Spots: Up to 5 individual students

100% remote/virtual - data and mathematics are available and need to be collated.

Are you a golf and data enthusiast? Then this project is for you.

Research, create and structure data on golf ball distance in yards, per club (Driver to PW) and per mph of swing speed (80 mph to 120 mph). Additional variables of temperature, wind direction and altitude will require additional relational database structure.

Deliverables

• collect and create data for 13 golf clubs, 40 swing speeds, 25 wind speeds x 3 directions (into, down, across), 30 temperatures, and 10 elevations
• build database and simple user interface for mobile use on the course
• program the calculations to produce the adjusted yardage from any combination of the above data variables.

Example use case

A player with 100 mph driver swing speed will carry the ball 241 yards with zero wind at a temp of 24 C. If the same player is playing at 2000 ft altitude, in temp of 10 C and a headwind of 10km, how much carry distance (in yards) will be lost or gained?

The answer:

Baseline carry yardage: 241yds + 6yds (altitude) - 5yds (temp) - 8yds (wind) = 234 yds (net loss of 7 yds in these conditions)

Daily project meetings to ensure alignment, 24/7 access to Ryan via text or email, longer term coaching and/or mentoring available if interested