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

[DrvFrShow]

You can online, last time I had a handicap.

Really? Wow. I would think that they would have had a filter in the program for reporting seasons, states and golf courses in a database. Someone didn't write a very good program. Come on it's not that difficult to write.

[Golfingdad]

Is he playing from the pro's tees or the celebrities?

It would be a complete farce if he played from the amateur tees - I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he's not a complete dunce and that he's playing from the tips.

[Shorty]

Is he playing from the pro's tees or the celebrities?

Originally Posted by RandallT

That's pretty cool! Dan will play Pebble Beach in a couple hours, with same tees and pin placements as yesterday's final round .

[iacas]

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Originally Posted by Shorty

Originally Posted by RandallT :

That's pretty cool! Dan will play Pebble Beach in a couple hours, with same tees and pin placements as yesterday's final round .

The amateurs had tees in Sunday's final round too. :)

[Shorty]

The amateurs had tees in Sunday's final round too. :)

That's right.

And Dan wouldn't know the difference anyway.

He's hangin' with the pros, talking about AimPoint and new wedges.

Job done. May as well put him at 50 in the Order of Merit now. ;-)

[iacas]

That's right.

And Dan wouldn't know the difference anyway.

He's hangin' with the pros, talking about AimPoint and new wedges.

Job done. May as well put him at 50 in the Order of Merit now. ;-)

If he is, he's not doing it right…

First thing I've noticed about Pebble after 6 holes: it would be great to have a caddy help read these greens. So subtle, can't find a line

— Dan McLaughlin (@thedanplan) February 16, 2015

[newtogolf]

The amateurs had tees in Sunday's final round too. :)

That's why I asked, thanks.

[RFKFREAK]

Is he playing from the pro's tees or the celebrities?

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Most proud moment so far, just parred the 9th at Pebble. Par 4 playing 481 yards today. Beast of a hole.

Del Monte Forest, CA

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[iacas]

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Most proud moment so far, just parred the 9th at Pebble. Par 4 playing 481 yards today. Beast of a hole.

Del Monte Forest, CA

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The round can't be going too well for him then.

A low digit player playing a 500-yard par five often expects to make a birdie (they expect to more often than they do, but still…).

[Lihu]

Yeah, it seems like Dan is making a big deal about the "481 yard monster par 4", which I agree is really long and beyond what I can currently play. However, the last few times I've hit that distance it was with a Driver/hybrid albeit nearly perfect drives and hybrid shots.

It appears that they are playing from the longest amateur tees, and not the US Open ones.

Do the pros always play the "US Open" tees whenever they play this course?

[Pretzel]

Yeah, it seems like Dan is making a big deal about the "481 yard monster par 4", which I agree is really long and beyond what I can currently play. However, the last few times I've hit that distance it was with a Driver/hybrid albeit nearly perfect drives and hybrid shots. It appears that they are playing from the longest amateur tees, and not the US Open ones. Do the pros always play the "US Open" tees whenever they play this course?

484 isn't that long. Assuming two solid shots (with a fairway drive), that's no more than driver and a 5/6 option for me. He would be screwed if he even played high school golf. The state tournament had only two par fours of under 440 yards on the whole course...

[iacas]

It appears that they are playing from the longest amateur tees, and not the US Open ones.

The 9th is listed as 466 on http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html .

[Golfingdad]

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Most proud moment so far, just parred the 9th at Pebble. Par 4 playing 481 yards today. Beast of a hole.

Del Monte Forest, CA

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Yeah, and there is one or two of these, seemingly, every week at a tour stop.

Yeah, it seems like Dan is making a big deal about the "481 yard monster par 4", which I agree is really long and beyond what I can currently play. However, the last few times I've hit that distance it was with a Driver/hybrid albeit nearly perfect drives and hybrid shots.

It appears that they are playing from the longest amateur tees, and not the US Open ones.

Do the pros always play the "US Open" tees whenever they play this course?

No, not quite.  Check out this link:  http://www.pebblebeach.com/golf/pebble-beach-golf-links/yardage-and-ratings  10, 13 and 17 are really the only holes with a significant distance difference.  I believe that more this tournament, they're playing the Blue tees.

484 isn't that long. Assuming two solid shots (with a fairway drive), that's no more than driver and a 5/6 option for me. He would be screwed if he even played high school golf. The state tournament had only two par fours of under 440 yards on the whole course...

Also of note:  The fairway on number 9 slopes down and towards the ocean A LOT.  If you can hit the fairway, it's not going to play 484 because you're going to get a lot of roll on your drive.

[Lihu]

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Originally Posted by Lihu

It appears that they are playing from the longest amateur tees, and not the US Open ones.

The 9th is listed as 466 on http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html .

Oh, that's different. A weak drive and decent hybrid for me then . Or a once in a lifetime lucky drive with a downhill hard pan/pavement roll assist and a 52 degree wedge.

[Wittler]

I am really hoping he will post a scorecard. I think it more likely that he will just gloss over the bad holes and focus on the almost birdies...

[Wittler]

Strike that. he apparently is happy with an 83.

[Lihu]

Strike that. he apparently is happy with an 83.

83 is not bad. . .

[Wittler]

I agree, 83 is not bad for a high single digit handicapper. I have never played Pebble nor have I ever been a 3 hdcp but I would think (and could be very wrong) that a 3 would be in the 70s on that course more often than not.