College
LeBron James Family Foundation College of Education (LJFFCOE)
Date of Last Revision
2023-05-03 18:39:49
Major
Adolescent to Young Adult - Biology / Earth Science
Honors Course
5300:430:003
Number of Credits
2
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Education
Date of Expected Graduation
Winter 2019
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the preferences of golfers and how those preferences affected their putting. This study involved participants who were golfers with a four-handicap or better taking a survey of their preferences of having the flagstick in and out and then assessing their putting from various distances with the flagstick in and out. The researcher measured the distance of the golf ball away from the hole after it had finished rolling. Then, t-tests were used to compare the data with the flagstick in and flagstick out to determine if there is a significant difference. The results of this research based on p-values of the t-tests indicate that participants who preferred the flagstick out from nine and twelve feet were significantly closer to hole with the flagstick out than with the flagstick in while participants that preferred the flagstick in from nine and twelve feet did not see a significant difference. It is difficult to draw a firm conclusion based on these results, but it is clear that having the flagstick in or out can make a difference on certain putts.
Research Sponsor
Dr. Ronald Otterstetter
First Reader
Dr. Yu-Kuang Hu
Second Reader
Dr. John Zipp
Honors Faculty Advisor
Nidaa Makki
Recommended Citation
Nicholson, Danielle, "Effects on Perception and Accuracy of Live Putting when Leaving the Flagstick in the Hole" (2019). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1016.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1016