"he played terrible."

[PrairieParson]

I don't understand the comment, in the context of being an "enabler"

My point was that amateur golfers who criticize pros as playing "terrible" have often been similar to football and baseball fans who yell at their team or a player and telling them "you suck" and other creative phrases of derision. I find that in most cases these individuals are intellectually incapable of making such judgments that should be left to actual professionals.

IMHO, such value judgments should be made with a little more grace and less condemnation.