Table 2. Correlations between a country’s total number of players (PL-n) and: (a) total number of professional tournaments (TRN-n) and (b) average annual prize money in tournaments (PM-avg).
| Period |
PL-n / TRN-n |
PL-n / PM-avg |
| P1 |
.93** |
.95** |
| P2 |
.95** |
.93** |
| P3 |
.92** |
.82** |
| P4 |
.80** |
.77** |
| P5 |
.67** |
.65** |
| P6 |
.61** |
.57* |
| P7 |
.64** |
.60** |
Significant Pearson’s correlation:* p < 0.05** p < 0.01.
