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Originally Posted by nfotiu
Pardon the dad bragging here, but my 110 lb 14 yo son shot his first even par 9 holes today (followed it up with a 45 on the back  ). Nevertheless, he's had 5 straight rounds between 78 and 82 this week, and all 6500-6700 tees. He only started playing golf 18 months ago, but I'd estimate he has played over 500 rounds in that time and averaged about 1-2 hours a day on the range and short game practice.
He's an athletic kid who was the top starting pitcher on his travel baseball team and during his 5th round of golf broke down into tears saying he was never going to be able to get good at this if he kept having to go to baseball practice. He quit a few weeks later and played 1-3 round pretty much every day since.
I'm getting curious to see how this turns out for him. He's started playing in some competitive tournaments and is quite a bit behind the really good juniors who've been playing since they were much younger, but he's progressing quickly. |
Have yo taken him to any of the golf academies for a clinic so they have an evaluation opportunity? There are some good preparatory high schools out there that offer good academics and golf development programs. If this is something he really wants to do and has the ability it may be worth a look. If you are interested I can point you in the direction of a couple good ones that generate not only good talent, but good students.