Brian O'Connell

I rarely use instagram but have a 15 minute daily usage limit on it on my phone because when I do open it, it just sucks me in and I lose track of time. The algorithm is insanely addictive

That would just be a Chelsea podcast

That makes sense, I decided I needed to chose one or the other and I liked Lowry better, but it’s really a coin flip imo

Not interested in Shane Lowry?

Here’s the average score, birdie or better average, and bogey or worse average per round for the last 3 years of the Cognizant Classic:

Since a move to a par 71 in 2024, the course has played at least a stroke under par every round

I moved to SLC a few years ago and I couldn’t believe how little this city actually cares about sports so I don’t get this.

When the Jazz were really good with Golbert and Donovan Mitchell, I barely saw anyone wearing Jazz gear.

Of course! I started doing it this year because so many golf analysts seemed to focus on what stats matter for a tournament, so I figured I’d try doing the opposite.

Actually the opposite. Character limits are not great for explaining statistical tests.

If the two groups are statistically significantly different, they will have a p-value less than 0.05. Anything above 0.05 means the groups are more similar the different, which suggests that stat doesn’t matter

In my weekly course preview, I run t-tests comparing golfers who made the cut but finished outside the top 20 vs golfers who finished in the top 20. This helps determine which stats are not predictive.

So far this year, the Cognizant has the most noise of any tournament this year

I want to post a lot more here on bluesky about golf but I’m not sure what the people want.

I’ve noticed prop betting content isn’t huge on Bluesky, but what other type of PGA analysis do people want to see?

I’d love to get Martinelli on for Trossard asap

Trossard just seems to be making every wrong decision in this second half and isn’t adding anything in attack

Oh my god, Arsenal. It’s a fucking broken record at this point.

STOP CONCEDING IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU SCORE

We remember Steve Irwin on what would've been his 64th birthday: 🇦🇺🐊

Anyone down for a hole in 1 on the par 4 10th tomorrow?

I was ready to forgive Mulaney, then I saw how expensive the tickets were for his show in Salt Lake, and he’s backed to canceled for me. Cheapest ticket was like $125 and floor seats were more than double that.

There’s someone on Twitter that bets $400-$500 on FRL and they’ve already hit a few this season.

It gives people an unrealistic expectation that betting large sums on long odds is actually sustainable.

My favorite 3 golfers for the Genesis Invitational(outside of Scottie):

1. Jake Knapp
2. Hideki Matsuyama
3. Chris Gotterup

I will not accept this ted lasso slander on my timeline.

Ted lasso is a great show that stupidly tried to constrict itself to only 3 seasons.

My top 3 favorites for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am(outside of Scottie):

1. Tommy Fleetwood
2. Russell Henley
3. Robert MacIntyre

It’s Trivia Tuesday! I will give one person who correctly answers the question below a free MONTH to my dubclub!

Prior to 2024, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was played across 3 courses. Which of those 3 courses is no longer used for the tournament?

A few nuggets from my WM Phoenix Open preview, which was available to all my DubClub subscribers

My golfer watch list ended up picking the winner, 3 top 5 finishers, a top 10, and 10/11 made the cut

I also correctly picked a Scottie top 5 finish and Gotterup win (ignore the bit about Cam Young)

Matsuyama gave up the lead on 18 and lost the playoff because of two bad drives. His poor off the tee play finally came back to bite him

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Hideki Matsuyama is laughing in the face of the course history right now

Since SG data started being collected at the WM Phoenix Open 11 years ago, no one has ever won it while losing strokes off the tee

According to DataGolf.com, Matsuyama has lost 3.45 strokes off the tee this entire tournament

Drones spelling out “UTAH 2034 SLC”

Sometimes it’s cool living in Utah, I’m excited to host the Olympics in 8 years.

Cry harder

One suggestion for anyone analyzing golf that I wish I had learned sooner:

Shots Gained categories and stats like GIR, drive distance, and drive accuracy are important, but your analysis will always be lacking until you start thinking about how they affect eachother

Here’s what jumps out to me:

- Another week where the top finishers will likely have a spike week with their putter
- elite approach separates the best from the rest
- top 20 finishers had a solid off the tee performance
- drive distance helps finish in the top 20, but doesn’t help win.
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Average stats for top 20 finishers the last 3 years at WM Phoenix Open split into several buckets based on finishing position.

Every week, I look at the average stats per finishing position of the last three years to help identify what stat categories are important for this week’s tournament.

Below is the table for the WM Phoenix Open:

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Only one entry is allowed, only the first response will be counted. First correct response wins the free month.