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Question by Maslock J.: what do you think it takes to become a golf pro?
i’m 14 years old and i want to become a golf pro when i’m older.
at the moment. i started about a month ago.
i can hit the 4-9 irons about 100 yards each. some a bit over.
but…what does it take to do more than that? what does it take to become a a pro? tell me whatever, because i’m willing to do whatever it takes
p.s. by that i mean i can hit all of those clubs at least 100 yards.
and i’ve never used a three, two a one, or a driver
Best answer:
Answer by Autismmomof2
My son is a member of the Long Beach Golf Association (were Tiger Woods started) and he will use his drivers to hit far. You also need a good swing, that will make a good distance too. Use your driver for the first par. The best thing is to start with lessons and the proper size clubs. Good luck and keep thoughs pars comin!
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It will take pure dedication and sacrifice.
You will have many more competitors that Tiger did, and Tiger is the best.
Starting when you’re 14, you’re already about 7-10 years behind your peers.
Everyone and their mother is trying to start kids out at 3-4 years old since Tiger’s come on the scene. The competition on the Junior circuit in the next few years will be absolutely INSANE.
If you can somehow stick it out, and win a few Junior tourny’s, you may have a chance of winning Amateur tournys or maybe even Q school somewhere down the road.
Again, just about everyone who you’re competing against has been playing seriously since they were 4
Don’t let me discourage you, I’m just letting you know that you need to be about ’10 years’ more dedicated and sacrifice ’10 years’ more time practicing than anyone else out there.
Live, breath, and eat golf….forever…and you have a shot.
It’s all in the mind.
You honestly have to be able to tune everything out and concentrate on your game. You can’t let anything impact it.
Practice is extremely important, too, don’t get me wrong. Just keep working on every aspect of the game.
As someone already mentioned the competition is going to be fierce in future years. Since Tiger Woods came on the scene, golf is now considered a “cool” sport so now along with all the soccer moms touted their little ones around, you are going to have golf moms and dads pushing their kids to play golf.
To become pro its going to take “7 days a week” dedication to the game. You have to sleep, breath and eat golf day in an day out. You’ll need to be able to play under intense pressure and not have any mental lapses in your game. Golf is over 50% mental.
Don’t concentrate on trying to achieve 300 yard drives. Scoring is from 150 yards and in. Short game and putting will seperate the men from the boys. If your short game and putting are poor, then you honestly do not stand a chance.
The first round leaders of the U.S. Amatuer Open are shooting (-2) two under par. These are just freaking amatuers.
If you do not shoot under par and I mean really low (< 65) on your home course, on a consistent basis, then honestly, you probably will not have a good chance.
Pro tournament conditions are tougher, longer and are set up to test even Tiger Woods and other top players.
It takes starting young and all dedication.
Put it this way…
Practice until you can place your empty golf bag 100 yards away from you (standing up) and dont stop hitting balls with your wedge until you drop 5 in a row in the bag!
Thats the practice and commitment it takes kid
Here is a golf school that has lots of great info about the golf industry. There are articles and quite a bit of information on golfing careers, including becoming a golf pro.
http://www.sdga.edu
Hope you find some good information
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