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Upon turning 40, a man chases his dream of becoming a professional golfer at any cost. What he finds along the way chang | dG1fT05lZ2x2NjhCcWM
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00:00I can hit the ball far enough to compete, and I can make some good shots, and I can make some putts, so if I focus and get the right instruction and apply the time and the right kind of practice, there's a chance.
00:30I believe it's possible. I believe that it would certainly be one of the biggest challenges that you could ever have in your life, but with enough work and drive, it's certainly not impossible.
00:43For me, being the age that I was and being able to win American Idol is similar to trying to play professional golf at 40.
00:51There it is.
00:53More or less, you've got to lose 15 shots off your handicap right now.
00:56I know I can get you 20 more yards. I know I can increase your flexibility where you need it by probably 30 or 40 percent.
01:02I can increase your strength by, you know, 20 to 30 to 40 percent.
01:05They're probably going to lay the green down today.
01:08I can do my business while I'm actually cutting.
01:18The basic thesis of Zen Golf, and pretty much all sports psychology, is if you take care of the process, the results will take care of themselves.
01:27If you can pass through these drills and become very efficient at them, now you're playing at the highest level.
01:37The biggest challenge of my goal is time.
01:39Do you have the time if you have the career?
01:41It's hard on us. He practices on the weekends and he plays during the week, and when he plays, he's not around.
01:48John's attitude is, you know what, that's what you signed up for, that's the way it's going to be.
01:53I have to become a student of the game. I have to go back to school, doing the research, going back to the home of golf,
01:59walking in the footsteps of the legends before, and wearing the clothes these guys wore.
02:04I mean, these guys played golf in this.
02:06Since he was a wee-tot playing golf, we said someday we've got to play St. Andrews, and here we are.
02:11If I got a coach, and I had a mental coach, and I had a fitness coach, and I practiced the right way, and I committed myself to this,
02:22golf's really the only sport that you could pick up later in life and excel at it.
02:27You don't set a goal because it's a challenge.
02:30You set a goal because you believe that it's going to take you a step closer to fulfillment in your life.
02:37I am the happiest on a mind golf course.

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