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Originally Posted by Grneyedblack
Just to be devil's advocate sort of...  let's disagree. (I actually could agree also...but just for argument's sake......)
I think Bowling is HARDER, mainly because you KNOW you're going to avg 200-225 when you're in the upper percentile of bowlers. Only problem is, you KNOW you're going to have a "miscue" somewhere along the line, just "when" is the question hanging over your head.
I agree it's easier to control and less things to worry about, but to concentrate enough to repeat it as well as adapt to the lanes, is in itself a challenge.
Golf, you can miss a little to the left or to the right and still get around. (similar to a spare). You can still end up in a hazard with no hope of recovery unless you get lucky...(similar to a split).
So with every delivery equal to a swing, I would have to say they are pretty equal in overall difficulty. :nodsmiley
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As far as the upper echelon goes, I think the difficulty factor is similar. But by upper echelon, I mean touring pros. Those guys average 220+ on varying and extremely difficult conditions from week to week. Put one of those guys on your standard, weekly classic league, bowling on the same lanes all of the time and they'd probably average 240+. I haven't bowled competitively in 10 years and HarleyGuy says standards have changed and it's easier now. I can only speak from 10 years ago. Back then, I'd say 220 = scratch, 200 = high single digits & 175 = bogey golfer. I'm certainly no expert at either game but
I could work with anyone who was reasonably coordinated and have them averaging 175-180 in a matter of months. Turning someone into a bogey golfer is a much more iffy proposition, IMO. At the upper echelon both games are equally difficult to master, but becoming fairly proficient at bowling is much easier, IMO. Even at the upper echelon, there is the fact that there simply is no money in bowling which keeps many great bowlers from even trying to make a living at it...so make that -
golf is a lot harder than bowling at all levels.
