Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
Just like the scratch golfer at your club would lose to Tiger by 10 strokes a round...There's a world of difference between most of us wannabe Walter Middy's and the real deal.
Trudat, for sure. I used to shoot 73-75 in high school--we took state my senior year. Thought I could hang with the big guys in tournaments. Wrong. I remember one I played in particular where I couldn't even break 80 all week, with one round over 90. Tournament conditions with their 6-inch high roughs, deep bunkers, no pick-up-clean-and-drop rules, and concrete greens are as far removed from public golf course conditions as we are from the pro peloton.