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The title sums it up.

Shot 72-74 at the Country Club of Lexington (SC) to pass it on my first attempt. I'm happy with myself, but I have to admit that I think some people need to reevaluate what they are doing with golf. Played with a guy that shot 108 in the morning round and didn't come back to play the afternoon. I understand people have bad rounds, but that was tough to watch. Anyways, it was fun and now I can't play amateur tournaments anymore :(

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What is a PAT? Are you able to be a pro now?

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Congrats.

Sounds similar to what the guy in Paper Tiger said of some of the competitors.

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Welcome to the 2%. :)

I still remember a LOT of my PAT from over two years ago: http://thesandtrap.com/t/42384/ive-passed-the-pat . Good stuff. Are you apprenticing under someone? Where are you and what do you eventually want to do?

Congratulations.

P.S. I played with a guy who didn't break 90 average for two rounds (I think it was 93/88 or something like that). Unfortunately he had to play the second round because they make you sit out six months or something like that if you don't play your second round or otherwise WD except for a medical reason.

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  Bastid said:
The title sums it up. Shot 72-74 at the Country Club of Lexington (SC) to pass it on my first attempt. I'm happy with myself, but I have to admit that I think some people need to reevaluate what they are doing with golf. Played with a guy that shot 108 in the morning round and didn't come back to play the afternoon. I understand people have bad rounds, but that was tough to watch. Anyways, it was fun and now I can't play amateur tournaments anymore :(

Congrats, the most impressive part is that you could make it through while watching a guy shoot 108!

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Congratulations. You didn't just pass it, you crushed it! Well done!

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yea I live here next to campbell and play with guys in the PGM program all the time.  They take the PAT here from the white tees and some of the guys I've played with couldn't break 90 on their best day.  Not sure what these guys are doing but, it makes alot of since why the PGA is full of bad teaching pros.

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  iacas said:
Originally Posted by iacas

Welcome to the 2%. :)

I still remember a LOT of my PAT from over two years ago: http://thesandtrap.com/t/42384/ive-passed-the-pat . Good stuff. Are you apprenticing under someone? Where are you and what do you eventually want to do?

Congratulations.

P.S. I played with a guy who didn't break 90 average for two rounds (I think it was 93/88 or something like that). Unfortunately he had to play the second round because they make you sit out six months or something like that if you don't play your second round or otherwise WD except for a medical reason.


I had no idea that only 2% of people pass it in their first attempt, that's giving me a certain bit of pride (along with some extra ego). I moved from Chicago to Greenville, SC at the beginning of the summer to pursue the PGM program offered at Clemson. As for what I want to do, I'm going to see how I do in the program and who knows where golf will take me in the future. I'm going to start playing in a lot of the mini-tour tournaments in a few months. Being able to play year round was imperative to my ascending to the next level of professional golf.

I hope I didn't come off as a jerk when I made those comments about that other player. What was most upsetting to me was that his inability to play affected the play of the other people in the group. It is very, very difficult to remain focused for 18 holes when someone in your group is hitting two balls off the tee, blading shots over the greens, duffing chips, and then five putting every single green. I understand that people have bad days on the golf course and if you're not used to tournament pressure, those bad days are going to be worse than normal. But a bad day for a player that is aspiring to be a pro should fall in the mid 80s, not in the 100s. A decent player that is fighting their swing for the day should still be able to get the ball in the hole and not be 36 over par for one round.

Maybe the guy will try again in the future. But if I saw him I'd recommend that the try a few things differently. I'd tell him at least make it to the tee before your scheduled tee time. Poor guy was just having a hard time from the get go.

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You didn't come off in bad form because the guy shooting 108 had no business being out there. This is not a US Open set-up by any means with the course being set-up as fair as possible. His w/ding was the best thing for him to do as it showed compassion for the rest of the group especially those guys who are grinding to just make the target score of 15 over course rating in 36 holes. With your plus rating, I think it would take a lot to get you unglued, but to some of those guys that are on the bubble, it can mean a lot. Besides, the guy only has to wait 90 days to try again, but I doubt that 90 days would be enough to have a game good enough to make the grade.

The set-up comment was not to take away anything from the people that passed it because while it may not be crazy hard, it is still a tough mental test playing 36 in one day knowing that a job or career path is what is at stake. Playing any golf under those conditions and passing easily shows that you are ready to tackle some of the mini-tour events and sectionals that are offered. Good luck and enjoy!

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Congrats........you blew away the PAT requirement by a mile

My old home course hosted the PAT's in the 1990s.  Based on the CR, all they had to do was average 78's to pass and I was shocked by the terrible scores.  IMO.....that guy who shot 108 definitely had no business being on the course, but I suppose if he was willing to pay the fee, it's his own business.  I would have been p!ssed if I got stuck either with or behind his group!!

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  dsc123 said:
Originally Posted by dsc123

Sounds similar to what the guy in Paper Tiger said of some of the competitors.

That guy didn't pass his PAT either. He had a really bad day. Anyway, his head was in writing the book.

Getting back on topic ... Congrats to OP Bastid. Always great to see hard work pay off.


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Congrats on passing - another item checked off the list. Good luck at Clemson. [quote name="poser" url="/t/61033/passed-my-p-a-t#post_752430"]yea I live here next to campbell and play with guys in the PGM program all the time.  They take the PAT here from the white tees and some of the guys I've played with couldn't break 90 on their best day.  Not sure what these guys are doing but, it makes alot of since why the PGA is full of bad teaching pros.   Congrats btw [/quote] I don't understand what you're saying. If the guys can't break 90, they can't pass the PAT. If they can't pass the PAT, they can't become PGA teaching pros. How does not being able to become a PGA teaching pro make the PGA full of bad teaching pros? Besides, according to many folks here, you don't actually have to be able to break 90 (or 100, for that matter) to teach golf.

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  LovinItAll said:
Originally Posted by LovinItAll

according to many folks here, you don't actually have to be able to break 90 (or 100, for that matter) to teach golf.

I don't buy into that at all....

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