Golf by the Numbers - How Stats, Math, and Physics Affect Your Game; .: How Stats, Math, and Physics Affect Your Game - Hardcover

Minton, Roland

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1421403153 ISBN 13: 9781421403151

Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012

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How do the world’s greatest golfers improve their game? Practice, sure, but Roland Minton says mathematics and statistics are also key to their success. Golf by the Numbers analyzes the mathematical strategies behind the sport, giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at how numbers drive the game.

Computers, GPS trackers, swing simulators, and high-speed cameras have introduced new and exciting ways of seeing and understanding the complicated and endlessly fascinating game of golf. Players like Phil Mickelson are so good because they review the results of every swing they take. Minton’s comprehensive analysis of statistics taken from the PGA Tour’s ShotLink system walks readers through the mountains of data that pros use to inform and refine their play. The result is an insider’s perspective of how the world’s greatest golfers apply mathematics to the sport.

Minton discusses randomness in golf (especially how much luck is involved in putting) as well as aggressive and cautious strategies both on and off the greens, and he explains, by the numbers, just how Tiger Woods was so dominant from 2004 to 2009.

Here is a book that tells some truly engaging stories of modern golf, featuring famous players and memorable tournaments, all through the lens of elementary probability theory. Minton’s informal style and clear and direct explanations make even the most detailed discussions accessible to all curious-minded golfers. His mathematical morsels are not only enjoyable to read—they may even help you improve your game.

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Roland Minton is a professor of mathematics at Roanoke College and coauthor of several calculus textbooks, including Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions and Calculus, Multivariable: Late Transcendental Functions.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1421403153
• ISBN 13: 9781421403151
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
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