Changelog

each player is scored across Course Fit (SG profile vs course demands), Season SG (overall ability), Recent Form (last 8 starts), Course History (past results at this venue), and Approach Fit (proximity from the distances this course asks) — equally weighted at 20% each with automatic redistribution when a signal is unavailable

the highest-ranked players get a premium layout with headshot, narrative blurb explaining their placement, score badge with letter grade, mini SG bars, and form value — click any row to expand

every player beyond the top 10 uses the same hero row layout — headshot, blurb, score, and form — with a “View full field ranking” toggle to reveal the entire field

expanding a player reveals five signal cards showing their field rank in each category (e.g. #3 / 126 in Course Fit), plus the raw SG value, colour-coded from green (top 15%) through blue, gold, to red (bottom 30%)

each player gets a short narrative explaining why they’re ranked where they are — highlighting their strongest signals, standout SG categories, and any notable weaknesses

a “How it works” toggle in the section header expands to show full definitions for all five signals, how normalisation works, and how missing data is handled

a new signal that weights each player’s proximity-to-hole stats by how often this course demands shots from that distance — if 40% of approaches are 175–200 yards, players who get closest from that range score highest

when the PGA Tour publishes the field before an event starts, course picks appear automatically — no need to wait for the tournament to go live

tournament pages now display the official event logo in the header, pulled from the PGA Tour schedule API

CSP headers updated for tournament logo images, next/image remote patterns narrowed to specific paths, logo URLs validated as HTTPS, and error logging added to all data fetch handlers

a new search hub on the homepage lets you find any player, tournament, or stat category with instant client-side filtering, keyboard navigation (arrow keys + Enter), and category pill tabs to scope results

press Ctrl+K (Windows) or ⌘K (Mac) from anywhere on the dashboard to jump straight to the search bar — the shortcut hint auto-detects your OS

a new computation layer classifies courses into archetypes (Birdie Fest, Balanced, Grind, Volatile, Survival Test, Gauntlet) using birdie-to-bogey ratio and danger concentration — data is wired and ready for the upcoming difficulty strip

upgraded from ‘unsafe-inline’ to per-request nonce-based Content Security Policy with ‘strict-dynamic’, eliminating the last medium-severity security finding. Every page response now gets a unique cryptographic nonce

migrated from the deprecated Next.js middleware convention to the new proxy.ts pattern, removing the startup deprecation warning and future-proofing for Next.js 17

pill tabs at the top switch between Strokes Gained (default), Driving, Approach, Short Game, Putting, and Scoring — each with its own set of columns and color-coded dot indicator

click any stat column header to sort ascending or descending, with keyboard support (Tab + Enter/Space) and aria-sort for screen readers

a pinned first row shows the PGA Tour field average for every stat in the active category, giving instant context to each player’s numbers

traditional stat categories fetch in parallel from the API on first click, then cache in memory so switching back is instant with no loading state

pick any season from the last 4 years to view historical stats — the page server-renders the selected season and resets all client state cleanly

search filters the table while preserving each player’s rank from the full sorted list — a player ranked #47 in TOT still shows #47 when you search for them

sticky table headers, abbreviated player names on small screens, hidden country flags, and reduced cell padding match the leaderboard table’s responsive patterns

removed unsafe-eval from the Content Security Policy in production builds, restricting it to development only where Next.js requires it for hot reload

every player name in the app is now a link to their profile page — leaderboard rows, category leader cards, and anywhere PlayerLink appears

the tournament leaderboard table now shows R1–R4 columns with color-coded to-par scores, sortable headers, and active-round highlighting

a new unified stats grid pairs strokes gained with traditional stats — driving distance, accuracy, GIR, scrambling, sand saves, putts per round, one-putt %, scoring average, birdie average, and more

each archetype (Complete, Power Player, Precision Player, Ball-Striker, Elite Putter, Short-Game, All-Around) now includes a detailed prose description with percentile rankings for every category

category leader cards snap-scroll horizontally with a fade indicator on the right edge, the leaderboard table has proper min-widths for smooth horizontal scroll, and player names use CSS truncation instead of hard character limits

all sortable table headers now support Tab navigation, Enter/Space activation, and announce sort direction via aria-sort for screen readers

route parameters (playerId, tournamentId, season) are now validated before any API calls — invalid values return a 404 instead of hitting the PGA API. PlayerLink gracefully falls back for malformed IDs, and par parsing guards against NaN propagation

historical season data fetches are now batched in groups of 8 instead of firing all 28 stat lookups at once, reducing the risk of API rate limiting

every page now adapts to phone and tablet screens — responsive typography, tighter spacing, collapsible sidebar with hamburger drawer, and short round-tab labels on small viewports

new /tournament index page with a featured hero card, horizontal carousel of completed events, major tournament branding, and a full upcoming schedule grid

approach distance distribution now uses actual ShotLink proximity stats (attempt counts across 5 distance buckets) instead of yardage-based estimates, with a placeholder ring shown for upcoming events

toggle between Full Tour and this week’s field on the Players page, with automatic fallback to the last completed event when the upcoming field isn’t published yet

the homepage and tournament pages now detect and display upcoming events with an “Up Next” badge once the previous tournament week ends

added Content-Security-Policy header, API route rate limiting (60 req/min), GraphQL input validation, and replaced D3 innerHTML tooltip with safe DOM construction

searchable grid of all active PGA Tour players ranked by Strokes Gained: Total, with headshots, country flags, and rounds played

radar visualization plus all six SG metrics broken out with rank and field context on every player page

horizontal bar chart showing average distance from the pin across five approach yardage ranges

side-by-side view of last 5 tournament finishes alongside an SG vs Field trend chart

switch between current and historical seasons (3+ years back) to compare performance over time

full-width tab bar with evenly spaced labels, a sliding green underline indicator, and smooth 300ms transitions between rounds

the sparkline trend column has been removed from the SG table to reduce noise and tighten the layout

the expand CTA is now a full-width row at the bottom of the table card instead of a floating link below it

toggling between Top 10 and Full Field now smoothly animates the table height with a 300ms transition

header and card layout now match the Course Profile section for a consistent editorial look

a timeline of every update, auto-generated from git history and written up with friendly descriptions

quick access from the bottom of the navigation bar so it’s always one click away

changelog data is created at build time from the commit log — no extra API calls, no manual maintenance

removed dead code, unused types, and tightened up the codebase after the initial build

see which strokes gained categories matter most at each course, with a normalized SG spread chart and auto-generated insight text

every hole scored against par with the hardest and easiest holes highlighted

donut chart showing the distribution of approach distances with club labels and per-hole detail

sortable table with per-player strokes gained across OTT, APP, ARG, PUTT, T2G, and Total, plus round-by-round sparkline trends

see who’s leading each SG category at a glance, and how the field splits between gaining, neutral, and losing