Hey everyone, it’s your boy back again with another one of my little tech adventures. Today, I wanted to share my experience messing around with the leaderboard for the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. You know, that fancy golf thing where celebrities and pro golfers team up? Yeah, that one.
So, I started by just poking around online, trying to see what kind of info was out there about the tournament. Found a bunch of stuff about volunteer positions, how to register, FAQs, and all that jazz. It was cool to see how much goes into setting up something like this. I mean, it’s not just hitting a little white ball around.
Then, I dug into the actual leaderboard data. Checked out some sites that had real-time scoring and player scorecards. It was pretty neat to follow along, especially since they had the 2024 leaderboard up. I was able to see who was in the lead, how many strokes they were under par, and all that. I even learned that some guy named Wyndham Clark won this year and apparently set some kind of record. Good for him, I guess.
I spent a good chunk of time just browsing through the different years, looking at past leaderboards. Found one from 2022, which was interesting to compare with this year’s. You can see how different players performed, who won, and how much money they made. Man, they make a lot of money. It says here that it costs like 70,000 big ones just to play in this thing! Crazy, right?
After a while, I got curious about the technical side of things. I mean, how do they update all this data in real-time? I started looking into the different websites that provide the leaderboard information, like ESPN and CBS Sports. They all seem to get their data from somewhere, but it’s not super clear where.
I tried to find some kind of official API or data feed, but no luck. Probably some private thing they keep under wraps. I’m guessing they have a whole team of people whose job it is to make sure the leaderboard is up-to-date and accurate.
Anyway, after all that, I ended up just making a simple little table in a text file, nothing fancy. Just wanted to keep track of the top players for this year. It’s nothing special, but it was fun to do.
Key Takeaways
- Learned a lot about the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and how it works.
- Saw how the leaderboard is updated in real time.
- Realized how much money is involved in these kinds of events.
- Got a better understanding of how data is collected and displayed for live sports.
So yeah, that was my little adventure with the Pebble Beach Pro-Am leaderboard. Hope you guys found it interesting, or at least mildly entertaining. Catch you in the next one!
