Why is golf so hard?

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First, because you’re using a tool and not your hand. Second, because you’re using that tool, in a setting devoid of references, mechanical guides and stops, to inflict a very specific ballistic trajectory. The number of variables that must be fixed mounts with every new element added. The more variables the harder it is to meet them all.

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