Hmm. I don't golf, but I do math, and I wouldn't make that assumption. And my default opinion would be that it's a lot easier to get the handicap from 20 to 10 than it is to get it from 10 down to 0.FredM wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 8:15 pmI golfed pretty occasionally since I was 7 or so. Generally my handicap is about 20. If I decide I want to not suck at golf, I can (and have) golf every weekend in a summer and end up with <10 handicap. I'm pretty confident if I did this for four years I'd be a scratch golfer.
I was always decent at math. When I realized there were people a lot better than me at it in HS I studied every summer to place out of math classes until I literally ran out (Calc 3) before senior year. I'm pretty confident if I did that for 4+ more years I could have had a PhD in Math from a good school.
When I started strength training 4 years ago I ended my LP with a 3pl8 squat, 2pl8 bench, and 4pl8 pull. Again. Would classify myself as decent. Like absolutely everything I try in life I'm exceedingly average at a baseline. So I decided I wanted to be good at lifting and here I am 4 years later with... checking ... a 3pl8 squat, 2pl8 bench and <4pl8 pull. And yes. I'm more than 30 lbs lighter. My squat is 4 inches deeper. I don't actually pull regularly. But it's hard to ignore the data.
So by "suck at" I guess I really mean "suck at getting better at," which, to me, is the same thing.
Also, you're down playing how much of a big deal 30lbs lighter is. In conclusion, I expect you're better at lifting than you imaging but also a little bit less awesome than you think at everything else