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Originally Posted by BWillie
I just dont get golfers try to act like its this amazing grind and such a hard thing to do. There is a reason so many ppl play golf until their 70s. Its because they can. Thats the great part of the game, its easy. Its a lifelong game. The fact that you can be 65 and smoke a 22 year old is part of the allure.
I also played baseball and basketball. I realized pretty early that I couldn't just "try hard" and be good at it. At golf the more I played the better I got. Basketball you are limited by your height, shooting ability, speed etc. Being a 5'10" it was never gonna be in the cards. You have to be in shape and have the cardiovascular stamina to be able to play bball. Anybody can stroll out of bed, even if they can barely scale a few stories of stairs and play a round of golf no problem.
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Yeah golf is a game for a lifetime and that's what makes it such a great game to learn when one is young. A lot of what you just posted has nothing to do with playing high level competitive golf though. I don't think anyone is just going to roll out of bed, hobble up the stairs and compete in a PGA event on any given week much less a Major Championship. With the speed of the greens and pin placements it's treacherous and if you don't want to 3 putt every green you're going to have to mentally grind.
That said it sounds like maybe you missed your calling. With your great conditioning and your calm demeanor you could easily retire at 40 with all that money you could have made. It's never to late to just roll out of bed and go calmly take a stroll on the course and kick everybody's ass. I think you should give it go. Win one tour event and you're on your way to early retirement.