[philfree]

Originally Posted by BWillie

My pushback would be that WHEN you start to play golf seems to be a HUGE predictor of how good you can get. 98% of tour pros started playing as soon as they could walk. 99.9% started playing before high achool. I'm a firm believer that there is something to with athletic & motor functions being imprinted in the brain that the earlier the better.

Golf is commonly a game past great athletes pick up once they are in their 30s or 40s. Why then is there virtually zero Champions tour (50+ yr old tour) players who picked up golf later in life? Its because of the reasons I outlined. Ive seen guys who were good at every single sport in high school and insane college athletes. They picked up golf in their 20s even. Play allll the time and just cant get very good.

I imagine it would be similar if I had never played baseball before and at age 30 decided to be as good as I can at it. My ceiling to be good would be DRASTICALLY lower.

Because of his dad and Family Mahomes started slinging footballs and baseballs around before he even had cognizant memory. So the throwing motions and crazy arm slots are just like instinct to him. One of the reasons I believe hes so good.

Larry Nelson