I don’t see how anyone can top your videos for truly teaching the game of golf. You are a natural teacher and I appreciate the time you put into making these videos.
Hell yeah bro, its amazing, the GAME IS SOOO MENTAL, MATT REALLY EXPOSES THAT, Once you get your mind out of the way, no matter your skill level you can easily play better than your best
08:00 should be reversed on the 100 and 150 stakes. Oh well you know what I mean THIS IS A SERIES PHASE 1: PRE REQUISITES - ua-cam.com/video/PD_K258V1Cw/v-deo.html PHASE 2: PUTTING - ua-cam.com/video/kRP4CRk8O_4/v-deo.html PHASE 3: INSIDE 120 - ua-cam.com/video/FRqRKDx5NhM/v-deo.html PHASE 4: TEE BALL ua-cam.com/video/R4BtIcQHtEA/v-deo.html PHASE 5a: APPROACH/2ND SHOT PT 1 ua-cam.com/video/4CsRrC1Y6nA/v-deo.html PHASE 5b: APPROACH/2ND SHOT PT 2 coming soon PHASE 6: MENTAL coming soon PHASE 7: WoTP 2.0 LIFE CHANGE coming soon
Thanks for all this hard work. For those of us they buy into the WOTP, this is pure gold! I’m thinking of creating my own playlist of course VLOG’s that put this all together. Probably this winter. One suggestion on your Playlists, as you add them could you arrange so part 1 comes 1st instead of second?
Your strokes shaved system is amazing. It’s put me in the mindset of playing the course instead of trying to be Tiger Woods every shot. I’ve broken 90 five times this year as well as a tough 119. You’ve taught me how to have fun at golf and how to score better. Your wisdom is limitless and I am truly grateful. Keep swinging like a BAUS!
Typically I hit around +25-30. My best game ever was +17 (once randomly). But today I hit a +12 and for the first time I feel like I can reproduce that. Your videos are the reason I'm playing so good. THANK YOU
I’m only 16:33 in and I’m predicting that this is the most insightful video I’ve ever seen on strategy and course management…Bravo!! Thank you!! YOOF got it figured out!
You have really been putting in a lot of time for the community lately Baus, mucho appreciado. Once you accept you can get 100+ yards low and straight with a 6i punch you will be unglamorous and unstupid.
I recently broke 100 for the first time, and I owe a lot to these sacred lectures. Thank you Brofessor, your tips on mindset and approach to the game have changed my life!
All you said works 100%. All instructors should teach these concepts instead of only swing technical stuff. I hope not to apply all your advice. Thanks 🙏
Punch shot advice is really on point, I even use a lower lofted punch on hardpan lies to roll it up on the green rather than than trying for a perfect pick with a wedge off hardpan.
Great video! Looking forward to the day I can use this information. Unfortunately I just got a hernia last week and won’t be able to swing a club for a few months… but my putting is gonna get really good!
Even with only 2 seasons and a high handicap - I'm pretty good at this shit! Love that. When I have that attitude, I play well and have fun too. I'm really just starting to see the entirety of it. The more you learn, the more you realize how much more there is to learn. Thanks Matt for helping us with all this.
Matt, thank you so much for this. This is excellent insight and knowledge. The punch shot is an essential sot to have not only to get out of the trees but when you play hilly or links courses (in particular) and are hitting approach shots into a green with strong winds hitting your ball (into and sideways). We have a par-3 of no more than 110 yards on a hill top with very little margin for error. The green is long and narrow with a run-off into long grass on the left and a WWII bomb crater on the right. When conditions are still I can get there with an easy wedge, if the wind is behind me, gap wedge or sand iron, if it's against and/or blowing sideways I could be punching a 7 or even 6 iron to keep it as low as possible.
This video is in my top 5 videos. I watch this one about once a week. Golf is sooooo mental. You can never stop thinking or working on this game. Winter is no excuse.Great Video!!!!!
MATT, playa. Thanks so much for your mental advice!!! If i have a bad front nine, its very easy for me to get a bad mental!!! I kept my cool, used your ten step forget shot technique and hit a 39 on the back after a 50 on the front!! Stress free!!!
Good tip re ball. If I am not in a tournament - I tee off with cheap Velocity and then use expensive ProV1 for approach only. Makes sense mentally and financially.
I watched this months ago. Kind of half listened to the information then. I'm now shooting low 90s- mid 80s and feel like this lecture is much more relevant to me now. Bought a book, gonna start note taking on lies not just girs, and firs and putts. Thanks Playa!!
I had on avg 5 punch shots during several past rounds. I have included practicing punch shots with my 5 and 6 irons to hit up to 150 yards which has helped me to avoid those double-bogies.
Excellent video. I’ve been noticing a lot more of the things I do poorly and the things I do well over the last few rounds. I still have a long way to go, but I’ve noticed worlds of improvement in my approach game by not playing copy paste golf like I used to. The GIR have increased from MAYBE 1-2 to 4-7 per round. Just having putts for birdie even if you don’t make all of them is definitely a confidence booster. The punch shot has also allowed me to salvage holes where my hybrid tee shot has abandoned me. Keep up the good work! Cheers from Texas.
At 4:32, he said playing off the back foot to keep it down. Wouldn’t we want to play off the front foot instead to keep it down? I’m new so I wasn’t sure. Thanks!
Lots to unpack. This is the 1st year I’ve really started paying attention to lies and I’ve also started keeping a mental notebook. One of things I realized was on a couple of par 5’s 8 time out of 10 Times, I’d hit a push slice and last year I chalked it up to a mental thing. This month after watching the putting Video with Adam, I realized that although the lie looks flat, the general slope is down. So last couple of rounds been treating lie a ball below my feet and aiming left. I’m making much much better contact, but the ball is going where I’m aiming. So I’m hitting ball into bunker that never came into play. I’m going to have to do a little more experimenting on where to aim. But I now know that it was the lie causing a lot of the push slice not a mental thing.
Matty, love your content! I am to-be 90 breaker, but I struggle with my approach game. If I am in an upslope or downslope, how will a punch shot come out? Will it be straighter?
You were right. I’ve been playing since June. A week of watching your videos and ignoring my girlfriend, I just shot consecutive 92 and 89. When you break through you’ll smash through! The putting stroke for chips around the green, and no hero shots, have helped me massively.
Dear Matt, I just found your channel and websites and keep grinning while watching the tremendous stuff you are publishing and selling. Pure delight. Huge fun factor. Thank you so much for all your knowledge and advice. Just what I need right now in my golf journey. Started later in life (40+) and had some unvoluntary breaks, but in 2023 I managed to reach my first goal to become a lower handicapper (16 now). 😊 Time for a new goal: break 90/85. Two questions I have for you: what is written in Thai letters on your boards footer? Will there ever be ladies polos available on waddaplaya product line? Best regards from Kiel/northern germany/the baltic sea and me, Carola
Just what I needed. Have a big match play tomorrow at my club. Going to get a notebook made up and have a strategy for it and try my best to stick to it 👍
I wish I had watched this video before playing Quintero in Arizona! The Bermuda made me feel like I'd never swung a club before. It took about 13 holes until I just said, "screw it" and used my hybrid exclusively on every approach. His explanation just gave that "aha" moment!
Honestly brilliant, and although I know a lot of what you speak of I had not accounted for the lie having so much impact, but of course it does. It's all too easy to be at the " perfect distance from the green" but find your ball has run out into the shite, or landed in a divot mark, so your favourite club winks at you, you take the perfect club for the distance with no other consideration and the end result is a worm burner 50 yards further into the shite. Thank you for your wisdom.
Taken myself from high 90's to consistent low 90's and the occasional 80's round with your methods baus. Realising that just because I can hit a club that distance, doesn't make it the right club to hit. I had 100m out, downhill lie to a downhill green, which is a 56 degree distance. But 8 iron was the club for a 80m punch, 20m roll-out and use the hill to my advantage. Easy stress free golf 🙌
"Realising that just because I can hit a club that distance, doesn't make it the right club to hit" This is golden wisdom so profound, it should be in the first 5 lessons anyone ever has in golf
First time I scored under 80 following most of your advices without any drive shot ! (this weapon is clearly not for me yet). I hit most of the fairways and hit my ball on safe and clear zone to be able to reach the greens. One important thing as well : the putting odds were with me this day !
My strokes gained is getting myself in bad putting spots, I usually hit the ball close to where I’m trying but I don’t think about what gets me a guarantee 2 putt. I like to be uphill as much as possible. I find my bogeys are when I hit the green or just outside from downhill lies, but if I’m uphill I get par/birdie chances. I’ve shaved so much off my game watching your videos, I’m a low 80s high 70s golfer 79-84 consistently but it’s always coming down to if I would been in this position in the first place that would be a stroke shaved on atleast 5 holes per round
In a long par 4, the hdc 1 of the course, really narrow and with left to right slope, out of bounds on leftside, water on right, would you recommend punch shot as second shot? I really liked the video! Deep knowledge
depends where you are on the hole. how long is it? If you're in the fairway or rough and have a clear shot, then you can setup your final approach shot to whatever you desire. If it's 430 yards for example, can you leave yourself your favorite distance to the green? Let's say you like 90 yards You have to go 340 yards to get there Can you hit two shots 340 yards easily? I think so If your handicap is more than 18, then double bogey is a good score so you need to hit the green in 4 shots and 2 putt. Can you do it I think so
@@GolfSidekick i made par on that hole today, total score 92, my hdcp is 31!!! Your video really help me, puch shot gave me 5 pars today. By the way I saw on the field 3 feathers sticked to the ground. Waddaplaya
What video was the one on making a yardage book? I always just use a gps app on the course but have wanted to mess around with a book to see if it helps me or hurts me
So I did an honest review of my play, I found that I’m much better with my 7/9 woods than my irons, ( more accurate) I dumped the irons that I could not hit, and concentrated on my fairway woods, I was able to drop a lot of strokes I found my game. Thanks
There’s like maybe 3 trees on my desert home course. It has caused me to never need to punch the ball so I suck at it when I play around trees. Should work on it at the range I suppose
I am at wits end. My shortgame is always stable, I make ups and downs, I putt once or twice, but..... I just wake up in the morning and that determines my swing which determines my hcp of the day. Somtimes it's a 8, sometimes it's a 36, I am not kidding I am that inconsistent. I can shoot 80ish one day and 100 the next time, I am THAT inconsistent, and it all comes down to one thing: lost balls of the tee. I just lost 10 balls in a round, STILL shooting 98, which kinda shows how solid my short game is. And although I do hit quite far, I play quite defensively, choosing the club I feel most confident with for the given tee. I hardly ever use driver. And still, there are days like today where I spray 10 balls into the water, forest, farmers house, cow field, neighboring village.... My whole hcp is just governed by lost balls. No issues putting, not with chipping, never stuck in bunkers, and I almost always make the "par" with my second tee ball, but score-wise that's of course a double bogey. I really don't know what to do, I love golf so much, I have never enjoyed anything recreational as much as golf, but on days like today, I really need to bite my lip. No one seems to have this issue. All my friends are just duffing and fluffing and three putting around the green and missing approaches when they have a bad day. I stand alone with my issue - if there is anyone out there with the same issue, I would love to hear. Best I can describe it, on days like today, my swing is really "totally gone", I have no clue where the hands go, how to get my body and arms to harmonize, it all feels strange and awkward and the clubs feel weird at backswing already, which then ripples all the way down to the dreadful tee shots...
I know the feeling. What I did was just try to punch every shot. Half swing with a 7 iron off the tee, whatever got the ball in play then punch the next club. I did this until I got my confidence back. It turns out you can get the yips with every club in the bag! Stick with it my man, it’ll come good in the bitter end.
Our Brofessor suggested an audiobook; “Golf Is Not A Game Of Perfect” by Dr. Bob Rotella, Bob Cullen…..such a good “read” ANNNND a must for playas like us! 👊🍻
More Great information although more then I can keep in my melon at the moment. At least I can remember basics ball below feet goes right, above goes left, down hill right, up hill left. Little baby steps towards becoming a better Playa. Thanks as always for your videos. You do a Great service for golfers Worldwide. Pretty F@CK!NG Amazing
You wouldn't pay a golf pro for a lesson on reading lies, but you should. You wouldn't spend an hour on the green reading grains, but you should. Thanks Matt.
I do have one problem that I find, teeing up a 4 hybrid I can hit it 210, but hit it off the deck it’s a 160 shot. It’s still a good strike but for some reason i have to carry a secondary club to carry the same distance off the fairway. Leaves me with a gap in my bag.
My best round (79) has been using a yellow Slazenger V300. 48 balls for £23 from Sportdirect 😆 You hit them well enough they can stop on greens despite being possibly THE cheapest brand new ball in the UK
I’ll actually make a counter argument to the “use cheaper balls” thing. For me, and I’m sure I’m not alone in this, I feel a whole lot more confident when I’m standing over a super fresh ProV1. Golf is just so mental that for me that extra confidence boost is worth it. In addition, when I do lose a ball, I’m upset no matter what ball I’m hitting because I just hit it out of bounds and am now gonna take a huge score on the hole. That’s just how I think though, could definitely be very different for other people.
Hey man big fan of the playa concept Just wanted to bring to your notice that I have emailed you and your social Media Manager from the email adress given on yout website and have got no reply ....PLZ look into it thanks
Your DEAD on I switched from Pro V1 to Max Fli Tour notice ZERO differences other than I wasn’t scared shitless about losing another $4 shaved 3-6 shots a round
I used this mindset today whilst playing 9 holes: 4/4, 3/3, 4/4, 5/5, 3/3, 5/4, 6/4, 4/4 & 4/3 = +4….38/34…. It’s occurring to me that 50% of this game is half mental….🤔⛳️ It seemed to take all the pressure off making the current shot….😊 Know thyself…🌀
Fear of lost golf balls? In my mind, they are already lost the moment the cash comes out of my wallet. And I tend to find a few as i’m playing so by the end, I always consider my self up if I have any left!
I don’t see how anyone can top your videos for truly teaching the game of golf. You are a natural teacher and I appreciate the time you put into making these videos.
Matt, used the stress free approach and broke 90 yesterday for the first time!! (Shot 89)
Hell yeah bro, its amazing, the GAME IS SOOO MENTAL, MATT REALLY EXPOSES THAT, Once you get your mind out of the way, no matter your skill level you can easily play better than your best
Congrats!! Stress free approach as in hit the least stressful shot every time?
What a PLAYA
Funny. I have spent more time with you than most of my friends over the last three years. Thank you for your wisdom, passion and care.
Brilliant, thanks!
No one delivers golf secrets like you.
I like the in classroom and on course combination.
Keep it up.
08:00 should be reversed on the 100 and 150 stakes. Oh well you know what I mean
THIS IS A SERIES
PHASE 1: PRE REQUISITES - ua-cam.com/video/PD_K258V1Cw/v-deo.html
PHASE 2: PUTTING - ua-cam.com/video/kRP4CRk8O_4/v-deo.html
PHASE 3: INSIDE 120 - ua-cam.com/video/FRqRKDx5NhM/v-deo.html
PHASE 4: TEE BALL ua-cam.com/video/R4BtIcQHtEA/v-deo.html
PHASE 5a: APPROACH/2ND SHOT PT 1 ua-cam.com/video/4CsRrC1Y6nA/v-deo.html
PHASE 5b: APPROACH/2ND SHOT PT 2 coming soon
PHASE 6: MENTAL coming soon
PHASE 7: WoTP 2.0 LIFE CHANGE coming soon
Thanks for all this hard work. For those of us they buy into the WOTP, this is pure gold! I’m thinking of creating my own playlist of course VLOG’s that put this all together. Probably this winter. One suggestion on your Playlists, as you add them could you arrange so part 1 comes 1st instead of second?
Your strokes shaved system is amazing. It’s put me in the mindset of playing the course instead of trying to be Tiger Woods every shot. I’ve broken 90 five times this year as well as a tough 119. You’ve taught me how to have fun at golf and how to score better. Your wisdom is limitless and I am truly grateful. Keep swinging like a BAUS!
Matt at his best.... Thank you Brofessor..
Boyfriend, your timing is impeccable. I’m struggling mightily with my approach game lately. It’s gold Matty, gold I tell ya.
Typically I hit around +25-30. My best game ever was +17 (once randomly). But today I hit a +12 and for the first time I feel like I can reproduce that. Your videos are the reason I'm playing so good. THANK YOU
I’m only 16:33 in and I’m predicting that this is the most insightful video I’ve ever seen on strategy and course management…Bravo!! Thank you!!
YOOF got it figured out!
I keep coming back to this video and learning. Alot of information in 1 hour to absorb but is SOOOOOOOO GOOD! Thanks Baus! 🙏💪
Well esplanade and info on shots realistically brilliant
Always enjoy your vids
Cheers Paul
You have really been putting in a lot of time for the community lately Baus, mucho appreciado. Once you accept you can get 100+ yards low and straight with a 6i punch you will be unglamorous and unstupid.
I recently broke 100 for the first time, and I owe a lot to these sacred lectures. Thank you Brofessor, your tips on mindset and approach to the game have changed my life!
All you said works 100%. All instructors should teach these concepts instead of only swing technical stuff. I hope not to apply all your advice. Thanks 🙏
Thanks Matt fantastic video and advice trust me I'm always a glory shot man and everyone says man what u doing lol
Punch shot advice is really on point, I even use a lower lofted punch on hardpan lies to roll it up on the green rather than than trying for a perfect pick with a wedge off hardpan.
thanks playa. the punch shot is the most important shot in golf for all levels of amateur golf above scratch
Great video! Looking forward to the day I can use this information. Unfortunately I just got a hernia last week and won’t be able to swing a club for a few months… but my putting is gonna get really good!
You’ll be back playa.
Even with only 2 seasons and a high handicap - I'm pretty good at this shit! Love that. When I have that attitude, I play well and have fun too. I'm really just starting to see the entirety of it. The more you learn, the more you realize how much more there is to learn. Thanks Matt for helping us with all this.
Matt, thank you so much for this. This is excellent insight and knowledge. The punch shot is an essential sot to have not only to get out of the trees but when you play hilly or links courses (in particular) and are hitting approach shots into a green with strong winds hitting your ball (into and sideways). We have a par-3 of no more than 110 yards on a hill top with very little margin for error. The green is long and narrow with a run-off into long grass on the left and a WWII bomb crater on the right. When conditions are still I can get there with an easy wedge, if the wind is behind me, gap wedge or sand iron, if it's against and/or blowing sideways I could be punching a 7 or even 6 iron to keep it as low as possible.
This video is in my top 5 videos. I watch this one about once a week. Golf is sooooo mental. You can never stop thinking or working on this game. Winter is no excuse.Great Video!!!!!
Thank you sir
MATT, playa. Thanks so much for your mental advice!!! If i have a bad front nine, its very easy for me to get a bad mental!!! I kept my cool, used your ten step forget shot technique and hit a 39 on the back after a 50 on the front!! Stress free!!!
Needed this. Good off the tee lately and green side. Need to get the approach shot dialed!
What a great series and it' been so helpful.
Damn Matt, I wish my university lectures were this good, I would have never missed a class! Keep playin’ Playa.
Good tip re ball. If I am not in a tournament - I tee off with cheap Velocity and then use expensive ProV1 for approach only. Makes sense mentally and financially.
Exactly
Nice content, very helpful! Thanks for your teaching and time!
I watched this months ago. Kind of half listened to the information then. I'm now shooting low 90s- mid 80s and feel like this lecture is much more relevant to me now. Bought a book, gonna start note taking on lies not just girs, and firs and putts. Thanks Playa!!
I had on avg 5 punch shots during several past rounds. I have included practicing punch shots with my 5 and 6 irons to hit up to 150 yards which has helped me to avoid those double-bogies.
Excellent video. I’ve been noticing a lot more of the things I do poorly and the things I do well over the last few rounds. I still have a long way to go, but I’ve noticed worlds of improvement in my approach game by not playing copy paste golf like I used to. The GIR have increased from MAYBE 1-2 to 4-7 per round. Just having putts for birdie even if you don’t make all of them is definitely a confidence booster. The punch shot has also allowed me to salvage holes where my hybrid tee shot has abandoned me. Keep up the good work! Cheers from Texas.
Bro where at in texas, That is awesome, Always looking to play with a fellow PLAYA, I am in the Dallas area
@@RydenEden I’m in ft worth
@@Tcarp2034 bro we can so play around and meet in the middle
I like the way you understand golf. Amazing lesson 🎯. Thanks for sharing it with us
At 4:32, he said playing off the back foot to keep it down. Wouldn’t we want to play off the front foot instead to keep it down? I’m new so I wasn’t sure.
Thanks!
Let’s go! Cheers Mate!
As always, a great video!
Lots to unpack. This is the 1st year I’ve really started paying attention to lies and I’ve also started keeping a mental notebook. One of things I realized was on a couple of par 5’s 8 time out of 10 Times, I’d hit a push slice and last year I chalked it up to a mental thing. This month after watching the putting Video with Adam, I realized that although the lie looks flat, the general slope is down. So last couple of rounds been treating lie a ball below my feet and aiming left. I’m making much much better contact, but the ball is going where I’m aiming. So I’m hitting ball into bunker that never came into play. I’m going to have to do a little more experimenting on where to aim. But I now know that it was the lie causing a lot of the push slice not a mental thing.
Great video Matt! Approach game is exactly where i need to improve ( most!)
Spoiling us rotten with these GEMS. Thank you playa in chief
Any update on TeaSki? Those were my girls favorite golf videos to watch. Educational and more importantly, relatable to them.
Busy with everyday life playa
@@GolfSidekick let her know…she is missed by her two biggest fans from here in Michigan
Great videos always! What are your favorite golf books about course management?
My go to content creator for golf mindset. Thanks Matt.
Love the content Matt, thank you!
Matt an excellent video again! Please have a speedy recovery!
By far the best UA-cam channel love watching @golfsidekick with a nice cold Peroni :) Hoping to see the gang back again soon TSki, JMac, B-Dog.
lets hope so
Matty, love your content! I am to-be 90 breaker, but I struggle with my approach game. If I am in an upslope or downslope, how will a punch shot come out? Will it be straighter?
You were right. I’ve been playing since June. A week of watching your videos and ignoring my girlfriend, I just shot consecutive 92 and 89. When you break through you’ll smash through! The putting stroke for chips around the green, and no hero shots, have helped me massively.
Things aren’t falling apart. They’re falling into place. Love that.
Dear Matt, I just found your channel and websites and keep grinning while watching the tremendous stuff you are publishing and selling. Pure delight. Huge fun factor. Thank you so much for all your knowledge and advice. Just what I need right now in my golf journey. Started later in life (40+) and had some unvoluntary breaks, but in 2023 I managed to reach my first goal to become a lower handicapper (16 now). 😊 Time for a new goal: break 90/85. Two questions I have for you: what is written in Thai letters on your boards footer? Will there ever be ladies polos available on waddaplaya product line?
Best regards from Kiel/northern germany/the baltic sea and me, Carola
hey Matty, can you please post a link of your video on How to make your own yardage book? Thanks mate. your a champ...
Thanks for all the amazing content Baus!
Sick shirt bro!
Just what I needed. Have a big match play tomorrow at my club. Going to get a notebook made up and have a strategy for it and try my best to stick to it 👍
Don’t do like dat! 😂. Love the videos! Keep ‘em coming!!
Exceptional content bravo 👏
I wish I had watched this video before playing Quintero in Arizona! The Bermuda made me feel like I'd never swung a club before. It took about 13 holes until I just said, "screw it" and used my hybrid exclusively on every approach.
His explanation just gave that "aha" moment!
Honestly brilliant, and although I know a lot of what you speak of I had not accounted for the lie having so much impact, but of course it does. It's all too easy to be at the " perfect distance from the green" but find your ball has run out into the shite, or landed in a divot mark, so your favourite club winks at you, you take the perfect club for the distance with no other consideration and the end result is a worm burner 50 yards further into the shite.
Thank you for your wisdom.
Taken myself from high 90's to consistent low 90's and the occasional 80's round with your methods baus. Realising that just because I can hit a club that distance, doesn't make it the right club to hit. I had 100m out, downhill lie to a downhill green, which is a 56 degree distance. But 8 iron was the club for a 80m punch, 20m roll-out and use the hill to my advantage. Easy stress free golf 🙌
"Realising that just because I can hit a club that distance, doesn't make it the right club to hit"
This is golden wisdom so profound, it should be in the first 5 lessons anyone ever has in golf
I love this guy
First time I scored under 80 following most of your advices without any drive shot ! (this weapon is clearly not for me yet). I hit most of the fairways and hit my ball on safe and clear zone to be able to reach the greens. One important thing as well : the putting odds were with me this day !
Had these thoughts in my head yesterday. Cracked 80 for the second time this year. (79) par 72
11 Cap. Thanks playa
well done loverman
My strokes gained is getting myself in bad putting spots, I usually hit the ball close to where I’m trying but I don’t think about what gets me a guarantee 2 putt. I like to be uphill as much as possible. I find my bogeys are when I hit the green or just outside from downhill lies, but if I’m uphill I get par/birdie chances. I’ve shaved so much off my game watching your videos, I’m a low 80s high 70s golfer 79-84 consistently but it’s always coming down to if I would been in this position in the first place that would be a stroke shaved on atleast 5 holes per round
In a long par 4, the hdc 1 of the course, really narrow and with left to right slope, out of bounds on leftside, water on right, would you recommend punch shot as second shot? I really liked the video! Deep knowledge
depends where you are on the hole. how long is it? If you're in the fairway or rough and have a clear shot, then you can setup your final approach shot to whatever you desire.
If it's 430 yards for example, can you leave yourself your favorite distance to the green?
Let's say you like 90 yards
You have to go 340 yards to get there
Can you hit two shots 340 yards easily? I think so
If your handicap is more than 18, then double bogey is a good score so you need to hit the green in 4 shots and 2 putt. Can you do it I think so
@@GolfSidekick i made par on that hole today, total score 92, my hdcp is 31!!! Your video really help me, puch shot gave me 5 pars today. By the way I saw on the field 3 feathers sticked to the ground. Waddaplaya
@@roncheong4198 in fact it was my second shot, iron 7, relaxed, it was on top of the rough, so I took the iron short, I made it on the green, 2 putts.
What video was the one on making a yardage book? I always just use a gps app on the course but have wanted to mess around with a book to see if it helps me or hurts me
Hey Playa, i forgot to upload it first. I will put it out soon
was literally just thinking this morning of asking for a short game video 😂 #greatminds
incredible video playa, thank you! love your whiteboard videos so much -thematthewprinciple
So I did an honest review of my play,
I found that I’m much better with my 7/9 woods than my irons, ( more accurate)
I dumped the irons that I could not hit, and concentrated on my fairway woods,
I was able to drop a lot of strokes I found my game. Thanks
Hey Matt, can you recommend any course management books?
Shall I write one?
@@GolfSidekick a coffee table book with your wit would impress all the guests I don't have
There’s like maybe 3 trees on my desert home course. It has caused me to never need to punch the ball so I suck at it when I play around trees. Should work on it at the range I suppose
Not just good stuff but great stuff! K-nowlege!
Is the strokes shaved system gluten free?
Vegetables not allowed
Thanks for your help Brofessor!
I am at wits end. My shortgame is always stable, I make ups and downs, I putt once or twice, but..... I just wake up in the morning and that determines my swing which determines my hcp of the day. Somtimes it's a 8, sometimes it's a 36, I am not kidding I am that inconsistent. I can shoot 80ish one day and 100 the next time, I am THAT inconsistent, and it all comes down to one thing: lost balls of the tee. I just lost 10 balls in a round, STILL shooting 98, which kinda shows how solid my short game is. And although I do hit quite far, I play quite defensively, choosing the club I feel most confident with for the given tee. I hardly ever use driver. And still, there are days like today where I spray 10 balls into the water, forest, farmers house, cow field, neighboring village.... My whole hcp is just governed by lost balls. No issues putting, not with chipping, never stuck in bunkers, and I almost always make the "par" with my second tee ball, but score-wise that's of course a double bogey. I really don't know what to do, I love golf so much, I have never enjoyed anything recreational as much as golf, but on days like today, I really need to bite my lip. No one seems to have this issue. All my friends are just duffing and fluffing and three putting around the green and missing approaches when they have a bad day. I stand alone with my issue - if there is anyone out there with the same issue, I would love to hear. Best I can describe it, on days like today, my swing is really "totally gone", I have no clue where the hands go, how to get my body and arms to harmonize, it all feels strange and awkward and the clubs feel weird at backswing already, which then ripples all the way down to the dreadful tee shots...
I know the feeling. What I did was just try to punch every shot. Half swing with a 7 iron off the tee, whatever got the ball in play then punch the next club. I did this until I got my confidence back. It turns out you can get the yips with every club in the bag!
Stick with it my man, it’ll come good in the bitter end.
Our Brofessor suggested an audiobook; “Golf Is Not A Game Of Perfect” by Dr. Bob Rotella, Bob Cullen…..such a good “read” ANNNND a must for playas like us! 👊🍻
Looking forward to No6 (mental game) of this series...
More Great information although more then I can keep in my melon at the moment. At least I can remember basics ball below feet goes right, above goes left, down hill right, up hill left. Little baby steps towards becoming a better Playa.
Thanks as always for your videos. You do a Great service for golfers Worldwide.
Pretty F@CK!NG Amazing
Matt this is Manna from Golf Heaven - thanks Playa in Chief
You wouldn't pay a golf pro for a lesson on reading lies, but you should.
You wouldn't spend an hour on the green reading grains, but you should.
Thanks Matt.
You won’t learn this in any biology 101 course but it is 100% science
Okay so I got really distracted trying to identify the 7 iron at the end. It looks a lot like my clubs but I doubt you’re using component brands 🤔
I do have one problem that I find, teeing up a 4 hybrid I can hit it 210, but hit it off the deck it’s a 160 shot. It’s still a good strike but for some reason i have to carry a secondary club to carry the same distance off the fairway. Leaves me with a gap in my bag.
What Font do u use for thumbnails?
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Thank you golf psychic... 🤓
Matt, could you do a snippet about the caddies that are unsung heroes where you are? I have no idea how or what…. But I’d watch it
sure
Top tip take away = cheaper or 2nd hand balls. Let's be honest; your best rounds have probably come from something other than a Pro V
Kirkland. Inesis. Volvik s4
That’s the balls i used in under par rounds. Crazy
My best round (79) has been using a yellow Slazenger V300. 48 balls for £23 from Sportdirect 😆 You hit them well enough they can stop on greens despite being possibly THE cheapest brand new ball in the UK
My best round 85 was with a 2nd balls which i purchased in 10+1 for 8$
Matt’s love of lie assessment is refreshing. You just don’t see this very often.
Matt you are a true baus playa
no you are
do you standard grips or mid size?
Standard but thinking of mid size to remove my flip
I’ll actually make a counter argument to the “use cheaper balls” thing. For me, and I’m sure I’m not alone in this, I feel a whole lot more confident when I’m standing over a super fresh ProV1. Golf is just so mental that for me that extra confidence boost is worth it. In addition, when I do lose a ball, I’m upset no matter what ball I’m hitting because I just hit it out of bounds and am now gonna take a huge score on the hole. That’s just how I think though, could definitely be very different for other people.
there is always an exception to the 90%
Golf slashers!!!
“Sometimes when things seem like they are falling apart, maybe they are just falling into place” - The Way of the Playa 2022
Hi Boyfriend! Your Systems are the reason that I have broken 100, 90, 80 over the past 3 years. Listen to this man!
LAL - Legendary Advice Legend
Would love to see how to identify a flyer lie vs a clunker lie.
What is a clunker?
@@GolfSidekick having grass grab club and either open or close club
@@GolfSidekick where the grass slows club down enough so you should have it an extra club.
@@duffer0309 ok
Hey man big fan of the playa concept
Just wanted to bring to your notice that I have emailed you and your social Media Manager from the email adress given on yout website and have got no reply ....PLZ look into it thanks
thanks but you would need to let me know the sender name/email address
It’s true about new balls . I only use second hand balls and don’t care if I lose them and don’t lose many any more
"My punchout game is elite." CPG
That's what Anastasia The Cart Girl said...
I buy grade A used balls from the internet. Way cheaper than retail for the same ball. Also, I can find just about anything I want to try.
Xander Scheffler used this system to maximize his confidentiality. Now he has matching green slacks .
Your DEAD on I switched from Pro V1 to Max Fli Tour notice ZERO differences other than I wasn’t scared shitless about losing another $4 shaved 3-6 shots a round
I used this mindset today whilst playing 9 holes:
4/4, 3/3, 4/4, 5/5, 3/3, 5/4, 6/4, 4/4 & 4/3 = +4….38/34….
It’s occurring to me that 50% of this game is half mental….🤔⛳️
It seemed to take all the pressure off making the current shot….😊
Know thyself…🌀
Hilarious American accent around 11:35.
what do you do when your hung over and your legs feel like jelly?
Stay at home.
We call that kind of golf, adventure golf. Cause you never know what kind of adventure you’re getting in to.
Fear of lost golf balls? In my mind, they are already lost the moment the cash comes out of my wallet. And I tend to find a few as i’m playing so by the end, I always consider my self up if I have any left!