Professional golfers are good, very good, and for those amateurs out there thinking they can make the grade on the PGA Tour, Billy Horschel has a harsh truth for you it seems.
The age old question of how an amateur would perform on the PGA Tour does the rounds constantly, as does the reverse, in terms of a PGA Tour player playing a municipal course.
Of course, there are some very good amateur golfers out there and the goal of getting ‘scratch’ is something many aspire to.
However, when it comes to playing on the PGA Tour, things are at a whole other level and Billy Horschel and Michael Kim have had their say on the matter.
Billy Horschel has ‘bad news’ for amateurs wanting to play on the PGA Tour
With Billy Horschel playing a stunning shot at the Valspar with the wrong hand, an online debate started raging when a question was posed about just how good the pros are.
Indeed, after the Rick Golfs account suggested a scratch player has ‘zero’ chance of making it on the PGA Tour if they got to 25 and were provided with all the best tools to succeed, Billy Horschel backed it up.
Horschel was joining in the conversation and his thoughts also backed up the opinion of another PGA player, Michael Kim.
What handicap are the world’s best golfers?
While the pros aren’t exactly measured on their handicap and are far more skilled than any handicap system says, some players have revealed their rough handicaps.
Scottie Scheffler has previously said he is around a plus seven handicap, while a study from Golf.com in 2023 revealed a few more numbers.
That system actually put Scheffler at +8.4, while Jon Rahm was there on 7.7, with Rory McIlroy at 6.3.
In terms of that handicap, coupled with the mental capacity the players have to continually practice, turn up, and travel, and it seems the average scratch golfer is some way off making the pros!
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