Package index • golfastr

Load data

Tournament data served from pre-built files on GitHub releases (updated daily), with automatic fallback to the live ESPN API.

load_schedule() get_pga_schedule(): Load Golf Schedule
load_leaderboard() get_tournament_leaderboard(): Load Tournament Leaderboard
load_holes() get_player_scorecards(): Load Hole-by-Hole Scoring
load_players(): Load Player Directory
load_strokes_gained(): Load Strokes Gained Statistics

ShotLink

Every stroke, tee time and pin position from the PGA Tour’s ShotLink feed, served from pre-built season files on GitHub releases.

load_shots(): Load Shot-Level Data
load_tee_times(): Load Tee Times and Pairings
load_course_setup(): Load Course Setup by Round
calculate_strokes_gained(): Calculate Strokes Gained for Every Shot
summarise_strokes_gained(): Summarise Strokes Gained by Round, Event or Season

Win probability

Each player’s chance of winning after every hole, and the win probability added by each hole. Published in load_holes() files for every event since 2004.

add_win_probability(): Add Win Probability to Hole-by-Hole Data

IDs

Link ESPN IDs to PGA Tour IDs.

load_player_ids(): Load Player IDs
load_event_ids(): Load Event IDs

Logos

Logo image URLs for tours, tournaments, courses and clubs.

load_logos(): Load Logos

What’s in the bag

Player equipment by bag and club from GolfWRX and PGA Tour Club Tracker posts, and equipment switches.

load_witb(): Load What's in the Bag
load_witb_switches(): Load Equipment Switches

Database

Build a local SQLite (or any DBI) database from the hosted data and keep it current.

update_db(): Build or Update a Local golfastr Database

Live ESPN API

Query tournaments directly from ESPN.

list_tournaments(): List Available Tournaments
load_tournament(): Load Tournament Data
load_tournament_detail(): Load Tournament with Hole-by-Hole Scores

Analysis

Summaries and leaders. Pass a tibble from load_leaderboard() via the data argument, or a local file via file_path.

player_summary(): Player Season Summary
compare_players(): Compare Players
leaderboard(): Leaderboard Snapshot
tournament_history(): Tournament History
field_strength(): Field Strength Analysis
win_leaders(): Most Wins
top10_leaders(): Top 10 Leaders
made_cuts_leaders(): Made Cuts Percentage
scoring_avg_leaders(): Scoring Average Leaders
get_player(): Get Player Results
get_majors(): Get Major Championships
get_winners(): Get Tournament Winners

Plotting

plot_head_to_head(): Plot Head-to-Head Comparison
plot_leaderboard(): Plot Tournament Leaderboard
plot_player(): Plot Player Results
plot_scoring(): Plot Scoring Distribution
plot_wins(): Plot Win Distribution

Local storage and cache

build_season(): Build Season Data File
check_season(): Check Season Progress
load_data(): Load Tournament Data
save_to_rds(): Save Tournament Data to RDS
load_from_rds(): Load Tournament Data from RDS
save_to_parquet(): Save Tournament Data to Parquet
load_from_parquet(): Load Tournament Data from Parquet
cache_info(): Display Cache Information
clear_cache(): Clear golfastr Cache

Reference data

strokes_gained: PGA Tour Strokes Gained Statistics
pga_field_descriptions(): Get Field Descriptions for PGA Data
pga_majors(): Get PGA Major Championships
pga_score_types(): Get PGA Score Types

Legacy

Older entry points kept for backwards compatibility.

load_pga_schedule(): Load PGA Tour Schedule
load_pga_leaderboards(): Load PGA Leaderboards
load_pga_hbh(): Load PGA Hole-by-Hole Data