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04-07-2016 , 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ntanygd760
If someone did this right it would be interesting. As soon as you get below 7 or whatever your city is start playing city tournaments, then state then mid am qualifiers. That would be interesting, not what you shoot alone, and this is coming from someone who plays a ton of golf alone.
He should have been playing team play and mini-tour events regularly.

He should have shown a budget.

This was a self-indulgent exercise from day one. He had no children so it is not that big of a deal. He raised money from a few suckers.
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04-09-2016 , 01:17 PM
I would love to see something like this done by someone in my category. I play 2-4 times a week and hit the range maybe once a week or every other week if I need work on something and have time. I made my way to scratch back when I played 4-6 times a week (not much range time, just playing rounds) earlier in life and won club championships, but since life got a little busier I am now at a 2 handicap and don't have the time to get better.

Give someone like me that already has some ability a chance to quit their job and put in that many hours and see what happens. That would be interesting to see if they could make it if given the time to put in 8+ hours a day to practice with no other responsibilities. I've often wondered what would happen if I had that opportunity.
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04-09-2016 , 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Suit
I would love to see something like this done by someone in my category. I play 2-4 times a week and hit the range maybe once a week or every other week if I need work on something and have time. I made my way to scratch back when I played 4-6 times a week (not much range time, just playing rounds) earlier in life and won club championships, but since life got a little busier I am now at a 2 handicap and don't have the time to get better.

Give someone like me that already has some ability a chance to quit their job and put in that many hours and see what happens. That would be interesting to see if they could make it if given the time to put in 8+ hours a day to practice with no other responsibilities. I've often wondered what would happen if I had that opportunity.
I'd like to attempt this, too. I have never practiced before, beyond hitting some balls on the range before a round, or chipping around the putting green. I've had a few lessons here and there, and they have helped.

I'm 52, have never hit it longer than I do now, and I fluctuate between a 9-11 handicap. I play - at most - twice a week, but usually with long gaps between times when I can play.

I have rounds where my ball striking is fantastic but I know I'm easily losing 8-10 strokes a round due to poor putting and chipping.

I'm going to really attempt to get better over the next few months - practicing a lot - playing less - and let's see if I can get down to a 5 handicap.
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04-09-2016 , 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Dominic
I'm going to really attempt to get better over the next few months - practicing a lot - playing less - and let's see if I can get down to a 5 handicap.
Spend at least an hour on the putting green every day that you play or practice. Putting and chipping. Trust me when I say you will improve by 3-4 strokes a round after a few weeks if you do. I know I lost a couple strokes a round because I don't have time to do this anymore. I used to do it religiously and it makes a huge difference.
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04-09-2016 , 03:19 PM
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04-09-2016 , 05:40 PM
I sort of gave it a run last season. Played 4-5 days a week along with an hour or 2 a day on course short game after round. Went from 13 to a 2 then winter hit. Playing to about a 6 or so now since I have only been playing a round or 2 a week. Do have an unlimited driving range pass this year but need the weather to clear up. Trying to get a handicap that travels compared to 95% of my rounds at one course last year. The drop off in my scores is absurd as soon as I stop playing every day. Golf is hard
Have my first tournament in 6 weeks or so. Just a single day stroke play event run by the city, nothing special but no hdcp's or anything. Most of the golfers are in the +1 up to 6 or 7 range.
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04-09-2016 , 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Suit
Spend at least an hour on the putting green every day that you play or practice. Putting and chipping. Trust me when I say you will improve by 3-4 strokes a round after a few weeks if you do. I know I lost a couple strokes a round because I don't have time to do this anymore. I used to do it religiously and it makes a huge difference.
+10000000000000000000
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04-09-2016 , 06:41 PM
Do you guys think it's harmful to hit range balls off of matts? I seem to get bad habits when I use them. Tend to start hitting the Matt first instead of the ball.
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04-09-2016 , 06:47 PM
Hey Dom

To me it is all about knowing what the mat does for you. When you hot from a matt that you are standing on, your swing is the same, so fine for practice.

However it is important to realise Things like esp. Fat shots can be saved by the matt. In other Words it depends if you are able to recognize a slightly fat shot when the matt hides it.
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04-09-2016 , 07:01 PM
Yeah, I can usually tell if I hit the Matt first and the club then rebounds into the ball, making a decent shot. I just don't want to hit off of them if the general consensus says not to.
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04-09-2016 , 07:20 PM
I you have nice grass then use it by all Means. I don't but feel that matts are fine for practice as long as you keep certain Things in mind. Setup and swing still need to be the same
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04-09-2016 , 08:29 PM
Grass is much better than mats. As long as you are good at knowing when you hit it fat I don't think they are bad in the short term. In the long term they will take a tole on the body, especially if you are hitting a thousand a week off them or more. The rage I go to has both but the grass seems to be closed a lot. I looked into getting a good piece of artificial but was blown away by the cost. I have also hit off synthetic grass at a club manufacturers private range that they used to fit pro's and it wasn't an issue. The best thing on the cheap is to get one of those mats that gives a little when you hit it so it takes some of the shock off of the shot but doesn't cost $500

I am considering getting something like this, still kind of expensive but probably a third of really high end mats.
http://www.amazon.com/FairwayPro-Div...248020&sr=1-36

Also depends if the range has good cushion under the mat so it doesn't feel like cement. Those aren't that bad. It is probably cheaper for a range to have grass though.

If you do hit off mats buy one of those adjustable range tees that fit in the rubber tee hole. It is such a pain with the ones they have because they are usually a tiny bit lower for my driver than I like but not even remotely small enough to work on non driver tee shots off them.
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04-09-2016 , 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ntanygd760
Grass is much better than mats.
Well done here, the word is MAT. One T. It's a word pre-schoolers know how to spell when they want to take a nap on their mat.

Hitting off mats is fine, you just don't get as pure a feedback because you can hit behind the ball and get away with it. But you're not going to hurt yourself or anything, not a big deal. I've no issue using them if necessary.

As far as a good player spending 2000 hours per year working on their game, they may improve to a scratch, they may improve to a +3, who knows? Different people have different ceilings. It's not like work guarantees results. Just like as we've discussed in this thread many times that some players could work infinitely hard and still not be able to break 80.

If you've perused this thread, you'll see that quite a few ignorant souls think that anybody with infinite time to practice could be a scratch or better when nothing could be farther from the truth.
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04-09-2016 , 09:34 PM
I'm an English professor, so I will spell Matt any damn well I please.

Last edited by Dominic; 04-09-2016 at 09:37 PM. Reason: I actually know how to spell it, I just get auto-corrected when I'm on my phone
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08-18-2016 , 02:19 PM
Maybe thread title should be changed to "Guy Quits Everything".
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08-18-2016 , 06:28 PM
sick bump

i'm not even sure Dan is still posting scores. here are the only two ghin records for oregon dan mclaughlin



he was based out of portland (either pumpkin ridge or edgewater) from the start, and either he moved or he just quit posting scores. i checked washington state and he's not there either.
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08-18-2016 , 07:15 PM
He hasn't tweeted since February. A good search for his site has a warning underneath it that the website may be hacked. Seems like he's done.
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08-18-2016 , 08:38 PM
Google search. Damn autocorrect.
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08-19-2016 , 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by campfirewest
He hasn't tweeted since February. A good search for his site has a warning underneath it that the website may be hacked. Seems like he's done.
It is ok if he is done. He should have respect to the people that donated to his effort to update them or just provide closure.

He probably has no interest in golf. This seemed like a forced journey.
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09-26-2017 , 02:19 PM
Updated Sept. 20th: http://thedanplan.com/bouncing-back-...-to-australia/

Cliffs - the back injury has forced him to abandon completely - has had trouble finding the best way to communicate. Is now in the craft beer business.

:shrug:
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09-26-2017 , 05:32 PM
Yeah I think that's bs that he just didn't tie a ribbon around this a long time ago.
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10-11-2017 , 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Suit
I would love to see something like this done by someone in my category. I play 2-4 times a week and hit the range maybe once a week or every other week if I need work on something and have time. I made my way to scratch back when I played 4-6 times a week (not much range time, just playing rounds) earlier in life and won club championships, but since life got a little busier I am now at a 2 handicap and don't have the time to get better.

Give someone like me that already has some ability a chance to quit their job and put in that many hours and see what happens. That would be interesting to see if they could make it if given the time to put in 8+ hours a day to practice with no other responsibilities. I've often wondered what would happen if I had that opportunity.
Not to be combative here, but you say yourself that you haven't even hit up the range much, do you know what practicing golf 8 hours a day would be like? I'd imagine you'd be running back to your job in tears.

I think golf is like poker in that way, 99.9% of people that play max out at the level of competence that they can obtain without actual miserable work.

I love golf more than almost anyone I know and I bought a sim a while back, and after some time I have to force myself to get in 50 quality shots a day, let alone drills, let alone SHORT GAME (this has to be the worst), let alone actually having a proper working out routine, etc etc etc.
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