Past Articles from Aaron Howard

Aaron Howard is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Franklin & Marshall College. He loves to play disc golf and to think about things he loves quantitatively. Contact him at ahoward1@fandm.edu and follow him on Instagram.
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UWDG World Rankings + Composite World Rankings: November 1, 2022 Update
Where do things stand at the end of the 2022 season?
Nov 1, 2022 by Aaron Howard, Charlie Eisenhood and Patrick Aubyrn in Rankings with 0 comments
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Introducing the Ultiworld Disc Golf World Rankings + New Composite World Rankings
A new way of evaluating disc golf performance over a longer time frame.
Oct 4, 2022 by Aaron Howard, Charlie Eisenhood and Patrick Aubyrn in Rankings with 0 comments
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True Strokes Gained Update: 2021 Season
Going into Pro Worlds, your winner in both fields will almost certainly be from these true strokes gained top 10 lists.
Jun 22, 2021 by Aaron Howard in Analysis with 0 comments
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The Frontier of Putting: Ricky Wysocki’s Performance at Texas States
Calculating the tradeoffs between efficiency and usage
Apr 1, 2021 by Aaron Howard in Analysis with 0 comments
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True Strokes Gained: The Next Frontier of Disc Golf Stats
Using UDisc's new strokes gained metric to dig deeper
Mar 4, 2021 by Aaron Howard in Analysis with 0 comments
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Introducing a Model to Predict Top Finishers at PDGA Elite Series Events
Using data to predict outcomes.
Feb 24, 2021 by Sam Tauke, Ryan Burns and Aaron Howard in Analysis with 0 comments
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Announcing the 2020 UWDG World Rankings
An objective ranking of players' performance in the 2020 season.
Jan 4, 2021 by Charlie Eisenhood and Aaron Howard in Rankings with 0 comments
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Statistical Stabilization: When Can We Trust The Numbers?
Flight Numbers: Determining if 2020 offered a large enough sample size of stats
Oct 26, 2020 by Aaron Howard in Analysis with 0 comments
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When Will Paige Pierce Break 1000? A Re-Evaluation
Is the world champ still on pace to reach 1000 by 2022?
Jul 23, 2020 by Aaron Howard in Analysis with 0 comments
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Is McBeth’s Rating The Result of Inflation?
Inflation is real, but does it explain McBeth's 1062?
Jul 16, 2020 by Aaron Howard in Analysis with 0 comments