Author Topic: 900 series vs Hole in One (Read 3283 times)

txbowler · « **on:** April 24, 2012, 05:19:46 PM »

I realize that this is a bowling board but lets try to be objective for a minute:

Which is harder?

Throwing a round ball down a 60 ft a wooden/synthetic lane coated with an unknown amount of oil to knock down 10 pins - 36 times in a row - after getting a few practice throws.

Hit a golf ball 168 yards using a club into a 4.25 inch hole. No practice shots

We know, the hole in one has been done way more times than the perfect 900 score.

But on paper, which sounds easier?

Edited by txbowler on 4/24/2012 at 3:20 PM

Edited by txbowler on 4/24/2012 at 3:21 PM

jls · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2012, 05:44:54 PM »

Without a doubt... A 900 series is harder...

It's takes skill to even get close to a 900 series...

A hole in one can be a "lucky shot"...

If skill was the main factor for a hole in one....We would see more of them on Tour...

Last summer during the big heat wave we had here, I had a hole in one on the 16th hole...

On that day the heat index was 105...It was hot and humid and the course was wet and the ruff

was up...

For 15 holes I was hitting fat sluggish shots...Then on the 16th tee, I hit one dead solid perfect...

No skill, just luck...

But it looks great on the scorecard...

jls

kidlost2000 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2012, 05:59:33 PM »

900. You have several oppurtunities in a round of golf at a hole in one. Bowling 900 is not nearly as likely to happen. You can be lucky and hit a hole in one, not so much in bowling.

"1 of 1."

txbowler · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2012, 06:17:32 PM »

I didn't state it right.

You are at a carnival and there are two games set up. One is a bowling lane and one is a golf hole.

Don't look at it as a round of golf and bowling.

Look at it from the aspect of what it takes to accomplish the event itself.

Try not to look at it as someone who bowls or plays golf. Think of it from the aspect that you have never done either.

The answer still probably is a 900 series.

But if you walked up to some random person and handed them a club and said hit this little ball into that 4.25 inch cup 504 feet away and you get 1 swing. They would probably think it could never be done.

And if you handed that same person a bowling ball and gave them a few practice throws and said here, these pins are 60 feet away, all you have to do is knock them all down 36 times in a row, they'd probably think they can do that first.

Edited by txbowler on 4/24/2012 at 4:25 PM

trash heap · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2012, 06:18:30 PM »

I am recalling from the past that a member on this site posted they shot a hole-in-one and a bowled a 300 game in the same day.

ToiletLogCore · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2012, 06:19:24 PM »

WTF kind of comparison is this?

It doesn't even make sense. Why don't we compare hitting a homerun to pitching a perfect game while we're at it? Or maybe kicking a field goal compared to leading every lap in the Indy 500?

You've just been handed a little TLC

txbowler · « **Reply #6 on:** April 24, 2012, 06:28:08 PM »

These are not the Droids you are looking for.

ToiletLogCore wrote on 4/24/2012 4:19 PM:WTF kind of comparison is this? It doesn't even make sense. Why don't we compare hitting a homerun to pitching a perfect game while we're at it? Or maybe kicking a field goal compared to leading every lap in the Indy 500?

You've just been handed a little TLC

ToiletLogCore · « **Reply #7 on:** April 24, 2012, 06:41:15 PM »

Just saying, comparing a hole-in-one to a 900 doesn't make sense. Now if you said getting a hole-in-one on all 18 holes vs 900, that would actually make sense.

txbowler wrote on 4/24/2012 4:28 PM:
These are not the Droids you are looking for.

ToiletLogCore wrote on 4/24/2012 4:19 PM:
WTF kind of comparison is this? It doesn't even make sense. Why don't we compare hitting a homerun to pitching a perfect game while we're at it? Or maybe kicking a field goal compared to leading every lap in the Indy 500?

You've just been handed a little TLC

You've just been handed a little TLC

MrPerfect · « **Reply #8 on:** April 25, 2012, 12:01:31 PM »

ToiletLogCore wrote on 4/24/2012 4:41 PM:
Just saying, comparing a hole-in-one to a 900 doesn't make sense. Now if you said getting a hole-in-one on all 18 holes vs 900, that would actually make sense.

txbowler wrote on 4/24/2012 4:28 PM:

These are not the Droids you are looking for.

ToiletLogCore wrote on 4/24/2012 4:19 PM:

WTF kind of comparison is this? It doesn't even make sense. Why don't we compare hitting a homerun to pitching a perfect game while we're at it? Or maybe kicking a field goal compared to leading every lap in the Indy 500?

You've just been handed a little TLC

You've just been handed a little TLC

I would probably equate this more than shooting a total round score of a 54 on a par 72 course. A hole in one on every hole is not possible and un-realistic. However, a birdie on every hole could conceivably happen, though un-likely.

trash heap · « **Reply #9 on:** April 25, 2012, 12:09:30 PM »

If all 18 holes where exactly the same, it might be possible to birdie every hole...which then you would be able to make a better comparison.

MrPerfect wrote on 4/25/2012 10:01 AM:
I would probably equate this more than shooting a total round score of a 54 on a par 72 course. A hole in one on every hole is not possible and un-realistic. However, a birdie on every hole could conceivably happen, though un-likely.

MrPerfect · « **Reply #10 on:** April 26, 2012, 10:34:22 AM »

Still not an apt description as this would assume that the oil doesn't move over the 3 games.

trash heap · « **Reply #11 on:** April 26, 2012, 11:01:33 AM »

True.

MrPerfect wrote on 4/26/2012 8:34 AM:
Still not an apt description as this would assume that the oil doesn't move over the 3 games.

scotts33 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 26, 2012, 11:10:53 AM »

Paul Hughes had a hole-in-one at Pleasant View Middleton, WI and also rolled a 300 game at Bowling Green in Middleton, WI on the same day. This was in 2003 I believe.

trash heap wrote on 4/24/2012 4:18 PM:I am recalling from the past that a member on this site posted they shot a hole-in-one and a bowled a 300 game in the same day.

Scott

hckyenginr · « **Reply #13 on:** April 26, 2012, 09:20:06 PM »

900 series is harder for sure. My girl friend's ex boyfriend went out golfing for only his second time ever this past weekend and got a hole in one a 153 yard shot. Lucky as hell, and not going to lie, it irritated the crap out of me as it would any seasoned golfer who has come close but never gotten it to fall. Total luck, anyone can get a good bounce on one shot. You can't get 36 good bounces in bowling a 900 series.

avabob · « **Reply #14 on:** April 26, 2012, 11:31:46 PM »

Not really at all comparable. A hole in one is a one shot happening. My father in law had one at 75 years of age, and he was a 20 handicapper. The only one I ever witnessed was a worm burner on a 180 yard par 3. The vast majority of aces are by high handicappers for a very simple reason. There are a lot more high handicappers hitting balls than scratch golfers hitting balls.

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