The Official Golf Thread

[Philby]

FFS!!!
I feel like I lost the lottery.



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Urgh, sickener.

 

[Philby]

He's value again this week, but against a much less classy field.

I'm going to take him and Mitchell for 1st Round Leader and Each-Way.

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[Philby]

Genesis Scottish Open tomorrow

I've been playing around with some scaling options for the y-axis and have landed on square root scaling as the best compromise.

It allows this graph to retain visibility of of the bigger priced players while still allowing us to differentiate visually between the lower odds players.

 

[Philby]

 

[cactus jack]

First hole in one on the LPGA tour for Maguire

Maguire shares lead after hole-in-one at Evian

A superb hole-in-one was the memorable moment of Leona Maguire's opening round as she took a share of the lead at the Amundi Evian Championship in France.

www.rte.ie

 

[Philby]

These articles are great*

https://twitter.com/x/status/1943303898732622190

* for stats nerds

 

[Heartrate 111]

Watching Scottish open i see a lad on 17th tee with his cork jersey on ..

 

[Philby]

Obviously take these trends with a pinch of salt, but doesn't hurt to be aware of them

https://twitter.com/x/status/1944689877938778311

 

[cactus jack]

Irish tee times for Thursday, Harrington to start the tournament

06:35 Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin
07:52 Darren Clarke, Lucas Herbert (Aus), Davis Riley (USA)
10:09 Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa (USA), Scottie Scheffler (USA)
15:10 Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas (USA)


Friday
10:09 Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas (USA)
11:26 Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin
12:53 Darren Clarke, Lucas Herbert (Aus), Davis Riley (USA)
15:10 Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa (USA), Scottie Scheffler (USA)

 

[J.R.R. hartley]

Rai, straka & morikawa ew bets for me.
Paying top 12.