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Originally Posted by wazmankg
Well I think the fact that women reach full physical maturity quicker than men may be a factor. Another factor contributing to great women golfers dominating at a younger age may be due to the competition being not nearly as deep as it is in the mens game. There are probably 10 serious male golfers for every serious female golfer. Though I just pulled that stat out of my.. um hat  , I think it may even be a conservative estimate. |
That is true. I think that is why the womens tennis game used to be overrun by youngsters, because if they were half decent, it was easy to jump up the rankings. However, since there is more strength in womens tennis, there hasn't been that many young winners at all, and nearly all the top 20 are 23 and over. In fact the top women tennis players are on average, older than the top male tennis players.
On the issue of reaching physical maturity there have been plenty of studies, but who declines faster is the real question in relation to how long they can go on playing at the top level.