Golf Rank
Golf Rank is the world’s largest ranking site for golf. All golfers can post their scores and see where they rank among everyone else globally.
History
Golf Rank was founded by Jim Stracka on 15th January 2023. Golf Rank uses a proprietary calculation that makes it easy to rank everyone no matter what skill level they are. Most golf ranking websites are limited to professionals or elite amateurs but Golf Rank allows all golfers, regardless of whether they play on a golf course or a simulator.
Distance Per Shot
Golf Rank uses Distance Per Shot (DPS) to rank all the golfers in the world using scores and distance information. To make sure that the ranking is as fair and accurate as possible, it also uses dynamic course adjustments which account for course difficulty. Since not all golf courses are the same, the SIWGR formula includes a “dynamic course adjustment” to account for different degrees of course difficulty.
Golf Intelligence has proprietary data on thousands of courses and actual player results that allocate points for better play on more difficult courses. Distance Per Shot is a new data point for the golf ranking community but the data can allow for a more accurate ranking of players based on their performance.
The data collected includes the golf course and the tees played. Once the round is complete, scores are recorded along with the tees (yardage) played. Golf Intelligence will use the yardage played divided by the total score to calculate the golfer's DPS. Golfers must have 20 scores within the past year to be qualified as ‘current’. A maximum of 40 scores within the past year will be used to evaluate the player with the best 40% of those scores being taken into account.
Individual DPS
The DPS of every course is calculated for each set of tees and yardage. Golf Intelligence has a large database of all golf-related data which Golf Rank uses to determine the Course DPS for each course and set of tees.
Dynamic Course Adjustment
Dynamic Course Adjustment is used to adjust DPS values to balance difficult and easy courses. With historical data for each course and each set of tees being available through Golf Intelligence, the data is used to calculate the Course DPS for each set of tees. That Course DPS is then used to compare all the courses the professionals play to calculate the dynamic course adjustment. The adjustment is dynamic because it will change as new data becomes available from each course.
