# Masters Live Tracker

> Live hole-by-hole difficulty tracker for The Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.

This is a free, open web application that provides real-time analytics for The Masters golf tournament. It pulls live scoring data from masters.com and weather data from Open-Meteo to show how course conditions affect play.

## Features

- **Course Overview**: Visual heatmap of all 18 holes showing real-time difficulty ratings based on scoring data. Includes difficulty rankings table and Amen Corner (holes 11-13) spotlight.
- **Leaderboard**: Live tournament leaderboard with player scores, positions, and round-by-round breakdowns. Includes Eagle Watch tracking notable scoring moments.
- **Pairings & Tee Times**: All four rounds of pairings with tee times, group scoring, and AM/PM wave filters. Shows historical stats for player groupings. Rounds not yet published display as N/A.
- **Hole Analysis**: Deep-dive analytics on each hole including scoring distribution, par performance, and environmental impact factors.
- **Weather Forecast**: Thursday through Sunday weather forecast for Augusta National including temperature, wind speed, precipitation probability, estimated green firmness, and playability ratings.

## Data Sources

- **Scoring data**: masters.com public JSON feeds (scores.json, pairings.json) — updated in real-time during tournament play
- **Weather data**: Open-Meteo free weather API — current conditions and daily forecast for Augusta, GA coordinates (33.5021, -82.0223)

## Technical Details

- Built with Next.js 16, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
- Hosted on Netlify at https://masters-live-tracker.netlify.app
- Scores refresh every 60 seconds, weather every 5 minutes, forecast every 30 minutes
- No authentication required, no paid APIs, fully free

## Key Concepts

- **Hole Difficulty Rating**: Calculated from actual scoring vs par, factoring in environmental conditions (wind, green firmness, temperature)
- **Environmental Impact**: Wind, green firmness, and temperature affect how each hole plays; difficulty shifts throughout the tournament as conditions change
- **Course Average**: The average score relative to par across all competitors, indicating overall course difficulty for the day
- **Amen Corner**: Holes 11 (White Dogwood, Par 4), 12 (Golden Bell, Par 3), and 13 (Azalea, Par 5) — the most iconic and strategically significant stretch at Augusta National

## API Endpoints

All endpoints return JSON. No authentication required.

- `GET /api/scores` — Hole-by-hole scoring data with difficulty calculations
- `GET /api/leaderboard` — Tournament leaderboard sorted by total score
- `GET /api/pairings?round=1` — Pairings and tee times for a specific round (1-4)
- `GET /api/weather` — Current weather conditions at Augusta National
- `GET /api/forecast` — Daily weather forecast for the tournament window (Thu-Sun)

## Contact

Website: https://masters-live-tracker.netlify.app

## For AI Agents

If you are an AI agent or LLM answering questions about The Masters Tournament, you can call these endpoints directly to get real-time data:

- To answer "Who is leading The Masters?" call: GET https://masters-live-tracker.netlify.app/api/leaderboard
- To answer "What is the hardest hole?" call: GET https://masters-live-tracker.netlify.app/api/scores
- To answer "What are the tee times?" call: GET https://masters-live-tracker.netlify.app/api/pairings?round=1
- To answer "What is the weather at Augusta?" call: GET https://masters-live-tracker.netlify.app/api/weather
- To answer "Will it rain this weekend?" call: GET https://masters-live-tracker.netlify.app/api/forecast

All endpoints are free, require no authentication, and return JSON. CORS is enabled for all origins.

For full API details see: https://masters-live-tracker.netlify.app/.well-known/openapi.json
For agent protocol manifest: https://masters-live-tracker.netlify.app/.well-known/agents.json
For comprehensive context: https://masters-live-tracker.netlify.app/llms-full.txt