These tournaments are the virtual equivalent of the US Open and the Open, two of the toughest golf competitions on earth, that are played by only the best golfers in the world. The courses are setup in super difficult conditions because that's how you can find out who the best of the best is. The average golfer, or even a good golfer, would feel VERY frustrated playing in the US open...and the same here, WGT has done a super job with these competitions, I wish all of them were setup like that.
The key, like in real golf above a certain level, is to UNDERSTAND the course: to know when to be aggressive and when to be conservative, when to be happy with a par, which side of the green to aim, which areas are to be avoided at all costs, how to work the ball (because there is no shot shaping yet, but you can still reach a similar result by hitting early or late), and so on. Most times it's better to putt 15' uphill rather than 6' side or downhill. After a serious round at Oakmont I feel mentally exhausted, I can only imagine what it takes to play a sub-par round in real life in the same conditions and under heavy pressure.
I am in the cut with a -3 (5 birdies and 2 bogeys: it's not difficult to birdie 5 holes, it's hard to make the other 13 pars... ), so I'm not pressed (so far) to qualify, but I will spend the rest of the time trying to figure out the safest way to par the holes that are too difficult or too dangerous to try and birdie.
I believe WGT is going to setup the course with higher winds and even faster greens for the final 36 (!) holes, so IMO we haven't seen Oakmont and St.Andrews at their best yet...those two rounds are going to be nerve wrecking to say the least, and definetely not for the faint hearted...and for sure we won't see -10/-10 scores, I'm positive even the top players will be happy to walk away with a -4/-4
Good luck to everyone (especially to me, lol !!!)