About this episode

Steve Levitt discusses golf with Greg Norman and Mark Broadie, exploring the sport's intricacies and the impact of data analysis.

Steve Levitt is obsessed with golf — and he’s pretty good at it too. As a thinly-veiled ploy to improve his own game, Steve talks to two titans of the sport: Greg “The Shark” Norman, who was the world’s top-ranked golfer for more than six years; and Mark Broadie, a Columbia professor whose data analysis changed how pros play the game. This episode originally aired on March 9th, 2021.

People in this episode

Host: Steve Levitt

Guests: Greg Norman, Mark Broadie

Topics covered

• golf
• data analysis
• sports
• performance improvement
• interviews

Keywords

• golf
• data
• Greg Norman
• Mark Broadie
• performance
• sports analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Columbia

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