Kevin Shields
Super Moderator
To me at least.
A student asked me how many people worldwide could win a PGA Tour event. Then it morphed into another question. With 125 cards available on the US Tour, and about the same on the European Tour and there are other tours worldwide that you can make a living, and so on and so forth. If that number is less than 1000 "jobs" available, how many players worldwide have enough legitimate talent to compete for those jobs.
In other words, any opinion on whether golf is harder, easier, or no different to get on the professional ranks when it comes to competition? With 32 NFL teams and around 1500 players, the complaint sometimes is the talent is watered down, same with baseball. Does that mean those sports have tapped the real talent and are going second tier. How many more guys that don't have cards or privileges have what it takes. Does this line of thinking affect how a parent encourages a child in sport, I wonder?
I would think with the quality of quarterback play and the thinning out of the pitching pool in baseball, that would be the way to go but I don't know. Seems like there are so many potential guys now that have what it takes I thought I'd ask for some opinions.
Thanks
A student asked me how many people worldwide could win a PGA Tour event. Then it morphed into another question. With 125 cards available on the US Tour, and about the same on the European Tour and there are other tours worldwide that you can make a living, and so on and so forth. If that number is less than 1000 "jobs" available, how many players worldwide have enough legitimate talent to compete for those jobs.
In other words, any opinion on whether golf is harder, easier, or no different to get on the professional ranks when it comes to competition? With 32 NFL teams and around 1500 players, the complaint sometimes is the talent is watered down, same with baseball. Does that mean those sports have tapped the real talent and are going second tier. How many more guys that don't have cards or privileges have what it takes. Does this line of thinking affect how a parent encourages a child in sport, I wonder?
I would think with the quality of quarterback play and the thinning out of the pitching pool in baseball, that would be the way to go but I don't know. Seems like there are so many potential guys now that have what it takes I thought I'd ask for some opinions.
Thanks