Season Segment (Field) Page Added to Golf Predictor

Snippet of new Season Segment From page for the 2015 Turkish Airlines Open

New Season Segment Data panel on prediction data page ( for Rory McIlroy ahead of the 2015 Turkish Airlines Open)

Following on from the season segment analysis added earlier in the year, I am pleased to announce the adaptation of this functionality for the prediction data for tournaments on Golf Predictor. A new "Season Segment (Field)" page is available on the Form menu and it allows you to see at a glance which golfers in the field for the current tournament(s) perform better at the time of year (early/mid/late) the tournament is held in. While the original season segment analysis is based on all golfers on both tours who have played at least 45 tournaments in the previous five years, this new page lists only the golfers in the field for the current tournament, sorted by their GP Rank. This page should be very helpful for your fantasy golf, DFS golf or betting needs as it shows who in the field tends to play well versus his peers at the time of the year the tournament is held.

The first screenshot above shows a snippet of this new "Season Segment (Field)" page for the 2015 Turkish Airlines Open. Hovering over the golfer's first name will show the golfer's overall season segment rank (i.e. the rank for his average finish in all tournaments played in previous five years) and GP Score for the tournament, as shown above for Shane Lowry. The first screenshot above also shows the colour coding for the season segment (late season in this case) rank column. The colour coding goes from green to yellow to red. Green shades represent good rankings and red shades represent bad rankings, with deeper shades representing better/worse rankings. Yellow represents mid rankings from the almost 500 golfers in the system with season segment data.

As part of this adaptation, some season segment stats have been added to a new panel on the prediction data page for current tournaments. This new panel is shown in the second screenshot above for Rory McIlroy ahead of the 2015 Turkish Airlines Open. You can see his rank, average finishing position and number of tournaments played for each season segment on this panel. The season segment that the current tournament is in is highlighted in bold text, as can be seen above. This will help you easily compare his form in the current season segment with his form in the others. You can also click on the link in the bottom of the panel to see his more detailed season segment stats page.


 Some notes on this new functionality:

1. This new functionality is only for tournaments in the current week (have prediction stats, but no results). This is because the season segment stats are cumulative and thus only correct for upcoming events.
2. Further to the previous point, you will only see the current week's tournaments in the dropdown list on this new "Season Segment (Field)" page. In practice, these will generally be available from Monday evening to Sunday evening of the tournament week. Similarly, the new season segment panel on the prediction data page will only be available for golfers in the same tournaments.
3. The season segment stats are calculated across both tours, so while golfers on one tour (e.g. the European PGA Tour) may have a relatively modest ranking, many golfers above them may play mainly on the other major tour (e.g. the US PGA Tour) or may not be playing that particular week. Therefore, the rank column colour coding should be used to quickly identify the relative ranks in the field.
4. Columns where low is good (e.g. missed cuts or average finishing position) have high default values when null to help sorting. The converse is true for columns where high is good (e.g. wins or top tens). In either case, null values are displayed as "n/a" in the relevant column(s). Nulls will occur when a golfer hasn't played enough tournaments (45) to feature in the season segment stats or has not played any tournaments in a particular season segment.
5. You may have to refresh a page to see the new Form menu option or the new season segment panel on the prediction data page.

 As part of this enhancement, the following charts have been added to the system:

1. Bar chart showing the golfers in the field with the best average finishing position (rank) in the early season segment (for early season events).
2. Bar chart showing the golfers in the field with the most wins in the early season segment (for early season events).
3. Bar chart showing the golfers in the field with the most top tens in the early season segment (for early season events).
4. Bar chart showing the golfers in the field with the least missed cuts in the early season segment (for early season events).
5. Bar chart showing the golfers in the field with the best average finishing position (rank) in the mid season segment (for mid season events).
6. Bar chart showing the golfers in the field with the most wins in the mid season segment (for mid season events).
7. Bar chart showing the golfers in the field with the most top tens in the mid season segment (for mid season events).
8. Bar chart showing the golfers in the field with the least missed cuts in the mid season segment (for mid season events).
9. Bar chart showing the golfers in the field with the best average finishing position (rank) in the late season segment (for late season events).
10. Bar chart showing the golfers in the field with the most wins in the late season segment (for late season events).
11. Bar chart showing the golfers in the field with the most top tens in the late season segment (for late season events).
12. Bar chart showing the golfers in the field with the least missed cuts in the late season segment (for late season events).

These twelve new charts brings the total number of charts on the site to 445. This new functionality makes it much easier to use the season segment stats to pick golfers for the current tournament, as it shows each golfer's performance at that time of the year over the previous five years. I trust you will find it useful and any feedback (via comments on this article or email) would be most welcome. The new season segment  functionality is available to all users, although only for the golfers you are permitted to view (all golfers for subscribers, those ranked 11-25 in the GP Rankings and ranked 26-40 for the overall season segment metric for non-subscribers). In addition, non-subscribers will be similarly restricted for the new season segment panel on the prediction data page and will  not be able to view the new charts listed above. Therefore, sign up today to get the most out of Golf Predictor, the premier European and US PGA Tour statistics site.