tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206449.post8881821697189451810..comments2023-11-02T04:49:29.053-04:00Comments on ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG: Math Plays Through in FedEx CupThe Armchair Golferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07086916747302169325noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206449.post-29262225415841807582009-09-28T12:04:08.037-04:002009-09-28T12:04:08.037-04:00They have to find a way to make the final run for ...They have to find a way to make the final run for the cup to be more exciting. ALL 30 players should have a chance to win it. One way is to use their dumb points system to get the top 30 and then it's winner take all. OR....reset the points after the regular season so the 125 who qualify all start at zero. Use a point system to cut to 70 players. Then it's two no cut tournaments with 70 players to get the top 30. They can still use points but it would be a four tournament playoff. This "seeding" they do is nonsense. In a playoff they should all start off even. The Fedex cup part of the Tour Championship was a yawner.Richhttp://www.roamingamerica.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206449.post-34766270657871133082009-09-25T10:53:19.147-04:002009-09-25T10:53:19.147-04:00And you thought the BCS was complicated! There is ...And you thought the BCS was complicated! There is just something wrong with any system that needs to be continually "tweeked". Living things get adjusted all the time, but creating a formula to determine the best of human effort over time has to be biased. That is not to say bias is wrong, we do it all the time. The problem happens when we see what our original bias resulted in, and then re-bias to "correct" for that.<br /><br />Which simply means we are setting the outside edges such that we narrow the result. Have we decided that the top 5 are more deserving of winning than the following 25? Yes. <br /><br />My question would be, why? Number 4 is just as deserving as 5, but six is less so? And we use huge numbers (2,500; 1,500; 850, etc.) simply because it looks more exciting? Transparent? Opaque?<br />A little too goofy for my tastes.The 53 Year Old Patienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901667555810815051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206449.post-17083693725695209362009-09-25T10:51:17.682-04:002009-09-25T10:51:17.682-04:00And you thought the BCS was complicated! There is ...And you thought the BCS was complicated! There is just something wrong with any system that needs to be continually "tweeked". Living things get adjusted all the time, but creating a formula to determine the best of human effort over time has to be biased. That is not to say bias is wrong, we do it all the time. The problem happens when we see what our original bias resulted in, and then re-bias to "correct" for that.<br /><br />Which simply means we are setting the outside edges such that we narrow the result. Have we decided that the top 5 are more deserving of winning that the following 25? Yes. <br /><br />My question would be, why? Number 4 is just as deserving as 5, but six is less so? And we use huge numbers (2,500; 1,500; 850, etc.) simply because it looks more exciting? Transparent? Opague?<br /><br />Too much wackeyness for my tastes.The 53 Year Old Patienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901667555810815051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206449.post-81519219741397029882009-09-25T06:12:29.278-04:002009-09-25T06:12:29.278-04:00The perfect system has some combination of math an...The perfect system has some combination of math and common sense. As such, it will NEVER be perfect.<br /><br />So far, all three Sunday afternoons have been fabulous. Isn't that what we really want, great golf on the back nine on Sunday afternoon regardless of who it is (but, especially if it is Tiger)?Vince Spencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10761454912786879102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206449.post-14832371811054467242009-09-24T19:30:26.834-04:002009-09-24T19:30:26.834-04:00Great post...I think there ought to be a better wa...Great post...I think there ought to be a better way to pick the winner but I don't have a clue as to what the best method might be. I think it's better now but it still needs some work.Lancernoreply@blogger.com