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Rory Held Off the Old Ghosts on Sunday at Augusta
There was a shaky start, a crowded leaderboard and familiar pressure — but McIlroy still didn't let the Masters slip away.
 • Neil Paine
Is Augusta National No Longer a Bomber's Paradise?
Distance used to be king at the Masters. Now, it's more complicated than that.
 • Neil Paine
Q&A: How Data Golf Became the Go-To Site for Modern Golf Analytics
Co-founder Matt Courchene explains how he and his brother built one of the sport's most impressive — and influential — data-driven websites.
 • Neil Paine
Tiger Woods Reached the Apex of Golf Greatness — And That Was Just One of His Peaks
The data shows how Tiger shattered golf’s ceiling again and again across three decades.
 • Neil Paine
Scottie Scheffler Has Delivered One of Golf’s Great Seasons — and It's Not Over Yet
After winning the British Open, Scheffler’s 2025 campaign joins the ranks of the greatest in modern golf history — with more accolades still in reach.
 • Neil Paine
Scottie Scheffler Is Still Hunting Tiger's Prime
Scheffler leads the PGA Tour in Strokes Gained at a rate we haven’t seen since peak Tiger Woods — and his 2025 major record could nearly be as dominant.
 • Neil Paine
Tiger at Pebble Is Still Untouchable
Twenty-five years later, Tiger Woods’ 2000 U.S. Open remains the most dominant major performance ever — and I have a new metric, ELDRICK, to prove it.
 • Neil Paine
Rory McIlroy’s Career Grand Slam Was Hard-Earned — And a Very Long Time Coming
It wasn't easy... but maybe that was fitting, at the tournament that has beguiled McIlroy most.
 • Neil Paine
Where to Find My Stats, Rankings, Content, Models and Data 📈 👀
A clearinghouse of all the different cool/useful stuff I keep on Substack.
 • Neil Paine
Anthony Kim Is Back. How Good Could He Have Been?
At age 38, the reclusive Kim is finally set to play again for the first time since 2012.
 • Neil Paine
Michelle Wie West Didn’t Become Golf’s Biggest Star. That Doesn’t Make Her A Bust.
The former phenom made her mark in a different way than expected.
 • Neil Paine
Did Golf Just Avoid The Messiest Divorce In Sports?
The PGA Tour and LIV Golf's merger offers a counterfactual to what IndyCar racing did in the '90s and 2000s.
 • Neil Paine
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