frankenstats Stories - Hound Dog LPGA
Big Three Stats Update
It's taken a while but now that we have completed 12 events (nine of them with the stats collected), it's time to give you the 2010 leaders in the three statistics that I feel best show each player's ...
Approach Factor - Revisited
A little over a year ago, I came up with the idea that the relationship between a player's ability to reach the Green In Regulation and her driving ability could be measured. I wanted to generat...
Big Three Stats - July 2009
I promised Tatkins and The Constructivist that I would tally up the latest Total Driving and Total Putting numbers after the U.S. Open, so here they are along with the latest GIR - all in one handy-da...
Big Three Stats Update
Since GIR is not a stat of my creation, I couldn't accurately call this a Frankenstat Update. Here are the current top 20 players in Total Driving, GIR and Total Putting - the three area-specifi...
Frankenstat Update - April 2009
Sorry folks, no LPGA tournament action this week either. To fill in a small piece of this dead zone, I've tallied up the latest Total Driving and Total Putting numbers and have thrown in the GIR...
Total Putting Look-Back
I recently plugged in the numbers for Total Putting from 2006 and 2007 and thought I would share out my spreadsheet containing the last three seasons' data: Total Putting 2006-2008 spreadsheet Obser...
Stat Relevance - Revisited
Just over a year ago, I ran a study in search of the statistics which are most helpful in identifying a good player. I took my final Top 30 player list for 2007 and charted where each finished i...
Miyazato's Driving
The Constructivist wrote recently about Ai Miyazato's chances of rebounding in 2009. Part of his point was that Ai's injury in mid-2007 robbed her of her fine driving ability and that her Total ...
Approach Factor
Ok, I lied when I said "no more Frankenstats". Once the evil doctor has another brainstorm, it can be tough to make him stop digging in the graveyard after dark. I've touched on this topic a co...
Total Putting
Despite The Constructivist's warnings, I took the data that the LPGA does make available and built a Total Putting statistic. Using the Putts Per GIR and Putting Average numbers available at LPG...
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