Which is harder: a hole in one or a 300 game?

Answer 1

a hole in one because it only comes with your luck ;>

Answer 2

I've had one of each. The 300 was harder. Not only does it take 12 good shots instead of one, but you get to think about it from about the 8th one on. You get more and more nervous as it gets closer to the end. A golfer rarely if ever stands on the tee seriously thinking a hole in one is close at hand.
But the official odds according to Golf Digest in 2000 are these:
Pro 3000:1
Low handicapper 5000:1
Average golfer 12,000:1
In bowling according to the American Bowling Congress the odds of any bowler having a 300 game are:

11,500:1

These numbers make it pretty close to the same.

Ticleve: If you know terrible golfers that have holes in one and terrible bowlers that don't, then that would mean that the hole in one is easier right? That's what I said. And BTW I know personally 3 bowlers that average in the 170s that have 300 games. I also know many 210+ averages that don't. So not great blowers do get an occasional one. I have one. Only one and I've averaged 220 for the last 6 or7 years. So there is a small amount of luck involved in both.

Answer 3

If you are skilled at the sports, it would be a hole in one because there is a measure of luck involved (wind, bumps on the green, etc., etc.). You can hit the ball near the hole all of the time and not get the right bounces. There is also some luck involved in a 300 game (whether or not the pin tips over), but if you are skilled, you have a chance. And the more you practice, the better chance you have.

If you are not skilled at either sport, a hole in one is easier, because anyone can get lucky for one shot (I know someone who hit a tree off to the right and the ball kicked onto the green and into the hole). If you are not skilled at bowling, there's no way you're getting a 300 game.

Answer 4

A hole in one is definately harder to get than a 300 game. An average player's odds at getting a hole-in-one is one to millions.

Answer 5

A 300 game. A hole in one takes just one lucky swing while a 300 game needs 12 quality pocket hits.

Answer 6

No doubt, a hole-in-one. Rocky R read what Golf Digest printed. What Golf Digest didn't tell you is most 300 games are held by a small fraction of great bowlers. I know terrible, and I mean terrible, golfers that have 2 or 3 hole-in-ones. Terrible bowlers don't bowl 300 games.

Answer 7

i personally would say a 300 game because no one talks about getting a 300 game but lots of people have hole in ones.

Answer 8

I've bowled and golfed my entire life...Have two holes in one and no 300 hundred games..I'm a plus 3 handicap golfer and a 225 bowler...For me the 300 game is harder, probably because the nerves kick in when I have 9 or ten in a row...

Answer 9

im not really sure which is harder to do bcuz a hole in one can be a lucky shot but a 300 you have to make 12 quality throws.............u usually wouldnt get lucky 12 times in a row so i think that in amateur play..........the 300 is harder......but in the proffesional part of both games, the hole in one is much more difficult

Answer 10

I think more people have hit a hole in one than bowled a 300 game. While a hole in one might be a one in a million shot, you still only need to be good once, whereas in bowling you have to hit twelve good shots in a row.

Answer 11

It depends on who it is:

Professional: Hole in one

Amateur: 300 game.