HobbyJoggerHacker wrote:
So I guess at my best I was a better runner than golfer according to the figures suggested above. At my best, I got my handicap down to about a 7 or 8 (broke 80 regularly but not every time, usually in the 77-83 range on a regular public course), and I snuck under 2:50 in the marathon a few times.
A big difference in golf though is course set-up. I've run Boston several times so same course, same conditions as the pros. However - go play a course right after a pro tournament and it is night & day. I played a course the day after an LPGA major was held there; this was a course I had played many times before and was usually in the 80-83 range. Not the way it was set up after that LPGA - I struggled to break 90. It gave me a whole new appreciation for how pros put together those rounds on very slick greens and rough that truly penalizes you.
I agree , I played Hazelmere ( Bc canada ) day after the canadian tour event. my home course . I would say 10-15 strokes harder . Tees way back , greens running at 14 on the stmp meter .