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Power Profile For Division I NCAA Male Golfers

Endurance Fitness Profiles For Elite Male and Female Division I NCAA Golfers

Enhancing Golf Performance: Muscular Power Characteristics Within a Cohort of Elite NCAA Division I Golfers

Vertical, Horizontal, and Rotational Power: Physiological Characteristics of Division I NCAA Male Golfers

    • International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings: Vol. 11: Issue 9, Article 56. Smith, DB; Moore, J; Baker, BS; Dinyer, TK; Anderson, O; Redinger, AL; Jacobson, BH; Dawes, JJ; and Johnson, QR (2022)
    • Available at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijesab/vol11/iss9/56

Vertical, Horizontal, and Rotational Power: Physiological Characteristics of Division I NCAA Female Golfers

    • International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings: Vol. 11: Issue 9, Article 53. Johnson, QR; Smith, DB; Dawes, FACSM, JJ; Moore, J; Dinyer, TK; Baker, BS; Anderson, OK; Redinger, AL; and Jacobson, FACSM, BH (2022)
    • Available at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijesab/vol11/iss9/53

Eccentric Utilization Ratio and Stretch Shortening Characteristics within Collegiate Golf Populations

    • International Journal of Golf Science. Johnson, Q.R., Moore, J., and Smith, D.B

The Relationship Between Vertical Jump Height and Rotational Power with Normal and Fast Driver Club Head Speed in Division I NCAA Male Golfers

    • International Journal of Golf Science. Smith, D.B., Moore, J., and Johnson, Q.R.

A Comprehensive Descriptive and Performance Profile of NCAA Division I Female Golfers

    • International Journal of Golf Science. Moore, J., Johnson, Q.R., and Smith, D.B.

 

Oral Presentations

2022 World Scientific Congress of Golf

  • Doug Smith, Jonathan Moore and Quincy Johnson - The Relationship between Vertical Jump Height and Rotational Power with Normal and Fast Driver Club Head Speed in Division I NCAA Male Golfers
  • Quincy Johnson, Jonathan Moore and Doug Smith - Eccentric Utilization Ratio and Stretch Shortening Characteristics within Collegiate Golf Populations
  • Jonathan Moore, Quincy Johnson and Doug Smith - A Comprehensive Description and Performance Profile of NCAA Division I Female Golfers
  • Eccentric Utilization Ratio and Stretch Shortening Characteristics within Collegiate Golf Populations
    • Quincy Johnson, Jonathan Moore and Doug Smith
    • International Journal of Golf Science 
  • The Relationship Between Vertical Jump Height and Rotational Power with Normal and Fast Driver Club Head Speed in Division I NCAA Male Golfers
    • Doug Smith, Jonathan Moore and Quincy Johnson
    • International Journal of Golf Science
  • A Comprehensive Descriptive and Performance Profile of NCAA Division I Female Golfers
    • Jonathan Moore, Quincy Johnson and Doug Smith
    • International Journal of Golf Science

2024 Central States American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference:

 

  • Durbin, K; Sun, D; Franklin, W; and Smith, DB (2024) "DIFFERENCES IN DOMINANT AND NON-DOMINANT LEG HAMSTRING-TO-QUADRICEPS RATIO AT A 60°/S IN DIVISION I COLLEGE MALE GOLFERS," International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings: Vol. 11: Iss. 11, Article 65.
    Available at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijesab/vol11/iss11/65
  • Franklin, W; Sun, D; Durbin, K; and Smith, DB (2024) "RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GRIP POWER INDEX AND CLUB HEAD SPEED AMONG NCAA DIVISION I FEMALE GOLFERS," International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings: Vol. 11: Iss. 11, Article 61.
    Available at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijesab/vol11/iss11/61 

2024 World Scientific Congress of Golf

  • Smith, D., Sun, D., Durban, K., Franklin, W., and Johnson, Q. CORRELATION OF POWER PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS WITH DRIVER CLUB HEAD SPEED IN DIVISION I MALE COLLEGE GOLFERS. World Scientific Congress of Golf, 2024.

National Strength and Conditioning Annual Conference:

  • *Sutton, P., *Cornwall, A., *Ehrilch, A., and Smith, D.B. National rank correlates with peak oxygen consumption and time to exhaustion in NCAA Division I golfers.  (Presentation at the National Strength and Conditioning Association Annual Meeting,. Kansas City, MO, 2025).
  • * Cornwall, A., Sutton, P., Ehrlich, A., and Smith, D.B. Optimizing energy transfer in the golf swing:  Introducing a new metric beyond smash factor. (Presentation at the National Strength and Conditioning Association Annual Meeting,. Kansas City, MO, 2025).
  • * Ehrlich, A., Cornwall, A., Sutton, P., and Smith D.  Predicting club head speed using countermovement jump, rotational lateral bound and cable chop in D1 collegiate female golfers.  (Presentation at the National Strength and Conditioning Association Annual Meeting,. Kansas City, MO, 2025).

 

2025 Central States American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference:

*Paige Sutton - was awarded the Best Poster Presentation Award – 1/200

*Amanda Ehrlich - was awarded the MS Student Grant Award – 1 MS student, 1 PhD student

 

  • *Sutton, P., *Ehrlich, A., *Sun, D., *Franklin, W., and Smith D.B. Static swing peak power predicts club head speed in collegiate male golfers. (Central States American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference, Fayettville, AR, 2025).
  • *Hilburne, M., *Sutton, P., *Ehrlich, A., and Smith, D.B. Self-reported energy deficit in collegiate golfers. (Central States American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference, Fayettville, AR, 2025).
  • *Sun, D., *Sutton, P., *Ehrlich, A., *Franklin, W., and Smith, D.B. Correlation of oblique strength with driver club head speed in division I college golfers.  (Central States American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference, Fayettville, AR, 2025).
  • *Ehrlich, A., *Sutton, P., *Sun, D., *Franklin, W., and Smith, D.B. Dominant and non-dominant explosive rotational lateral bound distance in collegiate golfers. (Central States American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference, Fayettville, AR, 2025).
  • Dietzel, P., *Ehrlich, A., Lincoln, M., Smith, D.B., and Guerin, G. Hex-bar deadlift as a post-activation performance warm-up strategy for golf club head speed. (Central States American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference, Fayettville, AR, 2025).
  • *Sutton, P., *Ehrlich, A., *Sun, D., *Ziola, K., Moore, J., and Smith, D.B. Heart rate responses during a 4 hole round of golf in elite golfers. (Central States American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference, Fayettville, AR, 2025).

 

GRIP Manuscripts in Prep and Published

  • *Ehrlich, A., Dietzel, P., Lincoln, M., Smith, D., and Guerin, G. Hex bar deadlift as a post activation performance enhancement warm-up strategy for golf club head speed. International Journal of Strength and Conditioning. (In Publication).
  • *Sutton, P.J., *Ziola, K., Moore, J., Alfero, E., Johnson, Q., Bratton, A., Hammer, S.M., and Smith, D.B. Cardiorespiratory response to a 5 hole round in NCAA Division I male golfers. International Journal of Golf Science. (In Publication)
  • Johnson, Q.R., Moore, J., *Ziola, K., *Sun, D., Smith, D.B. Assessment of Muscular Power Characteristics within NCAA Division I Golf Athletes. International Journal of Golf Science. (In Publication).
  • Johnson, Q.R., Moore J., *Ziola, K., and Smith, D.B. Eccentric utilization ratio and stretch shortening characteristics within elite collegiate golf populations. International Journal of Golf Science.
  • *Sun, D., Moore, J., Johnson, Q.R., *Ziola, K., and Smith, D.B. Reliability of hip rotational power, velocity, and force measures in elite college golfers. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.
  • *Sun, D., Durbin, K., Franklin, W., Bratton, N., Bratton, A., Winkler, S. and Smith, D. Correlation of oblique abdominal muscle torque and driver club head speed in division I college golfers. International Journal of Golf Science.
  • Bishop, C., Johnson, Q.R., and Smith, D.B. Swing speed training for golfers: an acute comparison of speed sticks vs driver in NCAA Division I players. International Journal of Golf Science. (In Review).

 

Invited to join the International Golf Medical and Scientific Forum – June 2025

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