Professional Golfing

[slim]

So, I was watching the US Open a little today, and figured it would be cool to be a professional golfer. I mean, you get to walk around on beautiful green grass and hit golf balls all day long. Looks pretty sweet to me. I know some of you play golf from time to time, so I figured this would be a good place to get me started.

I've never payed golf before, but one time I grabbed a big old club from a yard sale, teed up a ball, and wailed on it Happy Gilmore style... It went dead straight like 300 yards. Judging from that, I'd say I'm off to a pretty good start.

So what kind of clubs do I need, and what type of bag? How should I swing the club when I try and hit the ball?

Thanks a lot for your hep guys...

-Slim

[TMCleavor]

Buy a 1970's Sam Snead set and swing it like a baseball bat and you'll be teeing it with the pros in no time.

[skav]

The most important thing is wardrobe selection. If you don't look good you won't be good.

[600#gorilla]

This is exactly what the world needs, another douche with an expensive camera calling himself a photographer.

substitute clubs for camera.......

[stonefiend]

Hey man.. you never know... and fickyoumang! ;)

Nice Alaska shots btw.. those were not taken with a compact camera. Where's the scoop son?

[slim]

You want real advice?

Figure out a way to get 1099 misc. income forms in SOME field where you could justify buying a camera for work. If you could freelance as a golf caddy you could angle it so that your "business" also provides the option to purchase photos of your clients teeing off on balls. Get creative.

That way you can write off the $10k+ investment you'll need to make to get a camera package together. Then you have to figure out how to use it all. That will take time, and skill. One you have. One you may not.

MOST of the shots I posted from Alaska were taken with a Nikon D7000 with a 70-200 f2.8, and a 1.7x teleconverter. That takes the 200mm to f4.8 and 340mm... Workable in bright light, but not ideal. If I were actually TRYING to be a professional nature photographer I'd think the 300mm f2.8 ($5,299) would be a "starter" lens, though still not really long enough to get up really close to subjects.

Weddings would be the easiest market to get into I would think... And also the most soul-sucking. Get a camera, find a friend who is getting married and practice. Use those photos to get a portfolio together. Market yourself. Roll with it. Good luck.

It's hard to take your question seriously. You are asking a bunch of rock climbers how to become a professional photographer. Go browse some photography forums, of which there are MANY.

-Slim

[RockPharmer]

The most important thing is wardrobe selection. If you don't look good you won't be good.

True dat.

[Lox]

Pro golfer has got to be the best pro athlete. Cuz yeah, you just walk around pimp country clubs playing fucking golf. It would be fun to be super good at that shit.

[slim]

I'd gladly trade a hole in one for EVER being seen in clothes like that... Jesus.

[elblat]

One golfer gave up after the soles of his shoes peeled off, Romero reported. A parched-looking Dan Bleasdale, of Carefree, Ariz., staggered in seven hours after teeing off, having taken 34 strokes.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/19/nation/la-na-hometown-socorro-20110619

Peck and I were spotters for O'connel. Golf like this is actually kinda fun. And painful.

[Cardboard_Dog]

The most important thing is wardrobe selection. If you don't look good you won't be good.

True dat.

haha .. dude I'm guessing Leaverbeaver still hasn't seen this yet ..

[jlane]

So, I was watching the US Open a little today, and figured it would be cool to be a professional golfer. I mean, you get to walk around on beautiful green grass and hit golf balls all day long. Looks pretty sweet to me. I know some of you play golf from time to time, so I figured this would be a good place to get me started.

I've never payed golf before, but one time I grabbed a big old club from a yard sale, teed up a ball, and wailed on it Happy Gilmore style... It went dead straight like 300 yards. Judging from that, I'd say I'm off to a pretty good start.

So what kind of clubs do I need, and what type of bag? How should I swing the club when I try and hit the ball?

Thanks a lot for your hep guys...

-Slim

Not fucking possible.

[slim]

so YOU are one of those people I shouldn't be listening to. I'm going to CHASE my dreams Jlane.

[leaverbiner]

so YOU are one of those people I shouldn't be listening to. I'm going to CHASE my dreams Jlane.

"If you can dream it, you can do it"

-Walt Disney

[pmahnn]

Walt Disney had a pedo-stache.