WGGC Golf Society AI Season Predictions

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The Algorithm Has Spoken…

Welcome to the WGGC Golf Society Season Preview, where tradition meets technology and the future of WGGC is decided by code rather than confidence.

This year, we’ve handed the keys to Artificial Intelligence — a cold, calculating machine with no sympathy for excuses, no respect for handicaps, and zero tolerance for “I usually play better than this.”

USING AN AI MODEL WE'VE ANALYSED:

• Uses historical Stableford data from the last 5 seasons. → reduces noise

• Comparing player vs field averages → normalises skill

• Including course-specific performance + CR/Slope → crucial

• Adjusting expectations on harder courses → realistic

• Handicap Index updates after each event → dynamic, not static

• Bad round rule / luck factor → acknowledges variance

• Winner suppression & podium saturation → avoids absurd outcomes

• Reproducibility & ordering → consistent outputs

HOW ACCURATE IS IT?

• Too accurate when it hurts.

• Completely wrong when it matters.

• In other words: exactly like golf.

LIKE EVERYTHING IS THIS WORLD, NOTING COMES WITHOUT THE SMALL PRINT.

These predictions are:

• Not legally binding

• Highly debatable

• Guaranteed to be mentioned after every bad shot

• Subject to change after the first pint

Select a button below a see what it said.

We (Chris & Pete) spent hours refining the model and including data, despite the sport’s best efforts to ignore logic. See some of the details here.

But remember — this is all a bit of fun, blending tradition with technology and giving everyone something else to blame when it goes wrong.

If you disagree with the AI… Prove it on the course.