Seems to me scratch golfers give EVERY SINGLE SHOT their upmost attention and then just as brilliantly they accept the outcome regardless and move on. I'll dwell on a duff or a pull 3 holes prior. The overall mental approach the biggest difference in my opinion
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Or for par shooters that hit it short like me the pressure builds, in my last 6 rounds I'm 2 under but only 13 birdies so chuck a few bogeys in and I'm toast
THIS. ALL. DAY. I found Golf Sidekick in 2020 during shelter in place. After watching my first 2-3 videos it was obvious to me that The Baus is one of the best amateur putters from 6 feet and in I’ve ever seen in my 21 years of obsession with this game. The putting this round was off the chain. 8, 9, 11, 16. All shortish putts that I miss more often than not. The putt for double on 12 was just silly and showed a tremendous amount of mental toughness given the context. The lag on 13 (among others) was sick. Whaddaputter. Whaddalegend.
Scratch golfers are cool - they laugh their way around the track but have laser focus for the minute they play each shot. They swing nice and slowly too..
Happy 4th of July everyone! I shot my best 83 yesterday and I'm taking today off from golf but tomorrow I'm looking to break that 80.... Wish me luck Playa's! Hope you all break your best scores this weekend!
scratch golf is interesting. I play off of scratch myself, and it's a much different reality than people expect. Everyone would think we shoot around par, but the reality is that our scoring average is anywhere from 73-76. It's a level of golf where scores change day by day, not because they don't have a draw or because they can't hit a certain shot or whatnot. It's all dependant on the mental game, or if putts lip in or out, or some other outside factor. Scratch golf is where you play a course and not stress (too much) over mechanical/technical swing issues and focus solely on the strategy of the game, achieved by letting your body be a representation of what you visualize in your mind. The tee shot on this par 3 needs a high draw? Your body conforms itself to committing a draw and the score of the whole is dependant of the quality of the strategy, not the swing. I hope this comment is insightful and please if I missed something please add on or comment below, cheers!
Well said. I play off 3 and shoot 74 to 78 on average (occasionally have an off day and shoot an 80-82). Technique remains the same course to course, it's strategy that changes. Another helpful tip, if you want to get angry at a shot, use the 5 second rule. Scream at yourself internally for 5 seconds and then move the fu** on!
@@Bbro-ls1tu I try to drill this into people when playing disc golf competitively. I see most of my friends/peers shooting poorly more because they can't accept a failure and move on or they don't manage themselves and the course well. You have to know what YOU can do and give YOURSELF the best opportunities to score (or best opportunity to not lose strokes). It's amazing how some people don't get it. I played with a few "bad" players yesterday and I was astonished at how often their decision making, not their skill, sunk them. I even told one of them, "If you know you can't get to this hole, why not play it to [right here] and just pitch up for the par?" It had never crossed his mind that he was making things worse by trying to birdie every hole (in disc golf typically every hole is a par 3 on most courses) and that's why his scores weren't improving.
Well said. 2.3HCP here but people say I am "scratch". In my mind I am not until my HCP is a zero but the way you word it makes sense. The difference in shooting a 74-76 to shooting a 71 or less is so small. Some days I play so much better and just do not have putts drop and my score is 3 strokes higher than a poor ball striking day but I shoot a 72 somehow. Golf is weird.
Most of the scratch golfers I’ve played with are sneaky good. They have bad shots, but never get upset. Just kind of plot around the course. But at the end of the round and they shot around par, I’m always a little surprised. It’s not like watching golf on TV where you only see these incredible shots. Scratch golfers misses are just more manageable and they really limit the amount of risk. Just like a playa.
Massive difference I have seen playing with them is they are playing a different game to the rest of us They are smacking them 250+ off the tee all the time and then hitting wedges into the green on Par4s where me playing off 13 am hitting in with a 5/6iron on the off chance I found the fairway and struck it well off the tee Then on Par5s they are either on in 2 or around the green for 2 or hitting a wedge on for 3 if they have to lay up Reality is they are hitting a lot of the same clubs Driver and 3 Wood and short irons and wedges where the rest of us get to work out the full 14 clubs more
@@Valleygoatt A 380 metre par 4 will see me hitting Driver and 5/6Iron into it The same 380 metre Par 4 and those Scratch markers are down hitting in 100/130 metre range and are picking a wedge We are both on the same tee They are just hitting it a lot further off the tee than I do
@@ryzikx I played with a Scratch marker a 2 handicapper a lot Even though it is only 2 shots in handicap the difference in their games is actually quite large and obvious I have seen a guy who played on the US PGA Tour play with these guys and he was a mile better than the Scratch Marker and he was a plotter on the tour lucky to retain his card
I just hit my first birdie a few days ago, and just broke 100 this last round. Thank you for all the help Matt, especially on the mental side of golf. I am so excited now to keep getting better and go for the next goal.
This comment is why I came to the comment section. I rewound the video to make sure I heard him correct. 13 hdcp? I’m a 16 and I feel happy when I’m mid or low 80s. No chance I’m only getting 3 strokes from the Playa in Chief! 13 lol
Scratch golfers are Gods amongst men. They are the mothers milk, the golden nectar, silver, frankincense and myrrh. Their ability is biblical, and they make me cry... literally
Matt, your videos are just sublime. There is honestly no one else on the UA-cams covering golf like this. I simply CAN NOT take another video of some guy showing me a different way to shallow out my swing. Keep showing us your rounds and teaching us the mental side of golf.
Great video! I am laid up in hospital about to have back surgery to remove infection. I can't wait to get back on the course and swing a club with flexibility and no pain! Your videos are keeping me going. Thanks, Matt.
I try to play with Scratch golfers as much as possible. Because you can learn so much from them: how they play the game, course management, how they manage from certain situations. Alsof by watching your videos, among others, I broke 100 and 90 within a month. Last week I almost broke 80. No stressful golf. Thanks mate!
yo sander !! i no u have already but watch his video " How to break 80 " AGAIN and AGAIN before you go out again - took me 30 or so times - wished ide seen his video back then
playing with scratch golfers and watching what they do and how they approach the hole and every shot from drive to putt is what has helped me to get to 3… I’m still striving for scratch and hopefully will get there soon!
Matt.....Playa. my first sub 80 today!!! 78 with a 45 on the front and a 33 on the back. Best golf I have ever played. I consider your channel along with Liam's to be two huge contributors. And of course my Waddaplaya gear. Thanks so much meine freund!
@Insignificant Speck Of Dust yeah man, I know. There was no real change in my play, I just figured out that I was hitting a draw with my drives and in the back nine at South Suburban it gave me a huge advantage. Four birds in nine holes has never happened in my life.....completely neurotic round that I will remain proud of.
I’ve played with a scratch golfer a handful of times and I’ve always noticed how calm they seem. They never get to emotionally high or low. It’s always onto the next shot with full mental focus. They don’t do anything that most average can’t do but they don’t make the big miss/mistake. It’s seems more about pars and avoiding the big score than it is about draining birdies or eagles.
There was a part in the video where Matt is talking about envisioning himself pulling the putt from the cup. Then I started concentrating on my round yesterday and making some putts and for a few moments I swear I could actually see Matt’s mental projection of himself picking the ball from the cup. Something magical happened for me during this video and I can’t explain it. Religious enlightenment and astral projection I guess. Fantastic.
Did the first official 9 holes in my life (2nd time that I go in a golf course, I started 1 year ago), scored 41 shots. Don’t think that’s too bad (par 29).
Played 9 holes with my buddies with the goal of shooting a 45. Found a feather on hole two and planted it. Birdied the 6th hole and ended up with a 44. My friends got destroyed. In Playa we trust
Scratch Golfers are always so calm, even on a terrible shot. They don't lose their cool, they just focus on the next shot; and that's something we all need to learn to do!
Just broke 40 (shot a 39) on a par 36 for the first time in league. Finished with a birdie on the last hole (par 5). Your videos have helped me to think more about yardage I want coming into greens and the rest of the mental game too. Think! Don't be a hero! So much of the game is mental. Keep up the great videos! 📹
I'm always impressed by scratch golfer's ability to let go of bad shots, and just play the shot ahead of them. I am getting better at this, as well as adjusting shot shape, but not where I want to be.
Thanks for the constant tips/videos showing the importance of the mental game. I played my local course yesterday and started off with a double bogey, normally I would collapse, but instead I let myself regroup, scoring a birdie the next hole and ending the 9 being +1, and the round +5. Keep up the great vids!
This week I broke 80 for the first time. While not scratch, what is interesting about this story is that I thought we were playing 6-6-6 at $5 a 6. I was a guest of the regular threesome. They had a variety of skins , money plaid for birdies, plus greenies. I Let them play their regular games. At the end of the match, a pile of money was dumped in front of me,.,..not only did I win all three 6s, but I walked away with the greenies, and most of the skins. I am am convinced that not knowing I was in the money games was key to my mental game. I made all of my putts because I had nothing riding on them. Next time out I am going to pretend I am not in the money games and see how that works…may be prove too difficult. Ps,. course I paid for dinner afterwards:)
I think scratch golfers are like those cool kids in school, like the ones that are cool with the science geeks, the jocks, even the teachers... I want to be a scratch... Everyone wants to be a scratch...
Scratch golfers play boring golf, fairway, green, putt, putt, par. Next hole same boring thing. The scoring is great but the process is just boring as hell for me. I struggle to shoot par because I want to hit driver all the time and go for birdies and eagles any chance I get. Ignore tight pins and trouble, go for it every time. That's fun golf but my scores are in the high 70's most of the time. I enjoy your channel very much and try my best at stress free golf and still have fun. Thanks from So. California
Scratch golfers for the most part ooze confidence and accept they are going to have some good rounds and some average rounds, there are always going to be those that have removed the fun and acceptance of bad days.
I’ve been scratch for decades and much of this video rings true for me. You cannot understate how well scratch golfers scramble which really means they pitch and putt very well. I’ve shot under par and hit 2 fairways and I’ve hit 13/14 fairways and shot 80. For me, the harder the shot, the better I seem to hit it. Psychology of focusing I suppose. I can also tell you match play is a great way to focus only on one hole at a time and play smarter on that hole. I thrive on the challenge of beating my opponent with a smother-hook 7 iron with a briar in my backswing while he thinks he has the hole in the bag with his center stripe drive. Mental toughness is the key.
I found that as soon as I get too relaxed and lose my strong posture in the drive my club face opens up on the downswing causing my bad slice/fade. As soon as I strengthen my posture I’m hitting as straight as a frozen rope
Good for you mate, i would love your life!! So cool to see someone like you do it, a dam good golfer too! I just shot my first ever 1 under par round. I love golf so much haha P.s i Idealize your golf attire
I just recently started playing golf and comparatively to people who have played for a long time I am relatively okay, the one thing that I believe made me get better quickly was accepting the outcome of each shot and learning from bad shots, opposed to blowing on the course and getting mad.
Favorite playa to watch. Hearing what’s between the ears with such transparency puts me in your shoes. Always watching. Always improving even if the score might not always agree. 🤙🏼
Scratch golfers are great to play with. Take the game seriously enough when they need to, really don't mind when a high handicapper plays with them (as long as I don't take it to seriously) and are another reason I want to keep coming back even when my game sucks.
They make you focus more on your game too and you are right, when you don't take it too seriously, but also WHEN YOU DONT BE TOO ALOOF, then it is definitely fun
I don’t think that scratch golfers are upfront enough with “younger” golfers about proper expectations for their performance. Newer golfers seem to get discouraged because they don’t quite understand how long it takes to actually develop a golf game good enough to play even sub-bogey golf, let alone scratch.
I see a lot of comments about scratch players being calm and collected. I don't think you can reverse engineer that though. I don't think you can improve by being calm...you become calm and collected when you are confident in your abilities, which comes from practice and experience. It's easy to say "forget the bad shots" but try telling that to the playa who's close but never broken 80 and keeps falling short. I play off 4.8 but I think I can start to feel that calmness coming. I instinctively know good shots are coming even if this one was bad. Great video as always
I’ve never broke 80 and since switching from trying to hit a variety of shots I’ve gone to hitting a stock fade with every shot I can say I play a lot more calm and collected. Since doing that I’ve come close to breaking 80 more times this year than I have in the past 3 years
That happened to me saturday... +1 after 8 and then because someone said "keep the driver in the bag" I was thinking of hitting my 3wood and boom... in the water...
I don’t know any scratch golfers. But what an easy life it must be. When us mere mortals occasionally play scratch golf for a few holes in a round it’s a taste of what golf can be like. Just a nice stroll down the fairway ready to hit a wedge onto the green and two putt. Wadda life!
I think with those guys, they can shoot a 79 and people will think they are not scratch. Just a bad day or whatever and they're 7 over. That's the worst they are gonna play. One of the pressures I think would be once you tell someone you're scratch, then you are expected to shoot 67 but when you shoot 78 then the ignorant are like "not scratch for sure"
@@GolfSidekick so true! I think people assume scratch golfers are like Pros. I think we are all too hard on ourselves sometimes. We should all be shooting over our handicap most of the time. I’ve started trying to ignore scoring targets, play in the moment and let the score look after itself.
Scratch golfers are as varied as the rest of us. I am impressed with their golf skill, but if they are assholes, they are assholes. I would rather play with a chill player than an asshole scratch.
Love your attitude -- almost makes me want to get back on the course. Best hcp I ever had was 11, no doubt affected by my club's match play ethos (some missable putts conceded during matches.) Only broke 80 a couple of times, before the dreaded yips derailed me and ruined the experience.
Easy life. Just look at the hole when you putt. Get out there again and let the life stress go playa. you probably achieved what you need to achieve off the course to ease the pressure on your game you had to make up for the daily life difficulties
Matt , i started watching your videos this season , i joined a golf club in April , i don't have a handicap but i'm playing towards it , earlier on I shot 116 over 18 holes and decided i needed to get under 100 first off. Anyway I found your break 100 video , started taking 7 iron off tee and it's amazing how finding a fairway gives you confidence , within 2 weeks i shot 96 Since then i've watched your break 90 videos , and today i shot 88 so $20 will be on its way to your patreon shortly , i'm striking my irons so much cleaner now and confidence growing , going for break 80 next thanks to you So in short Thank You you're videos are class
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Seems to me scratch golfers give EVERY SINGLE SHOT their upmost attention and then just as brilliantly they accept the outcome regardless and move on. I'll dwell on a duff or a pull 3 holes prior. The overall mental approach the biggest difference in my opinion
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Once you have the majority of “shots” in your bag, the game becomes mostly mental. Absolutely!
Or for par shooters that hit it short like me the pressure builds, in my last 6 rounds I'm 2 under but only 13 birdies so chuck a few bogeys in and I'm toast
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I think all the putts made within 5 ft was the most underrated thing I've seen Matt do in awhile...
THIS. ALL. DAY.
I found Golf Sidekick in 2020 during shelter in place. After watching my first 2-3 videos it was obvious to me that The Baus is one of the best amateur putters from 6 feet and in I’ve ever seen in my 21 years of obsession with this game.
The putting this round was off the chain. 8, 9, 11, 16. All shortish putts that I miss more often than not. The putt for double on 12 was just silly and showed a tremendous amount of mental toughness given the context. The lag on 13 (among others) was sick. Whaddaputter. Whaddalegend.
Came here to say that!
deleted my comment after you said it first.
Yea the tap ins too
Crazy how simple he makes it look.
Scratch golfers just get less value for their money. I get to play more shots and see more of the course! 😂
Hilarious!
By my normal score....I shoot ATLEAST 2 rounds ...per round 😅
Scratch golfers are cool - they laugh their way around the track but have laser focus for the minute they play each shot. They swing nice and slowly too..
Yeah and are boring to play with. Never bomb it or take risks for birdies and complain about the 5 two puts that cost them being under for the day.
Hahahaha "freedom degrees" I love it
Happy 4th of July everyone! I shot my best 83 yesterday and I'm taking today off from golf but tomorrow I'm looking to break that 80.... Wish me luck Playa's! Hope you all break your best scores this weekend!
“Go out there. Play smart golf, take your time, and mitigate damage”
Me: “No, I don’t think I will”
scratch golf is interesting.
I play off of scratch myself, and it's a much different reality than people expect. Everyone would think we shoot around par, but the reality is that our scoring average is anywhere from 73-76.
It's a level of golf where scores change day by day, not because they don't have a draw or because they can't hit a certain shot or whatnot. It's all dependant on the mental game, or if putts lip in or out, or some other outside factor.
Scratch golf is where you play a course and not stress (too much) over mechanical/technical swing issues and focus solely on the strategy of the game, achieved by letting your body be a representation of what you visualize in your mind. The tee shot on this par 3 needs a high draw? Your body conforms itself to committing a draw and the score of the whole is dependant of the quality of the strategy, not the swing.
I hope this comment is insightful and please if I missed something please add on or comment below, cheers!
Well said. I play off 3 and shoot 74 to 78 on average (occasionally have an off day and shoot an 80-82). Technique remains the same course to course, it's strategy that changes. Another helpful tip, if you want to get angry at a shot, use the 5 second rule. Scream at yourself internally for 5 seconds and then move the fu** on!
@@michaelb6801 getting frustrated will only make thing worse. That's a pretty good system, I might have to try that out.
@@Bbro-ls1tu I try to drill this into people when playing disc golf competitively. I see most of my friends/peers shooting poorly more because they can't accept a failure and move on or they don't manage themselves and the course well. You have to know what YOU can do and give YOURSELF the best opportunities to score (or best opportunity to not lose strokes). It's amazing how some people don't get it.
I played with a few "bad" players yesterday and I was astonished at how often their decision making, not their skill, sunk them. I even told one of them, "If you know you can't get to this hole, why not play it to [right here] and just pitch up for the par?" It had never crossed his mind that he was making things worse by trying to birdie every hole (in disc golf typically every hole is a par 3 on most courses) and that's why his scores weren't improving.
Well said. 2.3HCP here but people say I am "scratch". In my mind I am not until my HCP is a zero but the way you word it makes sense. The difference in shooting a 74-76 to shooting a 71 or less is so small. Some days I play so much better and just do not have putts drop and my score is 3 strokes higher than a poor ball striking day but I shoot a 72 somehow. Golf is weird.
you must come out with some "Big Richard" merch!
Most of the scratch golfers I’ve played with are sneaky good. They have bad shots, but never get upset. Just kind of plot around the course. But at the end of the round and they shot around par, I’m always a little surprised. It’s not like watching golf on TV where you only see these incredible shots. Scratch golfers misses are just more manageable and they really limit the amount of risk. Just like a playa.
Massive difference I have seen playing with them is they are playing a different game to the rest of us
They are smacking them 250+ off the tee all the time and then hitting wedges into the green on Par4s where me playing off 13 am hitting in with a 5/6iron on the off chance I found the fairway and struck it well off the tee
Then on Par5s they are either on in 2 or around the green for 2 or hitting a wedge on for 3 if they have to lay up
Reality is they are hitting a lot of the same clubs Driver and 3 Wood and short irons and wedges where the rest of us get to work out the full 14 clubs more
crazy concept but scratch isnt in the same universe as those seen on tv
@@Valleygoatt A 380 metre par 4 will see me hitting Driver and 5/6Iron into it
The same 380 metre Par 4 and those Scratch markers are down hitting in 100/130 metre range and are picking a wedge
We are both on the same tee
They are just hitting it a lot further off the tee than I do
@@ryzikx I played with a Scratch marker a 2 handicapper a lot
Even though it is only 2 shots in handicap the difference in their games is actually quite large and obvious
I have seen a guy who played on the US PGA Tour play with these guys and he was a mile better than the Scratch Marker and he was a plotter on the tour lucky to retain his card
@@nicholasdemetriades9154 But the issue is you need a scratch players chipping and putting
That is where they save their score
I just hit my first birdie a few days ago, and just broke 100 this last round. Thank you for all the help Matt, especially on the mental side of golf. I am so excited now to keep getting better and go for the next goal.
Keep at it
The Birdies will come and soon enough you will get an Eagle
You will be hitting in the 80s soon enough
Unless they ask me in advance most people don't appreciate when i scratch golfers
“A 13 handicap like me”
Who just shot +1.4 differential haha.
haha same thought here....13 hcp?
This comment is why I came to the comment section. I rewound the video to make sure I heard him correct. 13 hdcp? I’m a 16 and I feel happy when I’m mid or low 80s. No chance I’m only getting 3 strokes from the Playa in Chief! 13 lol
I'm a 12 now
@@GolfSidekick you are playing very good Bauss, just keep having fun!
@@GolfSidekick Fortunately the regulars get the sarcasm, but first time viewers will be so confused
Scratch golfers are Gods amongst men. They are the mothers milk, the golden nectar, silver, frankincense and myrrh. Their ability is biblical, and they make me cry... literally
Loved this video Matt. The wtf moment for me though was you saying you’re a 13 hcp!! No way bro. Single figures for sure, fact!!
Best thing you said was “it’s either 100% or 0%”…. Exactly what I needed to hear 👌
Matt, your videos are just sublime. There is honestly no one else on the UA-cams covering golf like this. I simply CAN NOT take another video of some guy showing me a different way to shallow out my swing. Keep showing us your rounds and teaching us the mental side of golf.
Love that playa. Should i do videos on how to fix your slice?
Great video! I am laid up in hospital about to have back surgery to remove infection. I can't wait to get back on the course and swing a club with flexibility and no pain! Your videos are keeping me going. Thanks, Matt.
LOL! "how to play scratch golf" - - - end of video: Why would anyone want to be a scratch or + handicap golfer? there's no point! 18:55
Thank you! I am a 13 handicap and after I watched this video I played 78 on a tournament. This really works. :)
I try to play with Scratch golfers as much as possible. Because you can learn so much from them: how they play the game, course management, how they manage from certain situations. Alsof by watching your videos, among others, I broke 100 and 90 within a month. Last week I almost broke 80. No stressful golf. Thanks mate!
yo sander !! i no u have already but watch his video " How to break 80 " AGAIN and AGAIN before you go out again - took me 30 or so times - wished ide seen his video back then
@@fantasydog3868 Yo mate, thanks! I'm going to check the vid! Must break the 80
playing with scratch golfers and watching what they do and how they approach the hole and every shot from drive to putt is what has helped me to get to 3… I’m still striving for scratch and hopefully will get there soon!
Just shot a personal best 41 on nine yesterday by visualizing my shot and remembering to play stress free golf!
Matt.....Playa. my first sub 80 today!!! 78 with a 45 on the front and a 33 on the back. Best golf I have ever played. I consider your channel along with Liam's to be two huge contributors. And of course my Waddaplaya gear. Thanks so much meine freund!
@Insignificant Speck Of Dust yeah man, I know. There was no real change in my play, I just figured out that I was hitting a draw with my drives and in the back nine at South Suburban it gave me a huge advantage. Four birds in nine holes has never happened in my life.....completely neurotic round that I will remain proud of.
I’ve played with a scratch golfer a handful of times and I’ve always noticed how calm they seem. They never get to emotionally high or low. It’s always onto the next shot with full mental focus. They don’t do anything that most average can’t do but they don’t make the big miss/mistake. It’s seems more about pars and avoiding the big score than it is about draining birdies or eagles.
There was a part in the video where Matt is talking about envisioning himself pulling the putt from the cup. Then I started concentrating on my round yesterday and making some putts and for a few moments I swear I could actually see Matt’s mental projection of himself picking the ball from the cup. Something magical happened for me during this video and I can’t explain it. Religious enlightenment and astral projection I guess. Fantastic.
So sad. All that work by the other golf channels, but they will never be the best.
I agree
Matt did win the YT golf channel tournament not too long ago. He took out a big player in the final. Great win.
Did the first official 9 holes in my life (2nd time that I go in a golf course, I started 1 year ago), scored 41 shots. Don’t think that’s too bad (par 29).
Yeah Gods man...that drive on 18 was 326 Yards...Matt DeShamyboue
Played 9 holes with my buddies with the goal of shooting a 45. Found a feather on hole two and planted it. Birdied the 6th hole and ended up with a 44. My friends got destroyed. In Playa we trust
FREEDOM DEGREES HELL YEAH!!!
Scratch Golfers are always so calm, even on a terrible shot. They don't lose their cool, they just focus on the next shot; and that's something we all need to learn to do!
Absolutely lights out from inside 6 feet. Nice job
Just broke 40 (shot a 39) on a par 36 for the first time in league. Finished with a birdie on the last hole (par 5). Your videos have helped me to think more about yardage I want coming into greens and the rest of the mental game too. Think! Don't be a hero! So much of the game is mental. Keep up the great videos! 📹
Love that playa well done. Always nice to see people making progrss like a baussss
Did I hear right when Playa said he's a 13 handicap or is my hearing bad???
cant believe you interrupted my favorite song on the channel 7:11
😂I like how he said freedom degrees
I'm always impressed by scratch golfer's ability to let go of bad shots, and just play the shot ahead of them. I am getting better at this, as well as adjusting shot shape, but not where I want to be.
Thanks for the constant tips/videos showing the importance of the mental game. I played my local course yesterday and started off with a double bogey, normally I would collapse, but instead I let myself regroup, scoring a birdie the next hole and ending the 9 being +1, and the round +5. Keep up the great vids!
Currently working my way back to scratch (sitting at 3 right now) and your videos have been very inspirational, keep up the awesome work!
This week I broke 80 for the first time. While not scratch, what is interesting about this story is that I thought we were playing 6-6-6 at $5 a 6. I was a guest of the regular threesome. They had a variety of skins , money plaid for birdies, plus greenies. I Let them play their regular games. At the end of the match, a pile of money was dumped in front of me,.,..not only did I win all three 6s, but I walked away with the greenies, and most of the skins. I am am convinced that not knowing I was in the money games was key to my mental game. I made all of my putts because I had nothing riding on them. Next time out I am going to pretend I am not in the money games and see how that works…may be prove too difficult. Ps,. course I paid for dinner afterwards:)
I've had a 73 and a 74 so far this summer. 72 is best ever....so far!
On par 72 course. Covered Bridge NB Canada
For some reason it’s so relaxing to hear the narrating
The time that goes in to editing these videos is amazing
I think scratch golfers are like those cool kids in school, like the ones that are cool with the science geeks, the jocks, even the teachers... I want to be a scratch... Everyone wants to be a scratch...
Scratch golfers play boring golf, fairway, green, putt, putt, par. Next hole same boring thing. The scoring is great but the process is just boring as hell for me. I struggle to shoot par because I want to hit driver all the time and go for birdies and eagles any chance I get. Ignore tight pins and trouble, go for it every time. That's fun golf but my scores are in the high 70's most of the time.
I enjoy your channel very much and try my best at stress free golf and still have fun. Thanks from So. California
Scratch golfers are the golfers I aspire to be. Calm, composed, and confident. They feel comfortable with their game and they play simple!
Scratch golfers for the most part ooze confidence and accept they are going to have some good rounds and some average rounds, there are always going to be those that have removed the fun and acceptance of bad days.
There is NO better commentary golf videos on UA-cam. Honestly you have built such a great brand and your channel in my opinion is #1.
Hey, Matt. Let me know if you come through Alabama, and I’d like help breaking 100. I won two tee times at FarmLinks. Been playing about 5 months.
Well well well if it is t exactly what I needed to see and hear after having one of my worst rounds in over a year. Thanks Playa
I’ve been scratch for decades and much of this video rings true for me. You cannot understate how well scratch golfers scramble which really means they pitch and putt very well. I’ve shot under par and hit 2 fairways and I’ve hit 13/14 fairways and shot 80. For me, the harder the shot, the better I seem to hit it. Psychology of focusing I suppose. I can also tell you match play is a great way to focus only on one hole at a time and play smarter on that hole. I thrive on the challenge of beating my opponent with a smother-hook 7 iron with a briar in my backswing while he thinks he has the hole in the bag with his center stripe drive. Mental toughness is the key.
I found that as soon as I get too relaxed and lose my strong posture in the drive my club face opens up on the downswing causing my bad slice/fade. As soon as I strengthen my posture I’m hitting as straight as a frozen rope
Your putting is unreal. Almost automatic from 6 ft in. Love the content!
God caddying for this guy is the dream!
Why is the footage and audio much better than in PGA major broadcasts??
im more impressed by her having full clothing and a mask on when it's 38c
You see someone play scratch and our looks so ready. What you haven't seen is the amount of practice they put in to make it look that way.
Good for you mate, i would love your life!! So cool to see someone like you do it, a dam good golfer too! I just shot my first ever 1 under par round. I love golf so much haha
P.s i Idealize your golf attire
Bro. Freedom Degrees. LOL
I just recently started playing golf and comparatively to people who have played for a long time I am relatively okay, the one thing that I believe made me get better quickly was accepting the outcome of each shot and learning from bad shots, opposed to blowing on the course and getting mad.
You’re ahead of the pack there bro
I'm a scratch golfer.. I write down the good rounds and scratch the bad ones..
I inexplicably played terrible yesterday. This is gonna help recenter my focus
I reckon scratch golfers are all turkey farmers with unlimited supplies of feathers to plant!
Favorite playa to watch. Hearing what’s between the ears with such transparency puts me in your shoes. Always watching. Always improving even if the score might not always agree. 🤙🏼
shoots + 4, considered himself a 13 handicap. You putting your score in Sir?
Scratch golfers are great to play with. Take the game seriously enough when they need to, really don't mind when a high handicapper plays with them (as long as I don't take it to seriously) and are another reason I want to keep coming back even when my game sucks.
They make you focus more on your game too and you are right, when you don't take it too seriously, but also WHEN YOU DONT BE TOO ALOOF, then it is definitely fun
I don’t think that scratch golfers are upfront enough with “younger” golfers about proper expectations for their performance. Newer golfers seem to get discouraged because they don’t quite understand how long it takes to actually develop a golf game good enough to play even sub-bogey golf, let alone scratch.
I see a lot of comments about scratch players being calm and collected. I don't think you can reverse engineer that though. I don't think you can improve by being calm...you become calm and collected when you are confident in your abilities, which comes from practice and experience. It's easy to say "forget the bad shots" but try telling that to the playa who's close but never broken 80 and keeps falling short. I play off 4.8 but I think I can start to feel that calmness coming. I instinctively know good shots are coming even if this one was bad. Great video as always
I’ve never broke 80 and since switching from trying to hit a variety of shots I’ve gone to hitting a stock fade with every shot I can say I play a lot more calm and collected. Since doing that I’ve come close to breaking 80 more times this year than I have in the past 3 years
Every “scratch golfer” I play with is worse than me and I’m a 15 handicap. 🤔 I think most “scratch golfers” best attribute is their pencil.
Sounds fishy
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Rewatched this, and your pw and 9i shots look like Eldrick. Tempo is positively sensual.
Very nice golf swing! Your mechanics are MUCH better than a 13 handicap. Did I hear that right… 13?
That happened to me saturday... +1 after 8 and then because someone said "keep the driver in the bag" I was thinking of hitting my 3wood and boom... in the water...
Matt's putting is tremendous! Definitely a sharp tool in the bag!
i am a sharp tool. Better than a garden tool!
ANYONE CAN DO IT (as long as you can hit 200 yards perfectly fucking straight like this guy)
Anyone can stop and think. I promise
I damn near spit my drink out when I heard you were a 13 handicap...I would've guessed 5 or 6...
The first thing I think now when I look at a Scratch golfer - "Wow, I really hope they've had time to enjoy golf along the way"
No worries. We scratch players are this good because we practice a lot, but we practice that much only because we enjoy it so much
Good to see the Evnroll back in the bag.
What do I think of scratch golfers? They think too damn much. Obviously.😏
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I don’t know any scratch golfers. But what an easy life it must be. When us mere mortals occasionally play scratch golf for a few holes in a round it’s a taste of what golf can be like. Just a nice stroll down the fairway ready to hit a wedge onto the green and two putt. Wadda life!
I think with those guys, they can shoot a 79 and people will think they are not scratch. Just a bad day or whatever and they're 7 over. That's the worst they are gonna play. One of the pressures I think would be once you tell someone you're scratch, then you are expected to shoot 67 but when you shoot 78 then the ignorant are like "not scratch for sure"
@@GolfSidekick so true! I think people assume scratch golfers are like Pros. I think we are all too hard on ourselves sometimes. We should all be shooting over our handicap most of the time. I’ve started trying to ignore scoring targets, play in the moment and let the score look after itself.
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Scratch golfers are as varied as the rest of us. I am impressed with their golf skill, but if they are assholes, they are assholes. I would rather play with a chill player than an asshole scratch.
13 handicap?? On what planet? And im not sure I've ever seen you miss from inside 4 feet
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Sad I couldn’t play with you while you were here in AZ! Let me know if you ever come back
Over 100 degrees outside and they force that poor girl to wear a mask. The world has gone crazy.
Your videos keep me sane Matt, keep doing you 🙏🏻
Love your attitude -- almost makes me want to get back on the course. Best hcp I ever had was 11, no doubt affected by my club's match play ethos (some missable putts conceded during matches.) Only broke 80 a couple of times, before the dreaded yips derailed me and ruined the experience.
Easy life. Just look at the hole when you putt. Get out there again and let the life stress go playa. you probably achieved what you need to achieve off the course to ease the pressure on your game you had to make up for the daily life difficulties
Try putting left handed, seriously.
Amazing video. loving the editing too, the way you color-in the target landing areas is superb. Great job
This is me to a T. If I play slower and concentrate over every shot my scores are way better. If only I could get out of my own way
What makes you think it is within the rules of golf to put a feather in the ground before a birdie putt?????
I can get the white trousers and pink shorts with matching belts at -32 if i damn well please!
Not bad for a 13 handicap! If you would have shot 1 stroke better you could be a 12 or 11.
I'm confused how he hits driver 300yds but his 9 iron goes 140
Wait, you’re a 13 handicap and you’re shooting a 77?!
can someone tell me what song he played from 6:52 to 7:11 , its been bugging me and shazam is not working
13 HCP?! Did I hear that right?! You've got to be lower than that
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He is much lower than that.
Matt , i started watching your videos this season , i joined a golf club in April , i don't have a handicap but i'm playing towards it , earlier on I shot 116 over 18 holes and decided i needed to get under 100 first off.
Anyway I found your break 100 video , started taking 7 iron off tee and it's amazing how finding a fairway gives you confidence , within 2 weeks i shot 96
Since then i've watched your break 90 videos , and today i shot 88 so $20 will be on its way to your patreon shortly , i'm striking my irons so much cleaner now and confidence growing , going for break 80 next thanks to you
So in short Thank You you're videos are class