516806)  2023-10-04T16:03Z 59.5K followers, 174.8K engagements


"Carl Yuan dunks one on the 17th for eagle. Win probability goes from 0.2% -- 8.5%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1711150583095115864)  2023-10-08T22:44Z 69.4K followers, 17.8K engagements


"18 players hit every fairway in the morning wave at El Cardonal. Previous highest mark (since [----] on PGA Tour) was [--] at Trinity Forest in [----]. Preston Summerhays hit every fairway missed [--] green and beat [--] players in his wave"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1720180156315148463)  2023-11-02T20:44Z 59.2K followers, 133.1K engagements


"Relevant blog post: Once you get above 80% driving accuracy you start to see the fairways-hit advantage for accurate players decline. The field is hitting 90% of fairways so far this week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1720188989058044052)  2023-11-02T21:19Z 59.2K followers, 19.1K engagements


"Adam Long is 42/42 through [--] rounds. if he goes 14/14 tomorrow Tiger may have to issue a formal apology. [--] players hit every fairway in the morning wave at El Cardonal. Previous highest mark (since [----] on PGA Tour) was [--] at Trinity Forest in [----]. Preston Summerhays hit every fairway missed [--] green and beat [--] players in his wave. [--] players hit every fairway in the morning wave at El Cardonal. Previous highest mark (since [----] on PGA Tour) was [--] at Trinity Forest in [----]. Preston Summerhays hit every fairway missed [--] green and beat [--] players in his wave"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1720978286367379729)  2023-11-05T01:36Z 66.8K followers, 91.9K engagements


"@scepticus01 Had to play at least [--] rounds to get on the chart (as a grey line). SG will be zero across all rounds but the players who have longer careers will be gaining strokes on average. Spieth has gained strokes OTT most years in his career:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1722268287374180378)  2023-11-08T15:02Z 59.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Noren hoping to get off this list tomorrow (most SG without a PGA Tour win):"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1723445837852823876)  2023-11-11T21:01Z 59.3K followers, 29.2K engagements


"Ludvig likely going to be the best major championship rookie ever:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1726299729280315799)  2023-11-19T18:01Z 72.9K followers, 373.9K engagements


"Some Q-School updates: Wesley Bryan currently has the highest probability of earning a PGA Tour card at 30%. [--] players still have a 5% chance or better of getting a card"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1735700734954365429)  2023-12-15T16:37Z 59.5K followers, 21.9K engagements


"@bell_strong @MarkBroadie @RickRunGood Scottish open was likely unique because the pga tour doesn't fully handle the shotlink there. Apparently these issues will be fixed today at Sentry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1742999691388764553)  2024-01-04T20:01Z 60K followers, [--] engagements


"@bell_strong @MarkBroadie @RickRunGood Yeah. A lot of them did get fixed even if the play-by-play doesn't reflect it. For example same group/hole Tom Kim hit it to like [--] feet and then 2-putted. Play-by-play still messed up but the coordinate data is correct if you look at the green close-up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1743292427484426494)  2024-01-05T15:24Z 61.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@bell_strong @MarkBroadie @RickRunGood But yeah in general there are still a lot of putts that don't have the right distances"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1743313085429899612)  2024-01-05T16:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"PGA Tour wins still mean so much. [---] guys [--] holes of stroke play. not sure we can improve on that format"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1749226116626223286)  2024-01-22T00:22Z 60K followers, 67.5K engagements


"Tony Finau strokes-gained putting in round 4: Holes 1-9: +1.2 Holes 10-14: [----] At [---] his win probability is now just 0.6% (peaked at 20% when he was [---] thru 12)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1751372519410454573)  2024-01-27T22:32Z 61.7K followers, 21K engagements


"@freewilllyyyy @NoLayingUp @chambleebrandel Winged Foot was still 46% DA overall; plenty of pga tour holes are at that level. I'm guessing that accurate players still had their usual fairway hit % advantage that week (can check that.) there was just not much of a penalty to missing the fairway"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1751675541227282586)  2024-01-28T18:36Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"'21 PGA Tour + majors 🫡 If you could burn pro golf down and reconstitute it from scratch what would it look like (in one tweet) If you could burn pro golf down and reconstitute it from scratch what would it look like (in one tweet)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1752141305369526284)  2024-01-30T01:26Z 60K followers, 42.4K engagements


"If there was true demand for a global circuit it would have happened by now (see WGCs DP World Tour). Pro golf always crushes up to the Masters and then the majors take up most of the oxygen. Dont think we should risk losing the good for something that could be awful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1752143993343758832)  2024-01-30T01:37Z 60K followers, 13.9K engagements


"59 from Niemann will the 3rd best round by True SG since [----] at +11.6. 😮💨 Furyk's [--] at the [----] BMW survives a rare scare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1753573939689787783)  2024-02-03T00:19Z 60.4K followers, 792.1K engagements


"@JosephWesty79 @KylePorterCBS @BrentleyGC @RexHoggardGC @NoLayingUp Eh Lee Hodges' profile on our site had more page views than Rahm's this week from Mon-Thurs. People simply don't care about LIV events so naturally the media isn't going to cover it much"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1753614217016418652)  2024-02-03T02:59Z 69K followers, [---] engagements


"@WalkingGolfer_ We have the average skill in the field around [--] (i.e. similar to typical PGA Tour field) so beating this field by [----] strokes is similar to beating a PGA Tour field by [----]. El Camaleon is a pretty high variance course though which makes it easier to separate more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1753625357507338458)  2024-02-03T03:44Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Wyndham Clark has gained [---] shots on the greens today (not including putt from off the green on 12)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1753888496337482047)  2024-02-03T21:09Z 68.8K followers, 18.9K engagements


"Nick Taylor's +7.2 strokes-gained putting in round [--] is the 5th best putting round since 2004"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1756041761401499855)  2024-02-09T19:45Z 63.5K followers, 56.6K engagements


"Nick Taylor has been a final-round assassin when in contention (top [--] or better after [--] holes): [--] wins in [--] attempts +3.6 true strokes-gained average"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1756812301271724112)  2024-02-11T22:47Z 68K followers, 84K engagements


"After what had been a positive day on the greens Scottie lost [---] strokes putting on holes 13-14-15. Has to hurt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1756829571305947486)  2024-02-11T23:56Z 60.7K followers, 76.1K engagements


"An attempt to add context to Scottie's recent ball-striking: Here is data on The Genesis field over the last [--] months alongside a "Jan [----] - Feb 2007" Tiger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1757153501350617373)  2024-02-12T21:23Z 60.6K followers, 26.4K engagements


"In pre-tournament simulations the 10-shot rule made a difference for the cutline 8% of the time. Currently a 13% chance of it mattering tomorrow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1758288793000362315)  2024-02-16T00:34Z 60.7K followers, 31.5K engagements


"@betmystic No unfortunately. Just something i'm running"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1758582281344585740)  2024-02-16T20:01Z 63.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Going forward we will be adding Gooch certificates to our major championship past results pages. e.g. Brooks' [----] PGA win is certified by Gooch's +10 performance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1762528734014226683)  2024-02-27T17:22Z 63.8K followers, 972.6K engagements


"The [----] API was a crazy tournament: in the final round there were [--] guysScheffler Hovland Spieth Kitayama Hatton McIlroywho held the highest win % at some point. It has our highest entertainment score since we started archiving our live files (23 season shown below):"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1765513609088475243)  2024-03-06T23:03Z 69K followers, 19.9K engagements


"Also Harris English was T1 standing on [--] tee (but wasn't favoured to win). And Rahm held a 2-shot lead after round 1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1765514045531046368)  2024-03-06T23:05Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"The Players Championship is the strongest field of [----] with an X-Score of [----] (95% chance the field beats a +2 strokes-gained player over [--] holes). It is however a bit weaker than in previous yearsfull-field majors + Players typically yield X-Scores of 0.96"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1767250929474998769)  2024-03-11T18:07Z 63.6K followers, 37.5K engagements


"Mav McNealy with an all-time round (maybe) around the greens today. We have him gaining [---] strokes which would put him at #2 on the all-time list. PGA Tour LB only has him gaining [---] strokes (we must not have the same set of shots labelled ARG)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1769144534074872030)  2024-03-16T23:31Z 73.3K followers, 33.4K engagements


"Looking at the skill gap between #1 and #2 in our rankings Scheffler's current run doesn't look quite as dominant as Rahm from 2020-2022 (yet)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1769904292679344498)  2024-03-19T01:50Z 63.7K followers, 97.9K engagements


"@ProGolfCritic @CrAmEr_Inverse @dustin_kersey What are these reasons We've mentioned some concerns with how we are estimating field strength (below). And there is the scheduling thing discussed above (but this will be a very minor issues for most players. Bryson has an extreme skill profile)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1775505808434061768)  2024-04-03T12:49Z 64.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@ProGolfCritic @CrAmEr_Inverse @dustin_kersey Anyways wrapping up. remember that LIV has a lot of players who never did well in SG rankings despite being top players (BK being the most obvious example). Also Rahm so far this year is gaining strokes just like he has his whole career: https://datagolf.com/player-profilesdg_id=19195 https://datagolf.com/player-profilesdg_id=19195"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1775506276631376164)  2024-04-03T12:50Z 64.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Danny Willett's last [--] starts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1778510972811899367)  2024-04-11T19:50Z 68.7K followers, 17.2K engagements


"Skill-adjusted scores by tee time in Round [--]. Official morning-afternoon was split was [---] strokes but course played even harder for the latest starters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1778788877894889928)  2024-04-12T14:14Z 65K followers, 43.7K engagements


"Bryson playing Bryson golf on the front nine: 7/7 fairways leading the field in driving distance losing strokes on approach and ARG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1778859747405332588)  2024-04-12T18:56Z 65.6K followers, 15.3K engagements


"@SamH112358 @roverjoyce +6 got very low. Not to an exact 0% but pretty close around 3pm today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1778934077598396434)  2024-04-12T23:51Z 65.1K followers, [---] engagements


"The only player close to Scheffler's sg approach numbers in [----] is. Tom Hoge 🧐"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1781421415775781170)  2024-04-19T20:35Z 68.5K followers, 33.8K engagements


"@zac_mraz Too low or too high Also [----] is the avg player in the NCAA D1 championship which would be better than D1 overall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1787899898764861571)  2024-05-07T17:38Z 66K followers, [--] engagements


"Our [--] cents: we really need to get back to full-field signature events. Long days on Thurs/Fri wave splits guys battling to make the cut Chad Ramey FRLs. are all part of what make golf unique. Sterilizing fields to [--] players just removes so much and adds almost nothing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1788201234765173162)  2024-05-08T13:36Z 73.4K followers, 198.7K engagements


"@DFSgolfer23 It's not. I think a win is incoming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1789531221359226890)  2024-05-12T05:41Z 66.1K followers, [---] engagements


"🚨Model update: Scottie Scheffler's win probability increased from 15.0% to 15.8% this morning due to a change in our weather forecasts for today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1791458848974184901)  2024-05-17T13:20Z 66.7K followers, 123.3K engagements


"Xander Schauffele is a top [--] machine in majors (20/27 74%)he just needs to add a couple to the win column. Tiger's top [--] rate thru his first [--] majors was 63%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1791869616362238434)  2024-05-18T16:33Z 66.8K followers, 33.5K engagements


"Through [--] major starts Xander now has his win and a true strokes-gained average of +2.3. Better than Rory (+2.2) BK (+2.1) Rahm (+2.0) and Spieth (+2.0). Amazing how one weekor puttcan change the narrative around a player"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1792623553327612167)  2024-05-20T18:28Z 66.7K followers, 34.4K engagements


"PGA Championships historically separate on skill more than any other major. Last week was no exception:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1793260893238693963)  2024-05-22T12:41Z 66.8K followers, 390.6K engagements


"In our latest rankings Scottie and Xander have an average skill index of +2.77. This is the best top [--] that doesn't include Tiger since [----]. Duval and Love III averaged +2.71 in April 1999"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1793309824228155895)  2024-05-22T15:55Z 66.7K followers, 12.1K engagements


"@garrett_TFE If that was how the initial criticisms were framed then sure. But we mostly just saw people saying that Valhalla produced a bunched leaderboard and skill wasn't tested. And the data didn't show that to be the case"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1793329028893487399)  2024-05-22T17:12Z 68.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Here are the win probability evolutions for the last [--] major winners. It's an interesting way of summarizing past tournaments. The table is sorted by average win % from our live model which runs every [--] minutes during play"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1793394597139202232)  2024-05-22T21:32Z 69K followers, 24.7K engagements


"Tom Kim said he's been on the wrong side of a lot of draws this year. Here are the players that have had the best and worst luck in Rounds [--] & [--] so far in [----] (units are in strokes/round negative means an easier course). Kim's average is [----] which is in the top 20%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1797396532984984040)  2024-06-02T22:35Z 69K followers, 81.7K engagements


"This guy is 29th in strokes-gained this season and not playing Memorial. #GrowTheField"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1798069273572872448)  2024-06-04T19:08Z 68.7K followers, 46.3K engagements


"Spieth's current skill profile vs. [----] profile: Hard to know whether to be optimistic or pessimistic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1798826239542845466)  2024-06-06T21:16Z 67K followers, 88.7K engagements


"Continues to be impressive how little interest LIV events generate. Profile page views by event so far this week:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1799098175242080371)  2024-06-07T15:16Z 67.6K followers, 83.9K engagements


"@olireid9 @KylePorterCBS Not really possible to say without some assumptions. All of these numbers are relative to a baseline golfer in that year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1800215317920321684)  2024-06-10T17:15Z 67.2K followers, [---] engagements


"This week's newsletter compares '24 Scottie to '06-'09 Tiger. We also look into what makes each major championship course hard or easy. https://datagolf.com/letzigs-latest/56/newsletter-no-56 https://datagolf.com/letzigs-latest/56/newsletter-no-56"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1800882443739906379)  2024-06-12T13:26Z 67.7K followers, 354.2K engagements


"Scottie officially on cut watch 👀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1801646655793512935)  2024-06-14T16:03Z 67.7K followers, 17.4K engagements


"Course is playing easier now than it was for the last few hours. +4 now a slight favourite over +5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DataGolf/status/1801701762480672801)  2024-06-14T19:42Z 67.6K followers, 37.3K engagements

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