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How Rory McIlroy Stacks up to Tiger And Jack

With his British Open victory Sunday, Rory McIlroy captured the third major championship of his career. This puts him in some incredible company — only 44 players in the history of golf have won three majors, and just 19 have done so since the PGA Championship adopted stroke play in 1958. On top of all […]

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How Rory McIlroy Stacks up to Tiger And Jack

With his British Open victory Sunday, Rory McIlroy captured the third major championship of his career. This puts him in some incredible company — only 44 players in the history of golf have won three majors, and just 19 have done so since the PGA Championship adopted stroke play in 1958. On top of all […]

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Bubba Watson’s Masters Performance Was Better Than You Think

Bubba Watson captured his second green jacket Sunday, winning the Masters Tournament by three strokes over Jonas Blixt and Jordan Spieth. The 20-year-old Spieth gamely vied for the championship over most of the front nine,but fell apart just before the turn, and Watson cruised down the stretch. According to Ken Pomeroy’s automated golf-win probabilities feed […]

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Bubba Watson’s Masters Performance Was Better Than You Think

Bubba Watson captured his second green jacket Sunday, winning the Masters Tournament by three strokes over Jonas Blixt and Jordan Spieth. The 20-year-old Spieth gamely vied for the championship over most of the front nine,but fell apart just before the turn, and Watson cruised down the stretch. According to Ken Pomeroy’s automated golf-win probabilities feed […]

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There’s Income Inequality in Golf, Too

Earlier this year, several analysts at the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective took a look at income inequality in the major U.S. sports leagues. Using Gini coefficients, an economic tool that distills the degree of inequality among a set of earners to a single number, the collective found the NHL to be the most equitable and […]

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