Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of the variables.
| Variable | Mean | S.D. | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round_Score | 69.57 | 3.18 | 61 | 85 |
| End_of_Round_Pos_numeric_ | 21.19 | 26.24 | 1 | 152 |
| Total_Holes_Over_Par1 | 2.53 | 1.67 | 0 | 9 |
| Birdies | 4.26 | 1.79 | 1 | 10 |
| Birdies_Rank | 25.37 | 27.18 | 1 | 145 |
| Bogey_Avoidance_Rank | 25.86 | 27.88 | 1 | 152 |
| Driving_Distance_Rank2 | 20.48 | 26.62 | 1 | 153 |
| Driving_Accuracy_Rank | 43.08 | 34.56 | 1 | 175 |
| Response_Positive | 13.6 | 9.85 | 0 | 75 |
| Response_Negative | 4.364 | 3.77 | 0 | 24 |
| Response_Sentiment | 9.235 | 8.42 | −9 | 60 |
| GIR_Rank3 | 28.96 | 29.64 | 1 | 147 |
| Scrambling_Rank4 | 36.56 | 34.28 | 1 | 172 |
| Distance_to_leader_strokes | 5.61 | 4.67 | 0 | 30 |
| Distance_to_leader_ranks | 20.19 | 26.24 | 0 | 151 |
| Ranks_gained | −4.06 | 16.74 | −90 | 65 |
| Strokes_gained_v_a_v_Leader | 0.69 | 3.17 | −9 | 16 |
| Distance_to_runner_up_strokes_ | 2.35 | 2.62 | 0 | 15 |
| Strokes_gained_v_a_v_Runner_up | 1.11 | 2.30 | −4 | 7 |
| Minor_Injury | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0 | 1 |
| Major_Injury_Surgery | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0 | 1 |
| Personal_Issues | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 |
| Major | 0.24 | 0.42 | 0 | 1 |
| Prize_Money 0 | 5.69 | 2.46 | 1.0 | 12.7 |
| SoF | 552 | 188 | 69 | 849 |
| OWGR | 33 | 120 | 1 | 1199 |
Expressed in millions of dollars.
In golf, par is the predetermined number of strokes that a proficient golfer should require to complete a hole. Bogey is a score of one stroke more than par. Birdie is a score of one stroke fewer than par. For instance, if in a par-4 hole a player scored 3, he birdied the hole; if he scored 4, he made par in the hole; if he scored 5, he bogeyed the hole.
A drive is the long-distance shot intended to move the ball a great distance down the fairway towards the green, in which the target hole is located.
The green is the area of specially prepared grass around the hole. A player hits a green “in regulation” if the ball is on the surface of the green and the number of strokes taken is at least two fewer than par (i.e., second stroke in a par-4 hole).
When a player misses the green in regulation, but still makes par or birdie on a hole.