Clark Russell D
University of North Texas, USA.
Percept Mot Skills. 2007 Dec;105(3 Pt 1):827-37. doi: 10.2466/pms.105.3.827-837.
This study followed the performance of 35 professional golfers who played from 1997 to 2004 on the Professional Golfers Association Tour (PGA Tour) and investigated whether any players were prone to "choke" when placed in high-pressure situations. Choking was defined as a player having significantly higher than expected final round scores and being less likely than other professional golfers to win when in contention to win tournaments. Analysis yielded no support for a choking under pressure hypothesis. None of the players when in contention to win were both more likely to have higher than expected scores in the final round and less likely to win than other professional golfers in the sample. Limitations of the study were mentioned.
本研究跟踪了35名在1997年至2004年期间参加职业高尔夫球协会巡回赛（PGA巡回赛）的职业高尔夫球手的表现，并调查了是否有球员在面临高压情况时容易“发挥失常”。发挥失常被定义为一名球员在最后一轮的得分显著高于预期，并且在争夺比赛胜利时比其他职业高尔夫球手获胜的可能性更小。分析结果不支持压力下发挥失常的假设。在争夺胜利的过程中，样本中的球员没有一个在最后一轮得分高于预期的同时，比其他职业高尔夫球手获胜的可能性更小。文中提到了该研究的局限性。
