Golf makes pool seem like Childs play.

[chefjeff]

Jeff, I'm pretty sure that's a foul.

Ya think!!??!!

I laughed so hard about it that I don't remember much else about the game. I suppose that I probably wiped off the cement dust, grease, oil, and handed it to my opponent.

I do remember being surprised that my opponent didn't see the humor in it at all. He didn't even crack a smile! It's probably because he's a "good" player and only gets satisfaction from winning, not playing.

Jeff Livingston

 

[Kerry Impson]

Think some golfers know for sure if they just have better clubs, balls, cloths, etc. Their game will improve drastically. Pool players on the other hand do not subscribe to this theory.

Hmmmm......perhaps, but it does seem that many pool players feel a new/better cue (or shaft) will improve their game, as evidenced by the Predator phenomenon, for example.

 

[driven]

I play both games. there is no question which game is more difficult for the amateur player. Pool is much easier to play pretty good. You play inside in air conditioned rooms on a flat floor, The table is level, most times anyway. some rooms even control the humidity. It is never raining or too cold or hot. However, to play either game, or any game for that matter at a world class level requires the same level of dedication.just as much practice, and a total commitment to the sport. Any lack of effort will result in failure. If you compare champions from either sport you will fing similiarities in their work ethic. I would consider both games equally challenging at the top level.

 

[sjm]

Ya think!!??!!

I laughed so hard about it that I don't remember much else about the game. I suppose that I probably wiped off the cement dust, grease, oil, and handed it to my opponent.

I do remember being surprised that my opponent didn't see the humor in it at all. He didn't even crack a smile! It's probably because he's a "good" player and only gets satisfaction from winning, not playing.

Jeff Livingston

Well, Jeff, I'm a good player, but I play pool, first and foremost, for the thrill of it. Like other games and sports, pool has its lighter side, and most find some amusement from that lighter side. If I'd been there, I'd have laughed and laughed, and then laughed some more.

 

[hustlefinger]

I don’t know if it’s been brought up yet, I think Colin might have touched on it though.

But what other sport requires the successful culmination of three specific target points to achieve a goal (or in this case pocket a ball)?

Rick

 

[drivermaker]

I don’t know if it’s been brought up yet, I think Colin might have touched on it though.

But what other sport requires the successful culmination of three specific target points to achieve a goal (or in this case pocket a ball)?

Rick

I guess you could still apply that to golf. (1) the golf ball itself (2)a specific spot on the club face known as the "sweet spot" (3) a landing zone in the fairway, on the green, or the cup itself.

 

[DaveK]

But what other sport requires the successful culmination of three specific target points to achieve a goal (or in this case pocket a ball)?

Rick

I love a challange : Volleyball (point in air where ball will be when hit, point on ball to hit, target where ball will bounce)

Maybe a stretch, but get anyone of these three points wrong and the shot could be unsuccessful.

And I think golf may have met the criteria occasionally back in the days of stymies


Dave

 

[hustlefinger]

I guess you could still apply that to golf. (1) the golf ball itself (2)a specific spot on the club face known as the "sweet spot" (3) a landing zone in the fairway, on the green, or the cup itself.

Perhaps I didn’t word that as well as I should have. What I was trying to get at though, pool relies on the CB contacting the OB before being pocketed. So, in golf, striking a golf ball into another golf ball and then have that ball come to rest at a desired location would be an extreme example of what I was trying to get at. What other sport uses a primary object ball (CB) and a secondary object ball (OB).

Rick

 

[drivermaker]

Perhaps I didn’t word that as well as I should have. What I was trying to get at though, pool relies on the CB contacting the OB before being pocketed. So, in golf, striking a golf ball into another golf ball and then have that ball come to rest at a desired location would be an extreme example of what I was trying to get at. What other sport uses a primary object ball (CB) and a secondary object ball (OB).

Rick

Croquet...which I think will make it into the Olympics before pool at the rate everything is going
And although it's discs instead of balls, the same principal applies to shuffleboard. Every cruise ship and geezer retirement community has courts and I wouldn't be surprised if as many play shuffleboard as pool in the U.S.

 

[CaptainJR]

WOW, I'm away for a day and look how this thread grew.

When I started this thread I thought we'd have some fun. I believe we did. I even think it was beneficial showing us about the dedication it takes to play either game. So as the thread starter, I'm going to call it a tie.

Let me see if I can pick a couple highlights(light humor that is)

sjm, you forgot one... hit the cue ball in-between two alligators
runmout has a crush on Phil Mickelson

Thanks everyone

 

[PoolBum]

Pool is harder!!

I've heard many people compare the mental and physical difficulties of golf versus pool, but no one has said anything about the spiritual difficulties.

I think pool is much more difficult spiritually than golf, what with all the souls having to be sold to the devil and all.

 

[Kerry Impson]

Ha ha ha.....I'm too old to have crushes! Besides, wrong sport.

 

[drivermaker]

Ha ha ha.....I'm too old to have crushes! Besides, wrong sport.

Awwww, c'mon...you're never too old to be romanced and have the heart go pitter-patter. Maybe you've been hanging out to long with the one's IN the wrong sport.

 

[Fore Rail]

I'm not sure if this has been covered yet or not, but here goes.

A question for the group that plays or in the past has played both pool & golf.

Whatever level of play you may be at right now - how difficult would it be to attain that same level of play in both pool & golf after an extended break from the game(s)?

 

[JPB]

I'm not sure if this has been covered yet or not, but here goes.

A question for the group that plays or in the past has played both pool & golf.

Whatever level of play you may be at right now - how difficult would it be to attain that same level of play in both pool & golf after an extended break from the game(s)?

Play both and have had an extended break in both. Golf by far. The reason is the physical aspect. I finally realized it recently when I played courses I played as a kid and couldn't get the ball where I used to. Used to do it with a persimmon driver and a pro traj, and now I can't do it with metal, graphite, and modern balls. And I wasn't a long hitter then. My back was killing me too. So this winter I will really have to dedicate myself to getting more flexible and in better shape. (I am stronger in some respects now but hit the ball shorter.) Just to play golf near where I used to will probably require diet and maybe 12 hours a week of conditioning work over the winter, and then for the long haul. Then I will be in a position to practice the three physical games that comprise golf, and those are about as hard as pool. When I started playing pool again I got a lesson, new glasses, and a bunch of cues I didn't need. I am probably just a little worse than I was at my best. I was better in golf, and suppose I still am. I am not great in pool, but play a reasonably mediocre game.

 

[drivermaker]

I think you can become an acceptable player in pool in a matter of weeks or months to where you don't embarrass yourself too badly. You can't do that in golf.
You can become a decent player, a good player, and an extremely good player in pool much much quicker than you can in golf.

However, once you're at the very top of the amateur level or bottom of a pro level in either one, it's just brutal in both to make it to the very top. That is more of a quantum leap than all the improvements from start to that point and next to impossible except for a small percentage. Others do stall out at different earlier levels of both golf and pool due to natural talent, work ethic, lack of professional instruction, physical characteristics, nerves, and heart.

 

[CaptainJR]

Ha ha ha.....I'm too old to have crushes! Besides, wrong sport.

I'm a lot older than you and I have 3 or 4 crushes every day. Come on now. Fess up.

 

[Colin Colenso]

I'm a lot older than you and I have 3 or 4 crushes every day. Come on now. Fess up.

JR, that ache in your groin is not a crush

 

[Kerry Impson]

Awwww, c'mon...you're never too old to be romanced and have the heart go pitter-patter. Maybe you've been hanging out to long with the one's IN the wrong sport.

I'm a lot older than you and I have 3 or 4 crushes every day. Come on now. Fess up.

LOL!!! Actually, I don't even hang out in pool rooms anymore, all I do is practice at home (maybe that's what's wrong with my game....). Besides, my husband makes my heart go pitter-patter .

 

[Grady]

Golf vs Pool

Many talented athletes, over the last 60 0r so years, have tried to excel at pool and golf. None played both at the championship level. I believe these great disciplines are equally difficult. At least golf rewards one's efforts with financial stability.
I caddied for Venturi, Archer, Patty Berg, Carol Mann and others, so many years ago that I don't care to remember. I am with golf, like many are with pool, in that my knowledge vastly exceeds my ability to execute.I really love both of these terrific sports but I don't enjoy seeing someone 24 under par to win an event and I don't like gaping apertures to pass for pockets at pool.
I could argue capably for either side of "Which is tougher?" but why? I do, however, love a good proposition bet. So if you can find me a golfer of Corey's age who has never played pool and both gentlemen attempt to change sports, I'll make a pretty good sized wager that, say in 5 years, Corey'll do better at golf than the other young man will do at pool. Or we can take a man of roughly my age, 60ish, that is in good shape but has never played golf and I think he could, within one year, break 80. Now this wouldn't be a course like the pros play but an easy municipal course.
Anyway, in closing, I respectfully submit that pool is very difficult, especially since most men and women who aspire to the championship level can't even fund the learning process. And pool is a sport where one's opponent has a lot to do with how the table lies after his turn.