Roonie has 15 in his entire pro career. Hardly routine....
If you're equating Golf and Snooker then you don't leave the green.
Although there could, arguably, be a touch more skill required as you're hitting one ball onto another to make the target but your playing area never breaches the 12 x 6 and it's always flat. No 27 ft downhill left-to-righters against the grain and wind for the Penguins....
And I'd like to see them get their spherical objects on the table from 180 yards off a sideways lie with bunkers right and a pond left...
They don't know they're born..
If I can slightly misquote Henrik Stenson, both 'are stupid hard'. They are both technical and very precise. It is that precision that makes them far more difficult than most other sports, the margin for error is not there.
I think you can make arguments for both sports and both are valid. Tough to split them.
I’m not sure I’d compare single figures with a 50 break.
I reckon if you went to a local snooker club you’d find a higher percentage of regular players who have had a 50 break than single figure golfers in the clubhouse.
On a 15 foot putt, if your aim is out by 1° then the ball isnt going in.I agree - I think there are more physical impediments to being good at golf than there are to being good at snooker. But on the other side, I’d say the precision required in snooker is probably greater.
They are different animals, and reallly it's rather silly to claim one is harder than the other, in fact I would say they are both as hard as each other. A full length table shot on a snooker table gives no forgiveness in where you hit your cue on the white, the spin you apply to it or its contact with the coloured ball. Snooker is about being exact with no room for error. Golf equipment gives you plenty of forgiveness.
As I can play both (quite well I feel) I would say neither is harder than the other
At a basic level...hand a complete newbie a club , chances are they miss the ball! In snooker they might hit the cue ball, they might hit an object ball, but it isn’t going in the pocket too often.
Played both, both are difficult enough to make the argument tough.
I did some skateboarding in my younger days...basic going up and down wasn’t as hard a golf or snooker... but then again, doing tricks is a bit different!
I’m not sure I’d compare single figures with a 50 break.
I reckon if you went to a local snooker club you’d find a higher percentage of regular players who have had a 50 break than single figure golfers in the clubhouse.