Craig Stadler - Hole in one

[mark]

with a freaking driver!

[George K]

I know next to nothing about golf other than the rules of the game.

I know nothing of the types of clubs, etc.

I know nothing of (most of) the greats in today's golf. Yeah, Tiger.

This seems impressive. However, to my uneducated eye, it looks like the skill factor is really getting the ball on the green. The fact that it ends up in the cup might be just luck, more than anything else.

How much of a hole-in-one is luck vs skill?

[mark]

Hole in one is probably 50% skill, 50% luck.

[mark]

That was a very lazy driver hit. Stadler used to be the long drive champion of the tour if memory serves. 300+ yards was typical for him. To be able to dial back a driver that much takes skill. The fact that the ball rolled into the cup was definitely luck.

[Copper]

It is luck and skill.

I have played over 500 rounds in the last 2 years.

So that is about 2,000 par 3 greens I have tried to hit.

I probably hit close to 1,000 of them.

No holes-in-one.

You would think that with just dumb luck if you threw 1,000 balls onto the green that a few of them would go in.

Nope.