Hi All, I recently upgraded to gain access to the custom models. I am wondering what the “pred” number is on that page. Assuming it stands for prediction? Where does that number come from? Does it include course fit? It looks to be similar to the 50-day SG moving average. The 50-day moving average only goes to the tenths whereas the pred goes to the thousandths. Is there anywhere on the site I can access this number to the thousandths? Can I look it up for any golfer? I’m looking to build my own LPGA custom model based on these numbers. Thanks!
It is our predicted skill for each player, which doesn’t account for course-specific variables. So roughly columns 1-4 on the decomp pages.
If you wanted an analogous thing for the women, you could use players’ skill level shown in the rankings if they are listed (that corresponds to column 1 on the decomp page), and then use the 50-round average otherwise. We don’t have the more advanced measure of skill for the women, at the moment.
This is perfect. Thanks so much. Cheers.