Golf is so hard you can’t possibly get good at it and not love it. People golf for a variety of reasons. I play with guys that are relatively terrible because they never practice because it’s just not important to them. They don’t golf because they love the game but rather because they like to get out and away from everything for a few hours and to socialize.
A lot of times people do things they don’t find too interesting because they really like the side effects. I used to play cards with friends that took it seriously and I never really won and wasn’t too into it but it was fun to hang out.