I love sharing this story. My brother caddied for Larry Fitzgerald. He would come to our club as a guest, and it was a very hard club to get invited to.
He says he’s the nicest guy ever and was legit shooting 77-79 after a year of golf
When he asked him how he did it, Larry said “I am the greatest athlete to ever live”
I may not fully believe this post but it’s not impossible from what I’ve seen
The amount of people that I play with that expect to be given putts when we both know their knees shake at more than 12" is staggering.
I mean count your score however you want. But in a league? Fkn putt it out
Agreed. I don’t believe any of this nonsense.
I got 30 downvotes in this sub for calling out a guy saying his middle aged adult child was a scratch golfer after a year and a half of casual experience. I’m surprised people are upvoting you.
It’s just not possible to become scratch in 18 months. That’s a totally ridiculous statement. Micheal Jordan who is as athletic as they come is not even a scratch golfer after playing for 30 years.
Oh man you’re one of those. Micheal Jordan who is athletic as it comes isn’t even a scratch golfer after 30+ years. Claiming your middle aged adult child magically became scratch in 18 months is obviously a lie.
Out of curiosity i went and looked at his swing. It actually looks pretty good. Not at all like someone that has played three times. I think that post by them is just bait.
First link from google. Skip to 1:20.
[**https://www.pgatour.com/video/features/6348267623112/tua-tagovailoa-plays-pro-am-micd-up-at-the-cognizant-classic**](https://www.pgatour.com/video/features/6348267623112/tua-tagovailoa-plays-pro-am-micd-up-at-the-cognizant-classic)
Way worse swings break 80, from way worse athletes. Prolly got fitted for the pro am.
True I don’t think 94 is that crazy for a guy like him but you make a good point that even people that have been playing for years have no idea how to keep score correctly.
In 18 years of golf, I don’t think I’ve seen more than a couple players correctly take a red stake drop outside of competition.
Even the players who think they play by the rules basically just drop where the ball touches the water or slightly behind it.
If you actually track where you crossed the line, red stakes get really fucking penal really quick.
Same with gimmes, they add up insanely more than this sub thinks.
Same with unplayable, it’s not “find a spot with a clear line to the flag, no closer to the pin and take a stroke”
It’s “two clubs from the ball (not from the edge of the obstruction) or go backwards on a line between the ball and the flag as far as you want but not left or right or full stroke and distance”.
I had an unplayable in a tournament Tuesday and still had to hit a 60 yard hook after dropped 40 yards back of the obstruction.
Folks just don’t get how penal the rules actually are.
When I first started I was 13 and playing off the front tees and had a 54 handicap that year I went from 54 to 24. So I can easily see a professional athlete doing that.
At 13 with no experience and no lessons not bad I'd say.
Edit: also was using a child's Dunlop set as that's all I could afford. Fast forward to now and I'm playing off of 5 and enjoying it as much as anyone else
Yeah man I think we all can relate to that... School with football practice takes up about as much time as most people's jobs I think. I've always thought we should get more time for ourselves than just nights and two days at the end of the week.
I used to work with an ex college athlete. He had never golfed before but was interested in learning the game. He was one of those dudes that was a 3-sport athlete in HS and still worked out regularly. I took him golfing and he caught the bug. Within the first month - after probably 5-6 rounds - he broke 90 without breaking a sweat. Some people just have better control over their bodies than the rest of us.
There‘s a video on yt where a pro athlete learns golf in 4 hours and then plays 18 holes and makes a par. Sorry for the spoiler, i posted it this week and got lots of hate because of clickbait.
For some it‘s just hard to accept that pro athletes have something we all lack. If you can accept this you will enjoy the video:
https://youtu.be/CNo2-ut9Ljo?si=uD7-XTlRJvyvoIBj
Right. Even people with bad swings can still manage to put the face of the club on the ball with next level eye hand coordination. I had a worse swing a few years ago but I was playing a lot and comfortable with making contact and I was scoring better than I am now with better fundamentals but less consistency.
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Man makes millions of dollars doing ridiculously athletic things under pressure in front of millions of people. Reddit assumes he can't break 100 at a resort course because reading greens is apparently harder than reading an NFL defense.
I dont understand why people think that those who are athletic cant pickup golf quickly. The dude isnt shooting 71, he’s making doubles and triples.
He probably hits the ball far, has a good feel on the greens since he is quick and accurate with his hands, probably not a super tight course but its well manicured which makes it easier to score.
The guy gets paid millions to play a sport professionally and probably played multiple sports growing up. Probably been to the driving range more than a few times. 94 isnt that hard to believe.
The assistant golf pro at the club I worked at didn't start playing until his sophomore year in college. A year after starting his low round was 66. He was a college baseball player, no golf experience prior to that. Some people are just natural athletes.
I also met a lot of members that picked had picked up golf 5 years ago, took tons of lessons, played 3-4 times a week, and had trouble breaking 90.
I mean… what are the chances he didn’t take any lessons prior to his 3 rounds? In high school there was a 5 star recruit basketball player that picked up golf his senior year. He was shooting low 90s a month into the season.
Chipping alone would ruin a round. Even for the best athlete.
Then think of a 3rd time golfer getting stuck in sand? It’s over. I play with mid handicappers that can’t even get out of the sand
Shot 110 first time out, counted all penalties. Even got a birdie. I shot a 97 after maybe 8 rounds. I had 2 45min lessons. This guys an athlete with most likely better hand eye coordination than me, and could’ve had more practice/training. It’s not outside the realm of possibility.
But taking a look at his scorecard he finished with 4 straight pars, and that seems unlikely for a 3rd round.
It's certainly within the realm of possibility that he can hit the ball far, doubtfully with any control, but good feel on the greens after 3 rounds is nonsensical unless he practiced putting and chipping for a long time before ever playing.
Yeah, I agree that 4 pars in a row is unlikely. I can't fathom that all strokes are being counted.
Ya it sucks to hear as someone who has been playing for 3 years and struggles to break 100 on easy courses. Some people are just light years ahead in terms of coordination.
But that’s the thing isn’t it? You can’t expect to be good without coaching and you can’t expect to be as quick to pick it up as a pro athlete.
No shade at all. I was right where you are 2 years ago and I decided enough was enough. Got me a coach and now I almost never shoot over 100. I still suck, but I suck much less now.
Because most people have no idea what that level of athleticism looks like. Its not that hard to believe, if it was his first round maybe id be a little skeptical but like you said, the man is a professional athlete, his job is being good at sports lol
Everyone who is adamant this isnt possible are just genuinely unathletic. Coordinated people (like athletes) can pick up new skills extremely quickly. Golf isnt some impossible to learn sport, its just that most people who try are really uncoordinated.
Golf is hard (impossible) to master, its not that hard to be average.
In a previous comment I said the same thing. I was 13 and did country athletics in the uk and played pretty much any sport you can think of do an above average level but golf was by far the easiest I found to learn for some reason. My first year at age 13 I went from 54 to 24. So it's 100% possible to do that
Who knows, I've shot some pretty ugly 94s before. I won't completely dismiss him. Although I'm very skeptical
Maybe he's spent a lot of time at the range
Why are people here so skeptical? 3rd round of golf doesn't mean he hasn't hit a lot of balls.
I started golf last October and shot 98 on my first round. As a statement on its own that sounds absurd, but I didn't play my first round until February. I spent about 5 months only on the range, and even got a couple lessons before I felt 'ready' to play an actual round. I'm a retired athlete who is about 1% the athlete that Tua is, his coordination is probably off the charts and that goes a long long way in golf, way more than a lot of people realise.
Let's say he had a few range and putting sessions along with some lessons.
This is not hard to believe, like at all. We aren't talking fat bill from accounting, dude is a professional athlete.
The lifelong golfers who struggle to break 100 have always been uncoordinated fucks who can't carry a rhythm to make band anyway.
I mean it’s not out of the realm of possibility. I consider myself an average snowboarder and have a close friend who was tired of how expensive skiing was. So he switched to snowboarding ( slightly less expensive) and was immediately tearing it up and way better than me. Fast forward a few years and he’s like yo let’s play some golf. Played maybe twice in his life. Dude just hits the ball straight af. Not super long but just feels out the club and can get the ball down the course. Scored a 45 on 9 holes and almost made me quit. Some people are just built different.
My best friend was our highschool QB, he tried out for the golf team senior year after I gave him 4-5 lessons and he shot a 48 in the tryout, I could totally see this happening.
I don't think it's that hard to believe someone new could shoot a 94. I've never had much of a struggle breaking 100. I do question how strict they were about counting penalties, lost balls, and drops, though, because I know guys in their fourth decade of playing who aren't strict about penalties, lost balls, and drops. If you're honest and play by the rules you can easily add 10 strokes to your score in a hurry.
A legit 94 after 3 rounds? Nah homie
I love sharing this story. My brother caddied for Larry Fitzgerald. He would come to our club as a guest, and it was a very hard club to get invited to. He says he’s the nicest guy ever and was legit shooting 77-79 after a year of golf When he asked him how he did it, Larry said “I am the greatest athlete to ever live” I may not fully believe this post but it’s not impossible from what I’ve seen
Yeah he's def not counting strokes for a lost ball, 6ft give me putts, etc
Three swings to get off the tee box, 4 putts, one bladed chip on a Par 4 = "that was basically a bogey bro" Bro scoring is hilarious.
The amount of people that I play with that expect to be given putts when we both know their knees shake at more than 12" is staggering. I mean count your score however you want. But in a league? Fkn putt it out
Agreed. I don’t believe any of this nonsense. I got 30 downvotes in this sub for calling out a guy saying his middle aged adult child was a scratch golfer after a year and a half of casual experience. I’m surprised people are upvoting you.
That might be possible if you dedicate those 18 months to playing golf
It’s just not possible to become scratch in 18 months. That’s a totally ridiculous statement. Micheal Jordan who is as athletic as they come is not even a scratch golfer after playing for 30 years.
18 months vs 1 is also very different
Oh man you’re one of those. Micheal Jordan who is athletic as it comes isn’t even a scratch golfer after 30+ years. Claiming your middle aged adult child magically became scratch in 18 months is obviously a lie.
Out of curiosity i went and looked at his swing. It actually looks pretty good. Not at all like someone that has played three times. I think that post by them is just bait.
He’s professional athlete
First link from google. Skip to 1:20. [**https://www.pgatour.com/video/features/6348267623112/tua-tagovailoa-plays-pro-am-micd-up-at-the-cognizant-classic**](https://www.pgatour.com/video/features/6348267623112/tua-tagovailoa-plays-pro-am-micd-up-at-the-cognizant-classic) Way worse swings break 80, from way worse athletes. Prolly got fitted for the pro am.
Be sure to count drops and lost balls. That 94 is easily a 110 for a beginner and most beginners don’t count penalties
True I don’t think 94 is that crazy for a guy like him but you make a good point that even people that have been playing for years have no idea how to keep score correctly.
They know how, they just don’t want to
3 off the tee just because I sent my ball over the river? I don't want to do that! I'll just retake it.
Wait... I could have just lied and not counted penalties the entire time?
In 18 years of golf, I don’t think I’ve seen more than a couple players correctly take a red stake drop outside of competition. Even the players who think they play by the rules basically just drop where the ball touches the water or slightly behind it. If you actually track where you crossed the line, red stakes get really fucking penal really quick. Same with gimmes, they add up insanely more than this sub thinks. Same with unplayable, it’s not “find a spot with a clear line to the flag, no closer to the pin and take a stroke” It’s “two clubs from the ball (not from the edge of the obstruction) or go backwards on a line between the ball and the flag as far as you want but not left or right or full stroke and distance”. I had an unplayable in a tournament Tuesday and still had to hit a 60 yard hook after dropped 40 yards back of the obstruction. Folks just don’t get how penal the rules actually are.
And thank god they don’t, because there are two foursomes waiting behind them.
When I first started I was 13 and playing off the front tees and had a 54 handicap that year I went from 54 to 24. So I can easily see a professional athlete doing that.
24 handicap still averages over 100 though. And you played for a YEAR bro...
At 13 with no experience and no lessons not bad I'd say. Edit: also was using a child's Dunlop set as that's all I could afford. Fast forward to now and I'm playing off of 5 and enjoying it as much as anyone else
Not bad at all... that's actually better than most in terms of improvement. Which is what makes this story up there so unbelievable.
Not to mention I was at school playing football as well like I barely had time to play and still did well
Yeah man I think we all can relate to that... School with football practice takes up about as much time as most people's jobs I think. I've always thought we should get more time for ourselves than just nights and two days at the end of the week.
Yeah I was also dishwashing across the road from my house at a restaurant 2 nights a week so getting time was hard lol, appreciate you understanding
I used to work with an ex college athlete. He had never golfed before but was interested in learning the game. He was one of those dudes that was a 3-sport athlete in HS and still worked out regularly. I took him golfing and he caught the bug. Within the first month - after probably 5-6 rounds - he broke 90 without breaking a sweat. Some people just have better control over their bodies than the rest of us.
This is really hard for people that have been playing for 10 years and can’t break 90 to understand
Same people that will sit on their couches on Sunday and yell at the tv that even they could've made that throw.
I've been playing for 40+ years and I've only broken 90 maybe 20 times. I totally get it.
Pro athletes are legit super-humans. Less than 1% of people have the athleticism to make it that far. I’d be more inclined to believe than doubt
There‘s a video on yt where a pro athlete learns golf in 4 hours and then plays 18 holes and makes a par. Sorry for the spoiler, i posted it this week and got lots of hate because of clickbait. For some it‘s just hard to accept that pro athletes have something we all lack. If you can accept this you will enjoy the video: https://youtu.be/CNo2-ut9Ljo?si=uD7-XTlRJvyvoIBj
Right. Even people with bad swings can still manage to put the face of the club on the ball with next level eye hand coordination. I had a worse swing a few years ago but I was playing a lot and comfortable with making contact and I was scoring better than I am now with better fundamentals but less consistency.
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He was not. This was summer in central Ohio in the 90s.
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OK fine but you still gotta make your shots.
Pars on 17 and 18. Nice finish….better than a cold night in KC anytime.
15-18 pars If I’m reading correct
At least he doesn't have to worry about overshooting the green.
yea its possible... What makes me suspicious is no blow-up holes. NOT 1
we have different definitions of blow up, a triple is a blow up hole.
I agree yea thats my blow-up. Not for a beginner.
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No way
Man makes millions of dollars doing ridiculously athletic things under pressure in front of millions of people. Reddit assumes he can't break 100 at a resort course because reading greens is apparently harder than reading an NFL defense.
I dont understand why people think that those who are athletic cant pickup golf quickly. The dude isnt shooting 71, he’s making doubles and triples. He probably hits the ball far, has a good feel on the greens since he is quick and accurate with his hands, probably not a super tight course but its well manicured which makes it easier to score. The guy gets paid millions to play a sport professionally and probably played multiple sports growing up. Probably been to the driving range more than a few times. 94 isnt that hard to believe.
Majority of guys on this sub absolutely stink at golf and see no improvements in their game year over year so they cannot fathom this possibility.
The assistant golf pro at the club I worked at didn't start playing until his sophomore year in college. A year after starting his low round was 66. He was a college baseball player, no golf experience prior to that. Some people are just natural athletes. I also met a lot of members that picked had picked up golf 5 years ago, took tons of lessons, played 3-4 times a week, and had trouble breaking 90.
66 within a year? Fuckin doubt it.
> has a good feel on the greens since he is quick and accurate with his hands Not after only playing 3 rounds. Not a chance.
I mean… what are the chances he didn’t take any lessons prior to his 3 rounds? In high school there was a 5 star recruit basketball player that picked up golf his senior year. He was shooting low 90s a month into the season.
Chipping alone would ruin a round. Even for the best athlete. Then think of a 3rd time golfer getting stuck in sand? It’s over. I play with mid handicappers that can’t even get out of the sand
Shot 110 first time out, counted all penalties. Even got a birdie. I shot a 97 after maybe 8 rounds. I had 2 45min lessons. This guys an athlete with most likely better hand eye coordination than me, and could’ve had more practice/training. It’s not outside the realm of possibility. But taking a look at his scorecard he finished with 4 straight pars, and that seems unlikely for a 3rd round.
It's certainly within the realm of possibility that he can hit the ball far, doubtfully with any control, but good feel on the greens after 3 rounds is nonsensical unless he practiced putting and chipping for a long time before ever playing. Yeah, I agree that 4 pars in a row is unlikely. I can't fathom that all strokes are being counted.
Ya it sucks to hear as someone who has been playing for 3 years and struggles to break 100 on easy courses. Some people are just light years ahead in terms of coordination.
How many lessons have you had in 3 years?
None
Well…I guess you know why you struggle to break 100.
That feels uncalled for in a discussion about people being better than expected lol. But you’re not wrong.
But that’s the thing isn’t it? You can’t expect to be good without coaching and you can’t expect to be as quick to pick it up as a pro athlete. No shade at all. I was right where you are 2 years ago and I decided enough was enough. Got me a coach and now I almost never shoot over 100. I still suck, but I suck much less now.
Because most people have no idea what that level of athleticism looks like. Its not that hard to believe, if it was his first round maybe id be a little skeptical but like you said, the man is a professional athlete, his job is being good at sports lol
ITT people learn how much of a difference there is between themselves and professional athletes
Ball in hole & no clean and place & no mulligans & no gallery drops & no do overs = everyone in this subs scores just went up by a minimum of 5
Also, imagine the course they are playing. He’s probably 3-5 putting each hole alone
He’s a pro athlete. This is not that shocking. Those guys are freaks
Is this the “Tiger Wish-He-Could” we’ve recently heard about?
No that’s Keon Coleman
Everyone who is adamant this isnt possible are just genuinely unathletic. Coordinated people (like athletes) can pick up new skills extremely quickly. Golf isnt some impossible to learn sport, its just that most people who try are really uncoordinated. Golf is hard (impossible) to master, its not that hard to be average.
In a previous comment I said the same thing. I was 13 and did country athletics in the uk and played pretty much any sport you can think of do an above average level but golf was by far the easiest I found to learn for some reason. My first year at age 13 I went from 54 to 24. So it's 100% possible to do that
Who knows, I've shot some pretty ugly 94s before. I won't completely dismiss him. Although I'm very skeptical Maybe he's spent a lot of time at the range
Everyone saying that it’s not unreasonable for a PRO ATHLETE to score 97 after a few rounds getting downvoted. Salty ass sub.
Why are people here so skeptical? 3rd round of golf doesn't mean he hasn't hit a lot of balls. I started golf last October and shot 98 on my first round. As a statement on its own that sounds absurd, but I didn't play my first round until February. I spent about 5 months only on the range, and even got a couple lessons before I felt 'ready' to play an actual round. I'm a retired athlete who is about 1% the athlete that Tua is, his coordination is probably off the charts and that goes a long long way in golf, way more than a lot of people realise.
Everyone here is really insecure and mostly unathletic.
Let's say he had a few range and putting sessions along with some lessons. This is not hard to believe, like at all. We aren't talking fat bill from accounting, dude is a professional athlete. The lifelong golfers who struggle to break 100 have always been uncoordinated fucks who can't carry a rhythm to make band anyway.
3rd round ever. Possibly has spent months on the range to improve his swing.
Mulli's were taken
No one knows the rules on their third time golfing. So more like 194
But but but golf isn’t athletic…
Everyone calling BS has clearly never met someone that is legitimately naturally gifted. It’s super irritating, but also insane to watch…
The course maxes out at 6k yards. He’s literally a 0.001% athlete. I absolutely believe he could have done this.
I mean it’s not out of the realm of possibility. I consider myself an average snowboarder and have a close friend who was tired of how expensive skiing was. So he switched to snowboarding ( slightly less expensive) and was immediately tearing it up and way better than me. Fast forward a few years and he’s like yo let’s play some golf. Played maybe twice in his life. Dude just hits the ball straight af. Not super long but just feels out the club and can get the ball down the course. Scored a 45 on 9 holes and almost made me quit. Some people are just built different.
“If it was easy they’d call it snowboarding •”
4 pars in a row to end the day, yeah sure dude. I’m sure you didn’t get frustrated and just started lying…
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My son has that shirt! The guy in the driver seat.
I could believe it, He def has money for some good lessons.
As an eagles fan, yes, please miami... pay tua
Anything's possible when you don't play by the rules (especially when you don't know most of them) 🤷🏻♂️
My best friend was our highschool QB, he tried out for the golf team senior year after I gave him 4-5 lessons and he shot a 48 in the tryout, I could totally see this happening.
I don't think it's that hard to believe someone new could shoot a 94. I've never had much of a struggle breaking 100. I do question how strict they were about counting penalties, lost balls, and drops, though, because I know guys in their fourth decade of playing who aren't strict about penalties, lost balls, and drops. If you're honest and play by the rules you can easily add 10 strokes to your score in a hurry.
+1 for the Canes hat -1 for the Tua promo …par