FIELD RATING AND COURSE ADJUSTED STROKES GAINED FOR GLOBAL GOLF ANALYSIS
A computing system retrieves historical hole-by-hole data for a plurality of holes for plurality of golf tournaments for a plurality of players. The historical hole-by-hole data includes a yardage of each hole and a par associated with each hole. The computing system clusters the plurality of holes into a plurality of clusters of hole types. The computing system generates a strokes gained metric for each hole type of the hole-by-hole data for each player. The computing system adjusts the strokes gained metric for each hole type based on a field of strength metric associated with each tournament. The field of strength metric represents a strength of a player field in a given tournament. The computing system generates a ranking of the plurality of players based on the adjusted strokes gained metric.
1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a computing system, tracking data corresponding to one or more motions of a plurality of players or one or more objects for a plurality of holes of a golf tournament, wherein the tracking data includes a hole type for each of the plurality of holes;
generating, by the computing system, a strokes gained metric for the hole type corresponding to each of the plurality of holes based on the tracking data and corresponding contextual data, wherein the contextual data corresponds to a course for each of the plurality of holes and a field of golfers in the golf tournament;
adjusting, by the computing system, the strokes gained metric for each hole type based on a field of strength metric associated with the golf tournament, the field of strength metric representing a strength of a player field in a corresponding golf tournament; and
generating, by the computing system, a ranking of the plurality of players based on the adjusted strokes gained metric.
2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the tracking data includes a distance of each of the plurality of holes and a par associated with each of the plurality of holes.
3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the tracking data corresponding to the one or more motions of the plurality of players or the one or more objects includes:
receiving, by the computing system, the tracking data via at least one of: one or more cameras or one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for the plurality of holes.
4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , the computer-implemented method further comprising:
clustering, by the computing system, the plurality of holes into a plurality of hole clusters based on the hole type corresponding to each of the plurality of holes.
5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the clustering is based on utilizing a clustering algorithm.
6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating, by the computing system, the ranking of the plurality of players based on the adjusted strokes gained metric comprises:
generating, by the computing system, a first ranking corresponding to a first adjusted strokes gained metric for a first hole type; and
generating, by the computing system, a second ranking corresponding to a second adjusted strokes gained metric for a second hole type.
7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the adjusted strokes gained metric is a function of the first adjusted strokes gained metric and the second adjusted strokes gained metric.
8 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more sequences of instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, causes a computing system to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by the computing system, tracking data corresponding to one or more motions of a plurality of players or one or more objects for a plurality of holes of a golf tournament, wherein the tracking data includes a hole type for each of the plurality of holes;
generating, by the computing system, a strokes gained metric for the hole type corresponding to each of the plurality of holes based on the tracking data and corresponding contextual data, wherein the contextual data corresponds to a course for each of the plurality of holes and a field of golfers in the golf tournament;
adjusting, by the computing system, the strokes gained metric for each hole type based on a field of strength metric associated with the golf tournament, the field of strength metric representing a strength of a player field in a corresponding golf tournament; and
generating, by the computing system, a ranking of the plurality of players based on the adjusted strokes gained metric.
9 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the tracking data includes a distance of each of the plurality of holes and a par associated with each of the plurality of holes.
10 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein receiving the tracking data corresponding to the one or more motions of the plurality of players or the one or more objects includes:
receiving, by the computing system, the tracking data via at least one of: one or more cameras or one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for the plurality of holes.
11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
clustering, by the computing system, the plurality of holes into a plurality of hole clusters based on the hole type corresponding to each of the plurality of holes.
12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the clustering is based on utilizing a clustering algorithm.
13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein generating, by the computing system, the ranking of the plurality of players based on the adjusted strokes gained metric comprises:
generating, by the computing system, a first ranking corresponding to a first adjusted strokes gained metric for a first hole type; and
generating, by the computing system, a second ranking corresponding to a second adjusted strokes gained metric for a second hole type.
14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the adjusted strokes gained metric is a function of the first adjusted strokes gained metric and the second adjusted strokes gained metric.
15 . A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory having programming instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, causes the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving tracking data corresponding to one or more motions of a plurality of players or one or more objects for a plurality of holes of a golf tournament, wherein the tracking data includes a hole type for each of the plurality of holes;
generating a strokes gained metric for the hole type corresponding to each of the plurality of holes based on the tracking data and corresponding contextual data, wherein the contextual data corresponds to a course for each of the plurality of holes and a field of golfers in the golf tournament;
adjusting the strokes gained metric for each hole type based on a field of strength metric associated with the golf tournament, the field of strength metric representing a strength of a player field in a corresponding golf tournament; and
generating a ranking of the plurality of players based on the adjusted strokes gained metric.
16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the tracking data includes a distance of each of the plurality of holes and a par associated with each of the plurality of holes.
17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein receiving the tracking data corresponding to the one or more motions of the plurality of players or the one or more objects includes:
receiving the tracking data via at least one of: one or more cameras or one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for the plurality of holes.
18 . The system of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:
clustering the plurality of holes into a plurality of hole clusters based on the hole type corresponding to each of the plurality of holes.
19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the clustering is based on utilizing a clustering algorithm.
20 . The system of claim 15 , wherein generating the ranking of the plurality of players based on the adjusted strokes gained metric comprises:
generating a first ranking corresponding to a first adjusted strokes gained metric for a first hole type; and
generating a second ranking corresponding to a second adjusted strokes gained metric for a second hole type.