re: Tennis is the most difficult sport to master

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A "weekend warrior" mid aged guy is prob an 8 or 10 handicap. Im not sure a 10 handicap could break 150 at Augusta or a US Open and that is no hyperbole. He would 100% look like a fool.

I get that a normal dude would have no chance of returning a serve from some big hitting tennis pro and would look stupid trying.

At the same time, a 10 handicap golfer would have no chance of even finishing many of these rounds on a pro course that have par 3s that require 230+ carry over water to an island green. Not to mention "pot bunkers", etc that bang PGA dudes in their arse. Average guy is not doing it. They'd run out of balls and couldnt finish.

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The weekend warrior golfer would not get embarrassed in the same way as a country club tennis player would against a top pro.

The element of playing against someone in tennis versus playing against the course is the difference imo.

Both average joes would look bad but the on the tennis court the average joe looks worse because he has no chance of returning serve or chasing down any groundies. On the golf course, the average joe could still hit the shots even if he would score poorly and come in dead last.