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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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258
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 1, 2011 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics in Sports
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| Abstract - #300688 |
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Title:
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A 10-Year Study of the Relative Importance of Driving Accuracy and Driving Distance on Scoring Average on the PGA Tour
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Author(s):
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Erik Heiny*+ and Robert Heiny
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Companies:
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Utah Valley University and University of Northern Colorado
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Address:
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Mathematics, Orem, UT, 84058, United States
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Keywords:
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PGA Tour ;
regression
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Abstract:
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This study examines the relative importance of driving skills (driving distance-DD and driving accuracy-DA) on the PGA Tour over the last 10 years. The dependent variable is scoring average. Static regression models are run for the years 2000-2009. Results of these regressions allow reasonable percentiles to be calculated for the two driving variables to compare the effect each has on scoring averages. Confidence intervals are constructed for both scoring average and scoring rank to assess the importance of the driving variables. The results suggest that driving accuracy is more likely to yield better results when trying to improve scoring rank.
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