If Elon Musk played golf: rated 84, best at course IQ

Elon Musk as a golfer: scouting report

Elon Musk made his name by taking problems other people called impossible and breaking them into pieces, most famously when SpaceX began landing orbital rocket boosters upright and flying them again. A golf course is a much smaller problem, and he would attack it the same way. His course IQ is the best mark on his card. Expect him to chart every slope, plan every lay up and treat a round like a flight plan with a backup for every miss.

The surprise in his game is touch. His short game is the second best part of his card, so the precision that sets a booster down on a drone ship in the ocean shows up in chips that check beside the hole and bunker shots that come out soft. His putting is strong, and his nerve holds up well. He has spent years making high pressure decisions in public, and a tricky par save on the back nine is not going to change that.

Off the tee he is ordinary. Driving is his weakest skill, and his irons are steady rather than special, so he leans heavily on scrambling. That makes The Links Open his best major, where creativity in the wind and along firm ground matters more than raw distance. The Long Course Championship is his worst fit, since long carries take away his advantage. Draft him as the brains of your lineup and pair him with a ball striker who can cover the long par fours.

Plays like A cerebral shotmaker who solves holes like engineering problems

Put Elon Musk in your lineup

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