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"After three years of playing, you've reached you're maximum potential" is this true?

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I heard this once and it was from a quote by the usga. Do you guys think this is true? I've played for four years now in high school (started freshmen year) and am still getting better each year i think. I managed to shoot a 34 (-2) the other day on 9, and shot a 79 at legaues last year. Besides those two rounds, i shoot low 80's consistently, will i really not get any better than that?

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thats the biggest load of crap i've ever heard lol.

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Agree that it is a big load, I've been playing over 20 years, granted only seriously and consistently for the past 4-5 years, but I am better now than I ever was, and continually improving.

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I heard this once and it was from a quote by the usga. Do you guys think this is true? I've played for four years now in high school (started freshmen year) and am still getting better each year i think. I managed to shoot a 34 (-2) the other day on 9, and shot a 79 at legaues last year. Besides those two rounds, i shoot low 80's consistently, will i really not get any better than that?

How often do you play? Have you taken lessons from an accredited professional? How much do you practice? How serious are you about the game? These are just a few questions which, depending on how you answer them, will provide a widely varying length of time for reaching one's potential. If I can think of these questions off the top of my head, then the USGA would have don'e so too. I would have to see that "quote" before I'll believe that it wasn't taken out of some context which either qualifies it or gives it an entirely different meaning. That just isn't the sort of thing that the USGA is in the habit of spouting off about.

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double_j Dedicated Member

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Utter crap.

I'm guessing the statement was probably something about 'on average', for example..."On average, most players will improve rapidly over the first three years of consistent playing/practicing and then will see that learning curve slow afterwards."
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If you put in the practice even the pros are getting better in different aspects of their games. Look at Bubba Watson and his scrambling around the greens this weekend at Whistling Straights

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The statement is false, there is no logic to support it whatsoever.

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rdwoody Well Established Member

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I've been playing for 10 years on a pretty consistent basis and I played all the way through high school. I've gotten better and played better this year than any year in the past. I've dropped a good 9-10 strokes from my handicap this season.
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I've read this before, but it was phrased in less absolute terms. It was merely an observation, based on USGA handicap data I think, that most golfers don't improve much after they've been playing for three years. Which is probably true, especially for casual golfers who don't hang out on Internet forums.

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Not true for me. I am better in every aspect of the game at 54 then I was at 50, except pure power, and I was really awful at 36 after playing 3 years, It was a great day if I broke 95. More importantly look at Ben Hogan at the senior end who played his best golf after age 35. Even more ridiculous what about Tiger Woods at age 16 and age 23. I will say this if you have worked at it hard for three years you will have an idea of your potential, but that is all. I knew after 3 years my chances of playing at scratch were next to nil. If my health holds I still have a shot at single digits though.

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Stupid statement, and a terrible video too.'The golfing world doesn't know about the one plane swing'.Riiiiiiiight.
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I've read this before, but it was phrased in less absolute terms. It was merely an observation, based on USGA handicap data I think, that most golfers don't improve much after they've been playing for three years. Which is probably true, especially for casual golfers who don't hang out on Internet forums.

Bingo!! People's average score may be lower as they become more consistent, but their "potential" as in their lowest scores and index typically plateau early on.

Since people are using personal anecdotes - to this day, my lowest 18 hole rounds were shot in my 3rd and 4th years playing (late 1980s). 20 years later I'm a better player, but my "potential" is about the same.

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Since people are using personal anecdotes - to this day, my lowest 18 hole rounds were shot in my 3rd and 4th years playing (late 1980s). 20 years later I'm a better player, but my "potential" is about the same.

Interesting topic...

If your lowest rounds were 20 years ago, and you admit that your "potential" best rounds is the same as 20 years ago, why are you saying that you are a better player now? By what standards are you better now than 20 years ago, if your scores now aren't better than 20 years ago?

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Interesting topic...

My lower average scores are lower and I've reduced my lost ball numbers. I'm probably playing tougher courses too. Back then, I had scores in the 95-110 range and scores in the 70s. Now they're mostly between 78 and 85. I haven't broken 78 in over 15 years, but in the 80s I shot several scores between 75 and 78.

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My lower average scores are lower and I've reduced my lost ball numbers. I'm probably playing tougher courses too. Back then, I had scores in the 95-110 range and scores in the 70s. Now they're mostly between 78 and 85. I haven't broken 78 in over 15 years, but in the 80s I shot several scores between 75 and 78.

I would argue that all those facets of the game factor into potential, not just raw score. So, with that way of thinking, you reached your maximum potential when you started shooting the consistent scores and losing fewer golf balls.

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Well... I guess I'll just give up now and sell my clubs.

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It is a misrepresentation of a "fact".
I think what you will find is that after three years, a lot, if not most players don't get any better. That doesn't mean that they have reached their potential.

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It feels that way to me, sometimes. I got to where i am now relatively quickly, and even though i feels like i am a better player than i was a few years ago, my scores on average are probably only 2 strokes lower. At the most. I still feel i have alot of room to improve to scratch or better, but progress comes more slowly now.
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