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Originally Posted by jimhoward
I think you are right that MLB players have had the most success in golf. Back in the day I think there was one MLBer who even played in the Masters. There is a long list of + handicaps (John Smoltz, Justin Verlander.....)
Steph Curry is + and has player in Korn Ferry tour events. The best NFL golfer of all time was almost for sure Al Del Greco (do kickers count?) who played in web.com events and is the head golf coach at Samford. Tony Romo is also really good.
But I think if you look at most sports (possibly baseball excepted) the percentage of exceptional golfers is not all that much higher than that of the general population. Good golfers can come from anywhere. Most people don't think of musicians as great athletes, yet Kenny G, Vince Gill, Jake Owen, Alice Cooper (okay he is not pro level, but surprisingly good), all are or have been outstanding golfers. But that doesn't mean that music leads to good golf. It just that a small percentage of all populations are good at golf.
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A very good friend played with Steph Curry in a Korn-Ferry event. He’s got no chance at ever playing professional golf.
Romo has only made it through K-F Pre-qualifying once (he's 2 off the # right now:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yfqunX...jpg&name=large).
He’s got no chance of Qualifying for the Pro Tour. A +3 can generally make it through Pre-Qual. The point of Pre-Qual, is simply to eliminate guys that are going to shoot 95 (A guy shot 98 at PreQ, earlier this week). Romo has made it through 1st Stage only once. He's been playing in K-F Q Schools for 7-8 years.
Musicians? I’ve played behind Darius Rucker. He’s about an 8 Index. Alice Cooper? He played out of my Club for 3 weeks, every October, for years. A pleasure to be around. Seldom broke 85. I doubt being a musician is a contributing factor to golf success. As you point out, other than MLB players, I don't think there's much influence. Although ... I've played some golf with Joe Bellino (Boston Patriots, Heisman Trophy at Navy '60). Joe wasn't really a golfer, but professional athletes seem to have super-human, inherent physical ability, that shows in most everything they do.
Unless a player is at least a +6 at his home club, he’s got no chance.
Folks who aren’t around these guys, have no understanding of how good PGA & KF are. The one thing other Pro athletes have going for them, is mental toughness. A huge +.
The number of humans who can be competitive at 2 Professional sports is extremely limited.