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armandoartist Established Member

armandoartist

Okay I'm not even close but with so many members here I was wondering who was the closest to getting on tour? maybe you could get some sponsors out of this. I think I could of been a pro had my parents had money and I started playing at age 2. I started at 25 and didn't see much improvement until 29 when I finally took some lessons. So what's your story?

Maybe somebody is already on like the nation wide tour. But your probably not hanging by a computer but instead practicing 24/7.

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James_Black Great Member

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Ben is the closest i think.
He plays on some mini tours.
He's doing pretty well.

Look up "Mini tour play".

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jamo Incredible Member

jamo

My guess is Ben too. Though I remember seeing one guy with a +3 handicap, which would be Ben's, which is listed as +2.5.

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Texian Well Established Member

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I am a "Pro."
When the four grandparents were deciding on which name they wanted our first grandchild to call us, I said I wanted to be "Pro." So now I have 4 and 2 year olds, and that's what they call me.
Hopefully, one of these days when they're a bit older we'll have a good laugh and they'll see the humor in it.

ohiolefty Great Member

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I'm as close as I am to making love to Scarlett Johannson.

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enis750 Great Member

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  ohiolefty said:
I'm as close as I am to making love to Scarlett Johannson.

hehehe ^^^ now that right there is some funny chit!! hahah!

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sean_miller Incredible Member

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  ohiolefty said:
I'm as close as I am to making love to Scarlett Johannson.

You need a good chat up line - try, "Does this towel smell like chloroform?"

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kpaulhus Great Member

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  ohiolefty said:
I'm as close as I am to making love to Scarlett Johannson.

In both instances that would involve drugs lol

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Chris223 Dedicated Member

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I can't see how anyone close to being a PGA tour pro would be on this forum. I mean let's be honest, even the pros ranked 400th in the world are still CRAZY good. I mean these guys on the big boys tours are just insane with what they do. Not even most scratch golfers could be considered close to tour material.

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jc650 Member

jc650

Good question, Im gonna use the next 18 years to try to get ready for the Champions tour.

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enis750 Great Member

enis750

really close..........i can hit my 4i 260 [sarcasm/]
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bwdial Great Member

bwdial

  enis750 said:
really close..........i can hit my 4i 260 [sarcasm/]

Only 260? Amateur. :p

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mcfc_nick Great Member

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ive got 32 years to get ready for the seniors and then ill be ready :)

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TourSpoon Super Member

TourSpoon

  Chris223 said:
Not even most scratch golfers could be considered close to tour material.

Very true statement...a scratch golfer still needs to get to +4 or +5 to be in the big show. To get there from scratch is still miles.

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