Golf Coverage
Here is a summary of SportsDataIO's extensive Golf coverage. Read on to learn about the vast number of feeds we offer and don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
See a summary of coverage across all leagues here: SportsDataIO coverage matrix (PDF)
Competition Feeds
Standings, Rankings & Brackets
Rankings for the PGA tour include World Golf Ranking, total points, average points, and points lost/gained.
- Rankings are updated throughout the year at the conclusion of each tournament.
Teams, Players & Rosters
The Player field includes all golfers that are active members of the PGA tour and/or compete in major tournaments.
- Player profiles include data fields such as name, swing side, PGA debut, country, birth date and college if available.
- Players on tour are updated at the beginning of each tour season start and kept up to date throughout the calendar year.
Venues & Officials
The courses feed includes all current and historical courses that will be/have been played. Course profiles include data fields such as name, location, individual hole par rating and total course par rating.
Utility Endpoints
Utility Endpoints are activated for all customers to allow them to build the back-end connections needed for their relational database and be informed about relevant information throughout the season.
- Timeframe utility endpoints include things like current and previous season, current and previous week, etc.
- Status utility endpoints include things like if games are currently in progress or not.
- Sports betting utility endpoints includes things like sportsbook IDs, betting market type IDs, etc.
Event Feeds
Schedules & Game Day Info
Schedule records includes tournament name, start date and time, status, venue name, location, purse, format, and many others.
- The Player Field for a tournament is typically published by the PGA every Friday evening after 5:00 pm ET while in-season. We load the Player Field as soon as possible after it is released, typically within 1 to 2 hours.
Scores & Game State
Includes live hole-by-hole leaderboard coverage for the field at any given tournament along with final leaderboards being provided at the conclusion of each round and tournament.
- Game State includes things like, tournament name, start date and time, status, venue name, location, purse, format, round, leaderboard, par, and yards.
Final Only (No Game State)
Leaderboard delivered as "Final Only" will deliver the final scores of golfers once the round is completed and verified.
- Game State is only available through live in-game updates, and therefore is not included for customers only taking "Final Only" delivery.
Live & Final (With Game State)
Leaderboard delivered as "Live & Final" includes live updates throughout tournament rounds, plus a final score of each round once it is completed and verified.
- Game State delivered as "Live & Final" includes live game state info throughout the tournament, updated alongside the live score updates.
- Game State includes things like Hole, Total Score, Total Strokes, Eagles, Birdies, Pars, Bogies, Double Bogies, and more.
Team & Player Stats
Scorecards are provided for each individual golfer including each hole's par rating, strokes earned per hole, and result type (birdie, bogey, etc.). Final score cards are also being provided after the round is completed and verified.
Final Only
Golfer Stats delivered as "Final Only" include a final box score of all stats once it is completed and verified.
- Golfer Season Stats delivered as "Final" once rounds are completed and verified.
Live & Final
Golfer Stats delivered as "Live & Final" include live updates throughout the tournament, plus a final box score of all stats once it is completed and verified.
- Golfer Season Stats delivered as "Final" once games are completed and verified.
Betting Feeds
Game Lines
Tournament lines (Tournament winner, top finishers, and round winners) available as both pre-match and in-play, including timestamps for opening price, all line movement changes, and closing price, with optional resulting available as an add-on.
- Odds are made available when sportsbooks publish opening lines, this varies by tournament and player field.
- Includes full-tournament odds markets plus partial tournament lines such as round by round leaders and lowest score.
Pre-Game Lines
Includes full-tournament odds markets plus partial tournament lines.
- Does not include resulting of game line markets.
In-Play Lines
In-play betting markets, including Tournament winner, top finishers, and round winners are available immediately following the start of each game as the sportsbooks make them available.
- Odds markets are available from 20+ sports books including a consensus line for each type of odds market.
- Does not include resulting of game line markets.
Props
Includes Player, tournament, and round by round props available as both pre-match including timestamps for opening price, all line movement changes, and closing price, with optional resulting available as an add-on.
- Odds are made available when sportsbooks publish opening lines, typically a week prior to each tournament.
- Odds markets are available from 20+ sports books including a consensus line for each type of odds market.
Props
- Golf props include markets like to make the cut, top 10 finish, head to head, and many more.
- Odds markets are available from 20+ sports books including a consensus line for each type of odds market.
- Does not include resulting of prop markets.
Props Plus
- Golf props include markets like to make the cut, top 10 finish, head to head, and many more.
- Line movement is available PGA Prop markets.
- Odds markets are available from 20+ sports books including a consensus line for each type of odds market.
- Does not include resulting of prop markets.
Fantasy Feeds
Projections
SportsDataIO's proprietary predictive models generate fantasy projections for all players currently on tour for each tournament they're playing in, and our Fantasy Scoring Engine calculates live and final fantasy points for many different scoring systems.
Legacy Projections
Tournament Fantasy Projections are typically available up to 3 days in advance of the first round starting and then updated leading up to the start of round 1 as new information becomes available (injuries, player field announcements, etc).
- Fantasy projections are available per tournament.
Ownership Projections
- Include daily fantasy roster share and ownership percentages aligned to slate contests published by operators.
- The initial projections for main slates are published on Tuesday evening prior to a tournament.
- Ownership projections are updated hourly and include a "last update" field so you'll be able to see when the values have changed.
Salaries, Stats & Points
Fantasy Points are updated live once games start and delivered as final once games are complete. Fantasy points are calculated according to several scoring systems including DraftKings, FanDuel, and SportsDataIO's proprietary scoring system.
DFS Salaries & Slates provides all contest information from the major operators: DraftKings, FanDuel, Yahoo & FantasyDraft, allowing DFS optimizers and other fantasy tools to automate managing DFS contests
Salaries & Slates
Salaries includes the published salary value for all players within a given DFS slate contest that is published by the operators.
- Contest Slates includes the contest slate published by the operator, and the Player ID(s) that are eligible to participate.
Points & Stats
Fantasy points are calculated according to several scoring systems including DraftKings, FanDuel, and SportsDataIO's proprietary scoring system.
- News Blurbs contain approximately 200 words, and no image.
News & Images
Player News & Notes
Player News & Notes provides short-form blurbs about relevant player news throughout the league, updated both in-season and during the off-season, provided by RotoBaller.
- News Blurbs contain approximately 200 words, and no image.
Rotoballer News
Tags for each story may include: Top Headlines, Breaking News, Injury, Risers, Fallers, Lineups, Tournament Recap, and Matchup Outlook.
- News is being written, edited, and published around-the-clock (24-hour news cycle). However, the news teams are based in the US, so most write-ups are published during daytime hours in the US.
- News data can be called at the player for generic league level news see our previews, recaps, and breaking news data source.
- Premium News is provided by Rotoballer and provide all the latest stories.
- News endpoints are also provided by Rotoballer. These offer just 0-1 stories per day during active news cycles, ideal for testing.
Previews, Recaps & Breaking News
SportsDataIO provides bespoke news feeds and a variety of levels of news coverage to fit your specific needs:
- Editorial Wire Service: This includes more than 30,000 long-form content pieces in total across all leagues (previews, recaps, breaking news) with an associated image attached to each article. Please contact us to learn more about how we can connect you with news wire articles.
- Custom News: For bespoke articles created to fit your project, please contact us.
- AI-generated news: For procedurally-generated news based on data inputs, please contact us.
Player Headshots
Headshots are officially licensed in partnership with multiple licensed image providers and are updated leading up to the start of each season to capture new golfers being added as those images become available.
- All of our headshots are cropped 1200x1200 pixels with 300 resolution.
- Headshots are the property of the photographers that take them and the publishers that make them available, and as such we work with major providers to ensure that we have the best in licensed headshots.