Recalling an article I read in the not terribly distant past about an experiment in trying to hard code an eeprom chip to recognize (notes, sounds, voices, can't recall exactly) it was said to be quite difficult because it took "forever" for the sound to happen compared to the speed of the processor. In the end they did some AI type training, and let the chip evolve using various techniques in both sexual and asexual reproductions etc.

I think, in the end, in order for any "mechanically created" golf attempts to have a shot at competing with humans, a similar process would have to be followed for each and every golf challenge.

But, it might be possible for someone to rig up a flexable automatic system for (breeding / culling / mutating / scoring / etc) golf attempts...

-Scott