Only 10% of golfers can break 90.  Nothing to worry about.

Regards,

Luckylefty

... but in bowling (unlike golf), MANY amateur local bowlers ROUTINELY post scores that are as good (or better) than scores posted in PBA tournaments ... and needless to say, I'm more than well aware that the pros don't bowl on the THS conditions that most league bowlers compete on.

Quote from: LuckyLefty on April 21, 2014, 10:55:07 PM

Only 10% of golfers can break 90.  Nothing to worry about.

Regards,

Luckylefty

... but in bowling (unlike golf), MANY amateur local bowlers ROUTINELY post scores that are as good (or better) than scores posted in PBA tournaments ... and needless to say, I'm more than well aware that the pros don't bowl on the THS conditions that most league bowlers compete on.

In BOWLING, you have a guy who's been bowling for 3 years who shoots 900-875 in back to back weeks.  Tell me the last time you saw a golf story about a guy shooting 55-58? 

The mechanics of the golf swing are the toughest in sports.  I don't care how much easier you make it, the game itself is hard.

Short of lining the fairways with 50 foot walls and having greens shaped like funnels, you're not going to come close to what bowling did to itself in the late 80's (short oil) and early 90's (resin).  I love bowling, but golf is so much harder this isn't even a conversation.

Being a pretty good high school golfer on a team with two state champions I like many mid 70s shooters at that level of play I never swung a golf club correctly.

Finally after 10 years with the help of a great lesson I made one correct golf swing!

30 more years of great golf swings followed, not everyone of course! 

As to 55 58.  I believe that is what Tiger Woods and some of these other golf phenoms on todays pro tours would do to a pro tour course from the 70s on their good weeks!

Regards,

Luckylefty
PS I just heard the bowler with the 900 875 is from Ocala, Florida!  Where Walter Ray is from, must be something in the water there!

Quote from: Mongo on April 23, 2014, 04:18:36 AM

In BOWLING, you have a guy who's been bowling for 3 years who shoots 900-875 in back to back weeks.  Tell me the last time you saw a golf story about a guy shooting 55-58?

Exactly. Routinely in THS league play, local amateurs roll scores as high as the pro bowlers do in tournament play, but you don't see local amateur golfers shooting scores better than the golf professionals do in tournament competition.

Because they are different sports.  They score differently and cannot be compared in every way.

Quote from: Mighty Fish on April 23, 2014, 11:27:30 AM

Quote from: Mongo on April 23, 2014, 04:18:36 AM

In BOWLING, you have a guy who's been bowling for 3 years who shoots 900-875 in back to back weeks.  Tell me the last time you saw a golf story about a guy shooting 55-58?

Exactly. Routinely in THS league play, local amateurs roll scores as high as the pro bowlers do in tournament play, but you don't see local amateur golfers shooting scores better than the golf professionals do in tournament competition.

Because they are different sports.  They score differently and cannot be compared in every way.

No, but the casual fan understands the difference between the pro who hits it 340 and the local guy who hits it 280.  With bowling, they just see strikes and don't understand that the THB is aiming at foot wide target and a pro is looking a 2-3" at 45 feet.  They just see strikes.

First of all...WHAT?
Secondly, in golf aiming pertains to not only alignment on the tee box of trajectory but also where want the ball to end up, similar to bowling...if you're playing the gutter, you are aiming approx 10-15 boards away from the intended target

As far as miss area, yes ALL the top players look for miss area but you also must remember, their bad shots are better than the rests good shot...there is a reason why they are better plain & simple

I picked up a local paper the other day and saw scores from a local high school golf tournament.  5 guys shot in the 60's. 

I have been bowling for 50 years.  Even in the early 70's there were lots of guys averaging over 200 in leagues.  Every 170 average league bowler thought we all should be on tour.  Nothing changes. 

Mighty,

Most pros get shorter when they go on tour!  There are many amateurs bombing it on their local courses today!

I'll never forget the first and only time I saw Tiger Woods play in person.  He  was averaging about 325 on a tight course and playing army golf.  This about 6 months before his first Masters victory. 

On the other hand I was amazed by his short game as I could not believe his sand game, his flop, his chipping and his putting.

Statistics go on to back it up in that for much of his dominant period he was lucky to ever average 13 greens in regulation and this even in the year when breaking Byron Nelsons scoring record in 2000 with an average of 68.13. 

This meant that Tiger averaged almost 9 under par on the short game per day!  This in recovering on the 5 missed greens per day and birdieing 4 other holes per day.

The 2nd time I realized that pro golf would not be for me or anyone I knew is the day I saw at that time future US open champion David Graham shoot a 73 On a PGA tour course while hitting maybe 3 to 5 greens.  Some of his shots barely got in the air!

A State Amateur champ friend of mine when asked what he would have shot if hitting the ball that bad stated, "I've never hit the ball that bad!"  I re asked, "but if you did....?"."His answer, ,,,, "That bad? Ummmm, 93!"

Short game!

REgards,

Luckylefty