Path to the Tour? - Page 5  

 

I have to step in here.

 

To give jesus or god the recognition for the accomplishments in your own life - is proof that you have no confidence in yourself.

 

A man can and does achieve things by his own accord, without the help of any deity.

Here's the difference:

 

K.J. Choi is not only a great golfer, but a very humble human being and a great humanitarian.

 

Domenic is a boastful, rude, arrogant brat with no manners and an inflated opinion of himself. He doesn't listen to advice and only hears what he wants to hear. He has achieved nothing in his life at this point, which is not his fault, given his age, but the signs are not good for his future given what he has revealed on this site. He disrespects others and refers them to tacky music videos to explain his disrespect and rudeness because he can't articulate his own thoughts sensibly.

He even suspiciously questioned the integrity of a generous and respected forum member who was selling a wedge at a good price.

 

Bit of a difference, no?

 

 

Domenic, whether you like or dislike some of the comments on here, mostly everyone is giving you an constructive idea of the competitive golf scene. I've only been in less than a handful of tournaments and the one thing I noticed is that a LOT of the competitors (more than half of the field) are young teenagers. I encourage you to play, or even spectate, these local tournaments and see the level of competition that you have against you.

 

After you realize how competitive it is, I would get started working on getting your handicap down. Again everyone here can help you constructively, but don't burn your bridges.

He's got as much as a right as you do - yet you judge him?

I have every right in the world to judge.

Your problem is that you don't like the consequences of your actions. 

If you want to be judged favourably, stop sprouting nonsense and typing in capital letters and read what is being written to you and about you.

If you think that people aren't allowed to judge you when you invite judgement and criticism then you're even more ignorant than your previous posts indicate.

My "deal" is  that I find you an obnoxious and rude twirp.

You have no humility and no respect for other people.

You can't differentiate between blind ambition and ambition and you are very stubborn for someone your age.

You don't need to try to ingratiate yourself to others by thanking them and excluding me. I'm happy to call a spade a spade, and you, young man, represent everything that people find wroing with your generation and that is why you have been stereotyped as a rude, ignorant, selfish and foolish brat.

Everyone is pretty much saying the same as me, but you can't see that. Some people gave you the benefit of the doubt early on because of your age but you aren'r reading between the lines. Others chhose to be more tactful, but you can't even respect that and respond intelligently, instead you try to curry favour and suck up.

You can say whatever you like to me in public and if others aren't over this thread already they will be by then.

 

Or, if you really want to "end this", stop leaving inane replies.

 

 

I just want to start by saying I'm much less removed from being a naive 13 year old than most posters here, so maybe I have a different perspective. On the other hand, I've always been good at school and have known for a long time that I have little innate athletic ability, so...there's that.

Domenic, you're not going to be able to go anywhere on the internet, tell the world you're a 26 handicap as a 13 year old, and expect everyone to say you're the next KJ Choi or Ian Poulter (picked because they started late). Being a Tour pro is a one in a million shot, even if you have the talent, work ethic, and the desire. I was about a 20 handicap when I was 13 years old, now I'm 19 years old and I'm about a 2. But I'm miles from pro, no matter how hard I work.

Could you do it? Sure. But the overwhelming chances are you won't. Take that as an insult or motivation, I don't care. It's your choice.

While he's probably been more constructively criticizing, I don't think Shorty's gone anywhere even near the realm of cyberbullying. Don't insult the people who actually have been cyberbullied. You're a 26 handicap at age 13. Expect detractors.

My last name is Weiss, for all that care. My first name is Jamieson. Google it if you care, it's mostly TST stuff.

BTW, Dumbass isn't fighting fire with fire, it's getting overly riled up about someone whose opinion differs from your own.

We might not know your personality, but you should know it's not exactly appearing to be roses and daisies from this end.
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He's got the right to judge. If you want to be successful at anything, expect everyone to judge.

Being a Tour pro take a hell of a lot more than work ethic and strong desire. I think if you told most golfers "hey, you could be on the Tour some day if you work at it and really want it," they'd do whatever you told them to. Most people would work hard if they are given an opportunity to do something they love. Work ethic sounds nice, but people have ceilings.

How 'bout those Lions! 

You bet.  I hate the Lions. 

Wow! Great post Cracker. Good insight for anybody that wants to pursue the dream.

Ok I am a bit curious. Can anyone tell me how many PGA pros were home schooled? I definitely haven't been keeping stats but I heard about enough to them being 3 sport stars in HS to think that most had a pretty normal education. Spending 8+ hours a day is definitely the way to get good fast. I am not 100% sure if it gives you a higher peak than some one spends 1000 hours a year (still a lot but not as consuming as the 2000+ that an 8 hour a day guy would spent) when you get out to the 10 year mark.

 

Obviously making as a pro golfer is about the same as making it as a pro in every other sport. Millions try and a couple hundred make it. And the ones that fail were often very successful right up until the last step. For example go look at exUS amateur or NCAA champions. Yes you will see famous names like Tiger Woods. You will also a see a bunch of guys that are struggling to make a living as golfers. They were the best (ok more like top 10 or so given the variance in tournament golf) in the country but they still could struggle to make it as a pro. 

 

 

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Whilst taking lengthy periods off from school to travel to tournaments all over America, I'd assume. He probably was missing from school more often than actually being at school.

 

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He definitely wasn't in school too often with that playing schedule.