Study: Golf pros play worse under pressure [Golfweek]

[nevets88]

http://golfweek.com/news/2015/feb/28/golf-analytics-mit-sloan-sports-putting-pressure/

Quote:

The study’s goal was to represent the effects of pressure on a player’s performance using numbers. In front of a room full of stats junkies and number crunchers, they explained that as the monetary difference between making a putt and missing a putt grows, so does the likelihood of missing that putt.

This might seem like common sense to any player who has felt the hands starts to jitter or the hair stand up on the back of the neck when lining up a 5-foot downhill breaker for a $3 Nassau. The interesting part is that Hickman and Metz have quantified that sensation.

[turtleback]

See, Johnny Miller was right about choking all along.

[Chilli Dipper]

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[dave s]

You can also see how weather (Honda classic this week) affects their ability to score well.

dave

[tmac20]

Here's the paper if anybody is interested.

http://www.pgatour.com/content/dam/pgatour/docs/pdf/2015/02/23/Final.pdf