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

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Settle down on the location. I know you have to represent and all but still.

Having lived in southwest Michigan for a number of years I feel like I need to inform people that the Pacific Northwest isn't a frozen tundra like other parts of the country. I can't tell you how many times I've run into people from the Midwest and East Coast that think because OR or WA is relatively close to the same longitude as them that somehow we get the same weather.

[DrvFrShow]

Seriously. The location argument is starting to bother me. It's been sunny and 55 the entire month here. This isn't the Mid West or New England where you can't play 5 months out of the year. It's one of the most mild climates in the country and both Portland and Seattle are consistently voted some of the best golfing cities in America.

Damn, we let the cat out of the bag, didn't we.

No. The climate is terrible. It rains all the time. 360 days out of the year! It's cold and windy from November through the end of March! Welcome to Washington. Now go home!

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Damn, we let the cat out of the bag, didn't we.

No. The climate is terrible. It rains all the time. 360 days out of the year! It's cold and windy from November through the end of March! Welcome to Washington. Now go home!

Let's just keep reiterating that so they'll stop moving here!

[Lihu]

http://thedanplan.com/the-most-amazing-week-part-3/

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The most impressive part of each of their games, to me, was their long iron play.  They hit their long irons as accurate as I hit my wedges.  Their putting was good, chipping good, driving the ball they hit it far, but the huge difference between where they are and where I am is that fact that 190-230 yards out they are going to stick it to within 20 feet whereas I’m just happy if I hit the green.

Charlie didn’t even have a hybrid or wood.  His set goes from driver to 2-iron and he could really pound that 2-iron.   they both hit the driver within 5 yards of each other and on Pebble didn’t hit driver on that many holes as it’s not a very long course, playing around 6,900 yards.  Even on the par 5 6th hole neither pulled driver and both got on the green in two.  Jason Eagled it from 6′ after having birdied the 5th and then birdied the 7th to bring his score down to 17 under and within 2 of the lead.  Later on Jason had a couple bogeys when he was pushing contention and then ended up 4th overall.  Charlie had a late push and birdied the last 3 holes to end up 3rd overall.  It was great golf on a beautiful Sunday and fun to watch them try and make a charge.

A sign that he is beginning to understand just how good the pros actually play?

[nevets88]

http://thedanplan.com/the-most-amazing-week-part-3/

A sign that he is beginning to understand just how good the pros actually play?

Again, skipped through most of the post, not really much for the whole celeb thing. Didn't know Feherty said he had a snowball's chance in hell. Sounds like something he'd say. Pretty sure he knows what they were capable of before PB.

[Pretzel]

Again, skipped through most of the post, not really much for the whole celeb thing. Didn't know Feherty said he had a snowball's chance in hell. Sounds like something he'd say. Pretty sure he knows what they were capable of before PB.

Feherty is great at putting a humorous spin on what a lot of people are thinking, but wouldn't say themselves.

[shortstop20]

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Originally Posted by DrvFrShow

Another thing he's also engaging his left side way too soon on his downswing, and his left elbow is getting trapped. At impact his left elbow is still stuck. His body won the race. He also looks very tight and not fluid. Of course the weather up here hasn't been conducive to loose and fluid TBH. He also rolls his left foot slightly outside at the top of his swing

He must have tendency to hit a lot of thins.

Another bit from that link. Maybe Dan will understand now that his long game isn't near good enough and he really needs to spend time on his swing.

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The most impressive part of each of their games, to me, was their long iron play.  They hit their long irons as accurate as I hit my wedges.  Their putting was good, chipping good, driving the ball they hit it far, but the huge difference between where they are and where I am is that fact that 190-230 yards out they are going to stick it to within 20 feet whereas I’m just happy if I hit the green.

[RandallT]

I wonder if Dan realizes that Feherty wasn't joking. Regardless, that was a pretty damn cool photo of Jason Day. PGA could change their logo to that silhouette.

[natureboy]

Feherty is great at putting a humorous spin on what a lot of people are thinking, but wouldn't say themselves.

He can be pretty blunt on air, he might be more diplomatic to Dan's face. Maybe not?

[Lihu]

http://thedanplan.com/the-most-amazing-week-continued-and-finalized/

I know there is a long way to go from where I am to where I want to be, but after watching these guys and then playing the same course from the same boxes and tees I have a deeper understanding of what I need to do to get to where I need to be.  They definitely do everything better, as they should.  But, if I had the same skill-set test a year or two ago I don’t think that I could have sniffed the 80s. There is a lot of work to be done and that’s the whole point.  I, very hopefully, look forward to having similar opportunities in the future as this was a great way to see exactly where I stand compared to the greats.  In comparison, they are still great and exactly why it is so fun to watch professional golf.

[Pretzel]

Well, awry last now we officially know he's delusional since he still thinks his goal is reachable after playing directly with pros.

[Lihu]

Well, at last now we officially know he's delusional since he still thinks his goal is reachable after playing directly with pros.

I still want to know what he's smoking, must be really good? :-D

[nevets88]

He mentions he knows what he needs to do. What is that? No details. And what has he been working on for the last couple of weeks?

[iacas]

That's just not going to get it done. Ick.

Also, ick here:

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I don’t have a 3-wood with me right now and the thought of going for it with a hybrid didn’t sound too tempting so I laid up with an 8-iron to a good number: 120 yards.  I had a good club in my hand and a great number in front of me. I wanted to stick it close, but honestly was looking around too much and in the moment just didn’t focus well and pushed the shot to the left side rough about 2 feet off the green.

I posted a comment to his blog. I took a screenshot too. Odds it will be published? I say 30%.

Someone let me know if it sees the light of day.

[DrvFrShow]

I still want to know what he's smoking, must be really good?

DJ Short Blueberry. 26.8% THC.

Downside: He spent a lot of money and he's going to miss his goal. He has to get his resume together.

Upside: He got to be decent enough of a player to where he'll be able to enjoy the game. He has memories of this experience.

[fr0sty]

That's just not going to get it done. Ick.

I have been following this project very casually for a few years and up until now I have never actually seen Dan's swing.

I'm impressed that he can keep his index in the low single digits with all that going on.

[nevets88]

I'm being super nitpicky and it could have been the moment - 18@PB, but that's a bad camera angle. Straight on into the ball? And I say this knowing I can improve/be more consistent with my own camera angles. Again, there's a function to my criticism, consistent camera angles make comparisons easier. And it's easier to improve on that straight away than incorporating a swing change.

[Lihu]

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I don’t have a 3-wood with me right now and the thought of going for it with a hybrid didn’t sound too tempting so I laid up with an 8-iron to a good number: 120 yards.  I had a good club in my hand and a great number in front of me. I wanted to stick it close, but honestly was looking around too much and in the moment just didn’t focus well and pushed the shot to the left side rough about 2 feet off the green.

120 yard 8i stuck close to the pin???

How the heck can he manage that? 45 degree open face and a half swing???