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This made my day - thank you! And glad you like them 😃

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Noted, thanks for letting me know - really appreciate the feedback! I'll keep that in mind for future videos.

Haha yikes. Yeah I usually spend the first 3 or so holes comparing my practice green reads to the course to see if they're the same. They're often not, but closer than my old method of guessing!

Great! Looking forward to hearing about your new career lows 😃

Glad you liked it!

Glad you found it helpful! Hope it works for you on the course! 😃

I hadn't heard of the tape additions for changing the swing weight, that's interesting. There definitely is a difference between the weights of the different-sized grips (I'm guessing because thicker grips = more rubber) which affects the overall swing weight feel, but IMO there is also a difference in how far from the shaft axis you're holding the club, but I could be wrong. I'll look into this in more detail. Thanks!

That's really interesting, and great that you figured it out! I'd love to learn how you adjust your hips to hit different types of shots?

Haha the priority list is different when it's a party 😃 Have a great time!!!

Thank you! Glad you liked it! Course management has definitely been the key for me as well, and is the main reason I can keep my scores down even when I don't get much time to practice. I wish I'd understood this earlier 😅

You got it! I have a few that need to be edited. Will get on that 😅

Glad you liked it! 😃

Fair enough, and I know some folks who don't feel slopes well with their feet. (Personally I see a lot of optical illusions so my feet are more reliable) You could still use this for the 2%+ breaks, all you have to do is calibrate beforehand to know how much to bend your elbow. And for the more nuanced breaks you could use regular green reading by sight? I actually do both: I look from behind the ball first to see where the big breaks are and then I feel it out with my feet, so it's kind of validating. Is there something you do now that works well for green reading?

@@upbeatgolfer I only use my eyes and I would say green reading is the worst part of my putting. Sometimes I actually do the foot thing and actually look down at my feet and try to gauge which is higher 😂 I really wish I could feel it with my feet, definitely seems more solid than letting your eyes trick you

For sure, the eye trickery SUCKS. I ended up buying green maps for the courses that I couldn't figure out (before I learned aimpoint). Have you tried that or learning something like plumb bobbing?

Yup that is 100% right, though I don't adjust elbow bend for uphill/downhill (I'm not that exact). But totally agree with you in that the number of fingers is for the slow you feel with your feet and the elbow bend is for the speed of the greens that you calibrate on the day.

For me Aimpoint has been huge in making more putts from inside 10-15ft and lagging my longer putts closer. I do my best to play faster though (which is why I use Claimpoint) and a few other things: - I don't use the line on the ball, - I don't take practice swings with the putter (I found they weren't actually helping me so I stopped and my speed control has stayed just as good), and - I do a lot of my measuring etc while other people are futzing around/getting ready etc. Overall it takes me less time to do an Aimpoint reading than walking all the way around the hole and trying to figure out contours etc. that other people are doing. AND I make more putts which saves the time for a follow-up putt. Agreed on your point about start line vs. apex (Phil describes it well in his Secrets of the Short Game video) but I also think it's open to interpretation depending on how people define the "apex". To each their own. I also agree on being an athlete vs getting very caught up in trying to figure out the perfect line 😅 Thanks for the comment and sharing your POV!

Thank you! Hope you found it helpful!

Tour players use it though

Yeah I'm curious what makes you say that? Personally I've found it to be really helpful in figuring out breaks and it's got me making a lot more putts!

@@cavanlyons9537 That's very true. Back in the day tour players use to believe that you had to be bent double, your nose neatly touching the ball, to putt well. Take a look at Nicklaus' putting stance, his contemporaries too. Not any more. (Also, see below)

@@upbeatgolfer Long story short(ish). Background: I've recently got over a bad case of the putting yips and am almost there fixing my chipping & pitching yips. I've got a ton of notes detailing how I won the war and need to get around to writing a couple of articles or making some videos. Todo! It turns out, obvious really, that putting comes down to self-trust and, based on that trust, commitment. A yip is a subconscious attempt to change a motor program mid swing. If you're in Csikszentmihalyi's flow then you don't need to straddle the putting line, stick up fingers, compensate, ... you just give your subconscious enough information and knock the ball in the hole. No self doubt, no second guessing, if you miss one or two, no matter. Aimpoint is, as I said, scaffolding. It's self fulfilling. If you believe 100% that it helps, then that will give you confidence and you will putt better. I'm not denying that. But it's like swapping out your normal putting grip for a claw grip to cure yips - it does work, ..until down the road, when it doesn't any more and then you're left high and dry. Putting yips is not, as many will tell you, fundamentally a technique problem. Putting well means making a lot of 5 meter plus birdie putts. If your compute engine is flawed (Aimpoint is) then by definition you will miss every single putt using it. Aimpoint is flawed because it doesn't take the lie of the green fully into account. For example the line the ball actually takes, the break if you will, is highly dependent on whether you're putting uphill or downhill (it's very, very, rarely flat). So what you have to do is use Aimpoint to give you it's best guess and then correct it using your gut if you want to stand a chance of holing the ball. Therefore your feel must be, in the end, better than Aimpoint - so why bother with it? Does that make sense? So how do you get into the flow every time? Having the yips is a soul destroying experience. If you've never had them then you have no idea how bad it can be. But, since I've cured my yips, my putting has never been close to what it is now. And I know I will get even better although it's seems difficult for me to conceive it could get better!

I can't feel slope with my feet. I just see lines. I'd rather 3 putt then put my playing partners through all that.

You're the best! Thanks Mike!

😂 touchè my friend

lol I should have watched the whole video

Cant believe I didnt pick up the accent. Cant stand listing to kiwi accents, or sepo's either, but put them together and it works. US ladies def love the kiwi twang aye :)

Haha I don't actually have the full twang but some words sneak in sometimes! My wife definitely notices the changes when we go back 😃 And yeah I'm amazed no one makes a good NZ flag head cover! Did you end up checking out the MoR golf page?

Right?! So much time spent on trying to perfect this position or that angle, but we rarely think about the thoughts that knock it all off kilter!

Glad to hear it! It's hard to notice at first but once you get it, it's pretty easy and quick to change. And the game definitely becomes more fun too 🙂

What makes you say that?!

Haha in a good way I hope? 😅

Thanks! Glad you like it! 😃

That's a great call! I'm gonna test it out this week! Thank you!

Hahahaha that is definitely the best and most fun answer by far 😂

Hahaha, never underestimate the power of your videos.. 😊

Hahahahaha glad to be of service 😅

Thanks Kevin! Really appreciate your comment - it made my day! 😃

Haha yes basically. I think the lightbulb moment for me was when I realized I needed to slow EVERYTHING down!

Haha I'm sorry it feels like a pain to watch most of the video, guess I have to work on that... Seriously though - glad the summary works for you! Personally I find I retain the concepts much better if I watch the video, with repetition being the mother of skill and all that.

Payne Stewart had an effortless driver swing, but the ball really exploded out there...with great distance.

Glad you liked it! Swing perfection is a never-ending endeavor, but if we're not having fun on the way...😃

Whaaaaat?!! That is awesome - congrats! Anything specific that really helped?

Haha true dat. Though...swinging like Tiger and Freddie wouldn't be a BAD thing. But seriously, I meant more that you watch videos with the tempo that you want to have to give your brain a visual cue instead of a verbal one which may not be as effective.

Yeah; emulating a professional is probably the worst thing anyone could do to improve their game.

Wrong, he's talking about tempo

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

Glad you liked it! 😃

Glad you like the content - and thanks for letting me know! Also, great question! Re: monkey see, monkey do - I suggest not doing a full speed swing, but a slower one where you feel the club movement. You can make it shorter if you want. And in this video I mention doing a practice swing that is more accurate to the full swing (swing path, hand movement etc.) vs. doing a swing to get the right tempo. Overall, my suggestion for practice swing is to do a slower swing that covers the main things you want to do in your full swing (or whatever you're focusing on that day). My practice swings usually cover: my swing thoughts (straight left arm, club face control, head back), the swing path if I'm trying to curve the ball, and the swing length if I'm trying to hit a partial yardage or a low/high shot. I do a slower practice swing because it helps me hit the key feels I'm looking for on that swing. Does this help?

Glad you liked it! If your swing is already there, it's a super quick move to get the rest of the game there. What do you think the biggest thing for you with the highest returns might be?

@@upbeatgolferalready started with use of a yardage book from decade. Had them but never used them. I really need to learn how to manage the course better just to give myself better opportunity to have lower scores.

Totally. I've been leaning more and more on course (and mental) management as I haven't had much time to practice lately, and it still works! I'd love to hear more about which areas of your course management you're working on (and/or if there are specific topics I can help with). (Also sorry about the super delayed reply 😬)

100% I've spent a lot of time trying to copy Cory's tempo. So good.

Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful! Lmk if anything REALLY resonated, it's always great to hear what works for other folks vs. sounding good in my head 😃

Thanks - glad it was helpful! 😃

I use Arccos for all my shot tracking (it's pretty easy since the sensors pick it up automatically most of the time), and then the Grint to post scores / stalk my friends 🙂 I tried using decade for a while but it was a pain entering rounds in it. Might go back to it for a bit to see if it's become easier...!

Hahahahahaha we're all the same!!!

Hahaha yes the shoes were surprisingly polarizing! Glad you stuck it out though 🙂 I totally hear you on the slow=lazy idea, and once you start making lazy swings everything else starts falling apart! I'd love to hear how this works for you! And also what you think the keys are for you to get off the 6hcp!