That makes some sense, but not quite. In golf, there are prizes for getting 2nd, 3rd, etc... So if you knew Woods was going to destroy you, you would still pl

That makes some sense, but not quite. In golf, there are prizes for getting 2nd, 3rd, etc... So if you knew Woods was going to destroy you, you would still play your best game and try to get 2nd place. Now, for the people who might get 2nd, 3rd, and maybe a few more top spots, they might want to try to best Woods. But people who have no chance would still play their regular game (if your theory is correct). So I'd be interested to see if the drop in score correlated at all with the average score across previous games.