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**Agedprepdoock** · 01-03-2011, 10:33 PM

My instructor is a +2 and has been a +3. He is the best I have ever played with, he has played some on the Asia tour, and has made a living playing professionally. He tells me he isn't even close to PGA tour level, mostly due to his length. The holes are so long on tour now and average par 3 is well over 200 yards and and average par 4 is 450. To be a PGA pro you have to have unbelievable talent, good to great length, a short game that makes any 40 yard shot look easy, and putt lights out, all under more pressure than you can imagine. Very few can do it.

01-03-2011, 10:33 PM	#12
Agedprepdoock Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	My instructor is a +2 and has been a +3. He is the best I have ever played with, he has played some on the Asia tour, and has made a living playing professionally. He tells me he isn't even close to PGA tour level, mostly due to his length. The holes are so long on tour now and average par 3 is well over 200 yards and and average par 4 is 450. To be a PGA pro you have to have unbelievable talent, good to great length, a short game that makes any 40 yard shot look easy, and putt lights out, all under more pressure than you can imagine. Very few can do it.
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