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Abstract #301478

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Activity Number:	297
Type:	Topic Contributed
Date/Time:	Wednesday, August 11, 2004 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor:	Section on Statistics in Sports
Abstract - #301478
Title:	Do Golf Professionals Streak?
Author(s):	Russell D. Clark, III*+
Companies:	University of North Texas
Address:	Psychology Dept., Denton, TX, 76203-1280,
Keywords:	golf ; tot hand ; streakiness
Abstract:	A study investigated streakiness among professional golfers. Hole-to-hole scores within tournaments from a random group of 35 players on the 1997 PGA Tour were analyzed. There was no evidence for a positive relationship between the outcomes of successive holes. Players were just as likely to score par or better following an above par hole as make a par or better following a par or better hole. These results are consistent with those found for individual players in baseball and basketball.

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