Just out of interest...

[cs1986]

If you are serious you need to join a decent club thats a decent level of difficulty and length with an infrastructure, academy etc You need to surround yourself with decent pros and golfers of a low handicap who will spot any talent you may have and work on it.. There you can take advice from decent pros and get some lessons from. Theres no point playing on a mud track in some back water town on a £5 budget.... It wont work and you wont benefit from it unless you have an unusual talent ...... Sorry dont mean to burst your bubble but the level between being a good club golfer on a 5 handicap to becoming a Euro Pro player is massive..... the step beyond that into the main tour is insurmountable. Most of the top pros were +6 etc playing on proper courses whils an amateur. There exceptions of course (look at Poulter) but I guess at your age and time frame for the goal you would have to be around single figures now to have a chance??

I have a number of pros at my place both playing and teaching. There's a few kids (<19 - 21) who are out there all day every day practising and honing their skills 10 hours a day at least. I bet thats the case with many clubs. VV few make it. Theres one lad who played for England as a kid and hes on tour at the mo over in Asia before he can qualify for the Europro! It costs his parents a fortune to travel and take care of expenses. Weve had another who spent several years on the Europro tour and is now back teaching in the Acedemy. They are smashing guys and v good golfers far better than most of the scratch golfers but...... hey good luck with it I hope you get something from it :thup:

Thanks for the reply! I completely agree with what you say about joining a good club thats a testing course. I am not rushing into joining a club, Im having a good look round first to see what there is and what the facilities are like etc. I know that I have picked a dream that is virtually impossible (should have chose tiddlywinks ) but Im going to have a crack and see how close I come. As has been said earlier by someone, if I get my handicap down to single figures then that in itself will be a huge achievement. Going onto the next level from there would be even bigger. With a goal like this every achievement has to be bigger than the last and I like that

Thanks for the good luck wishes!