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

[Lihu]

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. . .

[Nosevi]

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. 

Random Mark Crossfield link.....

 

[tdiii]

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. 

[Lihu]

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

Had to give you a + on that one!

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.

[natureboy]

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? 

[iacas]

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? 

This is the Dan Plan thread.

[natureboy]

This is the Dan Plan thread.

Gotcha, but in my defense see much of the previous two pages. 

[nevets88]

 

http://www.kisakallio.fi/valmennus/scientific_conference/program.html

 

[Nosevi]

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

Charlie says:

November 11, 2015 at 4:36 pm

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!

[Lihu]

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

[nevets88]

 

 

[nevets88]

 

[Pretzel]

Two blog posts already in November means things are at least much better than they were previously in the information drought.

[nevets88]

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.

[Lihu]

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. . .

[Pretzel]

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.

[RFKFREAK]

47 minutes ago, Pretzel said:

I couldn't agree more.

Seriously,  Putting can be so boring and hell-a-frustrating.

[nevets88]