golfastr: Efficiently Access Pro Golf Data
Abstract
Fetch Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) Tour tournament data from ESPN including leaderboards and hole-by-hole scoring. Data is returned in tidy tibble format ready for analysis. Supports local storage via RDS or 'Apache Arrow' Parquet files for fast repeated access. Designed for golf analytics, data journalism, and fantasy sports research.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Data Analysis with R
Sports Analytics and Performance
Physical Education and Sports Studies
Publication details
- Publication date
- 12 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Dataset