23. Greg Norman & Mark Broadie: Why Golf Beats an Orgasm and Why Data Beats Everything

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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