Risk of Injury in Golf Are tour players injured more often than amateur golfers? Golf Mythos: Risk of Injury – Only Tour Players Are Injured – Wrong or Right? Who has a higher risk of injury in golf, the tour player or the amateur golfer? One myth that we have to clear up is the statement that about 85% of tour players are injured by the traditional golf method, based on imbalance, but amateurs are not. Do amateur golfers have an even higher risk of injury than tour players due…