I've spent the last 4 years building analytics tools for PGA Tour pros.
Course strategy. Dispersion profiles. Practice plans.
Today I'm launching the same engine for competitive amateurs.
TourIQ iOS app is live in the App Store. Here's what it does ๐งต
@_raymondwill its not reading spin rate correctly. or you're truly hitting kunckleballs but i highly highly doubt that. mats can skew spin rate and lower end LMs aren't great. 7i at 90mph should be like 6000 rpms and with any sort of normal launch condition between 160 and 170 carry.
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I have caddied on Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour. Here are some things I did for my player that you can use in your own game.
Note the amount of rollout on every green. When you hit an 8 iron, find your divot, walk off the distance to where the ball ended up. Write it down. That information becomes gold later in the round.
Know where you putt best from. A putt that breaks slightly right to left is often easier to manage than a straight one. When you have options on approach, favor the side that gives you the putt you like.
Plan your round the night before. Wind direction is on your weather app right now. If you know your course you can decide how you are going to play each hole before you ever get there. No decision fatigue on the course. You just execute.
Chart your iron shots. Iron you hit. Wind direction. How far it flew. Find your divot, walk it off from where you measured, write down the number. Do it every round for a few months and you will know your distances better than you ever have.
This sounds like a lot. It is at first.
But once you start thinking this way you stop guessing. You stop second guessing your club choice on the 14th hole with water left. You step in with a number you trust and a plan you already made.
That is where confidence comes from.
Not the range. The data.
@HayzStreams honestly probably the next offseason. spread pretty thin working with players at most of our events. potentially sooner as we onboard more dev resources!
Want to get better at golf?
Capture the data from you round, even your thoughts, club selections, course management etc.
Roll the data and observations into your next practice session.
Repeat.
This is the process.
My guess is that he was aiming middle, trying to hit the same shot as yesterday, but committed to getting his lower body through it more (unlike yesterday).
Left the face open, but hit it harder + adrenaline cooking.
Accidentally perfect.
@DeanO_Lytics once aptly described to me (by the brilliant Zac Robertson of the Miami Heat)... data engineers are the offensive lineman of any well-run analytics organization. absolute necessity with zero praise
not all metrics stabilize at the same rate. in golf...
Ball speed: probably about this same sample size works.
SG Putting: ummmm we're gonna need some more data.
I've spent the last 4 years building analytics tools for PGA Tour pros.
Course strategy. Dispersion profiles. Practice plans.
Today I'm launching the same engine for competitive amateurs.
TourIQ iOS app is live in the App Store. Here's what it does ๐งต
@justins9 This is a great idea and something we will look to add! Screenshots (as long as they have carry and side data) and club should work right now!
awesome to see people jumping in and building out their dispersion profiles - our launch monitor photo recognition makes this very easy to upload shots into TourIQ and profile your whole bag.