In this paper, we examine the "hot hand" (and "cold hand") phenomenon as it relates to the PGA Tour using data from the 2013-4 PGA Tour season. For this study, we define "hot hand" in golf as having a greater probability of recording a birdie or better on a hole immediately following a birdie or...

We examine loss aversion in the context of professional golf, and in particular how it plays out in certain US Opens. We analyze data from two courses, Pebble Beach Golf Links and Oakmont Country Club, each of which has hosted five US Opens in the modern golfing era. In the last two tournaments...