# Is there a sport/game in which an average person could win at least 1 out of a 100 against a top 10 player?

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-sport-game-in-which-an-average-person-could-win-at-least-1-out-of-a-100-against-a-top-10-player/973103/161 "2022-10-18T18:37:32Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> I looked up the full leaderboard for this year’s US Open, and the worst round by any professional golfer was 83 (a few guys shot that at some point.)

And, what’s more, the U.S. Open is likely the most difficult tournament in the U.S., as far as the course itself. Unlike most of the other U.S. men’s tournaments, which are administered by the PGA, the U.S. Open is run by the USGA.

The USGA aims for having the best scores of that tournament be no better than about even par, and prepares the courses with particularly challenging setups (narrow fairways, very long rough, turning short par 5 holes into par 4s for the tournament, etc.). Some years, even the tournament winner shoots above par.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-sport-game-in-which-an-average-person-could-win-at-least-1-out-of-a-100-against-a-top-10-player/973103/162 "2022-10-18T18:47:50Z")

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I looked up the British Open, and the worst score was Mark Calcavecchia’s +21. No one else was worse than +21 - that is over two rounds - suggesting Calcavecchia was hurt. The overall scores were stronger than the US Open, that’s for sure.

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