ABSTRACT
This study analyzed and compared performance statistics for golfers on three professional tours, the US PGA, the Senior PGA (SPGA), and the Ladies PGA (LPGA). A large percentage of the variability that existed in overall performance as measured by a player's average score on the SPGA and LPGA tours could be statistically explained by just two measures, putting performance and greens in regulation. However, for the US PGA, the estimated predictive model did not do as well despite the fact that two additional performance statistics, driving distance and driving accuracy, were also found to be significantly correlated with average score.
