Unlimited resources, time included

Probably not.

Think of how many retired pro athletes in their mid thirties have all the time and resources in the world and still can’t make it happen. Michael Phelps comes to mind.

Nope. The folks who make it to and win on tour learned to win by beating the shite out of other kids since they were 12. Money can't replicate that.

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Let’s say you had an inexhaustible amount of time and money, and therefore unrestricted access to the best equipment, teachers, and facilities, do you think that you (in your athletic prime) could have earned a PGA tour card?

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No, and I was someone that, while not necessarily unlimited, had the time and resources that were in the ballpark to make it happen. And I was pretty good.

But everyone hits their ceiling. 99.95% of the golfing world's ceiling is well below that of a Tour-level pro.

To put it in perspective, there are an estimated 50 - 100 million golfers in the world. Let's be a little fair and say that ~5 - 10% them are semi-serious players, so ~10 million. There are only like a handful of thousand players who are close to good enough to play for a living (so less than 0.05%).

No, and anyone thinks otherwise is just plain wrong. Look at the pros’ kids/family members in the PNC championship. Most of them
probably had unlimited resources growing up and several are very good amateur golfers. None of those kids are going to be regular tour pros. Like someone else said, there’s a huge difference between even very talented amateur golfers and PGA tour golfers.

Odds are still against me.

I played with a man who won 2 National championships in college.

He got 10 Korn Ferry starts. Made one cut.
He had talent and tried real hard, but the reality of professional golf is that for a Monday qualifier, 100 play for 3 or 4 to get in the field. Shoot 4 or 5 under, finish T7, go home.

This man had unlimited time, equipment, etc.

My neighbor played on the PGA Tour and even made over $1 million one year. Now he can't even advance past the first stage of Q school.

Golf is hard.

Given unlimited time and resources I’m pretty sure I could move up two flights in the Men’s Club Championship at my club.

No.

I played mini tour level golf including some PGA Tour events. The answer is no. Either you have the God-given talent (work ethic isn’t enough) or you do not.

mental weakness