youll see me on the golf channel one day

[GOLFSALOT00]

i am 13 and have been playing golf since i was eleven and currently have a 14 handicap i have picked up golf and people tell me i have a nice swing i play golf almost everyday after school and take private lessons

[Left Is Right]

ill see u there

[GOLFSALOT00]

look foward to it are you playing in any tournaments this summer

[Left Is Right]

just county tournaments but if I get really lucky and win the state juniour tourney ill play national

[GOLFSALOT00]

im playing in the junior world qualifier probaly wont make it but ya never know and im playing in some local tournaments and in my clubs junior club championships

[Dent]

If you guys feel like your going to win these tournaments, sounds like you have it easy.

Good Luck!

[MasterOfTheBogey]

Does that mean you wont be making any of the cuts on tour. If I am wrong the golf channel televises first and second round coverage. Aim higher young one. Say CBS or NBC. Come on now.

With all seriousness, Best of luck to you. I honestly hope you do make it.

[GOLFSALOT00]

thanks man and ill change it to cbs

[srjorion]

Anyone else notice that GOLFSALOT00 and Left Is Right are very similar? Avatars both have leftys blasting out of the sand. Both have "Weekend Duffer" under their name. Both have about the same amount of posts. They joined a week apart from each other.

Oh, and they both type in all lower case letters too.

Coincidence?

[Big_M]

Anyone else notice that GOLFSALOT00 and Left Is Right are very similar? Avatars both have leftys blasting out of the sand. Both have "Weekend Duffer" under their name. Both have about the same amount of posts. They joined a week apart from each other.

They are from different places though, and one of them has lost some rep already

[Jack_2251]

Dude, no offence or anything, but if you are playing off 13, I doubt you will qualify for nationals.
I have seen a lot of people with good swings etc. playing off high handicaps, as it is not all that is required to play golf.
But you seem very confident to know you are going to be seen on the golf channel???

[iacas]

Coincidence?

Different IP addresses, too. But I can't fault the memory or the noticing skills. :)

And though I don't wish to dash the hopes of the OP, I think the worst thing you can do at this point is get a big head. There are probably tens of thousands of golfers your age that are already better. Good luck.

[BASHERBAKER69]

you may be good golfers, although i would suggest that off 15 and 14 handicaps respectively you have a very long way to go. When i was 15 i was playing off 4, im now 26 and playing off 5!..its not until you play with people who are in the plus figures that you realise how far you have to go to reach the dream- its a reality check, and to many this rarified place of appearing on the Golf Channel is unattainable.

To get down to scratch is a lifetimes work and practise..its not like football or other sports. The fractions required for success are minute, and the difference between a 5 and a +5 handicapper is huge.

I wish you luck, but you need to be realistic. Being off 14 at 15 years of age is nothing special these days, especially with world beating aspirations.

[AmenCorner]

Different IP addresses, too. But I can't fault the memory or the noticing skills. :)

I totally agree. Best thing this kid could get is a dose of humility. That way, he might realize how much he needs to be dedicated to get there. I was exactly the same place at his age, 14ish handicap, great golf swing, but thought I would just get better without putting in the effort. Of course that didn't really happen. Private lessons aren't the magic pill either, I had plenty of those.

The days of the Larry Nelson or Calvin Peete type person that just picks up a club and is playing on the Tour two years later are over. It's too competitive now. Golf is going through the phase now that tennis went through when I was growing up. Kids playing starting at 4 years old, everyday, and never looking back. That being said, best of luck to you young man.....But practice!!!

[Q.Q.Quillume]

i am 13 and have been playing golf since i was eleven and currently have a 14 handicap i have picked up golf and people tell me i have a nice swing i play golf almost everyday after school and take private lessons

I'm confused . . . this says you're 13, but your public profile says you're 22 . . . my guess is the "22" in your profile is a "typo" . . .

[clipped & pasted from your public profile] Age 22 Join Date April 21st, 2008 Total Posts 75

[GOLFSALOT00]

i am 13 and i do live in colorado i am a member at the country club at castle pines and i realized i am not that special but i either play golf or go to the driving range everyday after school and i practice harder and play more than almost anybody my age that i know and i set this thread up kind of sarcastically it would be nice to be able to wind up as a pro one day but i know kids who are a year older than me and shooting par and below and even they dont have a huge shot of becoming pro but i love golf so i might as well have a dream

[Dent]

At one point, I thought at 15 a 7.9 was special, but its not. I always wanted to have a job with golf maybe an assistant pro or something, but I'm nowhere near that now and never gonna get there.

I always thought 7.9 was good but it really isnt.

[GOLFSALOT00]

i would like to do the same but work for a golf company as a sales rep or something i would love a job that has anything to do with golf and is it against the law to have a dream and to aspire to be something