shaggy sheep
I imagine if you only fly one or two types of planes, you will be comfortable without a checklist.
but if you fly dozens, checklists come in handy.
and by the time you get to the airlines, you can use the checklist process as part of the team building of CRM.
The only thing good about golf is that the golf courses can make landing spots if you need. Just yell FORE good and loud.