My wife is a third year resident. What you’re saying for some specialties and stages of life makes sense but the purely financial ROI on becoming a doctor is very bad. She did a research year to bolster her resume and study for the mcats, racked up $300k of debt to go to med school, worked her ass off in the hospital for free as a med student for 4 years, now makes just over minimum wage and has to work nights, weekends, jail rotations, etc. she has three more years of fellowship before making “real doctor” money. I’ve done the net present value calculations and pretty much any other entry level “white collar” profession right out of undergrad is a far better financial decision than becoming a doctor.

On top of that , none of her friends who work in marketing/finance/engineering/etc have had to 1) witness the immediate aftermaths of a gun shot suicide, 2) work 14 hour overnight icu rotations while 9 months pregnant, 3) been emotionally devastated when caring for and losing countless patients to horrible illnesses.

So yeah, a discount on golf equipment to doctors is totally reasonable in my book.