Mark Twain often was right, but he got golf wrong, calling it “a good walk, spoiled.”
After playing golf for 50+ years, this is what I discovered.
If can’t break 55 on 9 holes, golf is terrible game. Ball does not go in the direction desired and lose many balls
If can’t break 50, golf is still annoying. You are a drag on your fellow golfers in your foursome.
If can break 50 consistently, golf suddenly becomes interesting.
If can break 45 consistently, you can’t get enough golf! You live the game and become obsessed with breaking 40 occasionally.