re: Unlimited resources, time included

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Let’s say you had an inexhaustible amount of time and money, and therefore unrestricted access to the best equipment, teachers, and facilities, do you think that you (in your athletic prime) could have earned a PGA tour card?

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No, and I was someone that, while not necessarily unlimited, had the time and resources that were in the ballpark to make it happen. And I was pretty good.

But everyone hits their ceiling. 99.95% of the golfing world's ceiling is well below that of a Tour-level pro.

To put it in perspective, there are an estimated 50 - 100 million golfers in the world. Let's be a little fair and say that ~5 - 10% them are semi-serious players, so ~10 million. There are only like a handful of thousand players who are close to good enough to play for a living (so less than 0.05%).