How good does a Touring Pro need to be?

[Groucho Valentine]

I voted+5 or better.  At least.. For a competitive comparison, I played with a guy ( i forget his name) in sectional qualifying for the US open one year who ended up qualifying with a 137 (ish). On a course he never saw before he drove up in the parking lot that morning. He was a journeyman player on the web.com tour, or maybe barley holding onto his Tour card. I cant quite remember. But Thats how good PGA touring pros are. The guy who made me feel like i was a hack probably gets blown out of the water by even a bottom tier tour player.  Its a level of good i have never been able to quantify. 

Edited April 13, 2018 by Groucho Valentine

[iacas]

6 hours ago, Ty_Webb said:

If you go play a course that is rated 78/113, you'd be +6 and be expected to shoot 72. It's worth noting that a course that is rated 78/113 is probably very long indeed. Much longer than the 78/145 course, but would have a lot less trouble around. 

Yeah, there's really never gonna be a 78/113 course. The slope is derived from a "bogey course rating" and if the course is long enough to get a 78, it's not gonna be a 113, even if it's just a wide open field of nothing but fairway with no hazards at all.