Age and Handicap

[JimmyBGolf]

Age: 16

Handicap: 6.4

Career Ambition: idk yet lol

[PhxGolf]

Age: 16
Handicap: 3.0

[MMIX]

Age: 26
Handicap: Sometimes I limp a little...

[Rapture93]

Age: 15
Hcp: 3.5
Career Ambition: PGA tour or club pro

[jrgolfer37]

age: 14

handicap: 6.4

[tigerphan]

Age 16
Handicapp 0.2*
Career - hopefully golf

* I cannot putt to save my life :P

[golfkid]

Age:15

Handicap: 18

Career: Following in the footsteps of Tiger Woods

[mikey19y]

lol just reading this i am laughing guarentee 3/4 of the kids that post here are liars.. I just took up golf this year and im a 2 handicap haha bullxxxx

[anthonykim3]

[quote name='mikey19y' post='1890202' date='Aug 15 2009, 08:13 PM']lol just reading this i am laughing guarentee 3/4 of the kids that post here are liars.. I just took up golf this year and im a 2 handicap haha bullxxxx[/quote]
not wanna start anything cause fighting over the internet is gay. but if we think about this logically we kids have the summer off and play every day and a lot play 36 or 27 a day, so by the time were all said and done most of us play 100 or plus rounds. Assuming you are a married man with children if you have and amazing wife your getting out twice a week and getting about 40 rounds a year even though most i talk to its more like 20. so for me i have 187 rounds in my belt so far and i am a 5.1 ignore sig i have played 1 3/4 years now. for the guy playing 20 rounds a year thats roughly 9 1/2 years so its all relevant, not to mention were young and in shape a ton of kids play one year of hockey and play AAA the next year stranger s*** has happened then some one having natural talent. Now like i said before i am not bashing i just didn't think or assume you thought from this point a view and i realize this was not directed at me but in everyone in general.


keeping duffing

[moegolfer11]

Age 15 as of yesterday

Handicap: embarassed to say 6

Career: of course i want to turn pro but the chances are slim to none (depressing)

BUT what i really want to do is work in the Titleist/Scotty Cameron tour van.

OR
be a gastrointerolgy doctor. i want to do this because i have chrones disease and primary sclorosing colongitis aka liver disease. i would love to help people deal with the same disease i have and be able to give them first hand expericenes of it.

[Matriga]

I simply don't understand how you guys get to 3 or 4 handicap after just 1 year of competition! I mean, in Belgium, it it simply impossible to get after 1 year single!!
Impossible! Is there an answer please? How come?
Age: 12
Handicap: 21 in europe so 16 in US?
Ambition: Something in common with businnes :p so nothing to do with golf sadly :-)

Thanks for answering me!

[woodmont]

Age: 16
Handicap: .9 and lately I've been shooting around 3 to 4 under par here on the homecourse.

Nathan A.K.A. Woodmont

[J.R.]

Age 13
Handicap 11 (Second Year)
Career: Who knows

[J.R.]

[quote name='moegolfer11' post='1930503' date='Sep 2 2009, 08:44 PM']Age 15 as of yesterday

Handicap: embarassed to say 6

Career: of course i want to turn pro but the chances are slim to none (depressing)

BUT what i really want to do is work in the Titleist/Scotty Cameron tour van.

OR
be a gastrointerolgy doctor. i want to do this because i have chrones disease and primary sclorosing colongitis aka liver disease. i would love to help people deal with the same disease i have and be able to give them first hand expericenes of it.[/quote]

Embarassed to say 6? Thats great!

[Range-Rat]

[quote name='Cavity-Blade' post='1121379' date='Jun 16 2008, 03:26 PM']Age:13

Handicap:3.8


Career Ambition: PGA Tour Golfer [/quote]


[quote name='Cavity-Blade' post='1122603' date='Jun 17 2008, 10:04 AM'][quote name='ccpgolf' post='1121617' date='Jun 16 2008, 06:50 PM']looks like there is going to be a lot of PGA tour pros coming from this site.. dream on[/quote]


Hey man cmon, I wanna be a professional golfer with such a burning desire that it keeps me up at night (seriously)

On practice days I practice 5-8 hours, and I play 3 times a week. I have only been playing golf for 2 years and my handicap is 3.8.

If I dont make it to the tour then I will not get a job... I will practice even harder, nothing will keep me from being on the PGA Tour.


Cavity-Blade
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[quote name='Cavity-Blade' post='1237242' date='Sep 1 2008, 08:19 AM'][quote name='epixep' post='1234582' date='Aug 29 2008, 06:47 PM'][quote name='SV Golfer' post='1125460' date='Jun 18 2008, 06:13 PM']Seriously guys. As much as I support chasing dreams, I support being realistic just as much. Let's face it. If you're not already contending in national tournaments in your teens, and if your handicap isn't already low, your chances of getting on tour are slim to none.[/quote]

The chances of becoming a successful professional golfer are slim to none even for those top ranked national juniors. But, it doesn't matter.

All these juniors that are heading off to college are doing the right thing. They are preparing themselves for life after golf.

Any junior that goes to college to improve their golf game isn't thinking clearly. Golf games don't improve in college, if anything you're just behind two years on the kid who took two years off and trained at an Academy in Sweden or Austrailia.

You'd be surprised how many Nationwide and PGA Tour players were not successful juniors or collegiate golfers. So, I'm going to step in and tell every junior out there that dreams of being the best player in the world to completely ignore you - you have no clue what you're talking about.

Dream on.
[/quote]

Thank You epixep
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well its been a year and a half, and i have improved my hcap by 2.2 strokes to a 1.6. My game still isnt even close to where I want it to be but I still have time

[mkotthoff]

Age: 14

Handicap: 1.9 (was a +2.2 last spring, but swing went to hell, starting to get it back though)

 

Career: Hopefully a touring pro, if not a teaching pro. We'll see how I play in tourneys this year.

[zblowfish]

Age: 17
Handicap: 3.1
Career: Business Management/Accounting

[JCG!!!!!!]

Age: 17
HC: 7
Life after high school: dentist or PA

[steveh1591]

dont want to sound like an a** but there are some seriously low handicaps for your ages here

[longballguy]

Age: At least 2x as old as most posts

HDCP: Golf Clubs

Ambitions: A better HDCP

[UNCC Golf#1]

How do you guys my age shoot under par. I've only done it once (71) and I a 3.9 handicap. Got any tips?

[Guia]

Age: 70
Handicap: 7

Retired, and play 4 times a week.

[mkotthoff]

[quote name='steveh1591' date='10 January 2010 - 08:48 PM' timestamp='1263178096' post='2173778']
dont want to sound like an a** but there are some seriously low handicaps for your ages here
[/quote]


The handicaps seem low to you because you have a CONGU (R&A) Handicap Index. The USGA handicaps tend to be a few shots lowers than the CONGU, because of the differences in the system. The CONGU handicaps tend to stay a little closer to a player's average score while the USGA handicaps are based of the top 10 out of 20 rounds. In other words, the CONGU handicap tends to be based on a scoring average and the USGA is focused on the player's potential. They both have their pros and cons, I'm not sure which one is the "better" system.

[mkotthoff]

[quote name='UNCC Golf#1' date='10 January 2010 - 09:13 PM' timestamp='1263179609' post='2173839']
How do you guys my age shoot under par. I've only done it once (71) and I a 3.9 handicap. Got any tips?



[/quote]


Hit your GIRs, keep under 30 putts, and get more up and downs. I know how basic it sounds, but if you can do this, its not so difficult to break par every now and then. Shoot for at least 14 greens a round and fewer than 27 putts and you'll be alright.

Hope this helps.

[mikey19y]

im 16 i golf all summer too. I guess I understand hah.. but still quite outrageous guess ill be seeing some of you in the masters soon.

[daniel32293]

hate to be a damper to all of us kids who dream to be on tour... tour pros handicaps are like in the +5 to +7 range.... ya i saw that and my heart just sank