Comments on: The Dan Plan passes 4k hours and keeps on trucking

By: Robert Johansson

Robert Johansson — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:25:00 +0000

80% of all golfers or so have a handicap between 18-36.
less than 20% reach lower, and 10% reach single handicap.
That is how good golf instruction is if anyone asks me. you can expect 18 to 36.

By: Robert Johansson

Robert Johansson — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:25:00 +0000

80% of all golfers or so have a handicap between 18-36.
less than 20% reach lower, and 10% reach single handicap.
That is how good golf instruction is if anyone asks me. you can expect 18 to 36.

By: Gaza

Gaza — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:01:00 +0000

One of 300,000 in a world of nearly 7 billion people. It is estimated that 26 million play golf. Not bad I say! I classify this as excelling in golf and proves the 10,000 hour theory!

By: Gaza

Gaza — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:01:00 +0000

One of 300,000 in a world of nearly 7 billion people. It is estimated that 26 million play golf. Not bad I say! I classify this as excelling in golf and proves the 10,000 hour theory!

By: Dan L.

Dan L. — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:45:00 +0000

In line with comments from Gaza, I would also be curious to know what Dr. Ericsson considers an “elite” performer that “excels” in his chosen field…specifically as it relates to tour leve golf and your pursuit. I agree with Gaza that a scratch golfer, someone with an index of 0.0 or better, most certainly fits this catagory. According to the USGA stats from the approximately 4.5 million handicapped golfers, .68% have an index of 0.0 or better (safe to assume this is significantly lower when you are comparing to all people that play golf but don’t have registered handicaps). I would consider anybody that is in the top 1% or their field to be considered elite. Even if this means there are some 30,000 other scratch golfers out there.
There are some 260 PGA golfers that earn money from tournaments on tour each year. That is less than 1% of the .68% scratch golf players that is out there. An amazing feat that I agree warrants a class of their own…the elite of the elite.
Keep plugging away I love what you are doing!

By: Dan L.

Dan L. — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:45:00 +0000

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:38:00 +0000

“[I] would consider it a complete tragedy for someone to quit their life for 7 years to become one of 300,000 scratch golfers.”

This kind of comment makes sense from the perspective of someone without a discipline of their own. But to someone committed to improvement, it is complete nonsense. When you dedicate yourself to this kind of endeavor, you aren’t quitting your life. You’re pointing it in a new direction. And to think that a journey’s value is determined by its end point is similarly ridiculous.