Recording 600,000 (and counting) PGA shots

2021-04-14

The Background The PGA TOUR records data from every shot taken by every player in every round of every tournament. Primarily, this data is used to calculate Strokes Gained statistics. The stat seeks to express how a player’s total score is impacted by each individual shot (stroke). In other words, if a player hits his (unfortunately this data is only captured for the men’s tour) drive 25 yards longer than the average player, how dramatically was his likely score improved?…

Hello World

2021-02-25

What did I use to build this thing? I may as well use this first post to discuss what I used to build the site. It’ll be just a quick explanation and as a bonus, I’ll talk about one snag I encountered in the deployment process. alexlohec.com is a static site generated using Hugo . Hugo, whose hallmarks are speed and ease of use, is one of the most popular static site generators.…