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The purpose of this study is finding out the effect of stress and self-confidence on professional golfers’ performance. This study is to emphasize the importance of mental skills that improve professional golfers’ performance by keeping positive psychological factors without any negative factors. For this study, 181 participants were sampled from KPGA and KLPGA professional golfers using convenient sampling method, and then frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, t-test, one-way ANOVA, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were conducted using SPSS 15.0 program. Results revealed from these research methods and analyses of data are as follows: First, as a result of verifying difference in performance by demographic characteristic, male players are better than female players by gender. Then comes players with a long career over 11years, players with 8-10years and players with shorter than 7years in that order by career. Then comes over 11times, 6-10times and fewer than 5 in that order by playing on the course in a month. Second, as a result of verifying difference in performance by self-confidence, proving ability has positive effect and physical and mental preparation has negative effect. Third, as a result of verifying difference in performance by stress, household problems have positive effect and environmental problems have negative effect statistically.