> Golf cannot be played in tidy 1-yard increments.

Sure, but it requires tidy increments of effort and practice. At least according to advice from a reddit thread about golf[1].

> To make a golden necklace, you must start with gold.

But maybe practice with silver or copper necklaces first, or you’ll waste time and money for no good reason.

[1]: https://old.reddit.com/r/golf/comments/sgppbe/whats_the_best... e.g.: “Get a lesson to identify flaws and get drills to work on said flaws. Go to the range and practice those drills to get them down. Rinse. Repeat.”