An honest round of golf (THIS HAPPENS to 99.9% of golfers…)
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Every Shot of a 12 Handicap Golfer's Round [Hawarden]
Can we break 85? - EVERY SHOT IN 12 MINUTES [front 9]
A round of summer golf at Hawarden golf club in North Wales.
The back 9 from this round will be posted Tuesday 13th September at 1pm.
The green fees were £20 for a round at twilight rate in August 2022.
I'm James, a golfer with a dodgy swing now playing off a 12 handicap. I had taken 4 golf lessons to improve my swing on the day of play.
I'm looking to continuously break 85 on the courses I play. Even if I don't shoot a good score I always enjoy strolling around the fairways of North Wales, UK :-)
App for shot tracer: Shot Tracer Pro
App for scorecard: Golfshot
Todays course: hawardengolfclu...
To contact me about anything: npgolfer@yahoo.com
I love this! I watch so many golf videos of young lads (and lasses!) smashing a driver 350yards with ease, splitting every fairway and sinking fifteen foot putts like it’s a gimme and I think, “I wish I could do that”.
I watch your videos and think, “Yep, that’s more like it. I can definitely do that.”
Yeah, you won't see 350 yards drives on my channel 😂
Best chipper and putter on UA-cam James so you'll always cover over the lesser parts of your game which are definitely making vast improvements, just new course struggles we all suffer from, I'm sure you be on it 2nd time round there at Hawarden , a great watch again😊
I burst out laughing when you said "have to laugh, otherwise you'd cry" 😂
Love your videos so refreshing to see someone play with honesty and integrity , Just started playing and loving the game , Kee
p up the good work ,Thanks
Everyone has days were it just doesn't go as we'd like James. It's over now, forget it and...ONWARDS 👍👍👍
Your short game has really improved especially your chipping!!!!!
Hey James been watching you a while now you have improved so much since you first started
We all have our bad day but keep your head up you have a great attitude
Keep it up brother🤙
Cheers Lachy, thanks for the comment. 18 months ago I'd never have gotten anywhere near breaking 100 on this course so it's all relative. Thanks for watching :-)
I agree. His journey has been amazing and i for one have enjoyed watching him improve. Only had that one blip when he has a lesson and it threw him
I think you should introduce “canned applause” and the like!
Hawarden is a lovely interesting course to play, full of features and shape.
As a Society We've been there twice in the last 12 months and all thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful venue.
As others are saying James, you are being more than a shade harsh on yourself at a unfamiliar course, especially this gem.
Keep them coming James, a Real Golfer Channel watched by Real Golfers, always fun.
Cheers Dex, it's definitely a fun course and not a standard parkland track. The view from the 9th tee box was crazy when you realise where you are hitting to! Thanks for watching :-)
Played the course a few weeks ago, and didn't my legs know it! Really interesting watching you play it, making some ofthe same errors made. Like to see you play it again with slightly different strategies. As always, great content and really relevant to us average players.
I was feeling it for a few days after! haha I think it's the type of course that once you have your targets and clubs worked out from the tee it becomes much easier. Just that 4th hole approach seemed unfair as it was blind with no room to miss left or right! Thanks for watching Dave :-)
Looking forward to the back 9
Great video, first time viewer, just subbed to your channel 👍
Love the channel and the commentary. I also love seeing all the different courses in the UK. Keep up the great work
We have so many courses in the UK. They overbuilt them through the past golf booms and some small towns still have 2 or 3 courses! Thanks for watching George :-)
Nice course,well played 👍
Nice looking track.
Tough course Hawarden mate, suprisingly hilly.
Not really that bad of round James. I would take 45 in second. Your expectations are probably a little different than mine, Im playing off an 18 right now. I have to say, I am surprised at how far you are hitting your clubs. Its impressive, you seem to be at least a club farther than I am. I have a 4 hybrid (22 degrees) that when I hit solid goes about 180, and on most occasions, you are getting at least 200 out of yours! Nice work!
Cheers Scott, I have worked on that hybrid shot on the range a lot. I kind of sway back off the ball when loading up and then release through much more than my other clubs.
It goes about 190-200 yards when I hit it properly and it's my favourite and most reliable club in the bag normally.
My distances are here in this video: ua-cam.com/video/O0LboHF7Q1M/v-deo.html for reference.
Thanks for watching :-)
An interesting course where keeping the ball in play looks to be a priority, look forward to seeing the back 9, nice to see you getting out of a bunker first time !! cheers.
Cheers roland, yeah I was pleased with that one for once! haha Thanks for watching :-)
Awesome stuff as always, finally smashed 90 last weekend (86) and dropped my HCP below 20 by having an attitude similar to yours when playing and prioritizing keeping it in play! Keep up the great content :)
Well played, golf's a much easier game when the ball is in play! Thanks for watching :-)
My favourite golf channel , keep it going fella 👍
Cheers m8, thanks for watching :-)
My home course, very challenging!
Nobody told me how hilly the first 12 holes are! lol :)
I'm a member here and 45 on the front 9 when you've never played it before that's a good score, it's even hillier than it looks on the channel
Cheers Kevin, respect to you the first 12 holes are no joke! haha :-)
@@notaperfectgolfer3489 also from the 18th green back upto the clubhouse is a workout in itself
Left arm needs to drive through alot more, clearing left side, and alot more kronenburg in the bar 😉
I will fix my swing one day. Just not for a while as I'm enjoying my rounds with my unorthodox technique :-)
You had not played the course before so it’s easy to make mistakes in club selection,using hybrid instead of driver just to be safe on a couple of holes there on the front nine would have been the best thing to do.Still hit some decent shots and putting can always be a bit of a lottery depending on the greens.another enjoyable video and it’s good to see all the different courses you visit,always makes for good viewing.all the best!
Cheers Paul, I should definitely have hit the hybrid on that short par 5. I decided to be a hero and try for the elusive eagle! haha :-)
The greens were tough for me to adjust to on this day. The practice putting green was as flat as a pancake, but the course greens had tons of slope on them. Always the way! Thanks for watching
Great course Hawarden, gotten the better of me on more than one occasion! 😂
Yeah, the scorecard can get out of hand on virtually any hole there! Thanks for watching Tom :-)
I realize how bad it hurts your scorecard losing tee shots...
Well played anyway 👍
I find the course fantastic! I really like those ones, kind of hilly, not manicured, every holes look different from the other etc...
Cheers Alexis. Yeah, this course was a unique one that's for sure. On the 9th tee box at first glance I had no idea what was going on! lol :-) Thanks for watching
Enjoy your videos! Keep it going.
Cheers Brian, will do! Thanks for watching :-)
A tricky looking course, look forward to the back nine.
I was expecting a benign parkland layout but it was the polar opposite. Easily the 2nd hilliest course I've ever played behind St Deniol GC in Bangor. Thanks for watching David :-)
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Always tricky on new courses to get a good score 1st up. You'll be much wiser next time you play this course and your score will improve dramatically I believe.
Yeah, this one was definitely tougher than normal first time out! Thanks for watching :-)
Well done again James. Did I see correct you hit an 8 iron over 170 🤔😯. Can I ask when you hit balls in trees do you ever go and look if you can find it as you seem to just hot 3 off the tee straight away and never say its a provisional m8 . Love watching and thankyou 👍👍
That 8 iron was downhill with dry conditions so it ran out much further than expected. I do look for the balls in the trees but that one went on the railway line I think!
The only bad one really was the 3 of the tee as it looked quite a tricky course. Struggling with a bunker phobia myself at the moment :-(
I was really chuffed with that bunker shot on the 1st! The 3 off the tee really hurts us mid handicap players as we can't get it back easily. Thanks for watching as always Tony :-)
If it was the only bad one that score wouldn’t have appeared 🤔
Enjoy your videos James! How do you get the shot tracer and yardages on your drives and irons?
Shot Tracer Pro for the tracer, I use the 'Golfshot' app for accurate yardages on each hole. Thanks for watching :-)
It's amazing how, on a bad day, the shots just fritter away. A 6ft putt that stays on the edge counts just as much as a 260 yard drive. It's infuriating but funny at the same time in a sort of cruelly ironic sort of way. The course looked lovely and a real challenge if you hit left to right shots predominantly.
When you putt well you are on fire 🔥
Its been a while since I hit 18 putts over 9 holes. Hopefully it doesn't happen again soon! haha Thanks for watching :-)
@@notaperfectgolfer3489 I meant when you are on it you definitely putt well. Not really talking about this 9 holes.
love this channel
Think I had a work golf day there
1st hole very familiar
Very hilly. Caught me out big time! :-)
@@notaperfectgolfer3489 have you played Mold ? That’s the same, possibly more hilly
Not yet. So many courses in North Wales that I haven't played yet. It's on the list! :)@@kpr1969
Sometimes I feel like this happens to 99.9 percent of my rounds. It's that .1 percent that keeps us coming back. See you next round.
Cheers D, there were some good shots in there. Just not consecutively! haha :-)
45 is about my average at moment on my 9 hole course .
Use the hybrid more .
+1 :-)
👍 keep up the good work
Cheers man, thanks for watching :-)
How do you golf when you’re out with your friends
Sometimes worse due to the etiquette and distractions. Sometimes better but it depends on who I'm playing with. I was chatting with a subscriber once on one round and I could barely keep the ball in play lol
In the future there will be multiple players on every round I play as I will be abroad and have no option to play alone. I will have to get used to it! Thanks for watching :-)
Aren't you a local celebrity in North Wales yet? Don't they give you free buggy and glass of bucks fizz on arrival?!
Maybe next year after we break 10k subs. I could have definitely done with a buggy on this day and a glass of anything after that tee shot on the 3rd! lol :-)