Putting in Golf: Is it as easy as it seems to be? / Mazlan Ismail, Santhosh Ayathupady Mohanan and Solha Husin

This study aims at revealing the specific distance considered hardest to putt and discovering the causal factors from the golfers’ personal opinion. The objectives of this exploratory study are achieved by conducting two separate studies, using the same samples consisting of 153 golfers with ages ra...

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Main Authors:	Ismail, Mazlan, Mohanan, Santhosh Ayathupady, Husin, Solha
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation 2013
Subjects:	Games and amusements Sports Golf
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spelling	uitm-220882018-11-13T03:34:25Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22088/ Putting in Golf: Is it as easy as it seems to be? / Mazlan Ismail, Santhosh Ayathupady Mohanan and Solha Husin Ismail, Mazlan Mohanan, Santhosh Ayathupady Husin, Solha Games and amusements Sports Golf This study aims at revealing the specific distance considered hardest to putt and discovering the causal factors from the golfers’ personal opinion. The objectives of this exploratory study are achieved by conducting two separate studies, using the same samples consisting of 153 golfers with ages ranging from 18 to 60 years old. Two putting tests were carried out right before the participants took part in a golfing competition. They were asked to putt only one time from four different distances (3, 6, 12 and 24 feet). The number of strokes taken until a ball sank into a hole indicates the samples’ performance. Next, 10 golfers were randomly approached to take part in the interviews right after the competition. Repeated measures one-way ANOVA results showed there was a significant effect for putting distance, Wilks’ Lambda = .43, F (3, 150) = 74.49, p < 0.05, multivariate eta squared = .57 and the Pairwise comparison revealed 6 feet distance significantly higher (M=2.35, SD=0.62) compared to other distances. The qualitative results disclosed that most of the participants described their psychological states (i.e., anxiety and self-belief) play a big role in influencing their ability to putt. In addition, technically such as the position of the grip and stance alignments are other reasons that make putting in certain distances hardest to execute. In conclusion six feet distance is considered the hardest distance to execute. Meanwhile cognitive, emotional, and behavioural aspects associate for making the distance hardest to perform. Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation 2013 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22088/1/AJ_MAZLAN%20ISMAIL%20MJSSR%20SR%2013.pdf Ismail, Mazlan and Mohanan, Santhosh Ayathupady and Husin, Solha (2013) Putting in Golf: Is it as easy as it seems to be? / Mazlan Ismail, Santhosh Ayathupady Mohanan and Solha Husin. Malaysian Journal of Sport Science and Recreation, 9 (3). pp. 33-42. ISSN 1823-3198
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spellingShingle	Games and amusements Sports Golf Ismail, Mazlan Mohanan, Santhosh Ayathupady Husin, Solha Putting in Golf: Is it as easy as it seems to be? / Mazlan Ismail, Santhosh Ayathupady Mohanan and Solha Husin
description	This study aims at revealing the specific distance considered hardest to putt and discovering the causal factors from the golfers’ personal opinion. The objectives of this exploratory study are achieved by conducting two separate studies, using the same samples consisting of 153 golfers with ages ranging from 18 to 60 years old. Two putting tests were carried out right before the participants took part in a golfing competition. They were asked to putt only one time from four different distances (3, 6, 12 and 24 feet). The number of strokes taken until a ball sank into a hole indicates the samples’ performance. Next, 10 golfers were randomly approached to take part in the interviews right after the competition. Repeated measures one-way ANOVA results showed there was a significant effect for putting distance, Wilks’ Lambda = .43, F (3, 150) = 74.49, p < 0.05, multivariate eta squared = .57 and the Pairwise comparison revealed 6 feet distance significantly higher (M=2.35, SD=0.62) compared to other distances. The qualitative results disclosed that most of the participants described their psychological states (i.e., anxiety and self-belief) play a big role in influencing their ability to putt. In addition, technically such as the position of the grip and stance alignments are other reasons that make putting in certain distances hardest to execute. In conclusion six feet distance is considered the hardest distance to execute. Meanwhile cognitive, emotional, and behavioural aspects associate for making the distance hardest to perform.
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title	Putting in Golf: Is it as easy as it seems to be? / Mazlan Ismail, Santhosh Ayathupady Mohanan and Solha Husin
title_short	Putting in Golf: Is it as easy as it seems to be? / Mazlan Ismail, Santhosh Ayathupady Mohanan and Solha Husin
title_full	Putting in Golf: Is it as easy as it seems to be? / Mazlan Ismail, Santhosh Ayathupady Mohanan and Solha Husin
title_fullStr	Putting in Golf: Is it as easy as it seems to be? / Mazlan Ismail, Santhosh Ayathupady Mohanan and Solha Husin
title_full_unstemmed	Putting in Golf: Is it as easy as it seems to be? / Mazlan Ismail, Santhosh Ayathupady Mohanan and Solha Husin
title_sort	putting in golf: is it as easy as it seems to be? / mazlan ismail, santhosh ayathupady mohanan and solha husin
publisher	Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation
publishDate	2013
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Putting in Golf: Is it as easy as it seems to be? / Mazlan Ismail, Santhosh Ayathupady Mohanan and Solha Husin

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