Time Lapse Video: 140,000 Used Golf Balls Turned Into Logo

A time lapse video of the Waste Management floating signage in TPC Scottsdale's 18th hole lake designed by the Maker Twins. It's a lot of work for a floating logo but hey, some of us are watching, so it worked.

Post by Maker Twins.

Let The Bickering Begin: Golf World's 100 Best Modern Players

While our friends in Europe are predictably oozing with their usual xenophobia complaints, Golf World (USA) has put together a fascinating list of the 100 Best Modern Players on the PGA Tour (USA) since 1980.

The PGA Tour. Right? Are we clear so that the bickering over not doing a world 100 can be saved for elsewhere for now?

Now that we have that clear, check out Brett Avery's list built on performance metrics, with little subjectivity, some help for majors, but overall, a big reward for week-to-week excellence.

To qualify for the ranking, golfers needed three or more official PGA Tour victories since the start of the 1980 season, or two wins and at least one major championship victory.

Avery considered 1,945 individual seasons, more than 47,000 starts and 110,000 rounds and calculated the strength of each player’s performance against all other eligible players in a given season. The 1,945 individual seasons were assigned a point value, which were then averaged to determine a player’s final score.
 
The seasons were considered with performance metrics and versus-peers metrics. Some serious number crunching essentially!

The top ten since 1980:

    1.    Tiger Woods                                                           23.047
    2.    Greg Norman                                                         13.893
    3.    Phil Mickelson                                                         11.329
    4.    Jack Nicklaus                                                          11.281
    5.    Vijay Singh                                                             10.952
    6.    Ernie Els                                                                 10.702
    7.    Tom Watson                                                            10.318
    8.    David Duval                                                              9.733
    9.    Rory McIlroy                                                             9.728
    10.    Nick Faldo                                                               9.651

Let the bickering begin...

I Know It's Early: Pinehurst Hole-By-Hole Tour

Yes, yes, it's not until June that the revitalized Pinehurst #2 is unveiled to the public and sure to play so much more beautifully than it did during previous U.S. Opens.

But I just couldn't help but enjoy this just-posted teaser from the resort's website with a photo of each hole with the renovation details.

I'll be getting a glimpse of #2 next week when I'm there for the USGA annual meeting. Can't wait!