Relative golf performance between men and women: A comparison of absolute differences in performance between players on the PGA and LPGA tours considering physiological and anthropometric sex-based differences

Jemina Villanen; Arve Vorland Pedersen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0323074

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Relative golf performance between men and women: A comparison of absolute differences in performance between players on the PGA and LPGA tours considering physiological and anthropometric sex-based differences

Jemina Villanen ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jeminavillanen@windowslive.com

Affiliation Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7209-1796

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Arve Vorland Pedersen

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Relative golf performance between men and women: A comparison of absolute differences in performance between players on the PGA and LPGA tours considering physiological and anthropometric sex-based differences

Jemina Villanen,
Arve Vorland Pedersen

Published: May 11, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323074

About the Authors

Jemina Villanen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jeminavillanen@windowslive.com

Affiliation Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7209-1796

Arve Vorland Pedersen

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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