I’d wager the following is not the case now, but it would be interesting to see by how much the Tiger intimidation factor has fallen from peak.
On average, players who were paired with [Tiger] Woods during the 1998-2001 period scored 0.462 strokes per round worse than normal.
Source:
Connolly, Robert A. and Rendleman, Richard J. (2009) “Dominance, Intimidation, and ‘Choking’ on the PGA Tour,” Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports: Vol. 5 : Iss. 3, Article 6.
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