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Originally Posted by BadBoyBenny
Nice report Doc. The one thing I don't understand is I thought the guy basically quit his job for this and had enough savings to last the 6 years or whatever. If his goal is not to be able to play for a living, do you know what his plan is for how to support himself at the end? Does he make enough money off the website that he isn't burning through his savings? Did you not talk about that at all?
We discussed some financial stuff - more about how he works with his instructor, but he is getting more & more publicity & I would imagine that will increase as the project continues. He never mentioned to me that he wanted to play for a living - he said it would be awesome if it eventually led to that, but he just wants to see how good he can become. He has some interest from the Golf Channel about a semi-reality show, a video crew that films him weekly, and some other leads for television which will probably lead to income. My thought was that after it's all said & done, he'll probably write a book or do some speaking about how the project can work with business/success. Dan is an incredibly smart guy, and his personality is very genuine, not arrogant or cocky in any way. I expected a totally different individual, and he's really just a regular guy who wanted to do something completely different.
It will say, that my friend pointed out that I didn't say a word about his game during the round (or after) until he asked me over drinks. I never offer unsolicited advice, but we did discuss how he & Chris approached his learning. I might have done it a little differently (maybe not putted for 8 months), but Dan said he was so excited to finally hit a chip shot - he described it like a kid on Christmas Eve - he kept wanting to move off the green, but he bought into the program and stuck with it. He said he started with a $1 putter he picked up in bargain barrel, and that was what he used for a long time - he now has an equipment deal with Nike.