Robert Flood of Notre Dame Emeritus reviews “Super Golfonomics”, by Stephen Shmanske. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores topics in economics and related fields using the economic and statistical analysis of the sport of golf. Discusses the economics of slow play; golf course waiting─the good, the bad, and the ugly; consistency or heroics; skills, performance, and earnings in the tournament compensation model─evidence from PGA Tour microdata; gender discrimination revisited; gender and driving distance; examining which tournaments exempt golfers choose to enter; the use of regression analysis to examine how golfers decide which tournaments to enter; sports gambling, golf, and efficient markets; the search for economic impact─the case of the golf Majors; and lines of research that others have undertaken.” Shmanske is at California State University.
