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The Masters, Meet FRACAS: A Projection Unlike Any Other
Golf

The Masters, Meet FRACAS: A Projection Unlike Any Other

It’s Masters week – for the second time in 21 weeks.  After the fall Masters, the best golfers in the world head back to Augusta National Golf Course for a…

6 days ago Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads
Golf

Golf Leaderboards

Based on data for the PGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour, European Tour, Sunshine Tour, and the Japanese PGA Tour, we use a field rating and course-adjusted strokes gained to build…

6 days ago Peter McKeever
Understanding a FRACAS Masters
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Understanding a FRACAS Masters

With The Masters getting into full swing, we launch a brand new golf metric that will help us preview this week's action at Augusta.

6 days ago Graham Bell, Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads
An Inside Look at How We Create Our Golf Simulation Skeleton
Golf

An Inside Look at How We Create Our Golf Simulation Skeleton

In our first golf explainer, we introduced FRACAS, a proprietary global ranking method for men’s golf. With FRACAS established, we can use the player rates we’ve created to simulate tournaments and detail how the…

7 days ago Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads
A San Antonio FRACAS: The Highest Value Picks and Fantasy Plays for the PGA’s Texas Open
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A San Antonio FRACAS: The Highest Value Picks and Fantasy Plays for the PGA’s Texas Open

We’re back, and we have some new toys.  We’ve introduced FRACAS, a course-specific golf model designed to establish a standardized player ranking system. In our tournament previews you’ll see FRACAS…

2 weeks ago Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads
Introducing FRACAS: A Precise Golf Ranking Model Using Field Rating and Course-Adjusted Strokes Gained
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Introducing FRACAS: A Precise Golf Ranking Model Using Field Rating and Course-Adjusted Strokes Gained

We're exploring the leading ranking systems in golf today, explain FRACAS, then put it to work to identify some of the underrated golfers in the game today.

2 weeks ago Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads, Kevin Chroust

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