Settle an argument

[ChipRich]

I got a hole in 1 in April. Im shite and have played Golf about 9 times in my life.

Never got a 180, had a 160 and a few 140s etc.


A hole in 1 is defo harder though.

[Horneris]

Played golf 8 times in my life and got 2 hole in ones.

[ChipRich]

Played golf 189 times in my life and got 0 pars, im god awful

fyp

[paulhouk03]

180 has little room for mistake

sorrryyy

[Solaris]

180 has little room for mistake

sorrryyy

Neither does a 147, surely? You might have 15 reds to choose from, but you need to hit 15 blacks straight after them.

[sweet potata!]

A 9 darter has no room for error, Its 9 perfect darts required. But 147 would be miles harder to do ino

[moonandback]

a 180 is easier becuase you get so many more opportunities where as you only get 4 chances for a hole in one in a normal round of golf.

plus i know you said for an average player but a professional golfer probably makes a 1 every 3-4 thousand par 3's a pro darts player gets a 180 every 20 throws maybe? so i would assume the 180 is much easier

i've had two of each and i'm much better at golf than at darts.

[doogan]

180 is far easier, i have hit a few 180's in my time and not a real good player.

but if i get on the green in one i nurse a semi

[buzzharvey22]

when i was younger i played a ton of golf (4 handicap when i was 13 - sick brag) and i never had a hole in one

played a fair amount of darts but not countless hours of practice and had 3 or 4 180's

so id guess a hole in 1 is a lot harder to achieve from my personal experience

however iv probably threw 3 darts at treble 20 a lot more times than iv played a par 3

[Dewi_cool]

diversionary tactic?

[The_nun]

Before Darrens back gave up on him we used to play a little golf and I mean a little, but I managed a hole in one twice on the same hole, diffent days but still I happy.

[DaveShoelace]

I am equally shit in both disciplines, so I should be the test subject.

[ruholding]

180 alot lot lot harder.  hole in one basically just luck...............even pros are just aiming for the centre of the green ...................... anything else is a bonus

ruholding

[EvilPie]

180 alot lot lot harder.  hole in one basically just luck...............even pros are just aiming for the centre of the green ...................... anything else is a bonus

ruholding

This is a very good point.

I don't much know about golf but I'd guess that on your average par 3 you aim for a safe area of the green to give you the easiest putt for a birdie or par?

Aiming to get a hole in one is probably sub optimal golf so they just don't do it.

If there was a hole in one competition they obviously aim straight for the hole so the odds against getting one will decrease again.

[EvilPie]

A 9 darter has no room for error, Its 9 perfect darts required. But 147 would be miles harder to do ino

Surely a 147 is 37 perfect shots?

How does a 9 darter have no room for error? You have a dart with a pointy bit less than 1mm across which can go anywhere in a bed about 8mm by 20mm (just a guess). Looks like a fair bit of wiggle room to me.

In snooker you have a ball about 50mm in diammeter that has to go in a pocket about 90mm across. Not much wiggle room there.

At the top level I'd guess that the frequency of a 147 or 9 darter occurring is pretty similar.

Both unbelievably difficult but both readily achievable in the modern games.