Nope. What you are describing happens on each hole and through out a round, and depending on how close you are in score to, and which rule set you are playing. You play to do better than everyone else, just so happens that takes a certain amount of mental toughness, again just like any other sport.
Darts, Snooker, Curling , Cycling, Running, etc what you just said above could be applied to almost any sport.