Data visualization is one of those buzz terms you hear once in a while but perhaps aren’t quite sure what it means. Not to worry. It’s basically just a way of taking a bunch of numbers and presenting it in a more compelling way than  . . . well, a bunch of numbers.

An example can be found in this cool interactive graphic by the folks at Talent Lab, which primarily deals in the world of every day business analytics, but saw an opportunity to showcase its capabilities by analyzing the best golfers in the world.

For instance, here’s Talent Lab’s breakdown of the nationalities of the top 50 players in the world ranking.

via This Interactive Golf Graphic Is An Easy Way To Kill Six Or Seven Hours: The Loop : Golf Digest.