Since I started tracking my key stats against the PGA Tour, I’ve greatly improved my game. I’ve improved by driving distance by 7%, my driving accuracy by 18% and my greens in regulation by 116%. My putting has improved by 7%, too. My personal bests in each category are better than the average of players on the PGA Tour. Not bad, but still lots of room to improve. My goal is to lower my index, which is currently 10.2, below 5.0 this summer. To do so, I will need to shoot at most 5 over par at least ten times. I believe the keys to scoring will be better driving, better distance wedge play and better overall strategy.
Golf stats
May 4th, 2008 by jesse 1 comment »I've compared my key statistics versus the worst player on the PGA tour in each category. It seems like a good target for improving my game. Based on the 81 holes I've collected stats for so far this year, there are three major areas for improvement: 1) driving accuracy (32% vs. 44%), 2) greens in regulation (15% vs. 48%) and 3) scrambling (25% vs. 46%). Clearly, improving 1) will likely improve 2). But, because of my weakness in those two areas, I really need to focus on improving my scrambling.
a few nuts short of a snickers bar
February 6th, 2007 by jesse No comments »Paul Wells on Garth Turner's defection. Ha!
kinsella v. levant
August 30th, 2006 by jesse No comments »I wonder how the pending showdown between Warren Kinsella and Ezra Levant will turn out?
two federal consultations
August 16th, 2006 by jesse No comments »You may be interested in participating in these two federal consultations on fiscal balance (the concept formerly known as fiscal imbalance) and post-secondary education. The deadline for both is 8 September 2006.
Hat tip: Paul Wells
I Am Not Afraid
June 9th, 2006 by jesse No comments »I'm not willing to let terrorists scare me too much. I Am Not Afraid.
learning about the US military, from the ground up
May 5th, 2006 by jesse No comments »Just finished reading Robert Kaplan's excellent book on the American Empire and its global military operations. In Imperial Grunts: the American Military on the Ground, Kaplan reports on his experiences embedded in various American military units throughout the world: with Marines in Iraq, with an Army Foreign Area Officer in Mongolia, with Special Forces in Afghanistan, the Phillipines and Columbia.
Kaplan approaches his subject -- the American Empire -- through the lens of its front-line troops. Interestingly, with the exception of Afghanistan and Iraq, it is the non-violent roles of the military that are dominant. Students of international development will benefit from reading the book because it examines the civil affairs function of the military through military eyes.
Every reference to the Canadian military -- there are only a few -- is very positive and usually paraphrased or quoted from a soldier.
It's well worth the time.
Canada and WTO agriculture negotiations
May 2nd, 2006 by jesse No comments »You may be interested in the CATPRN trade policy brief that Bob Wolfe and I co-authored on the political coalitions in agriculture negotiations.
harmful alteration, disruption or destruction
April 18th, 2006 by jesse 1 comment »The Fisheries Act prohibits people from undertaking works that will result in harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fish habitat, unless authorized by the Minister or the Governor-in-Council. This report of a gravel mining operation that killed millions of salmon is a case in point. I hope justice is served to those responsible.
