Evidence from professional golf shows political divides undermine focus and hurt performance at work
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An analysis of over 25,000 player-tournament-rounds from more than 700 PGA Tour tournaments between 1997 and 2022 found professional golfers perform significantly worse when randomly grouped with competitors holding opposing political views. Even more striking, this performance gap nearly triples during periods of heightened national political polarization—and it translates directly into lower winnings.
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