If tour pros played the same crappy course that we play

[Golfingdad]

My guess is if they would be frustrated with anything it would be the poor condition of the greens and the resulting inconsistency.

Agree. Their 62's and 63's will become 65's and 66's due to bumpy and slow greens. That would irk them, I bet.

[Dave2512]

It irks me.

[mvmac]

Biggest difference is the misses..when they miss they have a human backboard to stop the ball or a million eyes to find the lost ball in deep grass. How often do you see a "lost ball" at a PGA event...almost never.

Most players don't have the "human backboard" effect. There aren't huge galleries following every group. Same thing on the Web.com tour and those guys still go very low.

What I'm trying to say is that it is REALLY REALLY easy to get the club face on the ball on these types of courses (At least the ones I played).  The pros ALWAYS play these great courses.

They're pros because because they pure it, they'd shoot great scores playing any public course.

I'm sure a few pros played course you're describing when they were growing up. Fred Couples grew up playing public golf, heck so did Tiger.

Also in the Open Championship lies are more "scruffy", can be more variable and they still shoot under par.

[David in FL]

Most players don't have the "human backboard" effect. There aren't huge galleries following every group. Same thing on the Web.com tour and those guys still go very low. They're pros because because they pure it, they'd shoot great scores playing any public course. I'm sure a few pros played course you're describing when they were growing up. Fred Couples grew up playing public golf, heck so did Tiger.  Also in the Open Championship lies are more "scruffy", can be more variable and they still shoot under par.

The pros weren't born pros..... :-)

[Dave2512]

They still tell Hale Irwin stories at the courses around Boulder CO. One place he is said to have a played frequently is a short, easy, very old park style course.

[Al B Tross]

If these bad lies don't matter, why are they visibly upset and complaining when their ball ends up there?  I have never seen a pro on tv looking pleased when his ball rolls in the pine straw, hard dirt, gravel dirt or sitting down in an old divot.

Because they're acting and playing to the camera for ratings. Proof that golf is staged like pro wrestling. I knew it. :-P