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[uw_section start=”true” width=”XXL”] [uw_section] [uw_title align=”center” font=”condensed” size=”h3″] A three-part series comparing disc golfers across generations.[/uw_title] [uw_title align=”center” font=”condensed” size=”h2″]Part 3: Career Paths[/uw_title] [uw_title align=”center” font=”condensed” size=”h4″ color=”gray”]BY JESSE WEISZ[/uw_title] [uw_break] NOTE: This article, originally published in December of 2020, has been updated to include 2020 year-end data and corresponding analysis. There is also more […]

[uw_section start=”true” width=”XXL”] [uw_section] [uw_title align=”center” font=”condensed” size=”h3″] A three-part series comparing disc golfers across generations.[/uw_title] [uw_title align=”center” font=”condensed” size=”h2″]Part 2: Career Points[/uw_title] [uw_title align=”center” font=”condensed” size=”h4″ color=”gray”]BY JESSE WEISZ[/uw_title] [uw_break] NOTE: This article, originally published in December of 2020, has been updated to include 2020 year-end data and corresponding analysis. There is also more […]

[uw_section start=”true” width=”XXL”] [uw_section] [uw_title align=”center” font=”condensed” size=”h3″] A three-part series comparing disc golfers across generations.[/uw_title] [uw_title align=”center” font=”condensed” size=”h2″]Part 1: Player Ranking[/uw_title] [uw_title align=”center” font=”condensed” size=”h4″ color=”gray”]BY JESSE WEISZ[/uw_title] [uw_break] NOTE: This article, originally published in December of 2020, has been updated to include 2020 year-end data and corresponding analysis. There is also more […]

This is the FPO version of the geographic inspired data visualizations I created for MPO in an earlier article linked here. You can mouse over this map to see who the top-rated FPO players (as of the 12/8/2020 ratings update) are in each state. With this type of map the most interesting takeaway I found […]

Part 3: Career Paths Next, we will look at the career arc of players in the top ten. I have taken each player’s birth year and then plotted their accumulated points at each age. I decided to use the points without Era Adjusting past years as I thought that seemed more appropriate for this cross-generational […]

As we get ready for the next season of professional disc golf, I thought it would be interesting to use data visualizations to look at what happened in 2020. Without NT events, the focus this past season was clearly the Disc Golf Pro Tour. You can find the tournament results here. In this article, I […]

Ultiworld subscribers will be able to read about what MPO history would look like if Ken Climo had decided to dominate some other sport, like say the biathlon. Count your blessings Ole Einar Bjørndalen!:   Disc Golf Planet 2 Ken Climo completely dominated the 90s ranking metrics used in this project and in the 00s […]

Inspired by months of studying color-coded maps of the US for COVID and the election, I decided to create a few map-inspired disc golf data visualizations. This article will feature the MPO division. In a separate article, I will provide the same analysis for FPO. You can mouse over this map to see who the […]

A three-part series comparing disc golfers across generations Part 1: Player Ranking In sports, we always want to know who was the best, the GOAT. Russell or Jabaar or Jordan or Lebron? It is difficult to decide because these players were from different generations, playing against different levels of competition, with different strategies, with different […]

Updated November 30th, 2020 At GEEO and G Adventures, the safety and wellbeing of our travelers and staff remain our number one priority. Here are our current plans: With the news that the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are estimated to be 90-95% effective in preventing COVID infection, we are optimistic that we will be able […]