Instagramer trying to be a scratch golfer in one year.

Assuming he has no job and can dedicate all his time to practice I could see high single digits.


Scratch is a different ball game.

ETA: I just watched a video of him on the range. He might want to focus on breaking 90.

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Assuming he has no job and can dedicate all his time to practice I could see high single digits.

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I have athleticism and all the time in the world and will never come close to being a scratch golfer.

Check out Jerome Rufin. He has been doing this for a while. Gets instruction from the best coaches in the world.
I’m not a big fan of Jerome but I really enjoy watching the instructors teach. The Dana Dahlquist lessons are money


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This guy sucks and has no chance, but scratch is basically what, averaging a 74-76 with the new handicap system?

There are a lot of “scratch golfers” out there that seemingly never break par and play 6300 yard courses, at elevation.

So I do believe it would be possible for the right person to go from Zero to fake new school scratch in a year. But in reality, they would probably be an 8-9 capper on a real course.

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That's not how handicaps or course ratings work. To be "scratch", essentially 8/20 rounds need to be at par or 1-3 over on a tough course and/or back tees.

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You are right.

Handicap is “potential.”
It is the good side of your golf.

So IF you are a “10” you won’t shoot an average of “82” every time you play.
You will meet or beat your index about 1 in 4 rounds.

Golf is hard. Beating your handicap is real hard.

Would think that is very doable to achieve if you put in the time. Not that hard to be a scratch if you go about it the correct way. Unfortunately the vast majority of people, who want to be good, don’t put the time in or work on the incorrect things.

I think for people that are great natural athletes it’s attainable to get to scratch quickly if they dedicate all their time to it. Patrick Peterson became a 6 handicap from never playing before in 1 year, and that was with being a full time pro football player

I think any college baseball, tennis, or football skil player could get it done.

For most they ain’t going to get to scratch in a year

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So not legit

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Not passing too much judgement yet. Maybe his coach told him he hit it 250 to get the confidence up.

He allegedly videos each shot so he did post all three shots of the par 3 par.

First round total was 120 (63/57) could only double par. Surprised the back 9 was better than the front after that many shots.

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I played baseball. Getting to single digits wasn't hard. Getting to scratch is another level. You just can't get enough rounds under your belt in a year.

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Imagine getting to practice 8 hours ever single day with a coach though

I think if good natural athletes got a year to do that they would be averaging in the mid 70s for normal golf courses

That’s the thing. A scratch golfer would shoot around +12 on a 4 round tournament at a normal country club setup. So they still are losing by about 30 strokes to the pros

Being scratch is an awesome achievement but it doesn’t really mean shite in the “real” golf world of money. It’s the equivalent to a 4.5 tennis player. You are better than almost everyone around you, you look legit, but you are so far away from money golf or tennis it’s not even close

I was more or less talking about random golf influencers that claim they are scratch, but when you look at the courses they play, it’s a bunch of 475 yard par 5, 330 par 4, 135 yard par 3 type shite

And if you are only taking 8 out of 20 rds

I think my original comment of a modern day scratch only averaging a 74-76, vs a 72, was pretty accurate

The handicap system is fricked these days. It’s got a bunch of people thinking they are better than they are

In my mind, if I average a 77, I’m a 5 handicap. But if mtake into account, I’m playing 73-74 course ratings, and not deleting 60% of rounds, I’m probably technically a modern day “scratch golfer”, which wasn’t the way the handicap system worked when I actually kept a handicap back in my high school days.

I think the handicap system is mostly a sham these days. And people game that flawed system even more to try to impress people. Meanwhile, they can never break 80-85 in a tournament setting, while claiming/boasting of a sub 5 handicap.