I’ve been watching your journey and I appreciate the content! I know you put so much time into getting better everyday! I was curious if you’ve ever thought about sharing the financial part of getting to scratch? Lessons, rounds, balls, etc. I think it would be pretty intriguing!
High handicap golfers have such an intense fixation on the pin on literally every shot. Dana here is trying to teach what separates hackers from players: 1. Know what the hole layout is, where the trouble is, where the pin is, what the wind is doing, and use that info to plan your shot. 2. Stop fixating on the pin on every single shot when you aren't in a position (or have the skill) to hit it anywhere near there. Are you in a fairway bunker with trees between you and the hole? Is there a tiny gap you think you can hit it through and land it 3 feet from the hole? Are you Tiger? Sometimes you have to take your medicine. And honestly your score will thank you more times than not. 3. Putting up a good score isn't hitting every shot perfectly, it's hitting good misses that you planned and strategized for. You pay for the whole course when you play. Use it!
Dana is the BEST coach, instructor, golf guru on your channel. ☝🏻 So easy to understand, explains WHY he has you do something, not married to one “system” … He’s awesome. 👊🏻 Stay with him … give us more 👍🏻 “Don’t overthink it” Best advice ever. I said that to one of the guys I played with this morning. 6” past the hole (the target) 🎯 GREAT advice 👊🏻 Don’t let gravity (slope) control your putt … especially near the cup. But the prevailing advice is 18” past the hole (most can make a 1 1/2 foot putt) 6” is quite a challenge. It would be great if he would point where your REAL target should be when putting, wouldn’t it? 😉 Remember what Yogi Berra said, “97% of all putts left SHORT don’t go in” 😂 Let’s GO! o.s. I saw “speed golfers” at Strawberry Creek in Kenosha. They are absolutely incredible … penalized for time as well as strokes. Awesome golfers that really focus on strategy and just … get it in the hole
Very nice lesson, getting all that feedback from your coach on a on the course lesson is key to get better in the game, all the key point he give you are excellent for you and all of us amateurs viewer. keep up the Good WORK
Quick tip for those that are unsure of how they aim on course: take your stance that “feels” good, then place the club behind your heels (not the toes because some flare feet). Step back and see where you are actually aiming. I teach kids and when they do this they are amazed at how far off they aim.
This is insanely helpful. im struggling with on the course play vs. range, alignment, and pre shot routine / timing. So this lesson was literally perfect for what i needed to hear. Thank you 🤙🏽
Bro, love the videos. You gotta get out of those stealth irons. When I started playing 18 months ago I got the stealth and I could never hold a green because they are low launch and low spin (super game improvement) Picking up player irons was a game changer! Keep the great content coming.
Great info. Look at Dana at 4:26 using the club to check his direction. He snuck that in. Its Simple and quick. The tricky part is not to use or turn your head too far towards target but use your feet to turn/move/correct yourself by mere millimeters or inches that can send shot yards off or on target.
This is great video and information. You're getting great info but always ask he a term or phrased is used you don't fully understand. Now you can check your grip pre-AND-post shot to remember how many knuckles. Be careful with how the Greens Keeper place the tee box cones. They aren't necessarily aimed to the best direction. Always recheck your direction visually. Looking good! Oh, and check your divots to see which way you swung/path and determine if that fits the ball flight you were looking for. Reading greens: Find the lowest spot in relation to the flag and that's half the knowledge, then aim accordingly to roll up, down, or side ways on slope to flag.
Hey Ruff, Thank you for all your hard work. Golf is already hard enough, but you have to deal with cameras and your coach. It must've been a lot of pressure. Golf is a journey. Enjoy it.
Keep up the good work fella, wish your camera peeps knew what they were listening to as it would often benefit you and the viewer with alignments and full picture. Keep listening and learning, your doing a great job, listening to people is a skill, you will become a great if you hear them.
*Jerome, you don't know how many rabbit holes Dana is saving you from redirecting your energy and showing you your own debrief thoughts. It's a proper long-term reflex keeping it simple.*
I'd been doing the same thing as you, lining up well right of my target and hitting a good shot wondering why I was always right. Then when I'd correct for it I'd hook the ball not realizing that I was hitting the ball fine the first time just lined up wrong.
Dana's best advice:"Did I pull the right club? Did I follow my routine? Did I make a good swing?" Accept the outcome, make a note of your error, then move on. You can't control everything. Don't worry about it.
been playing for 4 years now. Just barely stopped worrying about the pin and distance. A good miss is a far more realistic goal then hitting it 1ft from the pin.
Great video. Audio levelling needs some work though - the voiceover parts are so loud compared to the on course bits, I have to keep adjusting the volume!
Hey Jerome, have you considered doing a collaboration with @AthleticMotionGolf? They can put you in a 3D motion capture suit and measure every part of your swing and compare it to other pros they've measured.
A coach who watches your videos, aka reaserach outside the coaching session. Thats why he's good and why golf lessons cost money. I'd imagine most coaches dont just spend 1 hour coaching you. They spend 3 or 4 researching what to coach you, then spend an hour coaching you.
Hi there! 🙂 I enjoy watching your videos, but please try and smooth out the audio levels! The drop in bits like the outro are so much louder than the rest of the talking and it's jarring. Cheers.
@RodneyCervik 3 minutes ago I learned to play the same way: 6 weeks of lessons, never stepped on a course. When I did, my tee shots were better than most people, but there were a huge variety of shots I'd never even tried: sand, low punch, pitch, chip, hook, fade, bad lie. You're nervous here for the same reason. You need to play to learn.
You gotta get out of your own way, this is something my basketball coach used to say. You’re in your own head too much, be proud of good shots and move on past the bad ones.
you couldve putt that off the green with the sprinklers in the way. Crazy your coach didnt tell you the rule. But if there are sprinkler heads within 2 clubs of a green, and you are within 2 clubs of the heads and they are in your line...you get relief. No closer to the hole so taht they are out of your line. The ball must lie through the green (not in a bunker of water hazard); and The immovable obstruction (sprinkler head) must be on or within two club-lengths of the putting green; and The immovable obstruction must be within two club-lengths of the ball; and The immovable obstruction must intervene on the line of play between the ball and the hole. RULE 24-2 !!! :D :D :D
It's not crazy his coach didn't tell him that because you're incorrect. Relief for immovable obstructions near the putting green is not a rule. It is a model local rule (F-5), which the committee may or may not implement. Rule 24-2 has nothing to do with relief.
You've had some of the best coaches in the game but you still aim a mile right, just like you did when you first started. Either you don't have anything between your ears, or you just don't listen? Why not line up starting with your feet together, just like some of the top pros do?
Slim...yeah you're right, he just took over and overwhelmed with instructions, and what to do and how to do it immediately rather than observe his tendencies.
24:43 Did he say that having a 60-90 yards in the fairway to a front pin is better than 30 yards in the fairway to a front pin? You better ask somebody. I'm pretty sure that is not correct.
ABSOLUTELY! Can’t get any spin on a 30 yard pitch, so you’re relying on luck to get it to stop. I would much rather have a 60-90 yard shot where I can get the clubface on the ball, get it up in the air with some spin and get it to stop. 🛑 What Dana said, “Now you have a full shot” ☝🏻
@@MPerski Proximity to the hole data from Tour players to high handicap all reveal the same thing: the closer you are to the hole, the closer you will be on average to the pin. In fact, the difference is dramatic from 60-80 to 20-30, almost 50%. Furthermore, the idea that a guy who has the clubhead speed of a pro is going to have an issue spinning a wedge on greens that are probably stimping 10, is just not accurate. The reason that people think that "laying up" to a yardage works (besides the golf industry misinforming them pre-Marc Broadie) is because when they hit a 100 yd wedge to 30' they think it's a good shot (and they are right), Then they hit a 50 yard wedge to 25' they think it's terrible, when obviously 25 is closer than 30. Try it!
This was good content but I don’t consider this course management….. more like how to play out of bad situations, a good playing lesson. His coach didn’t have to tell Jerome where to lay up every time, or where the hazards/ bunkers are located, a good course management lesson should be teaching a golfer on a course that he doesn’t know or played yet, read the score card; local rules, course layout, color of stakes used for hazards, OB, water, and sensitive areas. Reading wind, choosing the right club based on yardage and course design, I could go on and on. He needed to ask Jerome, “what club would you hit of the tee based on what you see, and why?”or “how would you play this hole, and why?” Without knowing where the trouble spots are located, have him play two ball, first his choice then the coach’s choice, and still with no info on the trouble spots/ hazards.
That’s what’s frustrating for me … Hitting it LONG 🙄 I play a pitch & putt (par 3) course most every day, and now I’m having trouble hitting my wedge “the number” and routinely hit it LONG Short game is “scoring” game! ☝🏻 Hit more greens in regulation and “Scratch to Scratch” is in reach Keep up the good work 👍🏻 “If this was a million dollars, I would putt this” … great advice ☝🏻 “Yeah, that was nice” 🤣
Dude I watched your video from 9 months ago where your teacher Chris had you swinging on the right plane and a beautiful swing with straight ball flight. You’re like me. I think I get something going then I watch the UA-cam because I don’t have the money for these high expensive coaching and I’m changing my swing again when I already had something functional.
All I have to say is GET SOME NEW SHOES! bro! you are killing me, what are those!?? mix in some footjoys! lol all kidding aside. great video. keep it simple stupid on the course
A playing lesson is a good idea as course management is a learned skill, and every course, though there are similarities is different. Like parkland as opposed to links golf. Also, perfect flat lies in lessons, not so on the course, which is where you are having problems, as golf is close to infinitely variable considering, conditions, your own level, down to what you had for breakfast.
Really like how invested Dana seems to be in your play. Thank you Ruf, we are all getting FREE lessons with these videos. You ROCK!
Glad you like them!
This is where the rubber hits the road! Playing lessons are so important to getting better.
I’ve been watching your journey and I appreciate the content! I know you put so much time into getting better everyday! I was curious if you’ve ever thought about sharing the financial part of getting to scratch? Lessons, rounds, balls, etc. I think it would be pretty intriguing!
High handicap golfers have such an intense fixation on the pin on literally every shot. Dana here is trying to teach what separates hackers from players:
1. Know what the hole layout is, where the trouble is, where the pin is, what the wind is doing, and use that info to plan your shot.
2. Stop fixating on the pin on every single shot when you aren't in a position (or have the skill) to hit it anywhere near there. Are you in a fairway bunker with trees between you and the hole? Is there a tiny gap you think you can hit it through and land it 3 feet from the hole? Are you Tiger? Sometimes you have to take your medicine. And honestly your score will thank you more times than not.
3. Putting up a good score isn't hitting every shot perfectly, it's hitting good misses that you planned and strategized for.
You pay for the whole course when you play. Use it!
Amen to that, it’s amazing how club golfers think, even those in single figures
So many nuggets in one video that can help you easily break 80 with the swing you have. You got this!
I love the way this man coaches. Watching your videos I pretend like he’s coaching me lol
Dana is the BEST coach, instructor, golf guru on your channel. ☝🏻
So easy to understand, explains WHY he has you do something, not married to one “system” …
He’s awesome. 👊🏻
Stay with him
… give us more 👍🏻
“Don’t overthink it”
Best advice ever.
I said that to one of the guys I played with this morning.
6” past the hole
(the target) 🎯
GREAT advice 👊🏻
Don’t let gravity (slope) control your putt … especially near the cup.
But the prevailing advice is 18” past the hole
(most can make a 1 1/2 foot putt)
6” is quite a challenge.
It would be great if he would point where your REAL target should be when putting, wouldn’t it? 😉
Remember what Yogi Berra said,
“97% of all putts left SHORT don’t go in”
😂
Let’s GO!
o.s. I saw “speed golfers” at Strawberry Creek in Kenosha. They are absolutely incredible … penalized for time as well as strokes.
Awesome golfers
that really focus on strategy and just … get it in the hole
El Dorado Park. Here we go. This is great. I know all these holes. Love it.
Very nice lesson, getting all that feedback from your coach on a on the course lesson is key to get better in the game, all the key point he give you are excellent for you and all of us amateurs viewer. keep up the Good WORK
“If a hawk comes down and gets pegged by the ball, it just does” -Dana 2024
I don’t know why I died laughing at that 😂
I analyzed your swing in slow motion. I must say, it looks awesome. I've learned a lot since I've been watching your videos. Keep up the great work.
Quick tip for those that are unsure of how they aim on course: take your stance that “feels” good, then place the club behind your heels (not the toes because some flare feet). Step back and see where you are actually aiming. I teach kids and when they do this they are amazed at how far off they aim.
Great video. I also had one of these lessons at the beginning of my golf journey, and it changed the way I see the game. Good choice.
You rock. Keep them coming! Great swings!
This is insanely helpful. im struggling with on the course play vs. range, alignment, and pre shot routine / timing. So this lesson was literally perfect for what i needed to hear. Thank you 🤙🏽
Bro, love the videos. You gotta get out of those stealth irons. When I started playing 18 months ago I got the stealth and I could never hold a green because they are low launch and low spin (super game improvement) Picking up player irons was a game changer! Keep the great content coming.
favorite golf channel now
What a fantastic coach
this is awesome, jerome
Great info. Look at Dana at 4:26 using the club to check his direction. He snuck that in. Its Simple and quick. The tricky part is not to use or turn your head too far towards target but use your feet to turn/move/correct yourself by mere millimeters or inches that can send shot yards off or on target.
Great video and thank you for the content! Golf is such a mental and awareness game that is a skill to practice as well.
Its crazy to me that you aren't already bigger, your content is incredible
I guess the grind continues. Road to scratch and a million subs :)
This is great video and information. You're getting great info but always ask he a term or phrased is used you don't fully understand. Now you can check your grip pre-AND-post shot to remember how many knuckles. Be careful with how the Greens Keeper place the tee box cones. They aren't necessarily aimed to the best direction. Always recheck your direction visually. Looking good! Oh, and check your divots to see which way you swung/path and determine if that fits the ball flight you were looking for.
Reading greens: Find the lowest spot in relation to the flag and that's half the knowledge, then aim accordingly to roll up, down, or side ways on slope to flag.
Hey Ruff,
Thank you for all your hard work. Golf is already hard enough, but you have to deal with cameras and your coach. It must've been a lot of pressure.
Golf is a journey. Enjoy it.
I feel this so much , I over think every shot
Keep up the good work fella, wish your camera peeps knew what they were listening to as it would often benefit you and the viewer with alignments and full picture. Keep listening and learning, your doing a great job, listening to people is a skill, you will become a great if you hear them.
Always loving to see more of Dana
Love to see you being part of the journey!
You have to post more videos! I go through S2 withdrawals in between these videos…
Doing the best I can :)
Keep it up bro! see you out at mission trails soon!
Super helpful
This guy is giving priceless lesson …
All the lessons on the channel are :) and it’s all for free !
Soo good!
*Jerome, you don't know how many rabbit holes Dana is saving you from redirecting your energy and showing you your own debrief thoughts. It's a proper long-term reflex keeping it simple.*
I'd been doing the same thing as you, lining up well right of my target and hitting a good shot wondering why I was always right. Then when I'd correct for it I'd hook the ball not realizing that I was hitting the ball fine the first time just lined up wrong.
love these walking course lessons. so much value packed in it. wish you could just ask a pro coach for just walking course lessons haha
You can
Dana's best advice:"Did I pull the right club? Did I follow my routine? Did I make a good swing?" Accept the outcome, make a note of your error, then move on. You can't control everything. Don't worry about it.
Thanks!
No problem!
So..... Golf IS mosly a mental game! Ha. Thanks for the video(s). Your swing is greatly improved.
More great content. Keep grinding. 👊🏻
been playing for 4 years now. Just barely stopped worrying about the pin and distance. A good miss is a far more realistic goal then hitting it 1ft from the pin.
Live on course coaching. This is GREAT
Great to hear!
I love these vids!
Thanks!
Video lesson summed up in 2 words; Stay positive
Love the videos the content is great, How do you manage to fund all the lessons?
Looks like El Dorado GC in Long Beach. You should do the Long Beach Open!
Will have to check that out!
Great video. Audio levelling needs some work though - the voiceover parts are so loud compared to the on course bits, I have to keep adjusting the volume!
Thanks for the note! Will work to improve audio quality.
how many total lessons are you at? genuienly curious!
Golf is hard!
Hey Jerome, have you considered doing a collaboration with @AthleticMotionGolf? They can put you in a 3D motion capture suit and measure every part of your swing and compare it to other pros they've measured.
Crazy 6 to 8 inches past I have done since starting golf and don’t have to practice much because of it don’t be perfect
A coach who watches your videos, aka reaserach outside the coaching session. Thats why he's good and why golf lessons cost money. I'd imagine most coaches dont just spend 1 hour coaching you. They spend 3 or 4 researching what to coach you, then spend an hour coaching you.
What is poanna?
Hi there! 🙂
I enjoy watching your videos, but please try and smooth out the audio levels!
The drop in bits like the outro are so much louder than the rest of the talking and it's jarring.
Cheers.
Thanks for the tips!
@RodneyCervik
3 minutes ago
I learned to play the same way: 6 weeks of lessons, never stepped on a course. When I did, my tee shots were better than most people, but there were a huge variety of shots I'd never even tried: sand, low punch, pitch, chip, hook, fade, bad lie. You're nervous here for the same reason. You need to play to learn.
next time your in vegas can we play a round of golf ?
The Nike hat with adidas sweater is crazy lol
IM CRAZY lol
What's your current index?
You gotta get out of your own way, this is something my basketball coach used to say. You’re in your own head too much, be proud of good shots and move on past the bad ones.
you couldve putt that off the green with the sprinklers in the way. Crazy your coach didnt tell you the rule. But if there are sprinkler heads within 2 clubs of a green, and you are within 2 clubs of the heads and they are in your line...you get relief. No closer to the hole so taht they are out of your line.
The ball must lie through the green (not in a bunker of water hazard); and
The immovable obstruction (sprinkler head) must be on or within two club-lengths of the putting green; and
The immovable obstruction must be within two club-lengths of the ball; and
The immovable obstruction must intervene on the line of play between the ball and the hole.
RULE 24-2 !!! :D :D :D
It's not crazy his coach didn't tell him that because you're incorrect. Relief for immovable obstructions near the putting green is not a rule. It is a model local rule (F-5), which the committee may or may not implement. Rule 24-2 has nothing to do with relief.
2 camera guys and a top coach. How you affording all this man?
Have you ever thought of doing a club fitting?
coach and I are planing for the right time
@@JeromeRufin try and get up to see Ian at club champion. Collab opportunity?
Dana shoots uspsa 😂
What separates decent players and sorry ones is the ability to repeat.
Given the kind of money you are spending, I'd think DECADE would be a no-brainer.
I got the time lol
You've had some of the best coaches in the game but you still aim a mile right, just like you did when you first started.
Either you don't have anything between your ears, or you just don't listen?
Why not line up starting with your feet together, just like some of the top pros do?
Why in the world would an instructor say I want to see your on course swing and decisions and then proceed to tell him how to play the first hole?
Slim...yeah you're right, he just took over and overwhelmed with instructions, and what to do and how to do it immediately rather than observe his tendencies.
He did not mention your biggest mistake. Mixing adidas outfit with a nike hat.
3 camera men. 😮
Do I dare 4? Lol
@@JeromeRufin if you can afford it, can’t hurt for allllll the angles
my braincells die every time i watch this guy
24:43 Did he say that having a 60-90 yards in the fairway to a front pin is better than 30 yards in the fairway to a front pin? You better ask somebody. I'm pretty sure that is not correct.
ABSOLUTELY!
Can’t get any spin on a 30 yard pitch, so you’re relying on luck to get it to stop. I would much rather have a 60-90 yard shot where I can get the clubface on the ball, get it up in the air with some spin and get it to stop. 🛑
What Dana said,
“Now you have a full shot” ☝🏻
@@MPerski Proximity to the hole data from Tour players to high handicap all reveal the same thing: the closer you are to the hole, the closer you will be on average to the pin. In fact, the difference is dramatic from 60-80 to 20-30, almost 50%. Furthermore, the idea that a guy who has the clubhead speed of a pro is going to have an issue spinning a wedge on greens that are probably stimping 10, is just not accurate. The reason that people think that "laying up" to a yardage works (besides the golf industry misinforming them pre-Marc Broadie) is because when they hit a 100 yd wedge to 30' they think it's a good shot (and they are right), Then they hit a 50 yard wedge to 25' they think it's terrible, when obviously 25 is closer than 30. Try it!
This was good content but I don’t consider this course management….. more like how to play out of bad situations, a good playing lesson.
His coach didn’t have to tell Jerome where to lay up every time, or where the hazards/ bunkers are located, a good course management lesson should be teaching a golfer on a course that he doesn’t know or played yet, read the score card; local rules, course layout, color of stakes used for hazards, OB, water, and sensitive areas.
Reading wind, choosing the right club based on yardage and course design, I could go on and on. He needed to ask Jerome, “what club would you hit of the tee based on what you see, and why?”or “how would you play this hole, and why?” Without knowing where the trouble spots are located, have him play two ball, first his choice then the coach’s choice, and still with no info on the trouble spots/ hazards.
Enjoying your effort but brotha its painful to see your lack of discipline to improvement…
dude your audio mixing is terrible
TOO MANY ADS
That’s what’s frustrating for me …
Hitting it LONG 🙄
I play a pitch & putt (par 3) course most every day, and now I’m having trouble hitting my wedge “the number” and routinely hit it LONG
Short game is “scoring” game! ☝🏻
Hit more greens in regulation and “Scratch to Scratch” is in reach
Keep up the good work 👍🏻
“If this was a million dollars, I would putt this”
… great advice ☝🏻
“Yeah, that was nice”
🤣
Great lesson. And cool to see that Dana is teaching us (mere mortals). He is rlxt,
Dude I watched your video from 9 months ago where your teacher Chris had you swinging on the right plane and a beautiful swing with straight ball flight. You’re like me. I think I get something going then I watch the UA-cam because I don’t have the money for these high expensive coaching and I’m changing my swing again when I already had something functional.
My swing 9 months ago was not fundamentally sound or repeatable, and was only using arms.
All I have to say is GET SOME NEW SHOES! bro! you are killing me, what are those!?? mix in some footjoys! lol all kidding aside. great video. keep it simple stupid on the course
One day once I break 80 I’ll celebrate with some new shoes lol
A playing lesson is a good idea as course management is a learned skill, and every course, though there are similarities is different. Like parkland as opposed to links golf. Also, perfect flat lies in lessons, not so on the course, which is where you are having problems, as golf is close to infinitely variable considering, conditions, your own level, down to what you had for breakfast.
Down to how you slept before rising for said breakfast.
Let’s gooooo!
LETS GOOOO