2012 - Week 9 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions and statistics for this week, the Honda Classic (US PGA Tour), are now available on Golf Predictor. There is no event on the European PGA Tour this week, so the first event of the Florida swing is the only inter-WGC tournament! In addition to Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood, Tiger Woods is among those hoping to tune up here for the WGC event next week.

2012 - Week 8 Winners

Hunter Mahan (ranked 15th by Golf Predictor) won the WGC - Accenture Match Play Championship on the European/US PGA Tour. The 29 year old American thwarted Rory McIlroy's bid to reach the top of the world rankings by defeating the Northern Irish man 3&2 in the final. Mark Wilson defeated Lee Westwood 2&1 in the third place play-off.

John Huh (ranked 25th by Golf Predictor) won the Mayakoba Golf Classic on the US PGA Tour. The 21 year old rookie finished strongly with a 63 (-8) to force a play-off with Robert Allenby, who double bogeyed the last in regulation to deny himself outright victory. The young American prevailed against the seasoned pro on the eighth play-off hole to secure his maiden title in only his fifth start on tour. Our top ranked player, Spencer Levin, finished in tied 34th and we had eight of the top sixteen plus ties (8/25).


*Maruyama didn't play, thus promoting Lehman into the top 28.

2012 - Week 8 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions/statistics for this week, the WGC - Accenture Match Play Championship (European/US PGA Tour) and the Mayakoba Golf Classic (US PGA Tour), are now available on Golf Predictor. Although Golf Predictor is designed primarily for stroke play events, like previous seasons, the Accenture Match Play Championship has been put through the prediction engine. Almost all of the the big names are heading to Arizona for the match play event, so as usual it's a second string line up for the Mexican tournament. This is reflected in the Golf Predictor field strength metric for each event.

2012 - Week 7 Winners

Jbe Kruger (ranked 12th by Golf Predictor) won the Avantha Masters on the European PGA Tour. The 25 year old South African won his maiden tour title by two shots, despite a jittery finish. There was more controversy though as an armchair referee put another player out of an event. Scotland's Peter Whiteford was only one shot back when he was informed of his disqualification on the fourth tee after an eagle eyed TV viewer had seen his ball move on the fairway the previous day and had nothing better to do than report it!  Our top ranked player, Joost Luiten, finished in tied 17th and we had eight of the top seventeen plus ties (8/21) in total.

Bill Haas (ranked 10th by Golf Predictor) won the Northern Trust Open on the US PGA Tour. The 29 year old American won in an exciting finish at Riviera. Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley both birdied the difficult final hole to force a three man play-off, but Haas prevailed at the second extra hole. Our top ranked player, Luke Donald, finished poorly on Sunday with a 78 and ended up in tied 56th. Overall, we had eleven of the top seventeen plus ties (11/23).

'Tournament Winners Form' Page Added to Golf Predictor

Results for the Last Twelve 2011 US PGA Tour Season Winners in their Previous Ten Events

I am happy to announce the addition of a new 'Tournament Winners Form' page to Golf Predictor. This new page is similar to the 'Compare Golfer Form' page added last month, insofar as it shows the previous ten results (recent/historical/similar tournaments) for each golfer. In this case, the golfers are the tournament winners on the US and European PGA Tour since 2003*. The screenshot above shows the previous ten event form for the last twelve winners on the 2011 US PGA Tour. You can hover over the week number, golfer first name and any result to see more relevant information, as shown above on the composite screenshot.

This new page may assist in choosing golfers for an upcoming tournament by analysing the prior form of previous winners. Looking at the new page, in most cases you can spot top tens in the winner's previous ten events. For example, as shown above, Luke Donald in week 44 (Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic) had six top tens and an 11th place in his previous ten events. However, this is not always the case as some winners come from virtually nowhere. For example, as shown above, Kevin Na in week 41 (Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals Open) wasn't exactly setting the world on fire in his previous ten events!

Note that you may have to reload your current Golf Predictor page to see this new "Winners Form" menu option. This page is only available to subscribers, so sign up today and reap the full benefits of Golf Predictor, the premium professional golf statistics site.


*Golf Predictor records start in 2003, so there are no earlier results available. 

2012 - Week 7 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions and statistics for this week, the Avantha Masters (European PGA Tour) and the Northern Trust Open (US PGA Tour) are now available on Golf Predictor. Normal service has indeed resumed this week with the disappearance of the Middle Eastern appearance money! The US PGA Tour event has a much stronger field than its European PGA Tour counterpart as measured by the new Golf Predictor field strength metric. While world number one Luke Donald and last week's impressive winner Phil Mickelson are headlining the US event, unsurprisingly no current big names have made the trip to India. There are a couple of major champions playing in the European PGA Tour event though, with Todd Hamilton and John Daly both teeing it up in New Delhi.

2012 - Week 6 Winners

Rafael Cabrera Bello (ranked 27th by Golf Predictor) won the Omega Dubai Desert Classic on the European PGA Tour. The 27 year old Spaniard won his second tour title by a single shot after his nearest challengers failed to birdie the par five final hole. Indeed, it was the third bridesmaid finish in Dubai for one of those runners up, Lee Westwood! Our top ranked player, Rory McIlroy, finished in tied 5th and we had seven of the top sixteen plus ties (7/19) in total.

Phil Mickelson (ranked 5th by Golf Predictor) won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on the US PGA Tour. The 41 year old American became the latest player to rally from at least six shots back with a sparkling 64 (-8) to take his landmark 40th US PGA Tour title. An added bonus for Mickelson was outscoring his playing partner Tiger Woods by an incredible eleven shots. Our top ranked player, Dustin Johnson, finished in tied 5th and we had seven of the top fifteen plus ties (7/19).

New A to Z Selector on Courses Page

 Course Name A to Z Selection (Showing "K")

Similar to the update to the Golfers page last year, the main Courses page ("View Options\Courses" menu option in the member section) on Golf Predictor has been updated to now allow users to display courses beginning with a particular letter. This was done for ease of navigation, given that the number of courses has increased to well over 200. As shown in the screenshot above (for "K"), you now get an A to Z selection list and the count of all matching courses for that letter. You may select "All" to revert to all courses and the selected option is shown in black in the A to Z list.

This new functionality allows you to see some interesting (useless!) information, such as the most common letter ("C" with 19*) and the least common  (J, U, X & Z with 0 each). Just another way to make Golf Predictor, the premium professional golf statistics site, even better!


*Excluding "T" as a lot of courses start with "The" or "TPC"!

2012 - Week 6 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions and statistics for this week, the Omega Dubai Desert Classic (European PGA Tour) and the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (US PGA Tour) are now available on Golf Predictor. For the third week in a row, the European PGA Tour has a stronger field than its US counterpart. Despite the much anticipated US PGA Tour season debut of Tiger Woods at Pebble Beach this week, the Dubai event has a significantly stronger field, as measured by the new Golf Predictor field strength metric. As this is the final leg of the desert swing on the European PGA Tour, the sudden drop in appearance money will put a halt to this trend fairly sharpish!

2012 - Week 5 Winners

Paul Lawrie (ranked 17th by Golf Predictor) won the Commercialbank Qatar Masters pres. by Dolphin Energy on the European PGA Tour. The 43 year old Scot played some of the best golf of his career in the difficult conditions to secure his seventh tour title. Lawrie finished in some style with a 65 (-7) to win the wind shortened event by four shots. Our top ranked player, Lee Westwood, finished tied 12th and we had eight of the top twelve (8/19) in total.

Kyle Stanley (ranked 7th by Golf Predictor) won the Waste Management Phoenix Open on the US PGA Tour. One week after his unfortunate final hole collapse, Stanley showed admirable resolve to rally from eight shots back and bounce back in style. However, it's Spencer Levin's turn to be sickened this week as he blew a record equalling six shot final round lead with a closing 75 (+4) to finish third. Our top ranked player, Webb Simpson, finished in tied 8th and we had six of the top fifteen plus ties (6/18).