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The Dan Plan - 10,000 Hours to Become a Pro Golfer (Dan McLaughlin)

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Lihu Incredible Member

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I don't believe it makes golf easier unless you are crippled or playing in horrendous heat or humidity.

Maybe, but I can only comfortably walk 18 holes in a day. I tried 36 holes and that was a bit too much for me. Whereas, I've played 27 holes in a golf cart in a day and would have liked to have played double that time permitting. . .

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There once was a man named Dan He thought that he had a grand plan He drummed up some money Though most thought it funny That he spoke like a confidence man   Dan thought

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A blast from the past. Haven't thought about this in a while! People seem to be waking up now and wondering what the heck ever happened to this project. Couple other recent links I just found too, in

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Ah, the Dan Plan. I wouldn't change anything I said in my article roughly a year ago. I feel that was the best post mortem we were going to get. I mentioned in that article that we were not going to h

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Personally I always carry. Don't really like using a trolley, carts are fun for a laugh but not for when you're supposedly engaged in a sport. I'm told by clever people at the academy that carrying your clubs vs using a cart or trolley will cost you about half a shot a round on average. Stats can prove anything though.

Regarding Mark Crossfield he turned teaching pro off scratch. Maybe he got a little better or maybe a little worse but Gamegolf has him pinned at +0.5 right now. 

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That is completely absurd. Unless you are playing an incredibly hilly course on an incredibly hot day and/or are elderly or infirm, you have a serious problem if walking the course affects your score.

You clearly do not drink enough and smoke enough cigars while playing. 

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You clearly do not drink enough and smoke enough cigars while playing. 

Had to give you a + on that one! :beer:

I have to admit that one time I walked and drank a few beers, I was not finding the fairways. That is, I hit my ball into them, but couldn't find the fairway or my balls. :-D

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Personally I always carry. Don't really like using a trolley, carts are fun for a laugh but not for when you're supposedly engaged in a sport. I'm told by clever people at the academy that carrying your clubs vs using a cart or trolley will cost you about half a shot a round on average. Stats can prove anything though.

Regarding Mark Crossfield he turned teaching pro off scratch. Maybe he got a little better or maybe a little worse but Gamegolf has him pinned at +0.5 right now. 

I believe it. One reason you will see many college teams here doing so. However, with your goal carrying should be a training exercise as Jack saw it for himself in his college years. You can enjoy the physical advantage of the extra energy when you have a pro caddy.

BTW, now that you are at least a year into your program, what's the update on official handicap? Shouldn't you have at least a yearly progress check? 

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BTW, now that you are at least a year into your program, what's the update on official handicap? Shouldn't you have at least a yearly progress check? 

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Is Charlie who commented on the latest post on Dan's blog someone on here? Just rings a bell....

Charlie says:

As we’ve agreed all along, you’re just one data point in the testing of the 10,000-hours theory, but at least you’ve learned a lot along the way. I’ll bet if we took 50 people at the start, there would be many playing as well as you, many playing worse — including many because of injury — but even the ones better than you wouldn’t be close to being a low-level tour pro. 10,000 hours isn’t a sufficient condition for mastery; it’s merely a necessary one.

I hope the folks in Finland ask good questions!

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Well, it doesn't sound dead, anyway. . .

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Kill slow play. Allow walking. Reduce ineffective golf instruction. Use environmentally friendly course maintenance.

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Kill slow play. Allow walking. Reduce ineffective golf instruction. Use environmentally friendly course maintenance.

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Not to sound repetitive. But I strongly, vehemently, strenuously disagree with the statement in the last tweet: "5 months putting 6 hours a day".  What a way to suck the fun out of a game where the best part is getting the ball in the air.

Ah, I just saw your response @iacas right after I wrote this.

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5 months of putting probably fits right into a possible training routine for a training institute in Finland on the verge of a long cold winter indoors. . .

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3 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Not to sound repetitive. But I strongly, vehemently, strenuously disagree with the statement in the last tweet: "5 months putting 6 hours a day".  What a way to suck the fun out of a game where the best part is getting the ball in the air.

I couldn't agree more.

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