Journey to join the Pro tournaments ?
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Moe Szyslak
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Don't Stop Believin'
Write the check and you can get into an awful lot of them...
If you're curious as to whether you have the chops to compete, you probably don't. But to get a better idea, ask the best player in your local room to play a set for a decent piece of change. Enough to get him interested. You'll find out in a hurry where your game is...
If you're curious as to whether you have the chops to compete, you probably don't. But to get a better idea, ask the best player in your local room to play a set for a decent piece of change. Enough to get him interested. You'll find out in a hurry where your game is...
Journey to join the Pro tournaments ?
Most don't need qualification, just $ and early entry to secure.US Open 9 Ball at Harrahs is now different, it's not Open, you'll need to accrue player ranking points.
My guess is you'll never get play in the open, because of your question.
Not saying you can't, unless your ''all in''.
Complete life change has to occur.... to get to the US Open 9 ball level of winning their qualifiers.
Find the weekly or monthly tournaments closest to you. Go and watch. See how badly the worst player plays and how well the best player plays. If you are somewhere between those two, you may as well enter. However, if you are just barely better than the worst, don't expect to ever win a match there until you improve a lot. Maybe you can find a different tournament where the level is closer to yours.
In the mean time, when you practice at home, do some form of practice that lets you know how well you are doing and whether you are improving. There are lots of scored drills here: https://billiarduniversity.org/
If you are not improving on your own, you should consider getting an instructor/coach.
What level are you shooting at? You need one thing. Enough money to travel the world and play your heart out. Well two things...
Don't waste your time on leagues. Just go to every open (non-handicapped) tournament near you that you can.
The next "pro" event is the Florida Open put on by Matchroom. It's in a couple months. You can still get in I believe. Its only $200 entry fee or so.
The next "pro" event is the Florida Open put on by Matchroom. It's in a couple months. You can still get in I believe. Its only $200 entry fee or so.
Learn to play Golf, get a PGA Card, and have a great return on you money out of pocket if you make it to PGA.
No MONEY in Pool, it is not worth the effort, unless you well off already.
No MONEY in Pool, it is not worth the effort, unless you well off already.
Got to admit Coco is right. Even golf tours you have never heard of pay far better than pool. However, if pool is your thing, find a well qualified instructor near you and get instruction. That doesn't necessarily mean a good player, many good players are lousy instructors. Get some good material to learn from. My favorite is Joe Villalpando's videos. If I had them when I started out I would have cut at least three years off the learning curve. You can learn on your own, but you will spend years doing it and you will learn a lot that is wrong along the way.
The second thing is get in the grease! You can gamble, you can play tournaments but the only place to get battle hardened is on the battlefield. Compete. I do agree you are best off competing one on one or one against the field.
A last bit of advice, don't consider a spot or a handicapped tournament. The path to being a pro is not lined with soft padding along the way.
Hu
The second thing is get in the grease! You can gamble, you can play tournaments but the only place to get battle hardened is on the battlefield. Compete. I do agree you are best off competing one on one or one against the field.
A last bit of advice, don't consider a spot or a handicapped tournament. The path to being a pro is not lined with soft padding along the way.
Hu
What's your skill level? You can get to the point of not being dead money in a tournament relatively quickly. But going "pro" isn't as easy as playing in a pro tournament. You can just fund your way into any tournament, but what's the point if you are 2 and out every time?
Get up to ~600 Fargo and you might be a soft draw in a pro tourney, but you'll at least have a chance to go a few rounds with a good draw. Under that sill level, and you should probably just play local/regional stuff until you get your sea legs.
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Nah. He's got a table at home fixed up very nicely. He probably doesn't have the money to buy a golf course.
not everyone that learns to play golf makes it into the PGA on their first try. otherwise it's a solid career advice
His airfare could be as low as $250. The hotel is about $200/night for three nights minimum. Entry is $250. I think it could work if he wanted to go to Orlando for some other reason.
For a pro-level event, he might be better off going to DCC which is only a five hour drive for him.
What FargoRate do you think he should have before trying either of those events?
My point is if I was young person want to be Professional Sports Player, Golfers do well.
Say your in PGA event finish 25the out of 120 plus.
You will make 20k plus for weekend.
Pool is USA is not big money sport.
Biloxi Boy
Man With A Golden Arm
Don't get your hopes up.
If you had what it takes, and were playing in a good room, someone* would have already taken you by the hand and led you through the door. If you are not playing in a good room, MOVE.
And if this is no longer true, I dare anyone to tell me "pool" is not dead.
edit: *,either fellow player (mentor) or stake horse,
If you had what it takes, and were playing in a good room, someone* would have already taken you by the hand and led you through the door. If you are not playing in a good room, MOVE.
And if this is no longer true, I dare anyone to tell me "pool" is not dead.
edit: *,either fellow player (mentor) or stake horse,
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DCC 9Ball? Fargo 600 and some luck and you might get past a round or 2.
I view DCC a bit like the Expo. If you are going, you may as well enter because it gets you in for your entire time there too.
if he's posting here it's probably too late. most pro golfers were scratch golfers at 14-15. if you're so eager to dissuade people from playing pool, and digress from what OP is asking for, at least suggest something realistic