The Impact of Pressure on Performance: Evidence from the PGA Tour

Hickman, Daniel C.; Metz, Neil

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“…Since we have such a large sample we can still obtain precise results for this limited scope. Note that these rounds are not studied by Hickman and Metz (2015) and Balsdon (2013), who study strategic tournament payoff effects-which corroborates our assumption that these strategic incentives should be negligible in Rounds 1 and 3. Moreover, in auxiliary analysis reported in Appendix Tables 8-9, we show that results for Rounds 1 and 2 are similar, as are those of Rounds 3 and 4.…”

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“…Hickman and Metz (2015) show that players choke on putts on the final holes of tournaments when monetary stakes are higher, and Balsdon (2013) show that risk strategies are affected by tournament standing, more so when players are trying to make the cut rather than at the end of tournaments. Ozbeklik and Smith (2014) show that risk strategies do vary with tournaments but only analyze match play (a non-standard format of tournament); as the authors discuss, the incentives to change risk strategy are much stronger in the match play format, which supports our assumption that risk attitudes, normatively,…”

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Reference Points, Prospect Theory and Momentum on the PGA Tour

Stone

Arkes

2015

SSRN Journal

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Reference Points, Prospect Theory and Momentum on the PGA Tour

Stone

Arkes

2015

SSRN Journal

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“…In addition, Dohmen (2008) found that male professional soccer players' performance is negatively affected by the presence of a supportive audience. More recently, Hickman and Metz (2015) showed that higher stakes increase the likelihood to miss a shot on the final hole in professional golf.…”

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Choking under pressure and gender: Evidence from professional tennis

Cohen-Zada

Krumer

Rosenboim

et al. 2017

Journal of Economic Psychology

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“…An extensive literature indicates that agents “choke” in high pressure (or reward) situations (e.g., Ariely et al ; Dohmen ) and in particular tournaments (Hickman and Metz ).…”

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“…Hickman and Metz () find evidence of choking in putting by professional golfers, showing that as the amount of money riding on a putt increases, players are less likely to make putts. The pressure exerted by peer success appears to be another way in which the performance of even the most successful professional golfers may be negatively affected.…”

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PEER EFFECTS IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THEPGATOUR

Hickman

Metz

2017

Economic Inquiry

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This study uses putting on the PGA TOUR to examine peer effects in a competitive setting. The nature of play in golf, in which players complete tasks in a discrete order with a group of randomly assigned peers, provides a unique opportunity to observe these effects among individuals competing in a high‐stakes tournament. Players have the chance both to learn from their peers, as well as to be psychologically impacted by peer success or failure. We find that learning by observing peers has a positive impact on a player's performance, while peer outcomes are negatively correlated with a player's own performance. (JEL D03, D83, L83)

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The Impact of Pressure on Performance: Evidence from the PGA Tour

Cited by 20 publications

References 27 publications

Reference Points, Prospect Theory and Momentum on the PGA Tour

Reference Points, Prospect Theory and Momentum on the PGA Tour

Choking under pressure and gender: Evidence from professional tennis

PEER EFFECTS IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THEPGATOUR

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