Ds. Belkin et al., PREDICTABILITY AND STABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION TOUR STATISTICS, Perceptual and motor skills, 78(3), 1994, pp. 1275-1280
Professional Golf Association (PGA) statistics for the years 1986-1988
were analyzed to assess their value as predictive tools. Previous stu
dies have not yielded a consensus regarding whether PGA statistics can
be used to predict outcome, but preliminary indications suggested tha
t hitting greens in regulation is the most important factor in maintai
ning a low scoring average. Using a stepwise multiple-regression proce
dure, the present study confirmed this finding as stable over a three-
year period. it is concluded that replication of previous findings and
stability of relationships over time suggest that the selected PGA st
atistics are a useful predictive tool.