My son is 15 and hes a amazing golfer like scratch and i am wondering where the best place to live is.........

Question

to make the pga tour or anythign high standards in golf

Answer 1

You shouldn't be basing where your family lives just because your 15 year old likes to play golf. While he me seem amazing to you, I would get a second and third opinion. Tigermania is a strong influence in today's marketing but 15 year olds typically do most things well and say "Man, I want to do that when I grow up". I would have a one or two teaching professionals look at his swing, golf skills, and thought process to see how much talent has. Parents want to please their children but I don't think you should be up-rooting your family based on a 15 year olds whim. Do you know what type of course he plays - is it public/municipal course? a private course? a difficult course? So many factors to consider.

Answer 2

Just my two cents worth, for what its worth. Like the former caddie said, really good golfers are a dime a dozen. I have known guys that could play a course any day of the week, a fairly tough one at that, shoot 10 under par under tournament conditions, and still they were not good enough to make it on the tour. One guy I speak of tried for years, had good sponsors and was able to work at it for years, amazing golfer, but couldn't even cut it on the Nike tour.
When you think about the number of people that play golf, just in this country, then slice it down to the number of players that make a living on the big tour, what , 250 or so, then the mini tours where a few do fairly well, its something less than 1000 people actually able to make a living doing it.
My point is that scratch is good, and good for a 15 year old. But the guys that make it on tour are usually so good that they stand out very early on, have tremendous skills that most others just don't have and people find out about it. It might be foolish just to pull up stakes and leap into the unknown unless you know this boy really has what it takes.
95% of tour golfers played for a college team, played in all the top amateur tournaments around the country, had loads and loads of top quality professional instruction from early on, and basically lived golf day and day out for many years. Odds of making it to the big show are quite slim, just like any other professional sport. I think most of the pros are much better than anyone really realizes.
Enough said, get him some top flight professional instruction, lots and lots of tournament experience, get him into a college and onto a good team, then, if he continues to excel, shows that he is still better than most other players, maybe, just maybe he might have a crack at it down the road.
It is exciting to think of the possibilities but do it with a small dose of the reality of it all and the true statistical chances of him actually being good enough to break thru.
Best of luck.

Answer 3

answer above is a bit rude but still has some validity...

Where are you right now? If your on the east coast, head to florida. West coast, head to AZ (cheaper than CA), middle of the country, dallas tx. You also have to take into consideration what you do for a living and if those areas have a lot of that work available.
Get him into college on a golf scholarship then if the tour doesnt work out he can afford to play on his own dime.

good luck.

Answer 4

If this is your sons wish; then my best advice would be Napels Florida. There at FGCU Doc Jim Suttie is the golf coach and also gives lesions. He is without a doubt the best golf instuctor in the world and is your sons best bet towards a career in golf. Suttie has a eye for talent and will be truthfull about your childs golf potential.

Answer 5

If you have a 15 year old son why do you ask junior high questions like how do you start a convo with girls?
I would love to see a 15 year old scratch golfer.
Get real!

Answer 6

I would recommend going down to florida. If youre son is all that he is cracked up to be, i would recommend trying to enroll your son into the IMG academy (Leadbetter golf coaches out of here). It is a sports first academy, that also provides a good education. Your son would be under very good coaching and would hone his game accordingly for preparation for college.

Answer 7

Although it's been said many times already... Florida and Arizona are the two best spots. Obviously, employment for dad is critical (unless young jr. is going to work at a course; not a bad idea).

Answer 8

if you're looking for good places for him to work consistently on his golf game, then you'll probably have to look for somewhere where he can go all year at it...florida, arizona, california are the clear-cut best areas, especially because of the high number of courses in those states

Answer 9

if hes really that strong have his coaches get a hold of a big swing trainer...some of the high profile ones are in vegas, ariz and florida...natalie gulbis moved to vegas to be close to butch (who originally worked Tigers swing) paula creamer moved to fla to go to a golf academy...lefty has ledbedder and so on...have a local pro assess his swing and game , then see if you can have one of those big swing coaches also assess his game...good luck to you...

Answer 10

#1-Bradenton, Florida, has golf academy, almost everyone who goes turns pro: http://www.imgacademies.com/golf/jump.sps

2-Anywhere else in Florida

Arizona- with Jim Mclean

Vegas with Butch Harmon.