Dataset: PGA TOUR STATS - 2020 SEASON

About this Dataset

PGA TOUR STATS - 2020 SEASON

Context

The major story during the 2020 PGA Tour season was everything related to Bryson Dechambeau and his unorthodox approach to the game. I wanted to see if Bryson's strategy really paid off and if the old golf adage "drive for show, and putt for dough" was true...

I made a web scraper to go through every PGA Tour stat from the 2020 season and compiled it into this dataset here. I only included a sample of the columns from the whole dataset since there are +200 different stats the PGA Tour tracks.

Checkout the full web scraper PGA Tour Scraper

Content

For a quick vocabulary lesson on golf, the below words and phrases are helpful.

FIR = Fairway in regulation. This is when the golfer hits the fairway from their tee shot
GIR = Green in regulation. This is when a golfer hits in the green in 1 shot on a par 3, 2 shots on a par 4, and 3 shots on a par 5
Approach = The shot you take attempting to make a GIR
Smash Factor = The ratio between the Ball Speed and the Club Speed. The higher the smash factor the better the energy transfer to the ball.
Scramble = Make a par after missing the green
Sand Save = Make a par from a bunker
Fringe = Short grass around the green
Rough = Tall thick grass

Acknowledgements

Data was collected from https://www.pgatour.com/stats.html

Inspiration

Love the game and wanted to see where my stats stack up against the guys on tour!

Tables

Pga Tour Stats 2020

@kaggle.steverusso_pga_tour_stats_2020_season.pga_tour_stats_2020

117.16 KB
357 rows
73 columns


CREATE TABLE pga_tour_stats_2020 (
  "player_name" VARCHAR,
  "avg_approach_birdie_or_better" DOUBLE,
  "avg_approach_bogey_or_worse" DOUBLE,
  "avg_approach_par" DOUBLE,
  "avg_approach_shot_distance" DOUBLE,
  "fairway_approach_rtp" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_fairway_bunker" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_fairway" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_other" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_overall" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_100_125" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_over_100" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_125_150" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_150_175" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_175_200" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_over_200" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_75_100" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_under_100" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_under_125" DOUBLE,
  "gir_pct_under_75" DOUBLE,
  "green_pct_sand_saves" DOUBLE,
  "green_pct_scramble" DOUBLE,
  "green_pct_scramble_fringe" DOUBLE,
  "green_pct_scramble_rough" DOUBLE,
  "green_pct_scramble_sand" DOUBLE,
  "finishes_fedexcup_bonus" DOUBLE,
  "finishes_official_money" VARCHAR,
  "finishes_top10" DOUBLE,
  "finishes_official_unofficial_money" VARCHAR,
  "tee_avg_apex" VARCHAR,
  "tee_avg_ball_speed" DOUBLE,
  "tee_ball_striking" DOUBLE,
  "tee_avg_carry" DOUBLE,
  "tee_longest_carry_distance" DOUBLE,
  "tee_avg_carry_eff" DOUBLE,
  "tee_avg_club_head_speed" DOUBLE,
  "tee_avg_distance_from_center_fr" VARCHAR,
  "tee_driving_accuracy_pct" DOUBLE,
  "tee_avg_driving_distance" DOUBLE,
  "tee_avg_fairway_bunker_tendency_pct" DOUBLE,
  "tee_avg_fir_pct" DOUBLE,
  "tee_avg_launch_angle" DOUBLE,
  "tee_avg_left_rough_tendency_pct" DOUBLE,
  "tee_longest_drives" DOUBLE,
  "tee_avg_right_rough_tendency_pct" DOUBLE,
  "tee_avg_smash_factor" DOUBLE,
  "tee_avg_spin_rate" DOUBLE,
  "putting_avg_one_putts" DOUBLE,
  "putting_avg_two_putts" DOUBLE,
  "putting_avg_three_putts" DOUBLE,
  "putting_approach_performance" VARCHAR,
  "putting_avg_dist_birdie" VARCHAR,
  "putting_avg_dist_eagle" VARCHAR,
  "putting_avg_dist_made" VARCHAR,
  "putting_pct_birdie_or_better" DOUBLE,
  "putting_avg_overall" DOUBLE,
  "putting_avg_putts" DOUBLE,
  "scoring_avg_birdies" DOUBLE,
  "scoring_pct_birdie_or_better" DOUBLE,
  "scoring_birdie_bogey_ratio" DOUBLE,
  "scoring_bogey_average" DOUBLE,
  "scoring_eagles_per_hole" DOUBLE,
  "scoring_par3_average" DOUBLE,
  "scoring_par4_average" DOUBLE,
  "scoring_par5_average" DOUBLE,
  "scoring_rounds_in_60s" DOUBLE,
  "scoring_avg_overall" DOUBLE,
  "scoring_total_birdies" DOUBLE,
  "scoring_total_eagles" DOUBLE,
  "streaks_cuts_made" DOUBLE,
  "streaks_firs_made" DOUBLE,
  "streaks_girs_made" DOUBLE,
  "streaks_holes_under_par" DOUBLE
);