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Dr Matt Bridge Applications accepted all year round Self-Funded PhD Students Only

About the Project

Skills tests are commonly used by golf coaches as a supposed means to assess improvement and performance in their players. Such tests may involve the use of ball tracking equipment e.g. Trackman Combine or simpler methods such as Pelz's short-game handicap. There is limited literature in the area of skill testing in golf (e.g. Robertson, Burnett & Gupta, 2014) despite their common usage. This work will seek to examine the use of skill testing in Golf considering such questions as:

How reliable are the current testing practices used by professional golf coaches?
Do the results of skills tests bear any relation to on course tournament performance?

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This PhD is available in both campus based and distance learning modes. For more information on what a PhD by Distance Learning involves see http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/colleges/les/distance-learning/dl-phd.aspx

References

Robertson, S., Burnett, A.F., & Gupta, R. (2014): Two tests of approach-iron golf skill and their
ability to predict tournament performance, Journal of Sports Sciences, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2014.893370

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Are skill tests useful in Golf?

University of Birmingham School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences