Work / Sports / PGA Shot Benchmark
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Turning golf research into a coaching tool
Turned a golf research study and millions of historic PGA Tour shots into trained statistical models and a simple notebook my client can use whenever they need it.
At a glance
The insight was trapped in research
The expected-strokes research existed, but it was not a tool my client could use when a new coaching question came up.
Trained models and a working notebook
The models turn millions of historic PGA Tour shots into useful benchmarks, with an interactive notebook for running them.
PGA Tour evidence on demand
My client can compare any useful combination of distance, lie, and outcome.
The insight was trapped in research
The research showed what professional golfers normally do from different places on the course, but it was not something a coach could easily use during day-to-day work.
I built the benchmark system
I cleaned millions of PGA Tour shot records, made the course situations consistent, and trained separate statistical models for different lies and distances. I then checked their answers against the original research.
My client could run the analysis themselves
I packaged the trained models in an interactive Colab notebook. My client can choose the lie, distance, and question they want answered, then generate a table or spreadsheet report.
PGA Tour evidence becomes available on demand
My client can now turn a coaching question into a clear professional comparison without rebuilding the analysis. PGA Tour evidence becomes part of their normal coaching toolkit.
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