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Post by mrooola on Jan 21, 2016 11:47:59 GMT -5
I think 80% of the players in tgctours ould reason similar to you. I'm confident that pretty much everyone on Web would make the pro tours had they done the Q school now (the old one at least). Although that would mean months of missing out on the fun competitions. What I'm saying is that had everyone been ready to compete and more or less stopped progressing we would have seen a far different field than we have right now. Good or bad. I'll let each and everyone decide. Don't beat yourself up on taking the Q school early. I did too. Never thought I'd get out of CC-B. 2 good weeks and suddenly I'm in Web.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2016 12:40:58 GMT -5
I think 80% of the players in tgctours ould reason similar to you. I'm confident that pretty much everyone on Web would make the pro tours had they done the Q school now (the old one at least). Although that would mean months of missing out on the fun competitions. What I'm saying is that had everyone been ready to compete and more or less stopped progressing we would have seen a far different field than we have right now. Good or bad. I'll let each and everyone decide. Don't beat yourself up on taking the Q school early. I did too. Never thought I'd get out of CC-B. 2 good weeks and suddenly I'm in Web. Don't get me wrong. I've enjoyed interacting with the folks here in the classes. Made a few friends who have been a big help. But I was in no way ready for this. I looked at my history today and courses I was shooting high 70s on I'd easily be breaking par now. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing where the future leads. I doubt I'll ever make PGA or Web but maybe someday I might make it up to B or even A. Either way, I'm just going to enjoy the ride.
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Post by mrooola on Jan 21, 2016 13:46:20 GMT -5
I think 80% of the players in tgctours ould reason similar to you. I'm confident that pretty much everyone on Web would make the pro tours had they done the Q school now (the old one at least). Although that would mean months of missing out on the fun competitions. What I'm saying is that had everyone been ready to compete and more or less stopped progressing we would have seen a far different field than we have right now. Good or bad. I'll let each and everyone decide. Don't beat yourself up on taking the Q school early. I did too. Never thought I'd get out of CC-B. 2 good weeks and suddenly I'm in Web. Don't get me wrong. I've enjoyed interacting with the folks here in the classes. Made a few friends who have been a big help. But I was in no way ready for this. I looked at my history today and courses I was shooting high 70s on I'd easily be breaking par now. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing where the future leads. I doubt I'll ever make PGA or Web but maybe someday I might make it up to B or even A. Either way, I'm just going to enjoy the ride. Yeah I see your point perfectly. I felt the same. Probably like a lot of others. My actual points here between the lines are that the community, competition and the fun of being a part of tgctours for me outweighs being ready or not at the peak of one's ability. Anyone destined for higher level of competition will sooner or later end up where they belong. I'm sure this is true for anyone who plays and competes week in and week out. Just as you are doing right now. Enjoy the ride. You had a fantastic week and I see no reason for this to be a one shot pony. Very few are as dedicated as you are.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2016 14:09:30 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong. I've enjoyed interacting with the folks here in the classes. Made a few friends who have been a big help. But I was in no way ready for this. I looked at my history today and courses I was shooting high 70s on I'd easily be breaking par now. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing where the future leads. I doubt I'll ever make PGA or Web but maybe someday I might make it up to B or even A. Either way, I'm just going to enjoy the ride. Yeah I see your point perfectly. I felt the same. Probably like a lot of others. My actual points here between the lines are that the community, competition and the fun of being a part of tgctours for me outweighs being ready or not at the peak of one's ability. Anyone destined for higher level of competition will sooner or later end up where they belong. I'm sure this is true for anyone who plays and competes week in and week out. Just as you are doing right now. Enjoy the ride. You had a fantastic week and I see no reason for this to be a one shot pony. Very few are as dedicated as you are. Yeah, well this game has become an addiction. But the practice is definitely paying off. I'm up to the fine points of refining my game, the wind and reading the greens. I've improved there a lot just the last 2 days scoring an ace each day. But reading the winds more precisely, in order to get my approach shots closer so I don't have to continuously make 10 to 15 foot putts, is something I constantly struggle with, mainly the northwest, northeast, southwest and southeast winds. Green breaks appear to be in two varieties. 1) The straight break. These are actually the easier of the breaks even if they're fast (sliding board slants) The reason is because they're steady throughout the shot. So it's just a matter of reading the degree outside of the hole (left or right) to aim. I'm now missing these by a narrower margin than I used to. 2) The minefield break. These are the diabolical ones where the course designer essentially puts little dips throughout the green making reading them, in some cases, close to impossible. Most of these I miss by inches because of a last second break to the left or right. The only way to avoid these is to get closer to the hole. They are the worst. My driving, while still not perfect, is close to it. I still have minor problems are very narrow or winding fairways with steep elevations where I'm not sure where the ball is going to land. This is where a lot of practice on the course itself helps a lot, allowing me to make notes of the holes that give me problems and where I need to aim depending on the wind. In short, there is a ton of math that goes into this game that took me a long time to realize. Manual dexterity skill is actually at a minimum here, relatively speaking. It's really the numbers that separate the men from the boys. Where I fall short is my patience in actually sitting down and doing the computations. I just want to play golf. Hopefully, a lot of the numbers stuff will become second nature if by nothing else then through pure repetition. Bottom line? I now go to the course directory and look for all the hardest courses instead of the easiest ones because those are the ones that will make me a better player. I learn nothing from an easy course anymore. I also go into playing these hard courses with more confidence than I ever had. At least I feel I can make par on any course out there now. Yes, some are really tough to do that on. But I don't feel like I have no chance like I used to. That's a big plus when you develop that kind of confidence, even if it's unfounded. Sometimes just believing is half the battle. Anyway, I've rambled on long enough. Time to get back to my new course that I am hoping will someday be good enough to submit to TGC Tours. Won't THAT be a kick getting my course accepted and actually get to play on it.
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