New Course Length Distribution Charts

Four more new charts have been added to Golf Predictor. This new functionality brings the number of charts on the site to 235! These new charts are:

1. Course Length Distribution for the US PGA Tour in a given season.
2. Course Length Distribution for the European PGA Tour in a given season.
3. Course Length Distribution for the US PGA Tour in the database.
4. Course Length Distribution for the European PGA Tour in the database.

These charts are accessible from the Member section of Golf Predictor. Charts 1 & 2 are viewable on the "View Options - Tourn. Stats" page, while charts 3 & 4 are viewable on the "View Options - Courses" page. A "Tour" column has also been added to the course table on the latter page. Our data goes back to the start of the 2003 season for both tours.

The screen shot above shows the length distribution for 49 courses used in the 2009 European PGA Tour season. The average length is displayed under the charts and, as usual, hovering over a bar shows additional information. The mathematically inclined will note the classic normal distribution of course lengths around the average!

Note that the exact yardages of most courses vary over time and that tournaments without a course in the current season are ignored (e.g. the 2011 European PGA Tour has three such events at the time of writing). Note also that for tournaments held on more than one course, we either use the average course length or the length of the course used in the final round.

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