An analysis of streaky performance on the LPGA Tour.
A study investigated the occurrence of streakiness among professional golfers on the LPGA Tour. For players, individually or as a group, the findings showed a significant tendency for players' par or better rounds to occur together and for players' above par rounds to occur together. However, the observed streakiness in players' scores was related to the difficulty of golf courses rather than to any inherent disposition of players' performances to be streaky. The results replicated those findings found on the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour.
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Russell D
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Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton 76203-1280, USA. rdclark@unt.edu
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