Pro Pool Player & Pro Golfer

SpiderWebComm said:
Based on the ones I've met, they're good at trying to convert good old meat eating boys into their vegan ways and how bad everything is that's outside of their dietary habits and beliefs.
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Ye but that's kinda like being good at being a Jahovah's Witness. I'd guess their conversion success rates to be about the same...only works on their own kids and probably not all that well when they aren't around.
 
About 20 years ago. I knew some kids that were club pro level in golf. They were just naturally talented at golf. As per pool I’d put them up very high in a APA skill level. They possibly could have became very good pool players. But to excel at both I would say would be extremely difficult.
 
there were a lot of old school pool players that played short stop or better that played scratch golf also.
most you wouldnt know the names as they gambled.
 
maha said:
there were a lot of old school pool players that played short stop or better that played scratch golf also.
most you wouldnt know the names as they gambled.
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I had friend of mine this year got his first dbl eagle par 4. Most of these player who worked both sides were from the south. Golf all yr round.
 
I heard that Vijay Singh was a pool player :

Pro Golf meets Pool

Maybe we, in the pool world, should ask Mr. Vijay Singh, currently ranked #1 in the WORLD male pro golfer, what he thinks we should do to bring Pool & Billiards, both amateur and professional, to the next level. After all, in the Friday, September 10, 2004 edition of USA TODAY, when asked what...
forums.azbilliards.com

(Please don't reply to that thread, it's almost 19 years old !)

Dave
 
Island Drive said:
Anyone know of a player that fits this description?

Is there any man that plays Both/Games at a Very High Level?
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I don't personally know, but mr. 600 has talked a good golf game, think archer as well

WobblyStroke said:
JK, vegans aren't good at anything :p
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well, I'm good at not eating meat ^_^ so far..
just a few months, but some around me now reconsidering their diet and without me proselytizing
really I think veganism sells itself if you're open to the idea/not beholden to beefy biases
 
DaveK said:
I heard that Vijay Singh was a pool player :

Pro Golf meets Pool

Maybe we, in the pool world, should ask Mr. Vijay Singh, currently ranked #1 in the WORLD male pro golfer, what he thinks we should do to bring Pool & Billiards, both amateur and professional, to the next level. After all, in the Friday, September 10, 2004 edition of USA TODAY, when asked what...
forums.azbilliards.com

(Please don't reply to that thread, it's almost 19 years old
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Why, has VJ passed on?
 
WobblyStroke said:
Seems to have merit imo. There is a lot of overlap between the two. Seeing the lines and visualizing shots is something pool players are very adept at compared to the general public so that is a huge leg up (tho someone would still have to teach them how to read greens so they draw the appropriate lines to begin with). And as far as making a repeatable short swing with a feel for distance control, few other activities prepare one for putting like pool does. Even tho the details are different, the general approach and how to build a stroke are very similar.

I mean if a guy 'plays pool' but is like a FR400 or lower, I dunno if he understands pool enough to have it start spilling over to and affecting his play in other sports. But once proficient, with a strong understanding of their own technique, say mid 500s fargo and above, I think playing pool def helps putting. It helps golf in general.
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Standing over a golf ball with two hand on a vertical putter and having to line up based on a slope and speed towards a hole have nothing to do with standing behind a cueball and determining what part of the cueball is going to drive the object ball to a pocket on what is primarily a flat surface. Sure every table plays different but your not moving from table to table on every shot or dealing with the elements other than the ‘humidity’ and lighting in the room.
 
Brookeland Bill said:
Standing over a golf ball with two hand on a vertical putter and having to line up based on a slope and speed towards a hole have nothing to do with standing behind a cueball and determining what part of the cueball is going to drive the object ball to a pocket on what is primarily a flat surface. Sure every table plays different but your not moving from table to table on every shot or dealing with the elements other than the ‘humidity’ and lighting in the room.
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I think it's the precision demands that are placed on our brains that crosses over to some extent. There are many sports that don't activate this fine tuning, or at the very least you don't learn how to tap into this hyper focused precision minded approach.

I was a decent basketball player in my youth but up until just a few years ago, I was shooting the ball better than I ever did compared to when I was actually playing all the time. Somewhere along the way, I really learned how to pay attention to the entire feel of the shot, to the point I could sense exactly how the ball was rolling off my exact and specific finger tips.

I attribute all that to the hyper-focused, fine-tuned feel I've developed from playing pool. All these sports and games should cross-over to some degree if you're doing it right.
 
Zerksies said:
About 20 years ago. I knew some kids that were club pro level in golf. They were just naturally talented at golf. As per pool I’d put them up very high in a APA skill level. They possibly could have became very good pool players. But to excel at both I would say would be extremely difficult.
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What is your definition of "excel" as in level of play? Sounds to me like they were already excelling.
 
Is a "club pro" in golf like an A player in pool? Let's say 650 Fargo? Or more like an Open player in pool, let's say 720 Fargo. Thanks.
 
iusedtoberich said:
Is a "club pro" in golf like an A player in pool? Let's say 650 Fargo? Or more like an Open player in pool, let's say 720 Fargo. Thanks.
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It can vary by a good bit. Depends on how much practice, playing time, and tournaments a club pro can get in with the job. Some of them are stuck inside almost everyday and have little time to stay sharp or play in local tournaments.
A club pro does have to pass a "playability test" by scoring within set parameters to get their Class 'A' status along with a certain number of hours of schooling in other areas of running a golf course.
 
Brookeland Bill said:
Standing over a golf ball with two hand on a vertical putter and having to line up based on a slope and speed towards a hole have nothing to do with standing behind a cueball and determining what part of the cueball is going to drive the object ball to a pocket on what is primarily a flat surface. Sure every table plays different but your not moving from table to table on every shot or dealing with the elements other than the ‘humidity’ and lighting in the room.
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How about when you need to bank your golf ball off the fringe? Hello, diamond system.
 
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