Choking, And How The Long Game Is Golf’s Kingmaker
The PGATour’s ShotLink system has led to some very interesting golf research. This year’s CDW ShotLink Intelligence Prize winner examined choking in golf, and trying to measure that. As it was Masters week I wrote about that. And other golfing stats stuff.
The best golfers in the world. But are we seeing the best golf? And do we care?
The Masters. Four days of convoluted, privileged preciousness hosted by a golf club with a past not entirely unconnected with racism and sexism.
The irritating insistence on calling customers “patrons”; the grating tagline: “a tradition unlike any other”; the Butler Cabin, scene of some of the more sickly sweet interviews of our time. But each spring when golf fans see that first camera shot of the azaleas and Amen Corner they’ll know it could be four long days before they leave the sofa.
For many it’s the best golf event of the year. But will they actually see the best golf?
