What Shotlink Reveals

[The Recreational Golfer]

Here's a fascinating article in Slate about the data Shotlink is collecting and what the data show.

http://www.slate.com/id/2266651/

[Stretch]

Interesting piece! Thanks for pointing it out.

[B-Con]

Interesting article, thanks for the link.

I found this quote confusing:

They examined putts for par and putts for birdie from the same distances and discovered that pros make the birdie putts less often. They suggest that pros leave these birdie putts short out of fear of making bogey, and then calculate that this bogey terror—and the resultant failure to approach birdie putts in the same way as par putts—costs the average tour player about one stroke per tournament.

Does this mean they are more likely to leave a putt short in an effort to avoid 3-putting, so when they're just putting for par from the same distance they're more aggressive?

[Stretch]

Does this mean they are more likely to leave a putt short in an effort to avoid 3-putting, so when they're just putting for par from the same distance they're more aggressive?

Yes. It's laid out a bit more clearly here.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/sp...f/16study.html