Page numbers refer to the print edition.
Adams, Gary, 208
age at player peak by generations, 259–62
Alcott, Amy, 291
Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 105
amateurs: treatment of in rating system, 38–39
Anderson, Willie, 70–75, 77; protest of discrimination against professionals, 71
Aoki, Isao, 291
Armour, Tommy, 291
Auchterlonie, Laurie, 72, 75–78
Auchterlonie, Willie, 75
Azinger, Paul, 291
Ball, John, Jr., 291
Ball, Tom, 64
Ballesteros, Severiano, 208–11; introduction at 1975 British Open, 209
Berg, Patty, 93, 148–54, 290; Glenna Collett Vare’s analysis of her, 149
Berger, Daniel, 268
Berning, Susie Maxwell, 166
Beverly Country Club, 84
Birkdale, Royal, 159
Blalock, Jane, 291
Bolt, Tommy, 291
Boros, Julius, 291
Bradshaw, Henry: “battle with the bottle,” 135
Brae Burn Country Club, 105
Braid, James, 63, 65–68, 76, 79, 289; at Muirfield in 1906, 67; surviving footage of swing, 66
Brewer, Gay, 291
British Open: creation of, 52–53
Broadie, Mark, 6
Burke, Jack, Jr., 291
Cabrera, Angel, 291
Canterbury Club, 141
Caponi, Donna, 291
career rating: defined, 41–43, 295
Carnoustie, 128
“The Changing Game”: essay on relative dominance in Total Baseball, 1
Charles, Bob, 291
Cherry Hills Country Club, 120, 144, 159
Chicago Golf Club, 70, 76, 81, 132
Choi, Chella, 12
Choi, Na Yeon, 246
Chuasiriporn, Jenny, 246
Clarke, Charles Carlos, ix
Colbert, Jim, 291
Columbia Country Club, 88
Cooper, Alice ix
Cooper, Harry, 291
Cornelius, Kathy, 291
correlations: historical data, 5, 6, 9
Cotton, Henry, 291
Country Club of Buffalo, 82
Couples, Fred, 291
Crampton, Bruce, 291
Crenshaw, Ben, 291
Crocker, Fay, 291
Curtis, Harriott, 91
Curtis, Margaret, 90–94; creation of Curtis Cup with sister, 91; involvement in tennis, 91
Cypress Point, 133
Daniel, Beth, 292
Darwin, Bernard, 59, 62, 67, 79, 103, 108, 113
data sufficiency, 45–47
Day, Jason, 265–69; analysis of his 2016–17 decline, 266–68
Demaret, Jimmy, 292
Devlin, Bruce, 292
Donald, Luke, 292
Duke of Wellington, ix
Dunn, Willie and Jamie, 51–52
Dutra, Olin, 292
Duval, David, 292
Edward VIII, 103
Elder, Lee, 292
Elkington, Steve, 292
Els, Ernie, 292; 2007 performance, 15–17
equipment changes, 207–8
estimated stroke average, defined, 286–87, 299
Evans, Charles E. “Chick,” 84–88
Evans Scholars program, 86; remarkable 1916 season, 85
Faldo, Nick, 214–17, 289; ability to handle pressure, 215; correlation of measurable skills with score, 216
Farrell, Johnny, 292
Feng, Shanshan, 292
Feinstein, John, ix
Ferguson, Bob, 292
Finsterwald, Dow, 292
Floyd, Ray, 292
Ford, Doug, 292
Foulis, James, 70
Fraser, Alexa. See Stirling (Fraser), Alexa
Fresh Meadow Country Club, 114
Garcia, Sergio, 292
Garden City Country Club, 76
Geiberger, Al, 292
Ghezzi, Vic, 292
Gillies, Sir Harold Delf, 207
Glen View Club, 76
Goalby, Bob, 292
Goodman, Johnny, 117, 119, 292
Goosen, Retief, 292
Gore, Jason, 11
Graham, David, 292
Green, Hubert, 292
Guldahl, Ralph, 119–22, 138, 289; Sam Snead on him, 119
Hagen, Walter, 85, 102–7, 289–90; impact of World War I on his career, 103; interest in baseball, 104; performance at 1913 U.S. Open, 104–5; relationship with Prince of Wales, 103; rivalry with Gene Sarazen, 113
Hagge, Marlene, 292
Hanson, Beverly, 292
Harmon, Claude, 292
Harrington, Padraig, 292
Harrison, E. J. “Dutch,” 292
Herd, Fred, 70
Hjorth, Maria, 269
Hogan, Ben, 144–48, 289–90; domination of 1953 British Open field, 146; taught by Henry Picard, 144; recovery from car crash, 145
The Homestead, 138
Hoylake, 80
Hoyt, Beatrix, 91
Hutchison, Jock, 85, 96–99, 292
Interlachen Country Club, 119
Inverness Country Club, 108, 133
Irwin, Hale, 293
Jacklin, Tony, 293
Jameson, Betty, 293
Jang, Ha Na, 12
Janzen, Lee, 293
Johnson, Zach, 293
Jones, Robert T. “Bobby,” x, 56, 102, 104, 107–11, 289–90; friendship with Alexa Stirling, 92; founding of Augusta National, 131; Grantland Rice on him, 108; 1930 Grand Slam season, 130; 1923 U.S. Open playoff victory, 108
Jones, Robert Trent, 133
Jutanugarn, Ariya, 293
Kaymer, Martin, 293
Kerr, Cristie, 254–57, 289; record domination at 2010 LPGA, 254
Kidd, Tom, 57
Kim, I. K., 293
Kite, Tom, 293
Ko, Lydia, 274–76
Laidlay, John, 293
Langer, Bernhard, 293
Lehman, Tom, 293
Lema, Tony, 173–76; death in plane crash, 175; assessment by Peter Allis, 175
Leonard, Justin, 293
Lewis, Stacy, 293
Lincicome, Brittany, 293
Lingmerth, David, 28–30
Little, Lawson, 293
Littler, Gene, 293
Lloyd, Joe, 70
Locke, Bobby, 134–37; bouts with PGA, 135; pronounced hook, 134–35; rules violation forgiven, 136
Lowery, Eddie, 173
LPGA: data collection techniques, 8–9; formation of, 36–37
Lyle, Sandy, 293
Lytham and St. Anne’s, 209
Macdonald, C. B., 77, 132, 133
Mackenzie, Alister, 133
Mallon, Meg, 293
Mangrum, Lloyd, 141–43, 290; World War II experiences, 141
Mann, Carol, 293
Martin, Bob, 293
match play: adaptation of scoring to standard deviation, 43–45
McDermott, John, 70, 81–84, 97
McDowell, Graeme, 293
McIlroy, Rory, 263–65
McLean, George, 104
McLeod, Fred, 88
McNamara, Tom, 82
Merion, 85
Mickelson, Phil, 242–45, 289; correlation of skills with performance, 244
Middlecoff, Cary, 293
Midlothian Country Club, 85, 105
Miller, Johnny, 293
Mills, Mary, 293
Minikahda Country Club, 85
Montgomerie, Colin, 293
Moran, Pat (Phillies manager), 105
Morris, Old Tom, 51–55; relationship with Allan Robertson, 51–52
Morris, Young Tom, 53, 56–59; death of, 58; death of wife, 58; hole in one, 57; retirement of championship belt, 57
Muirfield, 66–67, 79, 169, 187
Musselburgh, 51–52
Myopia Hunt Club, 71–74, 76–77
Nagle, Kel, 293
National Golf Links, 132
Navratilova, Martina, 177
Nelson, Byron, 120, 122–26, 289–90; impact of World War II on his career, 124
Nelson, Larry, 293
Newport Country Club, 70
Nicklaus, Jack, 159, 181–86, 272, 289–90; assessment by Bobby Jones, 184; assessment by Pat Ward-Thomas, 183; assessment of Lee Trevino, 181; early battles with Arnold Palmer, 182–83; 1977 duel with Tom Watson, 195–96; 1972 dominance, 184–85
Nordqvist, Anna, 293
Norman, Greg, 217–20; loss to Faldo at 1996 Masters, 215; narrow misses in 1986 majors, 218–19
North, Andy, 293
North Shore Country Club, 119
number of statistical measurements, 4–6
Oakmont, 39–41, 109, 112, 159; relative performance in U.S. Opens played there, 39–41
Ochoa, Lorena, 251–54, 271; dominance versus the field in 2007, 23–24; early retirement, 251–52
O’Connor, Christy, 293
Olazabal, Jose Maria, 294
Olympic Club, 159
O’Meara, Mark, 294
Oosthuizen, Louis, 294
Outliers, handling of, 47–49
Ozaki, Jumbo, 294
Pak, Se Ri, 245–48; impact on golf in Korea, 246
Palmer, Arnold, 103, 157–61, 289–90; Arnie’s Army, 158; assessment by John Stobbs, 159; assessment by Pat Ward-Thomas, 157; collapse at 1966 U.S. Open, 159–60; early battles with Nicklaus, 182–83; hard-charging personality, 157
Park, Inbee, 12, 271–73, 289–90
Park, Willie, Jr., 294
Park, Willie, Sr., 52–53, 56, 57, 294
Pavin, Corey, 294
peak rating: defined, 41–43, 295
Pepper, Dottie, 294
Pettersen, Suzanne, 294
Philadelphia Country Club, 123
Philadelphia Cricket Club, 82
Player, Gary, 159, 167–70, 290; dedication to physical training, 168; evaluations of him by Palmer, Hogan, and Nicklaus, 168
predictability of PGA Tour performance based on Web.com performance, 30–33
Price, Nick, 294
Pung, Jackie: disqualification at Winged Foot, 164–65
Rankin, Judy, 294
Rawlins, Horace, 70
Rawls, Betsy, 151, 162-163, 164–67
regression analysis: explanation, 3
Revolta, John, 294
Robertson, Allan, 51–52
Rodriguez, Chi Chi, 294
Rosburg, Bob, 294
Ross, Donald, 133
Sanders, Doug, 294
Sandwich, Royal Golf Club, 114
Sarazen, Gene, 111–16, 289–90; debut victory at 1922 U.S. Open, 112; development of sand wedge, 114; double eagle at 1935 Masters, 114; host of Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf, 115; performances at British Open, 112–13; rivalry with Walter Hagen, 113
Scott, Adam, 294
Sears, Evelyn, 91
Sheehan, Patty, 294
Singh, Vijay, 294
Skokie Country Club, 112
Smith, Macdonald, 82, 89, 126–29, 290; collapses in major championships, 126–29
Smith, Marilynn, 294
Smith, Willie, 70
Snead, Sam, 138–40, 289–90; U.S. Open misfortunes, 138–39
Solheim, Karsten, 208
Sorenstam, Annika, xi, 234–41, 289–90
Spieth, Jordan, x, 11, 276–78; chances of improving his peak rating, 276–78; comparison with Woods, 21–22; 2015 performance, 11, 19–21
Stacy, Hollis, 294
standard deviation, 40–41, 301–2; conversion to stroke average, 50, 286–87; difficulty handling small fields of data, 54; Normalization of data across eras, 39–41
Stenson, Henrik, 294
Stephenson, Jan, 294
Stewart, Payne, 229–31
Stirling (Fraser), Alexa, 90–95; competition with Glenna Collett Vare, 92–93; friendship with Bobby Jones, 92
Stockton, Dave, 294
Strange, Curtis, 294
Streck, Ron, 207–8
Strokes Gained System, 6–8
Suggs, Louise, 161–64, 172, 290; feud with LPGA, 162–63; assessment by Ben Hogan, 162; rocky relationship with Babe Zaharias, 161–62
Taylor, J. H., 60–65, 76, 97, 290; dominance in victories, 64; 1896 battle with Vardon, 63; participation in 1900 U.S. Open, 60
televison’s impact on golf’s growth, 157–58
Thomas, Justin, 279–80
Tillinghast, A. W., 133
Titleholders, 35–36
Total Baseball, 1
Travers, Jerome, 295
Trevino, Lee, 49, 181, 186–89; assessment by Jack Nicklaus, 181, 187; 1971 Duel with Nicklaus at Merion, 181–82
Troon, Royal Golf Club, 159
Tufts, Dick (USGA president), 165
Twain, Mark, ix–x
2015 analysis of PGA Tour events, 9–12
2015 Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Invitational, 26–27
2015 Crowne Plaza Colonial, 27–28
2015 Memorial, 28–30
2014 McGladrey Classic, 26–28
2017 LPGA Tour: correlation of measurable skills with scoring data, 8–9
2017 PGA Tour: correlation of measurable skills with scoring average, 4
2016 analysis of PGA Tour events, 2–3
U.S. Open: creation and early history, 70
Van Wie, Virginia, 93
Vardon, Harry, 59–62, 70, 76, 79, 289–90; 1896 battle with Taylor, 63; 1911 playoff with Arnaud Massy, 60–61; 1913 U.S. Open playoff with Francis Ouimet, Ted Ray, 79; participation in 1900 U.S. Open, 60; participation in 1920 U.S. Open, 61; stricken by tuberculosis, 60
Vare, Glenna Collett, 90–96; competition with Alexa Stirling (Fraser) 92–93
Wadkins, Lanny, 295
Wall, Art, Jr., 295
Watson, Tom, 194–97, 289; 1977 battle with Jack Nicklaus at Turnberry, 195–96
Weiskopf, Tom, 192–94
Western Open: major status, 46–47
Westwood, Lee, 295
White, Jack, 64
Whitworth, Kathy, xi, 189–91, 290; holder of all-time record for tour victories, 189
Wie, Michelle, 295
Willard, Ernest (sports editor), 105
Wind, Herbert Warren, 98, 121, 126, 138
Winged Foot Country Club, 133
Women’s British Open, 37
Women’s majors: definition and history, 35–38, 288
Woods, Tiger, 234–40, 289–90; correlation of skills with performance, 236–37; decline since 2008, 236–37; 2000 dominance compared with all-time greats, 235; 2007 standard performance, 14–19
Woosnam, Ian, 295
Wright, Mickey, xi, 170–73, 289–90; assessment by Kathy Whitworth, 171; dislike of tournament spotlight, 171
Yale University Golf Club, 132
Zaharias, Babe, 148–53, 290; battle with cancer, 151; her mother’s death, 150; Jim Murray’s comment on her, 151
Zoeller, Fuzzy, 295