Could data be the difference at the Ryder Cup? #golf #rydercup #shorts
The RDER Cup needs to be treated like a board game. There is an optimal way to play Monopoly. There is an optimal way to play the RDER Cup. I think the expectation, Rick, was that, you know, it was Beth Paige Black. There’s no way they could have expected that it was going to play that easy. And that was a huge deal for how they set up lineups for that United States team. I’m so happy you brought this up. I’m obviously biased in this where I think the data is critically important, but I understand that there is a human element to it. I I get that. The way that I think the Europeans do it better is they say, “Here’s the data, and here’s why you should be so confident in what this pairing is.” So, they basically use the data and say, “We’ve we’ve figured it out, guys. You two are going to play together and it gets them to buy into it because they know it’s been optimized for their scenario.” It like already removes a lot of the human element. You just have to frame the way that it’s presented to the players.
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