well actually russ ralf was a great player the first time in usa.hed already won many tourneys.
as far as my favorable circumstances heres the deal.
i played high school and college golf and worked 40 hours a week until i was 23.
i saw my first poolball at 18.all the while working full time and playing golf i took up pool. by the time i was 23 i ran 240 practicing when i wasnt working or playing golf.
bobby hunter told me in 30 years of playing pool he had never seen someone get so good so fast.by the way at that point in my poolife bob did not befriend me yet or try to show me anything.he was actually trying to beat me out of money at that time.
another thing i never practiced because it cost 4-7 dollars an hour.i played for money or i didnt play.
i played baseball six years and made all star every year.played competitive golf won many tourneys with around 100 rounds in the 60s in my life.
i think you know already what ive done in pool part time that is when im not golfing,fishing,motorcycling,working on house,with racheal,etc etc.
so in short some people have whatever the hell it is that gets them very good very quick and some dont.
im one of the ones who do and i dont know how else to sugurcoat it to make the ones who dont feel better.it is what it is.
ive had full time jobs just like everybody else ,relationships and all the other stuff and i made it.
so instead of talking about how easy it is to play like the pros just come do it .then your opinion would have more weight.
later.
p.s. at this point in your life youve played more pool than i had by the time i was only 22 and hadnt played 30 percent of what someone your age has most likely played.at 22 you would not have been able to play me without weight.by the way i used a house cue at that time in my life as i had a fulltime job and pool was just a sidehobby even though i could run over 100 with a housecue.
I think you are right. I have been playing golf for a year with no teacher and have surpassed most life long golfers. If pool were not what it is today you might have heard of me........