I play chess. I do not play golf. My guess is that facing a "refuted" chess opening in chess - say, the Jerome Gambit - is kind of like hitting a long shot to the green in golf. In the end, you still have to sink the putt. Likewise, even against 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+, Black has to still go on and finish the "win".
The following game is yet another example of Black coming up short.
Wall, Bill - Guest5607084
PlayChess.com, 2018
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Qh4
An excellent response, very much like a pie in the face. (You can tell it is strong, as, in 33 games, Bill has scored "only" 86%.)
7.O-O Ng4
Wow. Looks scary.
8.h3 N4f6 9.dxc5 d6
Opening a line for another piece to enter the attack.
10.cxd6 cxd6 11.Nd2 Qh5 12.Nf3
12...Ne8
A move that is difficult to comprehend. I would guess that Black originally planned 12...Nxe4, but at the last moment saw that the move would be well met by 13.Ng5+. Still...
13.Ng5+ Kg6
14.g4 Qh4 15.e5
15...h6 16.Qd3+ Bf5 17.Qxf5 checkmate
Nyuk nyuk nyuk...
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