Another stupid thread from me: golf is harder than pool

StrokeofLuck said:
This is a great point. I didn't start playing golf until later in life, and I've often wondered if I had the opportunity to practice at the range or on a course every time I've screwed my cue together and hit balls, how good of a golfer would I be. The amount of practice hours is vastly different. With our weather, I probably average 6-10 rounds of golf a year.
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I think people that don't golf or golfed very little underestimate how difficult it is to consistently strike the ball well. Forget about scoring, just solidly connect with the ball without hitting the ground first or missing by a quarter of an inch in the other direction and hitting a worm burner.

It's why golf equipment companies keep selling new gear, the promise of making it easier.
 
dendweller said:
I think people that don't golf or golfed very little underestimate how difficult it is to consistently strike the ball well. Forget about scoring, just solidly connect with the ball without hitting the ground first or missing by a quarter of an inch in the other direction and hitting a worm burner.

It's why golf equipment companies keep selling new gear, the promise of making it easier.
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Yup. And scoring is another animal altogether. Once I finally got to the point in my short game where I could cleanly hit the ball reliably, there was still no shortage of shots on the course where I hit it clean, got the trajectory I wanted, landed where I hoped, and still ended up not all that close to the hole because the course designer tricked my eyes. Golf is hard af.
 
if we could begin to define a criteria it would be a start

golf may be harder, however I have met scores of people who cannot process pool, everything from stroke to understanding basic spin just completely eludes them, even the logic and rule sets around different games confuses alot of people to a significant degree

pool is the easiest of cue sports,
I think games like snooker and carom are tougher than golf,
carom in particular is a total mind f*&@k
 
CanadianGuy said:
if we could begin to define a criteria it would be a start

golf may be harder, however I have met scores of people who cannot process pool, everything from stroke to understanding basic spin just completely eludes them, even the logic and rule sets around different games confuses alot of people to a significant degree

pool is the easiest of cue sports,
I think games like snooker and carom are tougher than golf,
carom in particular is a total mind f*&@k
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ye im sure people struggling to understand the pool stroke would find the golf swing a breeze :p

No cue sport is remotely close to golf in terms of difficulty.
 
WobblyStroke said:
ye im sure people struggling to understand the pool stroke would find the golf swing a breeze :p

No cue sport is remotely close to golf in terms of difficulty.
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The strokes are how I concluded golf is more difficult, despite my not at all being a golfer.

My pool stroke involves moving one part of my body: my forearm. Everything else is fixed (at least, is supposed to be). Yet, that is still crazy difficult.

Meanwhile, a golf stroke involves moving many parts of the body, perhaps almost all. I can't even imagine the coordination involved to get everything harmoniously synchronized.

Thus, golf must be harder, even before accounting for the other compounding variables others have already discussed.
 
Rocket354 said:
The strokes are how I concluded golf is more difficult, despite my not at all being a golfer.

My pool stroke involves moving one part of my body: my forearm. Everything else is fixed (at least, is supposed to be). Yet, that is still crazy difficult.

Meanwhile, a golf stroke involves moving many parts of the body, perhaps almost all. I can't even imagine the coordination involved to get everything harmoniously synchronized.

Thus, golf must be harder, even before accounting for the other compounding variables others have already discussed.
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Golf is also much bigger than your head,
 
dendweller said:
I think people that don't golf or golfed very little underestimate how difficult it is to consistently strike the ball well. Forget about scoring, just solidly connect with the ball without hitting the ground first or missing by a quarter of an inch in the other direction and hitting a worm burner.

It's why golf equipment companies keep selling new gear, the promise of making it easier.
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Oh I get that. I think golf is the hardest game I've ever played in my life.
 
David in FL said:
I've played golf for close to 60 years. My best guess would be over 2 thousand rounds. I don't think I played more than 5 by myself.

With the exception of the relative few represented by stroke play tournaments, virtually every one of them were directly competing against one or more or their individuals.

I've played a lot more pool "competing" against myself, either playing the ghost or 14-1, than I ever did golf.

Just sayin'...
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That's not what he's saying David. The inherent difference is that you aren't playing the same balls in golf. Your game is your game and has nothing to do with what your opponent does, unless you intentionally putt your ball into your opponents to knock them away?
 
Jaden said:
That's not what he's saying David. The inherent difference is that you aren't playing the same balls in golf. Your game is your game and has nothing to do with what your opponent does, unless you intentionally putt your ball into your opponents to knock them away?
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You're right, we're still playing different balls, but especially in match play, the way your opponent plays can/will absolutely affect your play.

As one simple example. If he hits a hero shot into a green that I might ordinarily lay up short of, I could very well change my mind as to how I'll play my own shot.
 
They aren’t even close. Pitching from the short grass right on the edge of the green and putting on the green itself are perhaps somewhat the same as pool. But the putting/chipping game is still thirty or forty percent tougher than pool.

As for the game from tee to green, FUGGEDABOUDID! (Or however you spell that dismissive phrase.). There is simply no comparison. I once stood near Ian Poulter when he had a level lie in long grass but about one hundred and sixty yards up hill to the green. Without any hesitation he took an iron and sent the ball rocketing onto the green. The controlled strength that shot took stunned me.

I know both games.
 
maha said:
bav,

your son shot in the 90's at golf because he played torry pines and that is not a bad score there.

ill bet any 80's golfer if i was around he would shoot in the 90's there from the tips. if he was lucky.
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To set the records straight he shot 91 on the North Course but it changed when he played the South Course to 114.

But he hits the ball so hard and goes so far with all the clubs, he has potential to become good. But the boy, even though he’s a adult man but still my son, can’t putt. No sense of touch but he can learn….I hope…..he also hits the balls too hard in pool.

If I posted his workout videos, it is insane to see him do pull-ups with a 50 lb. weight tied to his waist. He is very strong and fit so golf might be his thing. It used to be Phillipino stick fighting and has since become Ju Jitsu. I think golf is the perfect recreational pastime that isn’t injury susceptible like his other interests.
 
Deion Sanders…..who was a pretty good multi-sport athlete said that he couldn’t understand why golf was the hardest
sport he ever attempted. The ball just sits there on a tee, motionless with no defenders to avoid or guess what pitch is coming next. The ball just sits there looking at you saying show me what you got. It is like hitting off a tee in baseball.

In the fairway, the ball does the same thing. Go ahead and swat me,…..swing hard and straight….watch me fly,….but how come it doesn’t do that very much? He said golf was the hardest thing he’d tried to master. How about you? Pool is easy compared to golf and my experience has been that weather is never a factor in pool unlike the game of golf.
 
i did both at the same time and progressed about the same speed in both. certainly more time on the golf course but more pool balls so hard to tell.

for pool the hardest thing is to have your stroke straight at all times hard hits and soft. same with golf you got to get the club face square at impact
or you are doomed to mediocre. same with your putts.
now he has to give up ten to 15 yards on his full power shots to progress and get accuracy down. later when he shoots in the 70's he will have enough control to let it out. but letting it out is fun so its a hard thing to break.
 
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