staticline
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I had the privilege of playing college golf on scholarship. I've shot 65 a couple times. I used to think that if someone gave me $300K and said you've got a year to get ready, go play the tour next year, that I could do it. But, then, after graduating college, I attended my first PGA Tour event, The Byron Nelson, back in '91. I sat on the range and watched Tom Watson and Tom Purtzer, as well as a few others hit balls, and I thought to myself, "I have no business being on the same golf course with these guys".
The talent level is so far beyond a "scratch" golfer, it is unreal. These guys hit a drive 300+ yards and land the ball, on a consistent basis, within a couple of yards of each other. If you even took the 200th ranked player on tour and said hit 10 shots with your 5-iron and flight them all the same, there would be so much overlap, and such little shot dispersion, it is unreal.
And the shortgames are amazing. They absolutely think they are going to make everything, without a doubt. We laugh when we see them on TV making funny faces after a miss. But, a lot of that has to do with how confident they are in their chipping and putting. For the most part, these guys even expect to make their bunker shots.
The talent level is so far beyond a "scratch" golfer, it is unreal. These guys hit a drive 300+ yards and land the ball, on a consistent basis, within a couple of yards of each other. If you even took the 200th ranked player on tour and said hit 10 shots with your 5-iron and flight them all the same, there would be so much overlap, and such little shot dispersion, it is unreal.
And the shortgames are amazing. They absolutely think they are going to make everything, without a doubt. We laugh when we see them on TV making funny faces after a miss. But, a lot of that has to do with how confident they are in their chipping and putting. For the most part, these guys even expect to make their bunker shots.