Hypothetical Scenario Question

If you are relatively athletic, you could get to scratch in 6mos maybe faster.

Probably depends on what you struggle with, how much time and effort you’re willing to commit, and physical limitations. I’ve seen a bunch of unathletic rich folks throw tons of money at golf and never really get any better.

My handicap hovers between a 6 and 8 depending on how much I’m playing (currently less than 10 times a year, been as low as a -1 when I was playing a bunch) could probably get to scratch or +1 within a year if I could play every day and had unlimited access to the best teachers

With proper coaching and direction I could get into the low single digits. Not sure I could get to a scratch though. The things I struggle with is typically distance. My short game is pretty good.

I stay between a 6-9 handicap... play 8-10 scrambles per year for work and I play my own ball maybe 6-8 times per year.

I'm pretty sure if I had coaching and unlimited time and money I would get down to scratch or better... The difference between a scratch golfer and a professional golfer is world's apart though.

I have often wondered if some of the guys I play with that are already plus handicappers were to do something like this could they make a living playing. These guys are +2 or +3 and only play once or twice a week and rarely "practice".

I don't think they would be the next Phil Mickelson or Davis Love but I think some of them could make bottom 200 money, play mini tours, and possibly make PGA Tour appearances from time to time if they were to put in the time and commitment. Especially the guys that putt extremely well.

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Let me start by saying this: I’m really, really good at golf. I can fly it 300 yards off the tee with a tight draw. In 2016 I went a month without shooting a score over par. I share the course record of 63 with Sam Snead at Ontario’s Napanee Golf Club. I can hit a hook that’ll climb over a tree and a slice that’ll skip across a pond, and I can hit a flop shot so high and soft that it lands like a marshmallow. When my putter gets hot, it’s the best part of my game. Of the 60 million players in the world, I’m in the top 10th of the top 10th of the top percent of them. If you lined up 100,000 golfers, I’m guessing I’d be better than at least 99,992 of them. And in my two-and-a-half years as a professional golfer, I’ve learned two things. The first: I’m basically trash

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That's from Dylan Dethier's article about trying to play pro golf: LINK


Starting from a low teens, I think you could drop your handicap into the low single digits, for sure.

If you're already in the single digits, you could probably get competitive on the State Am, Mid Am circuit.

But no matter what, you'll likely still be miles from the average Web.com player.

For me, probably a 3 index.

I don’t have enough raw talent and club head speed to be great.

I’ve been as low as 8.7; so really working at it I think I could be about a 3 index.