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Post by Tim on Jun 25, 2015 5:59:35 GMT -5
Man, I don't know where to start except the guys over at HB Studios blow me away more and more each day. For them to take the time to write an API for public consumption to get to the raw data is something that I have only dreamed of. But these guys went and did it. There is no question that we picked the right golf game when we decided to take on this venture, and there is no question in my mind it will continue to blow away the competition. Now -- what do we get with this new API:1. All scores. - This means no more having to enter your scores. - This means no more screwing up entering your scores. - This means no more admin having to validate/verify 1000+ scores each week. - This means guys that play bad rounds and decide not to post their scores to keep their average up will be exposed :-) 2. Hole by Hole scores. - This means we can now show Scorecards on the site for any round. ie: espn.go.com/golf/player/scorecards/_/id/462/tiger-woods - This means we can show which holes played the easiest/hardest in a given tournament. - This means we can compare scorecards now and do true match play and Ryder/President's Cups. 3. We get extra stats - Total Putts per round - Longest Drive - Longest Hole Out - Longest Putt - GIR for the Tourney - FIR for the tourney - Restart count - Start of Round, End of Round Again a HUGE THANKS to the awesome developers at HB Studios for continuing to support this community and our tour. You guys rock! As far as a timeline for this.. I shouldn't take me more than a week or two to get this up, tested and live. I hope to have it in by the end of July. Thanks, Tim |
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Post by fuzion on Jun 25, 2015 6:01:19 GMT -5
Really looking forward to seeing what you guys can do with this.
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Post by dh-nufc on Jun 25, 2015 6:12:46 GMT -5
This is absolutely amazing! More to look forward to.
When reading this I'm also playing back the HB Studio stream with their producer and he has confirmed wind fix patch will be submitted to Sony soon. Not only will the issue with lag be fixed but the direction issue has also been resolved.
A great time for TGCTours and HBS. Love it!
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Post by bogeyman on Jun 25, 2015 6:32:46 GMT -5
Forgive my ignorance but what the hell is an "API"
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Lou
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Post by Lou on Jun 25, 2015 6:55:14 GMT -5
Application Program Interface
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Post by CanuckHoser on Jun 25, 2015 7:00:17 GMT -5
Word on the street is that an API file is available. Awesome! This will GREATLY enhance TGCTours
I understand it allows auto score entry and stats on various tournaments. My question is can it track a specific player's stats over the course of a season on TGC Tours without the stats being impacted by rounds that the player plays outside of the TGC Tours season?
I guess the alternative would be for TGC Tours to log ALL of the data for each tournament for each player and keep a running total themselves. Just wondered if it was possible to do it on HBS' side automatically.
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Post by bogeyman on Jun 25, 2015 7:07:02 GMT -5
Application Program Interface Well that explains everything! Seriously though Tim sounds excited and if it means less donkey work for admin then its gotta be good. I'm excited too. |
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Post by fuzion on Jun 25, 2015 7:09:54 GMT -5
Word on the street is that an API file is available. Awesome! This will GREATLY enhance TGCTours I understand it allows auto score entry and stats on various tournaments. My question is can it track a specific player's stats over the course of a season on TGC Tours without the stats being impacted by rounds that the player plays outside of the TGC Tours season? I guess the alternative would be for TGC Tours to log ALL of the data for each tournament for each player and keep a running total themselves. Just wondered if it was possible to do it on HBS' side automatically. TGCTours would store all the data in a database, the API will just give them the data above per tournament. TGCT would then be able to collate it and make use of it as they see fit. Rounds outside of TGCTours would most likely not be used or available. |
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Post by eMLBCommish on Jun 25, 2015 7:17:28 GMT -5
I am excited to hear that Tim got the API, and also excited that this means all other smaller Tours should be seeing this if all goes as planned with the API. These are exciting times, indeed!
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Post by CanuckHoser on Jun 25, 2015 7:19:10 GMT -5
Word on the street is that an API file is available. Awesome! This will GREATLY enhance TGCTours I understand it allows auto score entry and stats on various tournaments. My question is can it track a specific player's stats over the course of a season on TGC Tours without the stats being impacted by rounds that the player plays outside of the TGC Tours season? I guess the alternative would be for TGC Tours to log ALL of the data for each tournament for each player and keep a running total themselves. Just wondered if it was possible to do it on HBS' side automatically. TGCTours would store all the data in a database, the API will just give them the data above per tournament. TGCT would then be able to collate it and make use of it as they see fit. Rounds outside of TGCTours would most likely not be used or available. It would be SO sweet to have a season long stat board for each tour, like longest drivers, longest putts made, total GIR%, total fairways hit, putts per hole, etc. starting to salivate here. Any idea when the data from the API will kick in? |
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Post by splittailace on Jun 25, 2015 7:32:09 GMT -5
totally freaking awesome news!!!!!
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Post by SmilingGoats on Jun 25, 2015 7:34:16 GMT -5
Oh we've got tons of plans, but we'll need to build it out in phases.
We just got the API yesterday and the first phase is just testing and giving feedback to HB on what is working, what isn't working. After we get through the testing phase, and things are stable, then we will start implementing the goodies on the site.
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Post by edi_vedder on Jun 25, 2015 7:45:03 GMT -5
OH MY GOD! Can't believe this is really happening! I think I'll have a wank...    |
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Post by firstblitzer on Jun 25, 2015 7:47:12 GMT -5
happy dance, happy happy dance
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Post by Driver8 on Jun 25, 2015 8:09:24 GMT -5
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