Cory Jez is the Founder of Tour IQ, a golf analytics platform dedicated to providing PGA Tour players an the resources they need for the first time in golf history. He also has a unique resume, having worked for FanDuel, the Utah Jazz, Austin FC, and an an on-air analyst for the Portland Trailblazers. In this conversation, Cory talks about…

• His time as an Analytics Manager with FanDuel.

• His role as Director of Basketball Analytics with the Utah Jazz.

• His time with Austin FC as the Director of Sport Science and Analytics.

• The differences of coming into a job vs building a department from scratch.

• His role as an On-Air Analytics Insider with the Portland TrailBlazers.

• What Tour IQ is and how it can help golfers improve their game.

• Transactional vs Transformational in the analytics process.

• Building trust with “non-data” types.

• Keys to communicating analytics concepts to athletes, front-office personnel, and a TV audience.

Then, TruMedia’s Sergio De La Espriella joins the show to discuss Paul’s conversation with Cory.

Show Links

• Follow Cory on Twitter: @JezData

• Follow TourIQ on Twitter: @tour_IQ

• To check out Cory on LinkedIn, click here.

• To check out Cory’s website, click here.

• To check out TourIQ’s website, click here.

• To read Sports Illustrated’s feature on TourIQ, click here.

• To read UpRoxx’s feature on the Blazers’ analytics integration on their broadcasts, click here.

• For more on the Tobacco Road golf course, click here.

• Follow @TruMediaSports on Twitter.

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