Comments on: Golf Scores http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/09/09/golf-scores/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:06:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Fanning http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/09/09/golf-scores/#comment-41015 Paul Fanning Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:24:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2970#comment-41015 <p>Dick,</p> <p>I have done something similar with my (somewhat higher) golf scores. I found that the best way was to simply plot the mean over par (i.e. mean score per hole - par) against the holes handicap index. Following Tufte's data-ink ratio (http://www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php/Data-Ink_Ratio) principles, I use only a point marker rather than a bar. The result should show a steady downward trend from index 1 to index 18, points that are off the trend indicate holes that play (for you) differently from the handicap index.</p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>Paul</p> Dick,

I have done something similar with my (somewhat higher) golf scores. I found that the best way was to simply plot the mean over par (i.e. mean score per hole – par) against the holes handicap index. Following Tufte’s data-ink ratio (http://www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php/Data-Ink_Ratio) principles, I use only a point marker rather than a bar. The result should show a steady downward trend from index 1 to index 18, points that are off the trend indicate holes that play (for you) differently from the handicap index.

Cheers,

Paul

]]> By: Dick Kusleika http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/09/09/golf-scores/#comment-40951 Dick Kusleika Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:38:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2970#comment-40951 <p>Rick: Can you send me a screenshot of that. I'm having trouble setting it up.</p> Rick: Can you send me a screenshot of that. I’m having trouble setting it up.

]]> By: Dick Kusleika http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/09/09/golf-scores/#comment-40950 Dick Kusleika Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:22:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2970#comment-40950 <p><a href="http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/excel/golfscores2.zip" rel="nofollow">Download golfscores2.zip in Excel 2003 format</a></p> Download golfscores2.zip in Excel 2003 format

]]> By: Andy Cotgreave http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/09/09/golf-scores/#comment-40931 Andy Cotgreave Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:22:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2970#comment-40931 <p>hi<br> Any chance you can provide this is an Excel 2003 file? I've been hankering after a decent set of golf stats to mess about with in Tableau. (and I only have Excel 2003!).<br> Thanks<br> Andy</p> hi
Any chance you can provide this is an Excel 2003 file? I’ve been hankering after a decent set of golf stats to mess about with in Tableau. (and I only have Excel 2003!).
Thanks
Andy

]]> By: Rick Williams http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/09/09/golf-scores/#comment-40930 Rick Williams Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:19:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2970#comment-40930 <p>Rather than use databars, I'd say without a doubt that the best way to compare your average to the handicap rankings for each hole, is to plot a scatter plot of the two. A quick one I drew up shows all but one hole are on (or within 1 rank) of the main diagonal (i.e. actual = handicap).</p> <p>Rick</p> Rather than use databars, I’d say without a doubt that the best way to compare your average to the handicap rankings for each hole, is to plot a scatter plot of the two. A quick one I drew up shows all but one hole are on (or within 1 rank) of the main diagonal (i.e. actual = handicap).

Rick

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