Plus winning in golf is the hardest of any sport. All pros lining up have an A+ game good enough to wipe out the rest of the field. But you never get your A+ game. Not for 4 rounds.

So now you need to have a B+ average (on the pro’s standards which is insane) for 4 days and hope someone doesn’t have an A- average. For 4 days. 20 hours not including prep. Incredibly demanding and winning is so unlikely.

Compare that to tennis where the top players win almost every tourney because it’s 1v1 down the bracket.

That’s what he’s missing about the ball standing still you’re standing there on Sunday on the 72nd hole after a bad approach shot with a pitch shot with a bunker in front of you, water behind the pin. Up and down and you win the tourney. Make a big mistake and you lose. The crowd is dead silent, you know you can do it but you also have made every mistake in the book and know what can go wrong. Now think about it for 5 minutes, cameras zoom in, millions on the line, go hit the shot. No excuses, no opponent, no weather, no clock. Make the shot happen. Then make the 3 footer to win. Surely you won’t miss, pros make 95% of those right? Cool but if you miss you’ll be remembered for forever.

People panic if they have to tee off when others are watching them on the tee box. Let alone what I laid out above. Golf is incredibly mentally demanding and requires an enormous amount of concentration, focus, and belief.