Every Shot Counts - by Mark Broadie (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Columbia Business School professor Mark Broadie's paradigm-shifting approach that uses statistics and golf analytics to transform the game. Mark Broadie is at the forefront of a revolutionary new approach to the game of golf. What does it take to drop ten strokes from your golf score? What part of Tiger Woods' game makes him a winner? Traditional golf stats can't answer these questions. Broadie, a professor at Columbia Business School, helped the PGA Tour develop its cutting-edge strokes gained putting stat. In this eye-opening new book, Broadie uses analytics from the financial world to uncover the secrets of the game of golf. He crunches mountains of data to show both professional and amateur golfers how to make better decisions on the course. This eagerly awaited resource is for any player who wants to understand the pros, improve golf skills, and make every shot count. "--

Book Synopsis

Columbia Business School professor Mark Broadie's paradigm-shifting approach that uses statistics and golf analytics to transform the game.

Mark Broadie is at the forefront of a revolutionary new approach to the game of golf. What does it take to drop ten strokes from your golf score? What part of Tiger Woods' game makes him a winner? Traditional golf stats can't answer these questions. Broadie, a professor at Columbia Business School, helped the PGA Tour develop its cutting-edge strokes gained putting stat. In this eye-opening new book, Broadie uses analytics from the financial world to uncover the secrets of the game of golf. He crunches mountains of data to show both professional and amateur golfers how to make better decisions on the course. This eagerly awaited resource is for any player who wants to understand the pros, improve golf skills, and make every shot count.

Review Quotes

"Broadie [is] a devoted golfer with his fingertips on a wealth of golf information" -- New York Times

PRAISE FOR EVERY SHOT COUNTS:

"How much do distance and accuracy matter in golf? Mark Broadie's new approach provides compelling and sometimes surprising answers to these and other questions at the heart of golf."
--Mark King, CEO TaylorMade Golf Company

"Mark Broadie brings new insights to the ShotLink data set and uses that data to enhance understanding of both the professional as well as the amateur game. His analysis will surprise both avid golfers and laymen alike."
--Steve Evans, CIO PGA TOUR

Praise for Mark Broadie:

"Broadie is the pioneer of the strokes-gained approach to PGA Tour statistics ... Players are taking notice."
--ESPN.com

"Broadie [is] a devoted golfer with his fingertips on a wealth of golf information."
--The New York Times

"An absolutely fantastic book! It could change the way people play the game."
--Edoardo Molinari, European Ryder Cup star

"Broadie is the pioneer of the strokes-gained approach to PGA Tour statistics...Players are taking notice." -- ESPN.com

Thanks to his golf shot database, Broadie was able to do away with the old-fashioned, simplistic stats we hear about on TV and figure out how the game is truly played. Just as baseball's statistical pioneers overthrew the tyranny of ERA and RBI by developing more meaningful metrics, Broadie saved golf from GIR with a concept called "shot value...Broadie's analysis helps us answer a question that it's never really been possible to solve before: How do you accurately compare one player with another? -- Slate

About the Author

Mark Broadie is the Carson Family Professor of Business at Columbia Business School. Broadie's business research addresses issues in financial risk management. He is a member of the United States Golf Association's handicap research team and is a former club champion at Pelham Country Club.