Im an 18 handicaper whos been playing golf for 3 years ( 1 year up at the club ). Id that good ?

Question

Im an 18 handicapper who has been playin golf now for 3 years. Is that good ?. I got cut the other week from 24. I can drive the ball about 230-250 and my best score is 83, with 4 sixes and a seven. Do you think i will become a proffetional golfer ?

Answer 1

I am a newbie at golfing as well - my hdcp is down again to 19 - I started with a 46L and last year I made Most Improved Golfer as I got my handicap down to a 16.9 - I just checked the LPGA today and checked to see how old the oldest player ever to play in an LPGA tournament and she was 65. JoAnne Carner holds the record for oldest golfer to make a cut on the LPGA Tour. Carner was 64 years, 26 days old when she made the cut at the 2004 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship. She finished 90th. There are a few ways to become a professional golfer.  If your handicap is low enough, you can qualify. You can go to a qualifying school where you play against hundreds of others.   If you join your local men's league, ask the president; he'll know for sure. Here's some info that I found, which you might find useful.  If you want to be a professional golfer, you must start to compete in tournaments.  Start as an amatuer to see if you eventually might be good enough to turn pro.  If you someday get good enough to think about turning pro, you simply state that you want to play as a pro (on an entry form for the tournament), for money and go tee it up.  As far as the PGA Tour goes, you must file an application with an entry fee of $4,500.  You then must qualify in the top 20% of the field in two separate tournaments to get to the PGA Tour finals.  There you must complete 108 holes and finish in the top 30 to get a players card.  

To give you a realistic picture, it will take you about 5-10 years of practicing and playing, both in tournaments and regularly, and taking lessons to be able to compete.  If you cannot beat just about everyone in your state on a regular basis, keep your day job.  You must practice and play 6-7 days per week and you're right, you better have the motivation.  But we all need to dream, so if it's you, let it rip and good luck.  This was written in response to a "david" by Eddie Kilthau, who is a PGA Member.

Answer 2

Live your dream. If that dream is golf, go for it.

Answer 3

proffetional, maybe.

professional, no.