If Tupac Shakur played golf: rated 80, best at nerve

Tupac Shakur as a golfer: scouting report

Tupac Shakur studied acting, poetry and even ballet at the Baltimore School for the Arts as a teenager, and that mix of discipline and expression is all over his golf card. His nerve is the best part of his game. He wrote and performed with an intensity that never seemed to hold anything back, and a player with that kind of fire would want the club in his hands when the tournament is on the line.

His course IQ is close behind. He was a sharp, thoughtful writer whose lyrics told full stories, and a golf round is a story too, built hole by hole with a beginning, a turn and a finish. His short game and putting grade out nearly level, both strong, so he scores well from close range and rarely wastes a chance. Dear Mama was added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress, and he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both signs of the lasting craft behind the energy. That ballet training would not hurt either, since balance is the quiet secret of every good bunker player.

Driving is the weak part of his game, and his iron play is only average, so he will rely on scrambling to keep his scores down. That makes The Long Course Championship his worst major. The Links Open is his best, where imagination and composure in rough weather matter more than distance. Draft him in the middle rounds as a fiery scorer, and pair him with a long hitter who can handle the big venues.

Plays like A poet with a feel for the greens and fire in the big moments

Put Tupac Shakur in your lineup

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