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

[GHIN0011458]

Tournaments I think are golf at its' truest. Everything about tournament golf is legit. There is no drops from hitting OB. If you hit in the water you are not dropping on the side closest to the green to save time. Pin locations are put where the golf course designer intended them to be, not in locations chosen by a greens keeper. The course is typically in the best condition it can be(for that particular course) and the greens are rolling true. The mental side is a whole other ball game than with friends and I get to actually focus on what I have worked on. When I go out and shoot a 70-74 in a tournament I feel much more accomplished then when I shoot a 69 in a round for fun. Ahh.. I just love tournament golf. I wish there were more individual tournaments than scrambles. Scrambles are the farthest thing from real golf and I can't stand them.. unless they pay good money, but still not true golf. Sorry to go off on a tangent but I highly recommend competing in individual stroke play to everyone.

[Golfingdad]

When I go out and shoot a 70-74 in a tournament I feel much more accomplished then when I shoot a 69 in a round for fun. Ahh.. I just love tournament golf.

Totally agree with this as well ... so long as you add 8-10 strokes to each number. A 79 or 80 on a course set up for a tournament, requiring you to play 100% by every rule and hole out every putt, some with pressure, is 10 times more satisfying than a 74 on an easy 6200 yard muni, early in the morning, with a double bogey ESC and a couple of 18" gimmes.

I just love tournament golf.  Sorry to go off on a tangent but I highly recommend competing in individual stroke play to everyone.

I'm still fairly new to it - only played in about 8-10 real individual tournaments so far, all in the last 18 months - but I agree.  Everybody should give it a shot.

[Lihu]

Anyone ever attended a seminar like the one Dan says he will attend?

http://www.vision54.com/index.html

Okay, I see the ploy.

Here are the steps:

1) Say you are a 3 handicap.

2) Shoot badly in two consecutive tournaments to get an entire community of serious golfers to say there's no way you will ever be good.

3) Take this seminar.

4) Say you are inspired by this seminar.

5) Shoot to your handicap of 3 at the next 10 tournaments.

6) Tell all the interviewers that an entire community of serious golfers doubted you, but this seminar really turned you around.

7) Get millions of dollars from the profits generated by this strategy, because many golfers are now signing up for it.

8) Get a sponsors exemption to the Web.com or PGA, no Q-School needed. Presumably even a 3 handicap could play with a sponsors exemption?

9) Play one season then bow before its end.

10) Made the goal within 10,000 hours.

11) Sell millions of books and training DVDs etc to every parent on the planet netting millions of more dollars.

I know, what an imagination.

Just wait till it happens.

[David in FL]

Okay, I see the ploy. Here are the steps: 1) Say you are a 3 handicap. 2) Shoot badly in two consecutive tournaments to get an entire community of serious golfers to say there's no way you will ever be good. 3) Take this seminar. 4) Say you are inspired by this seminar. 5) Shoot to your handicap of 3 at the next 10 tournaments. 6) Tell all the interviewers that an entire community of serious golfers doubted you, but this seminar really turned you around. 7) Get millions of dollars from the profits generated by this strategy, because many golfers are now signing up for it. 8) Get a sponsors exemption to the Web.com or PGA, no Q-School needed. Presumably even a 3 handicap could play with a sponsors exemption? 9) Play one season then bow before its end. 10) Made the goal within 10,000 hours. 11) Sell millions of books and training DVDs etc to every parent on the planet netting millions of more dollars. I know, what an imagination. Just wait till it happens. :smartass:

Wanna bet? ;-)

[Lihu]

Wanna bet?

[nevets88]

Okay, I was mistaken. He does have some high frame rate video on his YouTube account, but there's not many and the latest is February. Wish there were a more recent swing. It's not bad, but it looks like he's swinging too hard, some inefficiencies there but I'm guessing his swing might be a little different now.

[BerkeleyRehab]

Tournaments I think are golf at its' truest. Everything about tournament golf is legit. There is no drops from hitting OB. If you hit in the water you are not dropping on the side closest to the green to save time. Pin locations are put where the golf course designer intended them to be, not in locations chosen by a greens keeper. The course is typically in the best condition it can be(for that particular course) and the greens are rolling true. The mental side is a whole other ball game than with friends and I get to actually focus on what I have worked on. When I go out and shoot a 70-74 in a tournament I feel much more accomplished then when I shoot a 69 in a round for fun. Ahh.. I just love tournament golf. I wish there were more individual tournaments than scrambles. Scrambles are the farthest thing from real golf and I can't stand them.. unless they pay good money, but still not true golf. Sorry to go off on a tangent but I highly recommend competing in individual stroke play to everyone.

Well said.

And handicap has double-bogey max for single digits.

I just wish he was more honest with updating stats and scores and played more tournaments.

[flopster]

Okay, I was mistaken. He does have some high frame rate video on his YouTube account, but there's not many and the latest is February. Wish there were a more recent swing. It's not bad, but it looks like he's swinging too hard, some inefficiencies there but I'm guessing his swing might be a little different now.

I see a rolling of the hands at the take away that is something I'm surprised his instructor has not been all over him to stop, all that will do is cause timing issues which will only become more pronounced the longer the club, no wonder driver is such an issue with him.

[UGNgolf]

Wish I had that kind of time and money! Good luck to him!

[BerkeleyRehab]

Something else about tournaments is that you play with other good players. Can definitely raise his game. He will see how other experienced players handle pressure and play certain shots. I think he should turn pro and go on gateway tour. Problem is that he is financially strapped. He wasn't really open about this from the get-go.

[nevets88]

I see a rolling of the hands at the take away that is something I'm surprised his instructor has not been all over him to stop, all that will do is cause timing issues which will only become more pronounced the longer the club, no wonder driver is such an issue with him.

His hands initially aren't going in they're actually going out but he's not sucking the clubhead way way inside. It just looks like he's swinging out of his shoes. Should be able to swing easier and get similar distance. If it were me, I would be publishing more video. He'll get more scrutiny but if I were donating money, which I'm not, I'd expect more vids and photos. So much wall of text in his blog entries I just skim, get to the d@mn point, video says 1,000 words.

[flopster]

I'm seeing Dan has had a real reverse of fortune over the past 10 rounds, he only has 2 rounds in the 70's versus 2 in the 80's the previous 10, the next 5 rounds will drop revision scores, also he did play at tournament on the 13th but once again failed to break 80 but did better (81), so maybe he will get out to more tournaments, who knows. He still is not posting all of his rounds, according to his countdown he played 11 times before 6/15/14 but recorded only 9, not sure what is going on there.

[Lihu]

His hands initially aren't going in they're actually going out but he's not sucking the clubhead way way inside. It just looks like he's swinging out of his shoes. Should be able to swing easier and get similar distance.

If it were me, I would be publishing more video. He'll get more scrutiny but if I were donating money, which I'm not, I'd expect more vids and photos. So much wall of text in his blog entries I just skim, get to the d@mn point, video says 1,000 words.

I think he looks pretty well grounded. Not a bad swing, just a little too slow for an aspiring pro.

I'm seeing Dan has had a real reverse of fortune over the past 10 rounds, he only has 2 rounds in the 70's versus 2 in the 80's the previous 10, the next 5 rounds will drop revision scores, also he did play at tournament on the 13th but once again failed to break 80 but did better (81), so maybe he will get out to more tournaments, who knows. He still is not posting all of his rounds, according to his countdown he played 11 times before 6/15/14 but recorded only 9, not sure what is going on there.

I suppose everyone has slumps, I'm still wondering if the motivational golf therapy will help him.

He might be able to break into the mid/low single digits but only with serious help.

[nevets88]

I think he looks pretty well grounded. Not a bad swing, just a little too slow for an aspiring pro. I suppose everyone has slumps, I'm still wondering if the motivational golf therapy will help him. He might be able to break into the mid/low single digits but only with serious help.

Yeah, I was only looking at the slow motion vids. Realtime looks nice and smooth. What the hell do I know but that swing looks better than what he's been scoring lately. It would have been better if he was at this point 2 years ago.

[Lihu]

Yeah, I was only looking at the slow motion vids. Realtime looks nice and smooth. What the hell do I know but that swing looks better than what he's been scoring lately. It would have been better if he was at this point 2 years ago.

Agree, at least he is doing the right thing seeing a golf head doctor.

I still think he's going to plateau around an honest 6 handicap, which would be really good. So, we should expect that he can shoot in the mid to high 70s after this golf seminar gets through with him?

[LuciusWooding]

I think he should try to get to 10,000 hours of therapy; that should do him more good than trying to reach his goal.

[Lihu]

I think he should try to get to 10,000 hours of therapy; that should do him more good than trying to reach his goal.

Funny, I would suggest this to all marketing folks.

For those who are in marketing, please accept my sincerest apologies, you guys are different because you golf.

[flopster]

His hands initially aren't going in they're actually going out but he's not sucking the clubhead way way inside. It just looks like he's swinging out of his shoes. Should be able to swing easier and get similar distance.

If it were me, I would be publishing more video. He'll get more scrutiny but if I were donating money, which I'm not, I'd expect more vids and photos. So much wall of text in his blog entries I just skim, get to the d@mn point, video says 1,000 words.

Well this is what I was getting at.