On PowerGolf: I never thought this game had overly-challenging controls, but Bucci suggests in his videos that some folks find the mechanics frustrating.
I enjoy PowerGolf, but I do wish these old golf games had a greater variety of courses (or some element that kept things feeling fresh...like "hurricane golf" with constantly windy conditions and the occasional sandstorm...oh, I can dream...).
BOTTOM LINE: A lot of these old golfing games have fidgety controls, I just don't know if PowerGolf is significantly more fidgety than the average 8-/16-bit game.