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Mar 19, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
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One of the big debates we hear is whether guaranteed money with LIV will cause players to practice less, lose their edge, and simply play worse since there’s less on the line.
The beauty of TUGR is we can measure this.
A 🧵…
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Since we use head-to-head performance, every stroke counts and everyone is benchmarked against the #1 players in the world.
Let’s look at some numbers just in an few short months of 2023. With LIV players playing around the world, we have plenty of numbers to use…
Mar 16, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
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It’s been a bit since we highlighted the methodology of The Universal Golf Rankings (TUGR) and why we believe it’s the purest way to rank golfers, as well as the most accurate in this new world of divided tours.
To all the new followers, here’s the rundown…
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Most ranking systems in golf, including OWGR and the new SI rankings, are what we are calling a “points-based” system.
Essentially they create a scoring system and award points based on a number of factors and assumptions that go into their black-box formula…
Mar 8, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
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Does a two-tiered PGAT system actually make it more likely for really good PGAT players stuck in the two-tiered purgatory to jump to LIV?
It's really just game-theory...
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Let's say for two consecutive years you finish 52nd and 59th in the #FedExCup. Missing out on easy guaranteed money the next year by such a close margin.
What if LIV comes calling?
You're probably a top-100 player in the world, or close to, if you're doing that well...
Mar 7, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
A quick trip down memory lane and how TUGR was born from a trip like we took in 2018…
We were on our annual trip which that year took us to Sawgrass.
This is a cropped picture of the Champions Locker Room where we were lucky enough to get a tour…
After playing 18, we grabbed dinner on the patio. I don’t know his name, but a man who did something important there came to our table and started talking to us.
He found out that our golf pilgrimage that year had brought up to Sawgrass. A family affair every year…
Mar 6, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
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As Professional golf continues to get more divided, not unified,
A quick thread on why TUGR is built to accommodate this division.
On a recent podcast I speculated what if within 5 years “another” tour pops up to lure away the top players…
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Little did I know it would be the PGAT dividing itself into two-tiers that would fulfill this prediction.
I suppose “another” tour could still pop up, but the point is that “points-based” rankings will keep falling behind with their accuracy in this divided state….
