Is luck a skill, and can it be cultivated?

Golfer, amateur or pro, makes a hole in one. Is it luck or skill?

Answers of: “It’s a combination of both” will be soundly rejected.

That’s the same as saying “Luck can be cultivated”… Get it?!?!

And if Luck can be cultivated, then how?

I say, that Pure Luck cannot be cultivated. If it was, then it wouldn’t be Luck. Any time that one increases the odds in their favor (through practice, discipline, or odds) then Luck has been forsaken in favor of “weighting the scales”.

True Pure Luck, is like winning the lottery without buying a lottery ticket. Anything less is pseudo-luck, and thus not lucky at all.

The pool shark knows what to gamble, and who to gamble with, based upon experience and earned skill. The betting horseman knows what to gamble and who to gamble with based upon experience and earned experience. Is that Luck?