Another stupid thread from me: golf is harder than pool

Island Drive said:
I remember Earl Saying pools harder than golf ys ago.
I know Grady Matthews once said to get good you have to hit at least 2,000,000 pool balls.
In golf, if you hit two million balls, you better be in Dam good shape, as I've heard many pro golfers often need some type of surgery.
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Gosh, I really don’t want to quarrel with you because it is just too humorous to interrupt your train of thought.

The one about hitting a pool ball versus a golf ball was so comically inept I still chuckle when I recall it. Wow,
I can wait to read your future uttering about games versus sports, physical skills and physical stamina inferences.

By the way, the final round of the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship is played as two consecutive rounds of golf
(18 holes) for a total of 36 holes walked regardless of inclement weather conditions unless golf gets suspended.

Now pro golf is different because it is televised so fast pace of play is critical to attract TV audiences and golf carts
get you from hole to hole quickly. But the pros are still playing in the heat and rain, working out at the mobile gyms
provided by golf club cos., hitting balls in between tournaments, for ex,, Vijay Singh would hit up to a 1,000 balls/day.

Nope, I’m not going to debate with you because it’s way too fun to read some of your posts. Keep it up. There’s far
too much depressing news in the world today & all of us appreciate some occasional pick me up chuckling….Thanks.
 
You didn't (y) Just another healthy perspective like yours.
I worked on golf courses in my early yrs in the midwest/Wisconsin especially, and totally understand play conditions, cup setting and the frinkin' weather.
I worked at the Playboy Club in Lake Geneva WI in my college yrs, where the members complained about the sand traps.
One of em, if you landed there, you could NOT see the flag, or anything cept the sun.
We hauled in many semi flat beds of rolled up grass to cover/remove at least 15 sand traps.
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dquarasr said:
I am not a golfer. I tried it many years ago and decided it wasn’t for me.

I am watching The Masters. I have previously thought that golf is inherently harder and crueler than pool. And pool can be pretty darned cruel: the rattle leaving the $ ball in the pocket; the roll that lands 1/4” too long or too short hooking yourself; the scratch after hitting a ball on the table you didn’t account for; the missed straight-in long shot where the CB is 4’ from the OB and OB in turn 4’ from the pocket. All these can be avoided or fixed by experience, and better focus.

But playing pool I’ve never missed a shot by fractions of an inch and had the OB run down a hill dozens of yards away. I’ve never had an OB land in sand or water because I misjudged a shot maybe 1% short of the power I needed, or behind a tree. I’ve never had to calculate how much the CB or OB will curve because the slate is uphill the first half of a shot and downhill the second half (well, maybe at some halls, lol.)

Pool is tough and frustrating enough for me. Golf seems much more so.
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The person that I learned the most about playing pool from had a saying "Pool is the second hardest game in the world" The only game he considered harder was golf. He also referred to pool as "the game of kings"
 
dquarasr said:
I am not a golfer. I tried it many years ago and decided it wasn’t for me.

I am watching The Masters. I have previously thought that golf is inherently harder and crueler than pool. And pool can be pretty darned cruel: the rattle leaving the $ ball in the pocket; the roll that lands 1/4” too long or too short hooking yourself; the scratch after hitting a ball on the table you didn’t account for; the missed straight-in long shot where the CB is 4’ from the OB and OB in turn 4’ from the pocket. All these can be avoided or fixed by experience, and better focus.

But playing pool I’ve never missed a shot by fractions of an inch and had the OB run down a hill dozens of yards away. I’ve never had an OB land in sand or water because I misjudged a shot maybe 1% short of the power I needed, or behind a tree. I’ve never had to calculate how much the CB or OB will curve because the slate is uphill the first half of a shot and downhill the second half (well, maybe at some halls, lol.)

Pool is tough and frustrating enough for me. Golf seems much more so.
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Another consideration "playing pool" is easy, actually learning how to play pool well at the upper levels is a long and difficult undertaking (my experience). I would argue that mastering pool is impossible. Most guys that have ever ran 7-8 straight, strung 50 balls playing 14.1 etc. remember each time that has happened. (I know many very good players that may have never strung 8 or ran 50. Ralph Greenleaf, Willie Hoppe and a few others may have played 100 or better to score but that is an amazing and very difficult thing to pull off. Playing pool is easy, understanding the whole game and the intricacies is much more challenging and none of us know what we don't know. Golf I think is the same on a bigger less predictable playing surface.
 
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