Fish story? I havent made one thing up. You think i gotta tell a tall tell about shooting an 89? Hell if it was bullshit i woulda fudged it into a 79. Maybe chech the definition of FISH STORY. It is my opinion that i could get to be a better golfer faster than a better pool player. If anyone wants to send me $5000 for membership at the 12th Best Course in Canada, (Salmon Arm Championship, last years rating, not sure about this year) we will see what i can do. Maybe i was wrong about the 2-3 strokes off your game on a pga setup course. We have a course here that is a par 35 9 hole course called Sun Seekers Ridge. It gets 0 water unless it rains. All the fairways and greens are ROCK HARD. If you drive a ball dead perfect up the left side, and hit what was once fringe on the left, the ball has a good chance of bouncing all the way across the fairway, into the rough, through the rough, into the trees. The greens are rock hard, as well as being TINY. I would say the average green there is under 1500 square feet. In a good round i lose about 6 balls, shooting somewhere in the high 40's to low 50's. I do not have a stimp meter, but i am sure that the speed is consistent with Shinnickock in 2004. I have no problem landing and sticking on these greens, even hitting a few birdy's. I have terrible putting days, and i have good putting days. The speed of the green, does not affect whether im having a good putting day or a bad one. My mental state, confidence, and Self 1 can ruin my putting. i will say that i have never played an actual PGA setup course, but i dont think the speed of the greens would hurt too bad, trying to hard would. The main problem with my swing is one of the reasons i dont have trouble stopping the ball. I hit the ball way too high. I can only hit my 3 iron around 200, once in a while hitting it 215. My 4 Iron is good for 180-190 yrds and my 5 iron only goes 165-180. I get the ball up high but it doesnt go that far. I would have extreme difficulty hitting long shots into the green, but i think i could get it close enough to have a 7 iron Chip that i could get close enough to make boegy with. Anyways, maybe golf is easier, maybe it isnt. Maybe I'm delusional to think that improvements can be made faster in golf that in Pool, but in my experience, I am right. I spend about 10 times as much time on the pool table than on a golf course, and don't make the improvements nearly as fast.
BTW: White Wolf, size has nothing to do with ability in golf. Look at the stats of the most accurate driver on tour. His average drive is 275 yrds. You don't have to hit it 300+ off the tee to play on tour. I think it was Corey Pavin whos average drive was around 250-260 not that long ago. How many bodybuilders do you see on tour? Its about speed of the swing and accuracy of that hit. Being a bigger person may let you hit the ball alot farther, but its not a requirement. Before you mention all the tour players working out, OF COURSE THEY DO. With the guys they comptere against you need every possible advantage you can have. Most the European Pool Pro's work out alot too.
PSS: The other thing that bothers me. After only playing 8-10 championship courses i am in no way saying i am a great golfer. But to shoot an 89 on a course as difficult as Hyde, I'm convinced with practice i could be challenging par on the Big Courses within 3 years.
I've never played golf in my previous life, but have been to a few events where I got to sit in the golf cart and enjoy the scenery!
) and my best eighteen was a 79 (+7) on what I call "bogey player" type courses, typical public courses...no idea of the rating. I still remember that last putt...it was downhill about 6 or 7 feet and broke from left to right...it just caught the edge of the cup and dropped. 
That course is harder than the average tour course, buit was set up much easier. The rough wasn't bad and the pins were for regular play.
I hate playing as bad as I do now. But not enough to go hit chips for two hours or anything radical like that.
