I'm just asking, is golf more rng based rather than skill based?

hell no, the only things that are really random is the wind and pin positions, but if you're good at decision making and hitting your powers, you can deal with pretty much any wind. disconnect is also mostly skill based.

In my experience it is more skill based. A player needs to learn to adapt to the different wind speeds + directions and pin positions on the green. Yes, RNG can screw you (e.g. 15m/s south wind on hole 3), but generally speaking due to how wind works it is most likely balanced out over a run (especially in 9 hole runs). If we consider the new DS subcategory you need to factor in other components, but in the "normal" No DS subcategory skill is more needed than good RNG (although the lower your times get the more these small RNG differences matter).

Yea (with a little pizazz)