◆ Free Course · Python · Golf Data Science
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Python for golf analytics. A practical, golf-themed course by GolferHD, powered by AscenHD. Learn Python, pandas, data visualization, and strokes gained analysis using real golf data. Free, open-source, and beginner-friendly, built for golfers who want to understand their game through data.
What you will learn
This course teaches Python for data science through the lens of golf analytics. You will work with real golf data (shots, rounds, courses, and strokes gained) to learn the fundamentals of programming, data manipulation, and visualization.
Part 1
Concept
Understand the what and why behind each Python and data science topic before writing a line of code.
Part 2
Code
Implement it in Python with hands-on exercises using the golf dataset. Every topic has working code you run yourself.
Part 3
AI
Do it with Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI tools, then learn to evaluate, verify, and build on AI-generated output.
Course topics
| # | Topic | What you will build |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Getting Started | Python environment, first program, modules |
| 02 | Python Basics | Scoring functions, handicap calculator |
| 03 | Working with Files | CSV/JSON parsers, file I/O with golf data |
| 04 | Comprehensions & Generators | Data pipelines, filtering, transformations |
| 05 | Classes & Data Modeling | Golf domain model with dataclasses |
| 06 | Pandas & EDA | Exploratory data analysis on golf rounds |
| 07 | Data Visualization | Charts, dashboards, statistical plots |
| 08 | Intro to Strokes Gained | Personal performance report (capstone) |
The data
Real golf, real courses
All course materials use a synthetic golf dataset with roughly 2,100 shots across 24 rounds at three real Pittsburgh courses: North Park, South Park, and Bob O’Connor Golf Course.
The data is fully downloadable from the course repository, no login required.
About the author
Brian Kolowitz
GolferHD · Data Scientist · Pittsburgh
13.9 handicap, Python instructor, and data scientist. This course combines two passions: golf and teaching people to code.
You don't learn this by reading about it. You learn it by wrestling with something real, getting it wrong, and growing. Golf is just the thing I cared enough about to keep at.
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