Okay, so, let me tell you about this little experiment I did with the Masters tournament data. I got it into my head to figure out just how many pars were made in this year’s Masters, you know, the 2024 one. Not the most glamorous project, but hey, I find this stuff interesting.
First off, I started digging around for any info I could get my hands on. Found some tidbits online about past tournaments, like how they usually see around 10 to 12 pars per player. They mentioned something about 3202 pars being made in the 2024 Masters. Then they also talk about last year’s average score on the field was 73.52. I thought, “Alright, that’s a start.”
So, I started looking at the numbers and I figured out, okay, there were 89 players for the first two rounds and then 50 for the last two. That’s a bunch of rounds. Then, I took that average of, let’s say, 11 pars per round – just to keep things simple, you know? – and I multiplied that by all the players in all the rounds.
- 89 players, first two rounds, that’s 178 rounds.
- 50 players, last two rounds, that’s another 100 rounds.
- Total rounds played: 278.
Now, if each of those rounds had about 11 pars on average, we’re talking a lot of pars. I did the math – 11 times 278, that’s about 3058. Yeah, over three thousand pars! It’s kinda crazy when you think about it, right? It’s a few hundred off from the numbers other folks were throwing around, like 3202, but I figured, close enough for what I was doing.
I double-checked some of my numbers, and it mentioned that the average number of pars made per golfer often hovers around 10-12. I think I had some rounding in there, maybe some players had a few more or less than 11, but you get the idea. It’s a whole heap of pars, isn’t it?
The Final
Anyway, that’s the gist of it. I took some numbers, played around with them, and came up with a ballpark figure for how many pars were made at the Masters. Not exactly rocket science, but it was fun to piece together. It really makes you appreciate all the shots that go into a tournament like that. Each one of those pars represents a pretty solid hole, you know? And when you add them all up, it’s just… a lot of golf.
