3 Reasons Why You're NOT A SCRATCH GOLFER
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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I was a scratch golfer out of San Diego playing both municipal courses Torrey Pines and Balboa Park. I never truly practiced. I constantly hit 12-14 greens per round. First thing I learned and was hammered into my head by my father ,was if you get into trouble ,don’t be a hero, play for the bogey, but never get the double if you can help it. This helped me win my first city championship at Torrey Pines. On the 14th hole I chip out of trouble even through I had a low percentage shot to hit the green. I followed that shot with wedge to 10 inches and tapped in from a par to win a city championship. Also it’s easier to be a scratch golfer on more difficult course then one with a low slope rating. Know your strengths and weaknesses. Know your yardage for every club and experiment on the course hitting different types of shots. I never could hit a 3 wood with any confidence so I took it out of my bag for 5 years and only carried my driver. On par 5s I’d hit driver 4 iron and always had a full shot into the green with one of 3 wedges. Five years later I added the 3 wood back into my bag but only hit if I was going for the green. Also, try and play with golfers that are better than you. I’d also encourage you to play for money so that you keep your head into the game. I was never a master of the total game. I was a B minus driver, an A iron player, B+ wedge and a C putter.
Some pretty sage advice. I pulled my hybrids from my bag for now because they hurt as much as they help.
Couldn’t argue with your words of wisdom …spot on my friend
Being hard on ourselves after a bad day can set one back also…why did i have a bad day well it could be in what I call my Triangle
One side is the Head…did we play with a hangover or bad head ache or did we carry our personal problems onto the course and was talking to us
One side is the Body…did we play with a pain or pains in joints muscles or bones
One side is the Conditions…was it to cold or to hot for me or was the wind just too strong…the course it self was not in the best condition
These things can possibly cause a bad round but at times we pick our bones to find fault in ourselves when it wasn’t
Blame is not good … look for the good that day and keep chasing the dream to be that scratch golfer
Another winner video Chad 👍⛳️👍
Thanks a bunch my friend!
I'm 68 and have been at it regularly for 20 months. I got fitted for all my clubs, took lessons immediately, practice all facets of the game 2 and 3 times a week. I play at least 2 days a week. Retirement is great because I finally have the time to work on it. I used to be in Triple digits. I'm in the 80's consistently. I'm moving up in my league flight with 7 1st place wins. I still have a lot of work to do with my pro and I'm heading out to the course right now. Oh....and it's Hot in Vegas right now at 7:20 am
The heat right now is pretty oppressive. High 90s, humidity near 90, and no significant rain for 3 weeks. And it's not even July yet. I loathe Summer.
Very well done video. Thank you for your inspirational content.
Many thanks John!
all great thoughts! I added GolfTEC and a couch, that really helped!
Great advice, Chad. Hank Haney always says avoid penalty shots, two-chips, and 3-putts. Maybe you could do a how-to follow up video. Just a thought.
I'll be doing some things like that soon.
In play off the tee, hit it pin high, have good speed on the greens.
The cover and cone. 2 great parts of shot planning.
Talent, age and dedication. And I’m too lazy to fix the last.
3 Reasons why I'm not a scratch golfer
1 I was shit
2 I'm still shit
3 there's a good chance I will get more shit.
but I love playing golf and always will.
🤣 so say us all
For me, playing the game might help.
It's hard to find time, especially when the game is popular, courses are more crowded, and pace of play is 5 plus hours. I try to get the first tee time at the least busy course. It's all you can do.
Alarm clock video. Tks. Any review of BombTech irons possible?
You know, I reached out a couple years ago to them, and never got a response. I don't think I'll be doing a review since there are already so many reviews of that out there.
I just got my first lesson from a golf test dummy
The surgeon general warns against that.
1. I suck at golf
2. I suck at golf
3. I am a loser
You can't think like that, my man. Take stock of where the different parts of your game are at currently, and don't use feelings or adjectives. Use real data to see the honest state of things. Then make a practice plan to work on things, with whatever time you can give. You'll see improvement.
All is right with the world when a new episode of Golf Test Dummy shows up on my notifications 🙂
Haha, you are in a small club that think that, so thanks for that.
Hi Chad. Apologies if you already answered this in a video/comment. But which swing are you using currently? I saw your swing comparison vid and think I decided to try the single plane swing. Do you think that’s a good idea? Thanks
Love your content. I am not opposed to "regular" golfers looking in pros bags, the problem is that we should be looking at the LPGA rather than the PGA. EGO and golf is not a recipe for low scores.
Yep, the LPGA numbers are much closer to amateur men.
Enjoy hearing your wisdom about amateur golfers. But for wisdom in achieving an easy and acutely accurate golf swing I turn to Bobby Jones.
Bobby Jones simple golf instruction was to start the up swing the fast twitch trail side of the hip muscles and then start the downswing with a the fast twitch lead side of the hip muscles. This one tip has made me feel like a professional golfer. I hope you try it for yourself Cheers 🥂😊👍
I think you're finished trying all the different swing types out there, but did you ever come across gravity golf? The channel's been around for close to 10 years. It's quite interesting, a simple, body-friendly swing.
I watched the original VHS tapes back in the 90's and a lot of what they have since hitting UA-cam. It's great stuff and David Lee was brilliant.
All we need is looong drives. 😂
Haha, that's easy for you to say my friend.
@@GolfTestDummy Training hard to regain what I have lost. 💪
Always great insight from you.
I sure hope so. Thanks!
Scratch players hit a lot of greens and when they don’t they get up and down often. Chipping and putting is crucial but if you can’t hit your irons invest in lessons. That is if you are serious about being scratch.
On each shot pick a side to miss on either right or left until you learn how to aim the club. Learn your swing and tweak accordingly. IMO.
I think the other big factor, playing the game on the course. The range is great, so is the virtual golf, but playing on the course is so key to understanding your game. My game improved when I played almost everyday in the summer, sometimes with two balls, but that really propelled my growth as a player.
So I guess time is the ultimate factor.🤔
It really is. Time is no doubt a big reason golfers struggle.
If my approach game was better I’d be scratch, I’m a good scramble, good putter, down the middle drive, just not close enough to make more birdies.
Same here. Need to hit more greens.
My 3 reasons. My drive Carries 260-270 and goes everywhere. I can shape my irons lots of different ways, just don’t know when. Read greens like Biden reads a teleprompter. So a 14 handicap it is
So, without looking at technique or swing or any of that noise, your drives carry far beyond average, which is great. Do you have another club like hybrid you could find fairways with most of the time? Try playing without a driver for a while. For irons, assuming you have great distance there also, try cheating by doing 2 things. Forget lots of shapes, and just play 1 shape. Make it a definite shape like strong draw or power fade. Second, play partial shots. If your 7 iron carries 175, try flying it 150. Yes, you're giving up lots of power, but dialing it back to a predictable distance for a while will help you a ton. Then, you can't actually strategize, because your rifle has been sighted in. As far as reading greens, the only thing we can really do is absorb as much as possible to build your familiarity by spending the time you would normally spend at work on the putting green. Quit your job.
I dedicate a lot of time to work on my game. I started playing a year and a half ago and I got pretty good. Broke 80 a few months ago and 77 2 weeks ago, I took 2 weeks off and came back and shot an 90, I felt like I couldn’t hit a golf ball to save my life on the front 9. It felt like my usual feels didn’t work, the sequencing was off and I knew it but I couldn’t fix it. I salvaged the round on the back 9 but I left feeling lost. I went through my normal shot routine but I was so yippy and got frozen over the ball a few times. Is there anything that you use to quickly lock back in on the fly? I know my golf memory isn’t what it will be in the future but I feel like it’s so crucial to be able to match a good mental with mechanics.
I'm in a bit of a ball striking slump myself right is it can be disheartening. I'm no expert, but I have tried to share a lot of advice that I find helpful. A friend reminded me yesterday of something I've said many times, and I needed to hear it myself. Performance, of any kind, is cyclical. There will always be ups and downs, no matter what level you're at. Timing, feels, speed, even your minds function. Sometimes, slumps last a while, and other times, they're pretty short lived. But, no matter how long they last, it will pass. The same happens with the peaks, also. Occasionally, the slump is helped the most by stepping away for a short time. Step back, forget about golf for a while, and let some time pass. Your expectations drop, the frustration fades, and you get a chance to reset and start fresh later. Golf doesn't respond well to being forced. Instead of chasing it so hard, take a step back and let it come to you.
Every single point is an excellent one. One you didn't really mention is belief and for me it was the X factor as I got closer and closer to par, breaking it, and scratch and beyond. I had a "governor" in my mind that really held me back. I had so idolized those low scores, and the people that shot them, that I felt like some wall of privilege stood between me and them. It's hard to describe but I felt like maybe I wasn't allowed in some sense to get into the "elite" territory and I was waiting for someone to open the door for me, like getting the key to the executive washroom.
After hanging around just above par for a long time, I finally realized that I had to let myself in by taking the limits off in my own mind since I was finding ways to undermine myself. The truth is that par and below is a target, and just like a flag you're not oging to get it stiff, except by extreme luck, unless you really narrow your focus and believe that you can; and it can't be maybe, it has to be definitely. In general, you can't get to any significant next level achievement, unless you begin to believe that you can without having yet seen the result. In golf, in particular, all of the compiexity and details of the game can easily begin to be the "forest for the trees" that stops you from realizing what you're capable of. This kind of empowered mindset is a very special skill in itself and is definitely the province of high level players.
Less skilled players say that they have an empowered mindset because they have the skills to "back it up" but I believe that the opposite is also very true. You can literally feel this when you watch really good players, like some kind of cosmic certainty that they can and will play well. Cheers.
Confidence is absolutely crucial. And the glass ceiling is very real. That's why Bryson and several other guys talk about playing from the front tees to get used to going low. Great stuff.
That's the problem with my course. We have a range with beat up balls, a really small putting green but nothing else. If we had a short game area I would live there.
Unfortunately, that's the case for a lot of people.
best thing I did was to get fitted for new wedges and got a really good putter for me. Now I practice like crazy and it has shaved strokes. I take two welcome mats (Thick and soft) and chip in the back yard when I can't get to the range. figure out how to chip and putt properly and work on good ball strikes without over swinging on all of your clubs. And finally, Course mgt. Stay out of trouble! Great vid! thanks!
That's the formula right there. Boom!
@@GolfTestDummyyeah I just repeated what you said lol
Yeah, but you're ACTUALLY doing it. Most golfers just won't.
My 3 reasons - my cerebrum, my cerebellum, and my medulla.
I've had 3 PGA pros watch at me on the range , the short-game area, the putting green, and the course, and all have told me I have the technical skill and course strategy to be scratch, but the gremlins in my head prevent it from coming out on the course, relegating me to low double digits. All of Bob Rotella's books have made me an externally calmer golfer, but one that internally fumes over watching less-technically-skilled players score better than me.
Hmmm, I have a friend that calls that "head worms". Do you track your stats? If so, you may be able to examine the areas you're losing strokes, IF one or two stand out, then maybe there is something in your head space that manifests directly in those areas. If it's all spread out, then of course that's harder to trace back to a particular mental area. Give me some examples of what happens on course that is leading to your disappointment.
@@GolfTestDummy Well, let me summarize it this way:
1) Full Swings. On Range: Crisp, Center-Face, Ball-First/Divot-After Contact, Low Dispersion, Posture Well-Kept, Not Quite As long as I feel I'm capable of ; On the Course : Early Extension, Inconsistent Face Contact , plenty of pull-hooks, blocks, high-weak ball flight.
2) Around the Green. In practice: Crisp Chip and Pitch contact, tight groupings around the hole, mishits very rare ,confident , tight flops and bunker shots; On The Course : a the occasional chunk, skull, and even shank, proximity to hole higher.
3) Putting . In Practice , smooth strokes, good distance control on lag putts, 90+% makes on 3-footers ; On The course: stroke gets quick, stabby and indecisive, lag putts tough to get close, tentativity on short putts, leading to many misses.
I used one of those strokes-gained GPS apps to track every shot for about a year. Against a zero-handicap baseline, I came up with:
SG Driving: -2.5
SG Approach; -4.5
SG Short Game: +0.4 ( yup, a scratch wedge player)
SG putting : -5.5
I would assess the root cause as this : In practice, every stroke is made consequence-free. my brain frees my body to do what it's been trained my to do. On the course, as Mark Broadie says, "Every Shot Counts." That radically alters my mechanics.
What say you?
I'm very happy to get an actual, well thought out, thorough response. So, thanks, first off. The SG stats tell the exact tale of what you laid out prior, and it's pretty that the bulk of your strokes are approaching the green and on the green. Your explanation, about consequences in reality, are not uncommon at all, which is good, but also, not so easy to get past either. It's not a "one size fits all" thing, so, without knowing you, it'll have to be general insight.
It's easy to see that lots of people are affected by consequences when it comes to executing and performing. But the real question is; Why are YOU having that issue? Fear of failure in a public setting? The pressure of living up to what you SHOULD be to others, based on your skills? The pressure of what you should be TO YOU? It sounds crazy to be fearful over a golf shot. Ridiculous, right? But you're not scared of hitting a bad shot. Maybe your fear is that with the inevitable bad shots piled up collectively, it will amount to a bad score, and those bad scores lead to people judging you as a bad golfer, and you're NOT a bad golfer, and you should be wiping the floor with those assholes laughing at you! But, the truth is, they aren't laughing at you. They're busy with their own games and they don't even really notice. And consequences are relative. Yes, the shot wasn't good, and yes, it will probably be a wasted stroke, but, nobody is walking out of the trees to fire a rock from a slingshot at you. You won't die. You won't get tossed in jail. When you stop and think about it; What are the ACTUAL consequences?
Ultimately, you've got performance issues when scores are kept. It probably stems from pressure, that stems from something to prove, that somehow in the back of our minds translates to; If we can't shoot good scores, we suck at golf. If we suck at golf, then we suck at life. We need to figure out how to make that association different, and realize that there aren't any BAD consequences. Not really. Give up control. You won't die.
@@GolfTestDummy I'ts not that I worry about anyone else's performance or what they may think of me. It's more like this: In my profession (engineer), and in my DIY life (woodworker, metalworker , fitness), if I put together a good plan and put in the work, I'll get good results I can step back and be proud of . In golf, we can put together a great practice and training plan , put in the work to produce mechanically sound skills that yield impressive single-episode results, but that's no guarantee that it will translate to a good number on the scorecard. And what output do we expect from our practice and training? We expect what is the object of the game - the best possible total score! Doc Rotella noted that golf is a just such a unique animal. I believe that if I can ever figure out how to dig the worms out of my brain , there will be a quantum leap. But right now, it seems an inoperable condition. Thanks so much for the feedback! 👍
100 percent agree, and I've had the exact same frustrating thoughts. In my life, more effort equals better results. Golf? Not necessarily.
Great advice!
Let's freaking go 🏌️