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hey man. I've been watching your videos for a few months now and I never post comments on UA-cam, but I figured this is the perfect place to start. I recently shot a personal best 91 and you played a big part in it. I've never gotten mad about bad shots or playing poorly, but you showed me that I can get better scores not playing the way they play on tv and instead playing in a way that works for my strengths. I appreciate your videos greatly and I'm looking forward to more to come!
Congrats on the PB, John! Appreciate the kind words, too. It's still very heartening to hear that I've helped anybody on the golf course. Keep on grindin'!
Check out Golf Sidekick on YT. His blackboard sessions and the how to shoot under videos have helped me score several times sub 100 recently. I too have shot two 91 round pb’s but a couple of double bogeys stopped me getting under 90. 👍🏼
It’s crazy how well your voice sticks with me while I’m out on the course. Your even keel attitude and no stress approach is such a great way to play golf. Thank you, Adam!
"No ego with club selection" is something that really resonated with me in the video. In that same vein I have started playing the white tees instead of one up from the tips. I told myself this year if I can consistently shoot low 80's and 70's I'll scoot back again. It has been alot more enjoyable this season already.
Thanks. I see too many weekend golfers grab a 7-iron from 170, with no consideration for their (actual, most likely) distance on a 7-iron, where the pin is, where the miss is, etc. Playing ego instead of playing golf leads to high scores.
Lol I figured this out the other day and now I smooth swing my 6 iron to about 165 . ALMSOT EVERYTIME!!! Hit 4 out of 5 par 3 greens and drove a par 4 green and made an eagle. Once you don't have to feel like you are some professional golfer it just comes natural. I used to think my 6 iron needed to go around 200 . Lmfao
The thing I love about watching this channel is your club distances are almost identical to mine, which makes the game more realistic than anything else out there. Keep up the great videos.
I just want to say that after watching your videos I developed a repeatable routine and just shot an 81 and went even par on the back 9. So thank you for all the advice on how to play the best golf.
@@NotAScratchGolfer struggling to get out much, even to the range so I'm just living vicariously on the course with you. That's the trade off for the next 7 weeks and hope to play more after my big mountaineering trip to Peru.
Well I have to say, I agree with you 100%. The one thing YOU and golf sidekick do the best is show how to play EASY golf. NOT ego golf. Yes golf swing is important, contact is just as important as the hazards in play. However, using your brain is the best tool you have out there! Outsmart the course and play it how YOU want to play it. Not the other way around! I appreciate the tips, I’m currently an 11 handicap USGA and I only started a year and 6 months ago! What brought my score down tremendously was A. Getting lessons and trusting the advice B. Practicing short game, putting chipping / getting up and down when you don’t hit a fairway. And C. Playing smart golf, by playing your golf.
Great video. That driver swing at 1:04 was one of the best I've seen from you... really been enjoying your content over the last few months. Keep up the great work, I appreciate you!
Great round mate!!!.. i think you should have named this video.. "golf is alot easier if you dont hit it into the trees" I believe this is the main reason you shot 80!! If you had have hit two or three tee shots into the trees like most 20 hcp players, you would have shot 90+
I think that is the biggest difference between low and high handicapers. I play at an 8 hcp and most of my friends are around 25. I aim with my miss in mind to try and avoid any major danger but they just aim it down the fairway and hope they dont miss. That is something that can help you lower your score a lot. If you play a slice as a right-handed golfer aim at the left side of the fairway.
Your channel really motivated me, with my distances I always thought I could not reach single, but your clubs all go almost to the inch the same as mine and you are playing amazingly - very inspiring!
been watching your videos for a few months now when i am bored at work. Can't say thank you enough on the putting and approach side, I'm a lefty with a bad slice on about half my drives with a driver. switched to a 4 iron off the tee last weekend and shot this years low for me which is an 86. never had a drive go past 230 with the 4 iron. for me just keeping the ball in play off the tee then being tidy inside the 150 like you always say helped me so much. (also your putting is insanely good and I'm very jealous)
One thing I realized you do really well or maybe accidental I'm not sure.. Is that your misses aren't "bad misses". They are just slightly too long, left, right, chunks, etc.. Which you can play around. My main issue (I'm pry around the double digit handicap mark, 10 - 13) and the most detrimental part of my game is a really bad miss because I try to take a really stupid shot, which leads to hazards, and OB. You seem to put all of that stuff away which I need to take your advise on 🤣
Thanks. I think that's actually a good swing thought! A friend of mine who's a teaching pro always tells me that "make solid contact" is his number one swing thought :p
Really enjoying your videos. You're a very good storyteller, entertaining. Despite having an unconventional swing, you certainly have better consistency than most golfers I know. It goes to show that it's not about how pretty a swing is, it's about having the club face arrive at the ball perpendicular to your target no matter how you do it.
Amazing. With the stats you keep, it does always seem like the course allows you something like 10 bad shots per round in order for you to break par. You’ll definitely get there.
I would argue that it takes more athletic ability to recover from your backswing than it does for pros to strike the ball well from their perfect positions. You score pretty amazingly well for what the top of your backswing looks like!
Haha thanks. Funny enough, a friend of mine who's a teaching pro said something similar to me one day. He said, "a tour pro would struggle to get to your impact position from the top of your backswing." Swing my swing, I guess?
@@NotAScratchGolfer Yeah for sure! Your coordination is great to be able to sync it up the way you do, not to mention your excellent short game. Swing your swing unless you want to get to scratch, at which point you'd probably have to make a few tweaks. Always enjoy your videos!
@@ambientgolf Thanks man. And yeah, you've hit the nail on the head again. I know that I'm at my ceiling with this bargain bin swing (my same friend theorizes that every swing has its minimum & maximum potential - and he jokes that I'm exceeding my swing's maximum potential already). But candidly I don't really have a strong desire to get better. I love golf for golf's sake, not because I'm chasing a particular handicap goal. So I'll work with what I've got while I can :p Thanks for the kind words.
I wish I could blame my extra weight on COVID-19. Mines more like, SWEET TEA 16-22. 😒 Interesting to hear how you like self contained holes. I know some people hate that design and want the holes to be really connected. I think they both have value. Though self contained holes tend to penalize you more for errant tee balls.
Haha cheers Jason. I think both have their place. An open links layout is really cool. But when it comes to parkland golf, I really enjoy being isolated on each hole.
Hey Adam….Victoria BC guy here, although my wife and I do live in Scottsdale Arizona now. I first saw you with the baus Matt, I enjoy your videos! If you’re ever down here let me know, love to play a round with you ⛳️
@@NotAScratchGolfer we love it here, although the summers are crazy hot…let me know if and or when you’re around these parts. We live in the Grayhawk area. I’m the worst 7.6 index you’ll ever play with 🤣⛳️🤟🏼
I totally agree with how nice Fraserview feels with each hole so isolated from the others. Let me know if you need another if you go back to Northlands in north van. Im just down the road.
Something playing the same course daily for years taught me that the best strategy for defeating the evil intentions of the designer to mess with the mind and ego is to identify all the flat lies in the fairways and the straightest, longest hazard free line to the day’s pin placement for the approach shot. The root of the psychological problem is golf is the handicap system which was created as a way to encourage less skilled golfers at country clubs to pay to enter competitions. The need to keep stroke score for all rounds is an ego crushing experience for golfers of all levels because one errant shot can cascade into round destroying score on one hole. A much more liberating way to approach the game, especially for beginners, is to instead think of the game as one of match play with the course designer, like Chess a metaphor for warfare with 18 separate battles to be fought and one where “par” is simply a draw with the designer, birdie or better is needed to win the hole and anything over par on the hole, whether one stroke or a dozen, is a defeat. Scoring and measuring personal progress is simply a matter of counting the par or better holes. When I adopted that strategy for practice rounds I found myself thinking and playing more strategically. On several of the par four holes on my course keeping Driver in the bag using more club off a level lie resulted in far more pars and birdies than I had been getting and my first Eagles when the ball found the hole with a lucky bounce and roll, the luck of which was helped by landing my tee shot so the approach shot was the straightest and longest path on the green from front edge to pin for that day’s pin placement. On the first hole instead of Driver then Lob wedge out of a bad lie in the rough the Drive would roll into due to the slope of the fairway resulting in a short-sided approach shot with wedge I would hit a 5 iron draw to a flat lie in the fairway on the left side which gave me an easy 7 iron approach into the long dimension of the green and the ball winding up on the green far more often.
@@NotAScratchGolfer I used them during winter just cos they were different. As good as any ball. Use them a lot for putting practice now. Lining up the putts and getting a good roll. They do look a bit odd sometimes, like an illusion as if side is bigger than the other. I had the red/yellow
@@NotAScratchGolfer well for starters, they're a 3 piece urethane which is hard to beat. But most importantly, I love how you can see the ball rolling/spinning. Quite a sight especially around the greens! 🏌🏽♀️
Great round! Still trying to break 100 but getting closer every time I play. Last round was a 102! As a new golfer the way you play is really impressive and realistic. Appreciate the videos!!
Hi Adam. I've been watching your channel for a while and I love how you explain your shot process before each shot. Your distances are pretty similar to mine so your videos are very helpful. If I can make one suggestion for the benefit of your viewers it would be to use a ball other than the Srixon Divide. It's pretty difficult to see on a lot of shots on the video. However, if you're more comfortable using this ball and it suits your game better, then stick with it. Great content. Can't wait to get back to Vancouver in the near future!
first thing is first -- you sir! never seem to be in trouble, i mean do you ever hit doubles or triples? that helps a lot. really as long as you can hit a 40 yard stretch of fairway on the drive and 25 yard stretch for the approach. as long as your shortgame/scramble is half decent and the greens you are on aren't impossible you are shooting 9 and under. That's half bogeys and half pars not to mention birdies. I think single digits is easier than people think if they make it easy, but the numbers say it is in fact rare. All the mysteries of golf are solved guys here and now.
Amen. I think a lot of people could shave a ton of strokes without making a single change to their swing. My driver tends to be pretty reliable (not long, but straight) and as a result my blowup holes tend to happen if I blade a chip or lose a ball in a hazard greenside...
I'm gonna steal your red light/green light drive stat instead of using fairways. The rough at the courses I play isn't super prohibitive and my striking is better out of it than fairway. Totally different game than yours - I play to a 14 by way of big distance, weak control, and 40 putts per round - so I have a lot I can learn from you 🤘 Also helps that your videos are really calming to watch and your attitude is 25/10.
I remember when I broke 80 for the first time I didn't even notice until I tallied up the scorecard. I just wasn't hitting bad shots and was generally just there to enjoy myself.
Is that a new flat stick? Either way, love your videos - you’re helping me to learn to love golf again. When I got to single digits I started taking it too seriously and getting mad and it made me play worse. Got to be a goldfish
Thx for the reply. Lol … since I have your undivided attention, what irons would you suggest for someone who is coming back to game after a five year layoff? I’m thinking callaway rogue ST max or mizuno hot metal. Thx.
@@booboojones2590 No prob! It's hard for me (and I would suspect anyone) to make a helpful recommendation without knowing a lot about your game. Just to use an example - I recently did a fitting with PXG. I told the fitter my handicap and his first inclination was to steer me towards their "players distance" irons (or even their blades). But upon seeing my crap swing, he was able to determine that I'm better suited towards game improvement or even super game improvement irons. So I'm a single digit playing game improvement irons and I'm sure there are high handicaps who have no trouble playing blades. Golf is funny. Anyhow, with that as a pretext, I'd still say you can't go wrong with either of those irons. I suspect having a proper fitting will help you get to the bottom of it. It might come down to personal preference in terms of which club you like looking down on, and hopefully a fitter can get you set up properly for length, lie, shaft, gapping, etc. I'm personally partial to Mizuno ;)
Wow. Thx for responding…I know my question was impossible to answer but I was just looking for general feedback. Specifically, I’m the KING of the range. Lol. I can get in a groove and hit pretty much any iron. Sadly, this doesn’t transfer to course which - I think - might make an excellent video.
@@onetime421 So oddly enough, the reason I like them is because I love watching how they react around the greens. But I think a lot of people would find them to be dealbreakers around the greens if they're used to aligning the ball a certain way. They can also throw some people off between the tee and the green because of the "direction" the ball appears to be pointing while sitting on the turf. Definitely a personal thing.
Nice video. I'm kind of like you. I'm not all that athletic but decent hand eye coordination. Unlike you, I decided a while ago to go the route of improving my swing first and trying to improve my scores later. Need less to say, I don't score very well despite making nice improvements with my swing.
Someone complaining about gimme putts? I hope they know it's actually legal for Match play (not for stroke) and it's defined as "any putt 2 feet or less from the hole". Don't worry about them, those are the people that are probably missing them anyway
haha cheers. I just remember one of my first videos getting blasted with "dUdE yOu PiCk Up eVeRyThInG iNsIdE 4 fEeT yOuRe AcKsHuLlY sHoOtInG 90!" and ever since then I've thought, "it's probably good practice to make these anyway." But yeah, I should end this already. Sometimes it's embarrassing going out of my way to tap in 8 inch putts.
Came across your channel and love it and also subscribed….curious how long does it take for a round for you after setting up the camera before each shot and picking it up after each shot and then doing the same over and over for a round?
Hey Chris! There's a *lot* of downtime during a round so the ~3-4 seconds it takes to place a tripod behind me doesn't slow down my round at all. So if there's nobody in front of me, I can play/film in a foursome in 3-3.5 hours. 99% of my rounds are 4hrs+ owing to waiting on groups (the universal golf experience, it seems).
Hey mate great video. Noticed you carry a 5 wood and a 3 hybrid, wondering if these aren’t too similar and where would you use them? I’m looking at same setup just mindful about the overlap. Cheers
Hello from Melbourne Australia. Long time subscriber, first time messanger! Is that a new putter I spy in this video? How do you like the Divide ball? Ive been playing it the past 6 months and really like it. Ive played the Z Star Tour for years and enjoy the 2 coloured ball. Really enjoy your videos, Ive become a lot more patient and consistent following your strategies and thoughts.
Hey Andrew! Jealous of the golf I see you guys get to play in Australia! I 'm waiting for an adapter to arrive so that I can use Arccos with my putter - I've been using my dad's in the interim. Good eye! I'm only a few rounds into using the divide ball but I quite like it. Feels very soft off the face (almost rubber-like with my driver, though, which is weird to adjust to). I really like seeing how it reacts on chips/putts. I seem to focus more on making good contact with my chips as a result. Plus I just think the blue/yellow looks cool, lol.
@@NotAScratchGolfer i live in the middle of Melbourne sand belt. Courses like Royal Melbourne, Kingston Heath, Metropolitan, Commonwealth, Yarra Yarra, Woodlands, Keysborough, Peninsula are all less than 20 min away! I can feel an Aussie series in your future!
What is the golf course you are playing, would be nice if you mentioned a little about them and where they are at the start of your videos, awesome work keep it up
Thanks, Kris. It's so tough saying everything I want to in a video while keeping the runtime short. Just ran out of time in this one. Appreciate the feedback - this course is worth shouting out. It's Fraserview Golf Course - a muni in Vancouver, Canada. Great course on a sprawling 300 acre property with some great walking trails throughout, to boot!
@@NotAScratchGolfer awesome man thabk you. I appreciate not dragging videos on like some other channels too. I'm a pretty new golfer and been playing on the pitch and putt in kensington and the 12 hole at westwood plateu on coquitlam. Do you recommend any other courses around that ability. Appreciate the first reply and best of look for the channel in the futre, seems to be growing nicely
@@krismarsden1308 No prob Kris. I've actually never played the 12 hole @ Westwood Plateau (only the 18-hole course). What's it like? I'm a big fan of our local pitch and putt courses - Central Park, Queen E Park, Stanley Park, Ambleside. When it comes to slightly longer courses (exec and such like), I highly recommend Gleneagles in West Van. Beautiful place.
@@NotAScratchGolfer it's actually pretty good, 8 par 3's and 4 par 4's I think it is, beautiful scenery once you hit the top of the hill and quite well maintained too. I actually played the central park for the first time yesterday didn't play too great shot 71. I'm definitely gonna try out some other pitch and putts around and also some more execs before moving on to the big boy courses
Great video! I'm new to the channel but this is the exact kind of golf (I internally refer to it as boring golf, no offense intended) I've been experimenting with lately. I generally shoot just over or under 90, trying to get to consistently in the low 80s. Really great to see a full round laid out like this, so thanks. I gotta ask though, what's KP?
Hey Adam, awesome channel mate. Quick one, why do you use those balls but don't line up your putts? Obviously your putting is great so just wondering your thoughts on it.
Thanks Jordan! The odd time I've tried to use an alignment aid (or this ball, for example), I find that I'm not able to set the line in such a way that it agrees with my eye when I'm in my setup.
@@rusworks Cool. Yeah the phone app is definitely less user friendly. The desktop app used to be a bit slow for me to use. Got a much more powerful computer recently which helped a ton.
I also play with the divide ball (red/yellow). Wondering how you like it? Do you find the blue/yellow hard to retrieve and do you get enough short game spin?
Hey Adam, what shaft are you using in your PXG driver. It looks like you are playing a Gen 4 Pxg. Also, for your swing speed, are you using stiff or regular? thanks. I love your vids. Played Frasierview as a kid, love the course.
Is it me or are the greens you play in slow? I know that you’re a great putter, but it seems from the videos that the greens are easy. Not trying to jab at you, love the videos, however when you play on tropical greens I think your handicap might be a bit higher than 10
They were reasonably slow at Fraserview, yeah. And I'm not sure. Maybe this is my ego talking, but I feel like I'd actually putt quite a bit better if I were playing the same course over and over. For the last year, I've almost never played a course more than a handful of times - new courses + new greens every day ain't easy.
They're cool! I can see how they'd be very divisive (no pun intended). But I like watching them react around the greens - it makes me focus harder on putting good strokes on the ball with putter and picking them cleanly with my wedges. They feel very different off the face...almost like a rubber ball. Again, divisive. But I like 'em!
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hey man. I've been watching your videos for a few months now and I never post comments on UA-cam, but I figured this is the perfect place to start. I recently shot a personal best 91 and you played a big part in it. I've never gotten mad about bad shots or playing poorly, but you showed me that I can get better scores not playing the way they play on tv and instead playing in a way that works for my strengths. I appreciate your videos greatly and I'm looking forward to more to come!
Congrats on the PB, John! Appreciate the kind words, too. It's still very heartening to hear that I've helped anybody on the golf course. Keep on grindin'!
@@NotAScratchGolfer a reply from the goat?! I'm honored haha. We'll all get better eventually. That's what makes it fun!
@@johndickerson6624 Except those times when the game steps backwards :p
Check out Golf Sidekick on YT. His blackboard sessions and the how to shoot under videos have helped me score several times sub 100 recently. I too have shot two 91 round pb’s but a couple of double bogeys stopped me getting under 90. 👍🏼
Yep I've stopped getting mad because I'm not good enough to get mad. So stress free.
It’s crazy how well your voice sticks with me while I’m out on the course. Your even keel attitude and no stress approach is such a great way to play golf. Thank you, Adam!
Love hearing this, thanks man.
"No ego with club selection" is something that really resonated with me in the video. In that same vein I have started playing the white tees instead of one up from the tips. I told myself this year if I can consistently shoot low 80's and 70's I'll scoot back again. It has been alot more enjoyable this season already.
‘I continue to pick clubs with no ego in mind.’ You just dropped a huge amount of wisdom on us! I don’t know the last time I did that!
Thanks. I see too many weekend golfers grab a 7-iron from 170, with no consideration for their (actual, most likely) distance on a 7-iron, where the pin is, where the miss is, etc. Playing ego instead of playing golf leads to high scores.
Lol I figured this out the other day and now I smooth swing my 6 iron to about 165 . ALMSOT EVERYTIME!!! Hit 4 out of 5 par 3 greens and drove a par 4 green and made an eagle.
Once you don't have to feel like you are some professional golfer it just comes natural. I used to think my 6 iron needed to go around 200 . Lmfao
@@Latebloomergolf Yaaaaaaaas
The thing I love about watching this channel is your club distances are almost identical to mine, which makes the game more realistic than anything else out there. Keep up the great videos.
Thanks, Clint!
I just want to say that after watching your videos I developed a repeatable routine and just shot an 81 and went even par on the back 9. So thank you for all the advice on how to play the best golf.
That's awesome, congrats!!!
The title was perfect for this round - it really did showcase your 'how to avoid double bogey' game which is key to single digit handicap golf.
Thanks Lindsay! How's all?
@@NotAScratchGolfer struggling to get out much, even to the range so I'm just living vicariously on the course with you. That's the trade off for the next 7 weeks and hope to play more after my big mountaineering trip to Peru.
Well I have to say, I agree with you 100%. The one thing YOU and golf sidekick do the best is show how to play EASY golf. NOT ego golf. Yes golf swing is important, contact is just as important as the hazards in play. However, using your brain is the best tool you have out there! Outsmart the course and play it how YOU want to play it. Not the other way around! I appreciate the tips, I’m currently an 11 handicap USGA and I only started a year and 6 months ago! What brought my score down tremendously was A. Getting lessons and trusting the advice B. Practicing short game, putting chipping / getting up and down when you don’t hit a fairway. And C. Playing smart golf, by playing your golf.
Love hearing this, Dylan. Congrats on the improvement! I still feel honored to be mentioned in the same breath as the playa in chief.
I really enjoy your commentary and how you discuss course management and the mental game. You provide unique and refreshing content. Thanks for that!
Great video. That driver swing at 1:04 was one of the best I've seen from you... really been enjoying your content over the last few months. Keep up the great work, I appreciate you!
Thanks, Bert! Always heartening to hear when somebody has found something they enjoy on the channel :)
Great swing. Hips were fired playaa
@@cla3189 Hips don't lie
Great round mate!!!.. i think you should have named this video.. "golf is alot easier if you dont hit it into the trees"
I believe this is the main reason you shot 80!!
If you had have hit two or three tee shots into the trees like most 20 hcp players, you would have shot 90+
I think that is the biggest difference between low and high handicapers. I play at an 8 hcp and most of my friends are around 25. I aim with my miss in mind to try and avoid any major danger but they just aim it down the fairway and hope they dont miss. That is something that can help you lower your score a lot. If you play a slice as a right-handed golfer aim at the left side of the fairway.
Your channel really motivated me, with my distances I always thought I could not reach single, but your clubs all go almost to the inch the same as mine and you are playing amazingly - very inspiring!
been watching your videos for a few months now when i am bored at work. Can't say thank you enough on the putting and approach side, I'm a lefty with a bad slice on about half my drives with a driver. switched to a 4 iron off the tee last weekend and shot this years low for me which is an 86. never had a drive go past 230 with the 4 iron. for me just keeping the ball in play off the tee then being tidy inside the 150 like you always say helped me so much. (also your putting is insanely good and I'm very jealous)
The commentary is all of us Adam. Another video that keeps it real.
Thanks Kevin
One thing I realized you do really well or maybe accidental I'm not sure.. Is that your misses aren't "bad misses". They are just slightly too long, left, right, chunks, etc.. Which you can play around. My main issue (I'm pry around the double digit handicap mark, 10 - 13) and the most detrimental part of my game is a really bad miss because I try to take a really stupid shot, which leads to hazards, and OB. You seem to put all of that stuff away which I need to take your advise on 🤣
Thanks man. Indeed, my bad misses tend to be few and far between.
Keep the ball in play and be tidy inside 100. Love that mantra, If only it were as easy as you make it look!
Cheers Colton
Its very hard to recover from a great drive. This hit me hard.
“it’s very hard to recover from a good drive “lol
The new ball looks nice. The small cell phone screen really picks up the pattern on putts. Great video
Cheers
As usual, great video Adam. I really need to adopt your pre-shot thought process. My current one is 'don't chunk it, don't chunk it, don't chunk it'
Thanks. I think that's actually a good swing thought! A friend of mine who's a teaching pro always tells me that "make solid contact" is his number one swing thought :p
Hit a PB the other day, 86! Was buzzing!! Loving the videos brotha!
Really enjoying your videos. You're a very good storyteller, entertaining. Despite having an unconventional swing, you certainly have better consistency than most golfers I know. It goes to show that it's not about how pretty a swing is, it's about having the club face arrive at the ball perpendicular to your target no matter how you do it.
Amazing. With the stats you keep, it does always seem like the course allows you something like 10 bad shots per round in order for you to break par. You’ll definitely get there.
Thanks man. Would love to do it one day and capture it for the channel.
9 iron from 106 at 1:30, I feel right at home. Thanks Adam!
I would argue that it takes more athletic ability to recover from your backswing than it does for pros to strike the ball well from their perfect positions. You score pretty amazingly well for what the top of your backswing looks like!
Haha thanks. Funny enough, a friend of mine who's a teaching pro said something similar to me one day. He said, "a tour pro would struggle to get to your impact position from the top of your backswing." Swing my swing, I guess?
@@NotAScratchGolfer Yeah for sure! Your coordination is great to be able to sync it up the way you do, not to mention your excellent short game. Swing your swing unless you want to get to scratch, at which point you'd probably have to make a few tweaks. Always enjoy your videos!
@@ambientgolf Thanks man. And yeah, you've hit the nail on the head again. I know that I'm at my ceiling with this bargain bin swing (my same friend theorizes that every swing has its minimum & maximum potential - and he jokes that I'm exceeding my swing's maximum potential already). But candidly I don't really have a strong desire to get better. I love golf for golf's sake, not because I'm chasing a particular handicap goal. So I'll work with what I've got while I can :p
Thanks for the kind words.
@@NotAScratchGolfer That's a great attitude to have! Golf is FUN.
Your putting is legit unreal!
Cheers
I wish I could blame my extra weight on COVID-19. Mines more like, SWEET TEA 16-22. 😒 Interesting to hear how you like self contained holes. I know some people hate that design and want the holes to be really connected. I think they both have value. Though self contained holes tend to penalize you more for errant tee balls.
Haha cheers Jason. I think both have their place. An open links layout is really cool. But when it comes to parkland golf, I really enjoy being isolated on each hole.
Hey Adam….Victoria BC guy here, although my wife and I do live in Scottsdale Arizona now. I first saw you with the baus Matt, I enjoy your videos! If you’re ever down here let me know, love to play a round with you ⛳️
Thanks Dan. How do you like AZ? I'll probably be down there in the winter/fall. Would love to play!
@@NotAScratchGolfer we love it here, although the summers are crazy hot…let me know if and or when you’re around these parts. We live in the Grayhawk area. I’m the worst 7.6 index you’ll ever play with 🤣⛳️🤟🏼
I totally agree with how nice Fraserview feels with each hole so isolated from the others. Let me know if you need another if you go back to Northlands in north van. Im just down the road.
Will do! I'm hoping to get to Northlands in the next couple of weeks....
I love the Arccos Caddie system!
Cool to see so many others enjoy it too.
Fun looking time! Always enjoy your golf. If you’re ever in Montana I’d love to buy you a round of golf and a beer
Thanks Zack. Would love to play there and it's not terribly far from me here in BC. Where do you play there?
@@NotAScratchGolfer I live in Billings and am a member at Pryor Creek Golf Club in Huntley, MT. Have you been to Montana?
Something playing the same course daily for years taught me that the best strategy for defeating the evil intentions of the designer to mess with the mind and ego is to identify all the flat lies in the fairways and the straightest, longest hazard free line to the day’s pin placement for the approach shot.
The root of the psychological problem is golf is the handicap system which was created as a way to encourage less skilled golfers at country clubs to pay to enter competitions. The need to keep stroke score for all rounds is an ego crushing experience for golfers of all levels because one errant shot can cascade into round destroying score on one hole. A much more liberating way to approach the game, especially for beginners, is to instead think of the game as one of match play with the course designer, like Chess a metaphor for warfare with 18 separate battles to be fought and one where “par” is simply a draw with the designer, birdie or better is needed to win the hole and anything over par on the hole, whether one stroke or a dozen, is a defeat. Scoring and measuring personal progress is simply a matter of counting the par or better holes.
When I adopted that strategy for practice rounds I found myself thinking and playing more strategically. On several of the par four holes on my course keeping Driver in the bag using more club off a level lie resulted in far more pars and birdies than I had been getting and my first Eagles when the ball found the hole with a lucky bounce and roll, the luck of which was helped by landing my tee shot so the approach shot was the straightest and longest path on the green from front edge to pin for that day’s pin placement. On the first hole instead of Driver then Lob wedge out of a bad lie in the rough the Drive would roll into due to the slope of the fairway resulting in a short-sided approach shot with wedge I would hit a 5 iron draw to a flat lie in the fairway on the left side which gave me an easy 7 iron approach into the long dimension of the green and the ball winding up on the green far more often.
Love this. “Match play versus the course” is a great idea.
This is amazing. Love it.
Great round Adam!! Big fan of the srixon divide balls!
Thanks, Arturo. Yeah, I'm a recent convert on them myself.
They are an interesting ball alright. I used them during winter.
What is it that you like about 'em?
@@NotAScratchGolfer I used them during winter just cos they were different. As good as any ball. Use them a lot for putting practice now. Lining up the putts and getting a good roll. They do look a bit odd sometimes, like an illusion as if side is bigger than the other. I had the red/yellow
@@NotAScratchGolfer well for starters, they're a 3 piece urethane which is hard to beat. But most importantly, I love how you can see the ball rolling/spinning. Quite a sight especially around the greens! 🏌🏽♀️
Great Video. I like commentary throughout the round of your approach to shots and your course management. Nice job.
Cheers, Gernot. Glad you enjoyed it!
Definitely great summer golf &!courses in the PNW!
I like playing the Nicklaus course in Victoria. Still want to the royal course there.
I'm hoping to play on the island this Summer. Have only ever played Victoria Golf Club and Gorge Vale. Any other recommendations?
That driver sounds phenomenal
Great stuff. This looks exactly like my game!
Adam i never seen u miss a 5fter take the gimme if u want!
Great round! Still trying to break 100 but getting closer every time I play. Last round was a 102! As a new golfer the way you play is really impressive and realistic. Appreciate the videos!!
Thanks, Chad! Keep on grindin' and let us know when you get there!!
Great video, love Fraserview 👍
Great video. I love the comment about all the viewers putting everything out. … do ad I say, not as I do!
Loll
Hi Adam. I've been watching your channel for a while and I love how you explain your shot process before each shot. Your distances are pretty similar to mine so your videos are very helpful. If I can make one suggestion for the benefit of your viewers it would be to use a ball other than the Srixon Divide. It's pretty difficult to see on a lot of shots on the video. However, if you're more comfortable using this ball and it suits your game better, then stick with it. Great content. Can't wait to get back to Vancouver in the near future!
first thing is first -- you sir! never seem to be in trouble, i mean do you ever hit doubles or triples? that helps a lot. really as long as you can hit a 40 yard stretch of fairway on the drive and 25 yard stretch for the approach. as long as your shortgame/scramble is half decent and the greens you are on aren't impossible you are shooting 9 and under. That's half bogeys and half pars not to mention birdies. I think single digits is easier than people think if they make it easy, but the numbers say it is in fact rare. All the mysteries of golf are solved guys here and now.
Amen. I think a lot of people could shave a ton of strokes without making a single change to their swing. My driver tends to be pretty reliable (not long, but straight) and as a result my blowup holes tend to happen if I blade a chip or lose a ball in a hazard greenside...
LOL!! "But it's very hard to recover from a good drive" Now THAT is funny!
That ball is very trippy to watch on video.
In person, too
I'm gonna steal your red light/green light drive stat instead of using fairways. The rough at the courses I play isn't super prohibitive and my striking is better out of it than fairway. Totally different game than yours - I play to a 14 by way of big distance, weak control, and 40 putts per round - so I have a lot I can learn from you 🤘
Also helps that your videos are really calming to watch and your attitude is 25/10.
shot a 36 today. was 2 under through 8 and doubled the last hole. Definitely need to take your advice and not think about the score so much
Easier said than done. I remember being 3/4 under through 9 and finishing +2/+3 .. sucks
Finally someone who hits distance like the rest of us. Thank you. Great video. Just subscribed. What tees do you play from?
I remember when I broke 80 for the first time I didn't even notice until I tallied up the scorecard. I just wasn't hitting bad shots and was generally just there to enjoy myself.
Love it
Love it
Smart golf, love it.
Even for a 4 handicap your short and mental game is inspiring. Please change ball though, its actually making me dizzy watching it roll 😂
Thanks for the kind words, and lol the ball is even more distracting in person. I kinda dig it, though.
Is that a new flat stick? Either way, love your videos - you’re helping me to learn to love golf again. When I got to single digits I started taking it too seriously and getting mad and it made me play worse. Got to be a goldfish
Thanks, Erek! Yeah, I'm waiting on an adapter to arrive so that I can use my putter with Arccos. In the interim I've been using my old man's.
I love your content.. and that shirt... what is it??!
First time viewer … great stuff. You’ve probably done this but can you give distances for clubs and your set up? Thx.
Thanks! This was my WITB last year - ua-cam.com/video/GEv67Vlkdis/v-deo.html. Some updates since then, though. I'll try to post a new one soon.
Thx for the reply. Lol … since I have your undivided attention, what irons would you suggest for someone who is coming back to game after a five year layoff? I’m thinking callaway rogue ST max or mizuno hot metal. Thx.
@@booboojones2590 No prob!
It's hard for me (and I would suspect anyone) to make a helpful recommendation without knowing a lot about your game. Just to use an example - I recently did a fitting with PXG. I told the fitter my handicap and his first inclination was to steer me towards their "players distance" irons (or even their blades). But upon seeing my crap swing, he was able to determine that I'm better suited towards game improvement or even super game improvement irons. So I'm a single digit playing game improvement irons and I'm sure there are high handicaps who have no trouble playing blades. Golf is funny.
Anyhow, with that as a pretext, I'd still say you can't go wrong with either of those irons. I suspect having a proper fitting will help you get to the bottom of it. It might come down to personal preference in terms of which club you like looking down on, and hopefully a fitter can get you set up properly for length, lie, shaft, gapping, etc.
I'm personally partial to Mizuno ;)
Wow. Thx for responding…I know my question was impossible to answer but I was just looking for general feedback. Specifically, I’m the KING of the range. Lol. I can get in a groove and hit pretty much any iron. Sadly, this doesn’t transfer to course which - I think - might make an excellent video.
"It's very hard to recover from a good drive." Hahaha sub earned.
Your swing looks like my buddies golf swing. He usually beats me.
The color of that ball is so trippy.
haha Rob said he had a seizure every time he saw it in the air
@@NotAScratchGolfer It was more the putting for me. Check out 3:45
@@ronsav2067 True lol
Love those Srixon Divides
Me too! This was my second or third round with them and I like em!
@@NotAScratchGolfer q star?
@@yungpierre6627 Yes
@@NotAScratchGolfer Do you like them for putting? Seems weird to get used to, or maybe its just the way the camera picks it up haha
@@onetime421 So oddly enough, the reason I like them is because I love watching how they react around the greens. But I think a lot of people would find them to be dealbreakers around the greens if they're used to aligning the ball a certain way. They can also throw some people off between the tee and the green because of the "direction" the ball appears to be pointing while sitting on the turf. Definitely a personal thing.
Nice video. I'm kind of like you. I'm not all that athletic but decent hand eye coordination. Unlike you, I decided a while ago to go the route of improving my swing first and trying to improve my scores later. Need less to say, I don't score very well despite making nice improvements with my swing.
I hear ya. "Golf, not golf swing" is my mantra.
Casual golfing, take your gimmes, forget what people who don’t know golf say on here, there no change you’ll miss those gimmes
I love your videos but my man, that driver swing shocks me every time.
Me too lol
I've seen worse.
Love it! What’s KP?
Just goes to show you don't need a pro swing to score well. No skulls major chunks and good putting
i think we hit most clubs the same distances. i often outscore my buddies who can bomb shots because they have no touch around the green.
Those golf balls are 👌🏿
People love em or hate em it seems!
@@NotAScratchGolfer I like them, reminds me of paintballs.
You can really see the spin of the ball!
Oh God I just did a video in that same shirt!
#whoworeitbetter
Someone complaining about gimme putts? I hope they know it's actually legal for Match play (not for stroke) and it's defined as "any putt 2 feet or less from the hole". Don't worry about them, those are the people that are probably missing them anyway
haha cheers. I just remember one of my first videos getting blasted with "dUdE yOu PiCk Up eVeRyThInG iNsIdE 4 fEeT yOuRe AcKsHuLlY sHoOtInG 90!" and ever since then I've thought, "it's probably good practice to make these anyway." But yeah, I should end this already. Sometimes it's embarrassing going out of my way to tap in 8 inch putts.
LOL, Can't recover from a good drive. So true.
Came across your channel and love it and also subscribed….curious how long does it take for a round for you after setting up the camera before each shot and picking it up after each shot and then doing the same over and over for a round?
Hey Chris! There's a *lot* of downtime during a round so the ~3-4 seconds it takes to place a tripod behind me doesn't slow down my round at all. So if there's nobody in front of me, I can play/film in a foursome in 3-3.5 hours. 99% of my rounds are 4hrs+ owing to waiting on groups (the universal golf experience, it seems).
In the first 4 minutes, you appear to be a pretty good putter.
i noticed you rarely hit any balls OB and limit 3 putts which is what kills most high handicappers
Right? Plus average 220 off the tee!
U r the best player ive seen w the worst swing haha
Nice outfit
Cheers
How are you liking those multi-color balls? Do you ever talk about why you use them?
Ukraine balls! I liked them but couldn't see them if they ended up blue side up.
Hey mate great video. Noticed you carry a 5 wood and a 3 hybrid, wondering if these aren’t too similar and where would you use them? I’m looking at same setup just mindful about the overlap. Cheers
Hello from Melbourne Australia. Long time subscriber, first time messanger! Is that a new putter I spy in this video? How do you like the Divide ball? Ive been playing it the past 6 months and really like it. Ive played the Z Star Tour for years and enjoy the 2 coloured ball. Really enjoy your videos, Ive become a lot more patient and consistent following your strategies and thoughts.
Hey Andrew! Jealous of the golf I see you guys get to play in Australia! I
'm waiting for an adapter to arrive so that I can use Arccos with my putter - I've been using my dad's in the interim. Good eye!
I'm only a few rounds into using the divide ball but I quite like it. Feels very soft off the face (almost rubber-like with my driver, though, which is weird to adjust to). I really like seeing how it reacts on chips/putts. I seem to focus more on making good contact with my chips as a result. Plus I just think the blue/yellow looks cool, lol.
@@NotAScratchGolfer i live in the middle of Melbourne sand belt. Courses like Royal Melbourne, Kingston Heath, Metropolitan, Commonwealth, Yarra Yarra, Woodlands, Keysborough, Peninsula are all less than 20 min away! I can feel an Aussie series in your future!
3 minutes and counting!
Welcome!
"The Internet didn't like it" -
The story of the internet in one sentence
You key is you don’t hit it far enough to lose a ball OB.
It's true
No good drive goes unpunished. 🤣
amen
That's the most true golf statement since "Take dead aim"
@@michaelblum3973 Also words to live by
What is the golf course you are playing, would be nice if you mentioned a little about them and where they are at the start of your videos, awesome work keep it up
Thanks, Kris. It's so tough saying everything I want to in a video while keeping the runtime short. Just ran out of time in this one. Appreciate the feedback - this course is worth shouting out. It's Fraserview Golf Course - a muni in Vancouver, Canada. Great course on a sprawling 300 acre property with some great walking trails throughout, to boot!
@@NotAScratchGolfer awesome man thabk you. I appreciate not dragging videos on like some other channels too. I'm a pretty new golfer and been playing on the pitch and putt in kensington and the 12 hole at westwood plateu on coquitlam. Do you recommend any other courses around that ability. Appreciate the first reply and best of look for the channel in the futre, seems to be growing nicely
@@krismarsden1308 No prob Kris. I've actually never played the 12 hole @ Westwood Plateau (only the 18-hole course). What's it like? I'm a big fan of our local pitch and putt courses - Central Park, Queen E Park, Stanley Park, Ambleside.
When it comes to slightly longer courses (exec and such like), I highly recommend Gleneagles in West Van. Beautiful place.
@@NotAScratchGolfer it's actually pretty good, 8 par 3's and 4 par 4's I think it is, beautiful scenery once you hit the top of the hill and quite well maintained too.
I actually played the central park for the first time yesterday didn't play too great shot 71.
I'm definitely gonna try out some other pitch and putts around and also some more execs before moving on to the big boy courses
Great video! I'm new to the channel but this is the exact kind of golf (I internally refer to it as boring golf, no offense intended) I've been experimenting with lately. I generally shoot just over or under 90, trying to get to consistently in the low 80s. Really great to see a full round laid out like this, so thanks. I gotta ask though, what's KP?
Closest to the pin
Hey Adam, awesome channel mate. Quick one, why do you use those balls but don't line up your putts? Obviously your putting is great so just wondering your thoughts on it.
Thanks Jordan! The odd time I've tried to use an alignment aid (or this ball, for example), I find that I'm not able to set the line in such a way that it agrees with my eye when I'm in my setup.
@@NotAScratchGolfer super interesting, Im the complete opposite haha. Love the channel, give me a shout when you come to Australia 👍
Matt likes to say, "Never follow a bad shot with a STUPID shot". For me, that's the key to avoiding the tuba ...
Truer words have ne'er been spoken
A couple of months ago I bought a dozen blue-yellow srixon divide but the colors make my brain go psyco. Cannot get used to it
I like these videos, specially with shot tracer. Do you use a GoPro camera to record your games and then process later? Or a phone app? Thanks!
How do judge green speed generally? I see your putting and you seem to be very on top of the speed
I don't do anything in particular, aside form rolling some putts on the practice green pre-round.
Do you like using that multicolor ball? I have a few but haven’t tried them
love the videos! Just curious what do you use to track your ball flight?
Thanks Rusty. I use Shot Tracer Pro for Mac oS.
@@NotAScratchGolfer Nice I thought this was only a phone app which was not really good... giving it a try.
@@rusworks Cool. Yeah the phone app is definitely less user friendly. The desktop app used to be a bit slow for me to use. Got a much more powerful computer recently which helped a ton.
@@NotAScratchGolfer how much does the software cost you?
@@805mctrailrider8 I think it's $89/yr
Love your content! What is KP?
Thanks, Bruce! KP = closest to the pin. Why it isn't called CP I do not know.
I also play with the divide ball (red/yellow). Wondering how you like it? Do you find the blue/yellow hard to retrieve and do you get enough short game spin?
Hey Adam, what shaft are you using in your PXG driver. It looks like you are playing a Gen 4 Pxg. Also, for your swing speed, are you using stiff or regular? thanks. I love your vids. Played Frasierview as a kid, love the course.
Is it me or are the greens you play in slow? I know that you’re a great putter, but it seems from the videos that the greens are easy. Not trying to jab at you, love the videos, however when you play on tropical greens I think your handicap might be a bit higher than 10
They were reasonably slow at Fraserview, yeah. And I'm not sure. Maybe this is my ego talking, but I feel like I'd actually putt quite a bit better if I were playing the same course over and over. For the last year, I've almost never played a course more than a handful of times - new courses + new greens every day ain't easy.
@@NotAScratchGolfer cheers bro! And that story of your recovery was very inspiring!
@@tamoose1 Thanks :)
Pretty good golf - but -you didn't hole out on hole 14 :):) what do the rules say about that?
At first I thought you had mud on the ball, but then I realized that you are using the Srixon ball. Thoughts?
They're cool! I can see how they'd be very divisive (no pun intended). But I like watching them react around the greens - it makes me focus harder on putting good strokes on the ball with putter and picking them cleanly with my wedges. They feel very different off the face...almost like a rubber ball. Again, divisive. But I like 'em!
Did that other dude shake your hand too? He seemed like in a rush and couldnt wait for you to finish?
They were great guys. Our back 9 was MISERABLY slow (2hrs40mins) thanks to a slow group a few groups ahead of us. I think they had to be somewhere.
@@NotAScratchGolfer good to know. It just seem odd on video not to wait a couple minutes for everybody to finish.
@@mre_man Yeah it was strange lol
What is that ball you're playing?