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Do you think GOLF requires natural athleticism? I see more like a game of skill
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Date: February 4th, 2026 7:03 PM Author: average/ordinary/typical citizen/person Precision like darts or trick basketball shots. It's not really athletic it's just honed in micro muscle tweaks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49647230) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 7:03 PM Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!) it does (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49647231) |
Date: February 4th, 2026 7:04 PM Author: richard clock it definitely requires natural athleticism (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49647234) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 7:05 PM Author: Judas Jones It definitely helps, but relatively unathletic nerds can train/practice/coach their way to plus handicap golf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49647237) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 7:08 PM Author: Brother Peter Dimond cr not much athleticism required at all. look at rory mcilroy. total twink yet hits the ball far as hell and won the grand slam (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49647245) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 7:12 PM Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!) cr also explains why all those pro football and basketball players just naturally start striping 300 yard drives down the middle of the fairway a month into playing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49647252) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 7:57 PM Author: richard clock (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49647354) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 9:18 PM Author: Kevin "Canadian" Bacon Mike Trout basically did that
https://www.reddit.com/r/golf/comments/1d8c0dy/mike_trout_hits_a_golf_ball/ |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 9:39 AM Author: rubberneck holy shit
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Date: February 4th, 2026 7:58 PM Author: jeetvacation@gmail.com It's almost as if it depends on how we define "athleticism" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49647357) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 9:04 PM Author: (*)> (i'm in your city) not raw athleticism per se, but technique, skill, etc. yes. they way you know this is fat people can be good at golf. this is the same as fat ppl being good at hitting a baseball. also, azns can be good at golf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49647484) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 9:06 PM Author: fulano You need to walk nearly 6 miles in the course of the day. You need to shop a lot for perfect clubs if i read xo correctly. Golf threads are mainly about shopping (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49647494) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 9:39 PM Author: rubberneck not all golfers are like Kenny (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49647572) |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 9:16 PM Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,, Of course. Does the average golfer look that much less athletic than Messi at 5'7''?
To me, golfers look about as athletic as a QB - which makes sense because they're both functions where you have to have amazing athletic ability but your mind, thinking and percision is more important than your measurables (as opposed to a WR or a cornerback where you're in a literally running race 30 times a game).
Look at Tiger Woods - he was never able to dominate after his injuries.
And as much as everyone mocks John Daly, at his peak he actually was pretty in shape.
It's kind of like arguing that football OL players aren't athletic - like they weigh 300 pounds and can outsprint 95% of all men.... |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 9:44 PM Author: rubberneck Daly is a freak of nature athlete in terms of his combo of flexibility, coordination and strength/being fat.
Tiger also was a freak natural athlete in the early days and messed it up by overtraining trying to be an actual on paper athlete. |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 9:48 PM Author: Brother Peter Dimond more like tiger was training as if he's going to literally join the navy seals but cr
completely right about daly |
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Date: February 4th, 2026 9:46 PM Author: Judas Jones The average PGA pro is far less athletic than Sam DArnold or some middling athleticism NFL QB in terms of strength, speed, agility, etc. but the golf swing is incredibly technical and sort of non intuitive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49647584) |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 1:10 AM Author: Kevin "Canadian" Bacon Yeah the putting part (50% of golf) is obviously just like darts and billiards
The rest of it (walking 40k feet and swinging a 450 gram metal stick 30 times) probably requires less athleticism than snowboarding down a black diamond with moguls or free climbing some basic bitch mountain |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 10:01 AM Author: ....;..;...;;;.....;;......;; Most pro golfers were/would have been dominant in another high school sport, but not D1 level.
That’s the kind of athleticism it requires to be the best. Then you also need 99.999 percentile hand eye coordination.
The naturally unathletic people (kids always picked last growing up) will never get to single digits.
Its no different than asking if baseball sluggers are athletic |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 10:47 AM Author: Aren't you a middle-aged man? If John Daly is one of the best athletes of all time… (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49648284) |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 12:10 PM Author: Kevin "Canadian" Bacon Someone like Tom Watson or Craig Stadler is a better counter-factual than Daly
I don't get why people use Daly as the example of golfers being unathletic. Shaq's BMI during his peak Lakers days was definitely higher than Daly's BMI during his PGA wins |
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Date: February 5th, 2026 10:49 AM Author: ....,.,.;;;,.,,:,.,.,::,.....,:.,..,.. golf exists so that old men and beta males can pretend they play a sport (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831071&forum_id=2/#49648294) |