Question for scratch golfers

[underparnv]

I'm one of the "weekend warriors" that made it to 0.0 for exactly one revision. I'm now back up to a 3.2 mostly due to having my first child and being away from the game (6 total posted rounds last year...), but am starting to get back into the groove of things.

When I made it to scratch I was playing once or twice a week, mostly in men's club tournaments with some local events and state events and even a couple USGA qualifiers thrown in. I would go out on my lunch break to chip, putt and hit balls. The week of a tournament I would go out and hit balls after work as well.

It took me 14 years of playing golf to get to scratch...from beginner to 0.0. I'm now 17 years in and really wish I played tournament golf the entirety of my "career".

Anyway...that's my $0.02...

[dieRx]

I started playing golf when I was 11 and I got to scratch last year at 17. I only have from around May to mid October to actually play on the golf course but I play and practice everyday most of the day during that time. All I need is a bed in the back shop and I'd be set haha.

[BuckeyeNut]

Don't let anyone kid ya....it takes a lot of play to get there.

That final 0.0 revision may finally happen while playing only weekends.........but it took a hell of a lot of play to get down to that level in the first place.

[michaeljames92]

Started playing just over 4 years ago, got to a 2.8 handicap December 2010. So it was about 3 years. Barely play/practice once a week these days. Engineering is pretty friggin hard to study lol.

[MizunoPez]

Been playing around 10 years and it took me my third year of Uni playing at least 3 times a week to get down to 4. Unless you're like bubba then you'll have to be playing a lot. Nobody plays the same game, so it's up to you to develop your own game.