ah man, pool is way harder. in golf you only have to make one ball...
Is pool or golf tougher??
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Can you imagine Lee Trevino as a kid (couldn't rub two nickels together) breaking into the local pool hall after hours to work on his game, and eventually becoming one of the best the sport has EVER seen? It's possible...but I love the comments of RICH MAN'S GAME.
The 14.1 run comments are a bit off too. I'm willing to bet that there are more guys out there that can shoot 65 (golf) than there are guys that even play 14.1. 75% of the 65 shooters aren't making a living at golf....guys who run 200+ may not be making a living playing pool, but they probably make a bit more money with that skill than the golfer is. A great golfer doesn't automatically = PGA tour ya know.
The 14.1 run comments are a bit off too. I'm willing to bet that there are more guys out there that can shoot 65 (golf) than there are guys that even play 14.1. 75% of the 65 shooters aren't making a living at golf....guys who run 200+ may not be making a living playing pool, but they probably make a bit more money with that skill than the golfer is. A great golfer doesn't automatically = PGA tour ya know.
Just to clarify with everybody,and I do appreciate everyone's input,the question was simply which game is harder to YOU.Thats all.I was not trying to figure out through a common census which game is harder.Just what each person thought for themselves and their own ability.
Now my input is that golf was way more difficult to get good at.I am naturally gifted with a pool stick,meaning I never had to work on simple fundamentals.They just came naturally to me.Golf was a much different story.I had to,and still do,work on the fundamentals of my swing with regularity.Bad habits in a golf swing are very difficult to change.Anybody who plays golf and made changes knows that.Thats my story and I am sticking to it.
Now my input is that golf was way more difficult to get good at.I am naturally gifted with a pool stick,meaning I never had to work on simple fundamentals.They just came naturally to me.Golf was a much different story.I had to,and still do,work on the fundamentals of my swing with regularity.Bad habits in a golf swing are very difficult to change.Anybody who plays golf and made changes knows that.Thats my story and I am sticking to it.
I've run over 100 balls and played to a 5 handicap in golf. It isn't even close, golf is much more difficult.
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i would equate running over 100 as being about a 5 handicap at pool.150-200 at 14.1 i would say your a scratch poolplayer.300-500 your a plus5 poolplayer world class tour speed whatever you want to call it.to say ive run over 100 at 14.1 but could only get down to a 5 at golf.that does not mean you peaked out at pool.many people have run over a hundred and could or have been a 5 handicap golfer.pool is just as tough trust me.if you dont think so,try playing johnny archer a race to 100 10ball.
i would equate running over 100 as being about a 5 handicap at pool.150-200 at 14.1 i would say your a scratch poolplayer.300-500 your a plus5 poolplayer world class tour speed whatever you want to call it.to say ive run over 100 at 14.1 but could only get down to a 5 at golf.that does not mean you peaked out at pool.many people have run over a hundred and could or have been a 5 handicap golfer.pool is just as tough trust me.if you dont think so,try playing johnny archer a race to 100 10ball.
Golf is very tought on the Waller, with Green Fees that cost up to $350.00 per round.
Golf is tought on the wallet, those GREEN FEE in some places are like $350.00/Round.
john schmidt said:
Thanks John, the way you can relate the two is very helpful.
As for the clarification by the original poster....I'm better at golf, so pool would be MUCH tougher to compete at a high level. I still couldn't hang with Tiger in golf, but I'm closer to Tiger than I am to Mr. Schmidt in pool I'm sure. I could eagle or birdie a hole that Tiger doesn't in a round, by in a match against John.....????? I doubt that there's anything I could do in 14.1 to impress him at all (not ever playing it doesn't help in that matter either
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B_White said:
Ive been playing golf for 5 years and pool for 2...I can run 5 balls easily...cant hit a golf ball straight to save my life...LOL! Golf HANDS DOWN! Not only physically but mentally. I could play pool all day and night but after 18 holes Im ready for more than just beer.
IMO whomever voted for pool has probably never played golf or they have and were not very good at it. Just my opinion.
Southpaw said:
Meaningless for comparison purposes unless all of the following.......
1. It is established and accepted that scratch golf is a fair equivalent of beating the 9 ball ghost.
2. It is known how many golfers you know well enough to know whether they are scratch or not and how many pool players you know well enough to know whether they have ever beaten the 9 ball ghost.
3. It is known how many people regularly play golf as opposed to how many regularly play pool.
memikey said:Meaningless for comparison purposes unless all of the following.......
1. It is established and accepted that scratch golf is a fair equivalent of beating the 9 ball ghost.
2. It is known how many golfers you know well enough to know whether they are scratch or not and how many pool players you know well enough to know whether they have ever beaten the 9 ball ghost.
3. It is known how many people regularly play golf as opposed to how many regularly play pool.
Well we have a world class pool player (JS) who is also a scratch golfer telling us that he thinks pool is tougher. And myself, having played alot of both also agree.
Southpaw
Let's assume the absolute PERFECT round of golf would be 36. 1 on all the par 3's, 2 on all the par 4's, and 3 on all the par 5's (not exactly true because there have been 1s on par 4s and 2s and maybe even 1s on par 5s??). But for arguments sake we'll go with 36....that's 36 straight PERFECT shots (NO PUTTING EVEN NEEDED - wouldn't that be nice ). 36 perfect shots in pool....arguably can be done. In golf - NO WAY!!! If you played one course for your entire life and took the best score you've had on each and every hole (ever)....you most likely wouldn't get a total that low. Tiger would have a shot, but would likely not get there. Now let's say you rack up 4 racks of 9 ball and make one ball on the break, run out the rest without missing (or riding, scratching, or missing position) that'd be 36 perfect shots. Personally I'd rather have 36 9 balls on the break MUCH less pressure...
). 36 perfect shots in pool....arguably can be done. In golf - NO WAY!!! If you played one course for your entire life and took the best score you've had on each and every hole (ever)....you most likely wouldn't get a total that low. Tiger would have a shot, but would likely not get there. Now let's say you rack up 4 racks of 9 ball and make one ball on the break, run out the rest without missing (or riding, scratching, or missing position) that'd be 36 perfect shots. Personally I'd rather have 36 9 balls on the break MUCH less pressure...Southpaw said:
I'm not world class at anything, except maybe reading
John didn't say he thinks that at all and in fact it seems to me that he has on the contrary been at great pains to simply say that they are both tough to master.
I'm not taking the position that golf is tougher, I'm taking the position, as already posted, that there is no definitive way to measure the two and therefore no possible definitive answer as regards which is tougher to master, even if we had a definition of what "master" actually means in this context.
Personally (and I don't have a reliable way to measure this either) I don't really think either of them are way up there at the top in respect of the degree of difficulty to be able to play "reasonably well" (let's say to short stop or so at pool and about 1 or 2 handicap at golf). I think a lot of us a lot of the time kid ourselves on that they are much more difficult than they actually are. I think that if instead of losing them to the more athletic sports, we grabbed those kids with the inbuilt sense of timing and hand/eye coordination at an early enough age none of them would find it too difficult to get to those levels in golf or pool pretty quickly
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to play golf like crap is easy.to play pool like crap is easy.to play either one world class is so tough i cannot begin to explain.to play pool like corey d,gabe owen etc is no easier or harder than playing golf like the pga players.
to play golf like crap is easy.to play pool like crap is easy.to play either one world class is so tough i cannot begin to explain.to play pool like corey d,gabe owen etc is no easier or harder than playing golf like the pga players.
memikey said:I'm not world class at anything, except maybe reading
John didn't say he thinks that at all and in fact it seems to me that he has on the contrary been at great pains to simply say that they are both tough to master.
I'm not taking the position that golf is tougher, I'm taking the position, as already posted, that there is no definitive way to measure the two and therefore no possible definitive answer as regards which is tougher to master, even if we had a definition of what "master" actually means in this context.
Personally (and I don't have a reliable way to measure this either) I don't really think either of them are way up there at the top in respect of the degree of difficulty to be able to play "reasonably well" (let's say to short stop or so at pool and about 1 or 2 handicap at golf). I think a lot of us a lot of the time kid ourselves on that they are much more difficult than they actually are. I think that if instead of losing them to the more athletic sports, we grabbed those kids with the inbuilt sense of timing and hand/eye coordination at an early enough age none of them would find it too difficult to get to those levels in golf or pool pretty quickly
Since this is an opionion based question and myself having played both for a long time....my opinion is that pool is tougher. JMO.
Southpaw