Okay, so I’ve been trying to keep track of the total pars at the Masters in 2023. Here’s how I did it, and, honestly, it was a bit of a learning curve.
My Initial (Flawed) Approach
At first, I thought, “Easy! I’ll just watch every shot and mark down the pars myself.” Yeah, that lasted about, oh, two holes. It was way too much, and I realized I’d miss tons of stuff, plus, who has that kind of time?
Finding a Better Way
So, I started looking around. I figured there had to be somewhere online keeping a live count. After some digging and clicking around, I discovered, There isn’t a straightforward “total pars” counter that I could find. It’s all about individual player scores, birdies, bogeys, and so on.
The Manual Grind
This left me with one real option: do it the long way. I use the master official website and record to do the following steps:
- Found the Leaderboard: Every time a player finished a hole, I’d note their score for that hole.
- Checked for Pars: I would look at the hole’s par (which is clearly listed) and compare it to the player’s score. If it matched, that’s a par!
- Tallied It Up: I kept a running total on a simple spreadsheet. Just adding one for every par I saw.
- Repeated (a lot): Yep, did this for every player, for every hole, over all four rounds.
My Results (and a Disclaimer)
Okay, so after all that work, what are the results?
Actually,it is very hard to get all player and hole to calculate.
It’s a big project!
So, I gave up.
It’s a fun stat to think about, and I’m sure there’s a more official way to get it, but for a regular person trying to track it at home? This manual method, as tedious as it is, is probably the most realistic way. If anyone finds a better way, let me know!
