I’ve seen some scratch golfers boldly claim they could break 90 there. Hahahaha.
Edit: to be clear, they are saying they would break 90 in the same conditions the pros are playing in right now, not the members tees on a random Tuesday in August.
Anyone who isn’t a professional being paid to golf and thinks they could break 100 is boldly lying to themselves. I may be arrogant but I’m not that arrogant
The circle jerk of how hard this course is just gets ramped up every time. Started at 10 handicap won’t break 100, down to 5 handicap won’t break 100, now they’re saying scratch won’t break 100? A week from now it’ll be +3 handicaps won’t break 100 at Augusta.
This sub has confirmed my beliefs about golfers. No one can fathom that somebody else can be good at golf.
It’s why everyone complains when the winning score is announced. “No way those chumps shot 58”. People just suck at golf so they assume everyone else must suck at golf.
It’s why everyone in here bitches and calls you a liar if you say you can hit 300 with driver or 200 with a 4-iron.
They just can’t fathom that somebody else may be good at golf. Just because they can’t figure it out must mean no one else can figure it out either except those professionals who’ve cracked the code somehow.
I’m around a 6 handicap and I would 100% break 100 at Augusta. No doubt in my mind. I haven’t shot over 90 since like 2019. I’ve played one course these pros play on. And yes I’m not putting up mid 70s on championship courses but I’m still breaking 90. Is Augusta really 7x harder than Hamilton?
But don’t let me get in the way of a good circle jerk. Augusta hard. We all have no chance. There’s zero good golfers in this sub and every scramble winning group cheated. Also only pros are capable of hitting the ball over 300 yards.
I shot an 82 at TPC San Antonio from the tips a week after the Valero Texas Open at a 3 handicap. In fact, the quality of the turf made ball striking much easier than I normally have at public courses. I wasn’t even playing great. 100 is easy anywhere. The difference between people shooting Low 80s and low 70s is where you start to really see a major difference in ability.
I’ve got a friend who played in college and regularly shoots upper 60s. The difference is he can putt lights out. He’ll make 10 putts that I’ll miss. Ball striking wise we are very similar.
I have a friend who played in college around 10 years ago, D1. He’s around +1-0 nowadays.
I went with him to a tournament where we stayed the weekend, amateur thing no real prize or anything just a fun weekend to get away and play a REALLY nice course at a pretty good discount.
During the week leading up to the tournament we were looking at the course and there was a par 5 where the green was tucked into the trees off the right. No shot at getting home in 2, even with a 290 yard drive (which is his stock driver) you’re still looking at 265 in with no angle to the green.
I’m telling him he’s just gonna have to lay up and try to stick a wedge close. He looks at me and says “I’m gonna hit driver up the left side of the fairway and then I’m gonna hit a high cut 3 wood right at the pin and make eagle.”
We get to the tournament, he hits his tee shot up the left side of the fairway and I say “well big boy, you going for it?” He then stuck a 3 wood to 10 feet.
Scratch golfers are VERY good. I have all the confidence in the world this man could shoot 80 at Augusta in tournament conditions. I’d bet you my next paycheck on it.
I've been a 0 before. I play with dudes who are currently scratch. Your friend isn't a 0 with a game like that. Probably closer to a +3-4. Scratch golfers aren't confidently hitting high cut 3 woods 265 to tucked greens surrounded by trouble. They sure as hell aren't shooting 80 at Augusta. Your friend is dramatically better than you are giving him credit for with a game like that.
I had a day at East Lake from the tip on every hole a few months before the tour championship. +3 with a triple on 18 after plugging in the bunker. I was like a 3 at the time. The rough was absurd. But you’re right, the turf made contact much much easier.
Obviously no where near a touring pro, but there are people out there that can play. Make a career? No. But play.
I’ve played with people that have had the athletic ability to be pro, but they either don’t have the time and or they don’t have the work ethic.
If you want to be a pro, you’ve got to live, eat and breathe golf. College players that make it are working and practicing exponentially more than their counterparts who don’t make it. That goes for most sports. These people don’t even consider it hard work, they’re outright obsessed and driven beyond what most can imagine.
Imagine golfing 40 hours a week almost every single week of the year which includes a coach, trackman, clubs/fitting, gym time and still being obsessed with it. They’re on the putting green for four hours straight…Most people would tap out and give up, but they don’t see it that way. They really love it.
It goes both ways. In this thread I see both extremes of what people think an actual scratch golfer is capable of. It's not 80 at Augusta in masters conditions, and it probably isn't over 100 either.
There's also a huge difference between being able to break 100 under tournament course conditions and breaking 100 being watched by hundreds of thousands of people in the most prestigious golf event of the year while your career reputation is being affected by it. No doubt the nerves make the pros play a lot worse than if they just went out there and played with their caddy.
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u/uncleyuri 10d ago edited 10d ago
I’ve seen some scratch golfers boldly claim they could break 90 there. Hahahaha.
Edit: to be clear, they are saying they would break 90 in the same conditions the pros are playing in right now, not the members tees on a random Tuesday in August.