title: Parity of match play: an LPGA replication.
abstract: This study investigated whether the slight advantage of higher seeded players to win in match play on the men's Professional Golfers' Association Tour generalizes to the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. Analysis showed no significant advantage for the higher seeded player in match play. The highly restricted range of skill of tour players makes it mainly a matter of chance who will win any match-play event or who will have the better or worse scores on any given day.
authors.affiliation: University of North Texas, USA. rdclark@unt.edu
authors.forename: Russell D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D001076:Aptitude / Q000145:classification*; D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D005260:Female; D006055:Golf / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*