Originally Posted by Temp1

I've never played golf myself so this question is for all the golfers:

What makes one golfer consistently better than another? Why does tiger woods win more tournaments? In other words, the game doesn't seem to entail the superior athlete to be victorious like other sports that the stronger/faster/bigger/higher jumper/etc wins. It seems to have a certain degree of luck - although perhaps 'luck' isn't the correct word but my point is the golfers at that level are all professionals so why aren't the victories more evenly divided amongst the ones having a 'good day' ? How could tiger have a 'good day' more often than the others?

I hope that made sense.