golf {Rlab}R Documentation

Golf performance data

Description

The data set golf was taken from PGA Tour Records of 195 golf rounds by PGA players in an attempt to explain what golf attributes contribute the most to low scores.

Format

A data frame with 195 observations on the following 7 variables.

score
: score on the 18 holes (par 72)
distance
: average distance of drive on two holes in opposite direction (to balance out wind)
accur
: percentage of times that dirve was in the fairway for par 4 and par 5 holes
putts
: average number of putts in the round for holes where the green was hit in regulation
sand
: an estimate of sand trap play accuracy based on the residuals from regressing percentage of successful pars from traps on putts
chip
: based on the residuals from regressing the score on par three holes on putts, sand, and chip
irons
: an estimate of chipping accuracy based on the residuals from regressing percentage of successful pars on holes not hit in regulation on putts

Source

"Drive for Show and Putt for Dough" by Scott M. Berry, Chance, Vol. 12, No. 4, p. 50-55, 1999


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