Golf is the only sport where the “arena” in which it is played changes dramatically from one event to another. Consequently, each tournament provides its own unique challenge, which emphasizes certain areas of the game more than others. At this point, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with the strokes gained statistics, if you haven’t already. These stats isolate the four specific “areas” of the game: off the tee, approach, around the green and putting.

Every week, there’s a mad dash across the industry to try to figure out who best fits the course — you’ll hear everything from course history citations to quotes like “It’s a bomber’s paradise,” but what if we could actually mathematically measure which players...

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