The point of the topic is to gauge opinion on the board about the value of analytics.
Really? It started it like this:
Does boiling down every facet of the game into a distinct data set with the goal of shooting 87 instead of 90 really benefit the sport at the amateur level? One thing I always loved about golf is that there is no manifesto or blueprint required to enjoy it.
First you mischaracterizes analytics, then say you don't need 'em.
Which is fine!An awful lot of guys here just don’t have any interest as it applies to them personally and if I’m a bettor neither does the majority of the amateur golf population.
Of course they don't. There are 25 million golfers. Probably 24 million of them or more don't know a thing about analytics.
To tell people as a teacher that “I guess you don’t want to get better then” is high handed bullshit.
I never said anything like that. In the, what, two posts I've made to this point, I've said "If you don't like 'em, cool, but for many, they can help."
There are other teaching methods where people are improving other than your system. Newsflash-Lots of people enjoy the game without maximizing their practice sessions because they don’t have practice sessions.
What are you even talking about? I'm not talking about "my system," (I don't even know what that means, "my system" in this context) and of course people "enjoy the game without maximizing their practice sessions."
I've not said any differently.Edit:
If you're looking to get better, though, and shoot lower scores, knowing how and where to spend your valuable and limited practice time is very beneficial to many, IMO (and theirs).
You (Tim) understand that the "you" in "you're" is the royal "you," as in "If golfers are looking to get better, though, and shoot lower scores, knowing how and where to spend their valuable and limited practice time is very beneficial to many [not all, not even most,
many], in my opinion (and theirs)", right?
If the point is to actually "gauge opinion on the value of analytics," then put me down for the "they're not for everyone, because not everyone cares in that way, but for many, they're a great help."