Developing a Visualization Tool for Strategic Golf Course Design Analysis
By
scoofy
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Summary
The author has spent six weeks developing a custom tool that visualizes strategic golf course design using an expanded version of Mark Broadie's strokes gained approach. This technical project aims to reveal hidden architectural ideas in golf courses through data visualization and modeling, representing a new analytical framework for understanding golf course strategy and design principles.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledFor the last month and a half, I've been working nonstop on a project attempting to illustrate what I believe to be a new way to look at golf design.
I've finally cleared the first big hurdle. Here, I'm going to walk through the tool I've been furiously building from scratch to bring my way of looking at golf architecture – an expansion on Mark Broadie's foundational strokes gained approach – to life.
It's going to get a bit technical, so please bear with me.
A way to actually see the ideas hidden in golf course architecture.
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