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golfastr (development version)

golfastr 0.1.5

CRAN resubmission with documentation fixes.

• Changed ESPN API URLs from HTTP to HTTPS
• Added missing @return tags to legacy functions
• Fixed README logo to use absolute URL instead of relative path
• Clarified \dontrun{} vs \donttest{} usage in examples

golfastr 0.1.4

This release focuses on CRAN compliance and simplifying the storage backend.

Breaking Changes

• Removed save_to_db() and load_from_db() - DuckDB storage has been replaced with simpler file-based storage
• All functions using db_path parameter now use file_path instead
• Removed DBI dependency

New Functions

• save_to_parquet() - Save tournament data to Parquet format for cross-language compatibility
• load_from_parquet() - Load tournament data from Parquet files
• load_data() - Unified data loading that auto-detects format (.rds or .parquet)

Function Updates

• build_season() now accepts file_path parameter supporting both .rds and .parquet formats
• check_season() updated to work with file-based storage
• All analysis functions (win_leaders(), top10_leaders(), tournament_history(), etc.) now use file_path parameter

Backend Changes

• Cache directory now uses tools::R_user_dir() for CRAN compliance
• Replaced all cat() calls with message() for suppressible output
• arrow package moved to Suggests (optional, only needed for Parquet)

golfastr 0.1.0

Initial release.

Data Loading

• load_tournament() - Load leaderboard data for any PGA Tour tournament
• load_tournament_detail() - Load tournament with hole-by-hole scorecards
• load_holes() - Load hole-by-hole scoring data
• load_schedule() - Get tournament schedule for a season
• list_tournaments() - List available tournaments

Analysis Functions

• get_player() - Look up player results across tournaments
• get_winners() - Get tournament winners
• get_majors() - Get major championship results
• player_summary() - Aggregate player statistics
• compare_players() - Side-by-side player comparison
• win_leaders() - Players with most wins
• top10_leaders() - Players with most top-10 finishes
• scoring_avg_leaders() - Scoring average leaderboard
• tournament_history() - Historical results for a tournament

Visualization

• plot_player() - Visualize player finishes
• plot_leaderboard() - Tournament leaderboard bar chart
• plot_wins() - Win distribution chart
• plot_scoring() - Scoring distribution histogram
• plot_head_to_head() - Compare multiple players

Storage

• save_to_rds() / load_from_rds() - RDS file storage
• build_season() - Incrementally build season data file
• check_season() - Check season loading progress

Caching

• cache_info() - View cache status
• clear_cache() - Clear cached data

Data Sources

• ESPN Golf API (https://www.espn.com/golf/)
• PGA Tour season coverage (2020+)

These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.
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