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This is a guy from Portland, OR. I heard him on a national radio show recently and again today on a local radio show. The story is amazing and I wish him luck.

A quick version of the story:

A few years ago Dan M. had graduated from college and was unsure of what to do with his future. He had worked for 5 years saving enough money to take a few years off and go to graduate school or something similar. He had heard the theories that someone with 10,000 hours of practice can excel at something. He decided to not go the graduate school route and instead wanted to put the 10,000 hour theory to test.

He had never golfed before but decided to put 10,00 hours of "deliberate practice" into golf and see how far he could go. He got a swing coach to help him, got a local country club to give him playing privileges, and began. He puts in 6 hours of actual practice time per day but says it takes 8-10 hours to get this 6 hours of good practice time in. He counts a round of playing as 2 hours since there is so much walking, standing around, etc...

They decided to start at the hole, and work their way out. For the first 6 months he didn't leave the putting green. After alomst a year he had still not taken a full swing. He didn't hit a driver until about 18 months into his practice. It has been almost 25 months and he is down to a 8.7 GHIN.


A really amazing story and journey. To make it all better he is a really cool guy.

The entire "plan" story: http://www.thedanplan.com/theplan.php
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