I thought this was great. The one thing that really sticks with me is the tempo discussion. I always know Im going to do well when I feel my tempo is good, no matter what else is going on. Enjoyed it.
Some advice I've had given to me on a Par 5 is this. If I can't get there in 2, meaning for me somewhere around 240 or closer, than say I'm 280 out, no way to get there in 2. 1/2 the 280 and hit that club, so for me 8 iron. What that does is give you a practice 8 iron for the next shot. So if I hit a decent 8 iron, I should have confidence to hit the next one onto the green and get that birdie put. Smoking a 3 wood, leaving myself with a 50 yard pitch (more than likely I haven't hit one of those all day) becomes less likely I'll hit it closer than that 8 iron I've just hit.
Loved the video and advice. For a golfer is is in low 80s this advice is a good start as they only need to stay out of trouble to get below 80. For those consistently 90s and above, none of this advice keeps you from fatting 2 shots, thinning 2 more, missing 3 putts ito 4 putts. That require swing work and range time then this advice will hit home to them. Thanks Alex for you continuous work.
Going to work at a course as a starter and playing it nearly every day for eight years gave me an appreciation for how important course management is to scoring well. I learned play in the early 80s in Manila at the start of my Foreign Service career where playing with a caddie on the bag is a norm and I learned a lot from them. Golf holes are designed based on an understanding of how golfers at various skill levels miss. Why on a par 5 you’ll often find a bunker on the right at around 200-230 off tee to snag the ball of the beginners and intermediates who miss with slice and one 30 -50 yards further away on the left to snag the balls of more experienced golfers who hit a drag and hook when over swinging to get a few extra yards. Hitting off a nice level improves the odds of hitting a shot as planned and over time I developed a mental map of where the good lies were and started playing “connect the dots” between them and saw my greens in regulation or better stats improve simply because I wound up in fewer hazards. Because I played the same course repeatedly to keep club selection from becoming to automatic I created three different club selection strategies for each hole. For example the #1 handicap hole was a dogleg right from elevated tee with OB woods on right and pond on left and creek cutting fairway at an angle 200 - 240 yards off the tee. The choices were Driver + wedge, two nearly identical 4 iron shots, or three nearly identical 8 iron shots to reach the green. I actually scored best with the three 8 irons because it was difficult to keep Driver out of trouble and hit and hold the green with the second 4 irons. The three 8 irons put me one over regulation to the green but with a much better chance to one-putt for par or two putt for no worse than bogey. The biggest benefit was psychological because when I started playing there with usual Driver + wedge mentality on every par fours and just “grip it and rip it” on par fives I would dread the more difficult holes. Figuring out ways to “out think” the designer and avoid the punitive hazards on every hole is what helped me did more greens in regulation. Normalizing my swing and gaining an understanding of my yardages with short irons and wedges with fades and draw was another huge factor. Working at the course gave me the opportunity to play a lot of solo practice rounds during slack periods where I could practice shaping shots depending on the shape and angle of green relative fairway and longest distance and direction between front of green and pin. With regard to the latter came to think of the longest line from front edge pin as a “runway” I had to line up and land a plane on. With some greens that angle left-right \ or right-left / the choice between draw and fade is pretty obvious to improve odds of keeping the approach shot on the green and avoid needing to scramble back onto it from behind. But on some of holes with more amorphous green shape choice and which side of the fairway to be on to hit the approach shot would change day-to-day depending on pin placement. For example if pin was back right aiming to the left off the tee and hitting a fade to green improved odds of keeping ball on green and rolling it closer to hole but if pin was back left aiming for flat lie on the right off the tee and hitting a high draw was the better strategy. It takes playing the same course dozens of times to develop that level of understanding something which is difficult to do unless being retired and being willing to work at course (and play for free) or affluent enough to afford a membership. The course I worked at was a parr 35 nine-hole “executive” layout but it had been designed as a golf academy by a good designer Rick Jacobsen in the late 1975 and was cleverly designed to make Driver off the tee on the par 4s not the best scoring strategy on many of the holes with the intent, I realized, to teach course management 😊
Thanks for sharing. That’s interesting that some courses are actually designed to help golfers speed up and hopefully save them time and score better. Probably a course in a resort setting that has many visitors that don’t golf there constantly. Then some courses are intentionally set up to be incredibly hard.
I love Alex's tips and teaching method. This video is next level. It really illustrates that you're playing golf on the course, not golf swing. Love Chris' insight and strategies for playing.
This was really eye opening. And so hard to do, to make myself forget about mechanics and just think about playing the hole with my strengths. Like he said we all want to go for the green in two but its better to play within ourselves. Excellent video. Good job Alex!
Thanks for this video. I think I will benefit a lot from this. Taking the stress of making a fabulously tight shot I seem to always go for into playing a little more conservatively and maybe coming out a little bit ahead instead.
Alex I have watched many of your videos, but this one really sets the tone for a weekend golfer like myself. Note to self; focus on strengths of your game and stay committed to every shot. Lastly, leave the ego in the bag! Great stuff!
Great reminder on how to scrape 5 shots off your card. Had a great coach drilling this into me and it did that, 5 shots gone to bring my hcp down to 14 just this year. I am 60 and started 4 yrs ago. Thanks for these high value insights from a Tour Caddie. And the most important message is: get your mind off of your swing, concentrate on course managment, stick religiously to your psr and no swing thoughts; let your body take over, or as Dr. Rotella would say: let your self #2 take over. My thought, when I take up posture over the ball is: let you body feel do it, feel it ! Next, I register how the click occurs and my body goes through the swing. I love it.
Great video! Really interesting to see and hear what the thought process should be. For the majority of mid hcp players who struggle to lower their scores this is probably the most crucial part of their game.
Good video. From experience and a lifetime of playing golf, the single best piece of advice for any AMATEUR golfer is TRY TO HIT THE FLAT ON A FLY ON YOUR APPROACH SHOT TO THE GREEN. Most amateurs leave their approach shots SHORT. If you don't believe me, just replay your last round in your mind. The solution ALWAYS is to take one more club than you think you need and don't worry about going long. Try this method for one round. You will be convinced!!! Try to hit the flag on a fly with your approaches. Take whatever club you need to do that and you will understand. The goal is to never leave anything short. That's all you have to remember. Get the ball to or past the pin!!!
Alex, I enjoyed this video. I like hearing all the factors that need to be taken into account for shot selection eg wind direction, pin position, raised green, hazards etc. Thinking out loud about these has definitely improved my course management, as has laying-up and then leaving a full wedge into the green rather than blasting away and then leaving a difficult 40 yard chip. BUT, as a few have said here, most of us don't have the luxury of a 5 hour plus round, so can't spend 5 minutes over every putt, looking at it from every possible angle. That maybe OK for the pros but I'm under pressure to get round in under 4 hours!
Well done, I've only ever done it once in 20 years of golfing too. What a feeling though. Unfortunately my best since is 83.....normally mid to high 80's, 😢
Shot 77 gross round Mottram Hall in August, My best gross in 3 years .Sadly recovering from hip operation at the moment.Can't wait to recover and use these great tips. I'm 74 and off 13.
Great video my course management is the best part of my game. My trouble is I don’t hit it far enough so am relying on my short game to chip and putt for par. By the way my short game is the second best part of my game. I concur with Chris this is exactly what I do on the course in my pre shot routine.
So you pick up some grass and throw it up in the air and it will go in the direction the wind is blowing? Brilliant stuff, can't wait to try it on the course! That tip alone will save 5 shots.
I hit a fairly consistent fade. I normally teed off from the left side of the tee box, aimed at the left quarter of the fairway and the ball would draw back to the middle of the fairway.
I find that anytime I tee up on the right side regardless of wind I always seem to fade it even more to the right, I feel like teeing up on the right promote an out to in swing for me.
So if only 4% break 80, what percentage is assigned to those that have gone below 70?? The information here is really good. I have seen golfers tee it up in the middle of the tee but they have a terrible push or slice and they never take advantage of the angles they could have taken off the tee.
Usually...it depends. There are other ways to help compensate for excessive fades/slices and draws/hooks. I do it by playing the ball above or below my feet and teeing higher or lower. Each club presents its individual strengths and weaknesses.
Teeing off to the right means you can aim further to the left . Your natural shot and the wind brings it back in. If you teed up left hand side all you've got is the right side of the fairway to play with and more chance of missing
With the courses loaded these days I try to go out afternoons and take my time …my scores are better then when i play mornings with group I’m a little bit faster play so as not to hold anyone up Ima round a 9-10 handicap
‘If the wind is off the left and your usual shot shape is left to right, tee it up on the right-hand side of the tee’. All good, common-sense advice for some but, come on; if you can’t break 80 the strong odds are that what constitutes a pro’s preferred shot shape is the hacker’s worst nightmare. The pro fades it ten yards and adds five for the wind, the hacker is trying like crazy not to slice it 40. Also, by teeing it up on the right you’ve opened up his stance and exacerbated the problem. This video is a good reminder to good players in the low single-figures bracket. Also, the great unwashed don’t visualise their shots, because they never hit the same shot twice. Any visualisation is a silent prayer that they’ll be able to find the damn thing in five minutes time.
First thing to do before you get on the tee box is to look in which direction the tee markers are pointing and to use them as a help to line up on your target line.
Not all Tee Boxes point to the best target direction! I’ve worked at courses where I’ve had to give a “heads up” to first time Guests to be aware of the poorly aligned Tee Boxes and Markers!
No one ever says ‘pre shot routine should be less than….. seconds’ hence so many, especially high handicappers take 2 min to actually chunk that next shot… several practice swings,grass air-chuck to assess the wind, big alignment actions, concentrated grip, another swing or two, couple of take away rehearsal, then duff it 100 yards
Hi this is The second video I have watched both great I am playing of 14 but after health issues cannot play to it in the videos you are on the fairway with a wedge for your 3rd shot to the green I would most probably be in light rough with my 4th shot of that distance needing a hybrid HELP CHEERS 😢
16 handicapper , 81 is my lowest score average late 80’s any good round generally is keeping the doubles and worse off the card . Playing sensible hitting middle of the green don’t be the hero. I don’t hit long but I am straight so many people trying to hit long but are wayward. Try to hit the back of the green as no one hits the perfect shot When I am having a good round you have to keep the concentration going , we all muck up the last few holes maybe because we are looking at that potential lowest score ever.
Statistically, unless there is a good chance of hitting into a hazard or out of bounds you are ALWAYS better off just hitting your second shot as close to the green as possible
Take each hole at a time, course management is key, as an amateur take half a bag, know your yardages, you don't need 14 clubs, most amateurs only use half of their clubs, im a 23 handicap and par 5 and par 4 I can use driver hybrid and either chipper or wedge and obviously putter. And that's really 4 clubs on 12 holes so why amateurs take 14 clubs. Next time you play writing diwn what yiu used on each hole on your scorecard will give you an idea of what you actually use throughout your round. Simple logic.
Uhhh. Hello 7 hour rounds of golf for amateurs. There are already too many people on golf courses with ridiculously unnecessary preshot routines. We need more 26 handicappers throwing grass in the air before they chunk a driver.
@@AlexElliottGolfI think that’s what he’s saying…time to play a round of golf, is the number one reason people quit this game. There are a couple hundred people on planet earth, that can play 18 holes in under an hour…and shoot even par or better. Often, with less than 4 clubs (see Speed Golf). The game needs to evolve for amateurs. We would all be better players, if we treated golf as a reactionary sport (like tennis), instead of a cerebral static sport (chess). It’s been empirically proven time and time again. Just saying.
gras in to air on a none-links-course, are you kidding me?! Rookie mistake from a pro.... Wind could be complettly different due to disturbances from the trees and their layout.... use the tree crowns to judge the wind correctly and use (if available) wind farms for actual wind.
What has the title and thumbnail got to do with the video? Where’s this mind blowing tip? One of the reasons I unsubscribed is because the vids rarely matched the thumbnails. Sorry.
*what fun this was! To have a tour caddied on the channel to help you lower your scores was a real honour. I hope your enjoy*
I thought this was great. The one thing that really sticks with me is the tempo discussion. I always know Im going to do well when I feel my tempo is good, no matter what else is going on. Enjoyed it.
Some advice I've had given to me on a Par 5 is this. If I can't get there in 2, meaning for me somewhere around 240 or closer, than say I'm 280 out, no way to get there in 2. 1/2 the 280 and hit that club, so for me 8 iron. What that does is give you a practice 8 iron for the next shot. So if I hit a decent 8 iron, I should have confidence to hit the next one onto the green and get that birdie put. Smoking a 3 wood, leaving myself with a 50 yard pitch (more than likely I haven't hit one of those all day) becomes less likely I'll hit it closer than that 8 iron I've just hit.
Loved the video and advice. For a golfer is is in low 80s this advice is a good start as they only need to stay out of trouble to get below 80. For those consistently 90s and above, none of this advice keeps you from fatting 2 shots, thinning 2 more, missing 3 putts ito 4 putts. That require swing work and range time then this advice will hit home to them. Thanks Alex for you continuous work.
Appreciate that thanks Daniel
I reduced my handicap more from course management than any other drill I have done. This is fantastic information.
Love this thank you! Maybe i should do more of them?!
Going to work at a course as a starter and playing it nearly every day for eight years gave me an appreciation for how important course management is to scoring well. I learned play in the early 80s in Manila at the start of my Foreign Service career where playing with a caddie on the bag is a norm and I learned a lot from them.
Golf holes are designed based on an understanding of how golfers at various skill levels miss. Why on a par 5 you’ll often find a bunker on the right at around 200-230 off tee to snag the ball of the beginners and intermediates who miss with slice and one 30 -50 yards further away on the left to snag the balls of more experienced golfers who hit a drag and hook when over swinging to get a few extra yards.
Hitting off a nice level improves the odds of hitting a shot as planned and over time I developed a mental map of where the good lies were and started playing “connect the dots” between them and saw my greens in regulation or better stats improve simply because I wound up in fewer hazards.
Because I played the same course repeatedly to keep club selection from becoming to automatic I created three different club selection strategies for each hole. For example the #1 handicap hole was a dogleg right from elevated tee with OB woods on right and pond on left and creek cutting fairway at an angle 200 - 240 yards off the tee. The choices were Driver + wedge, two nearly identical 4 iron shots, or three nearly identical 8 iron shots to reach the green. I actually scored best with the three 8 irons because it was difficult to keep Driver out of trouble and hit and hold the green with the second 4 irons. The three 8 irons put me one over regulation to the green but with a much better chance to one-putt for par or two putt for no worse than bogey.
The biggest benefit was psychological because when I started playing there with usual Driver + wedge mentality on every par fours and just “grip it and rip it” on par fives I would dread the more difficult holes. Figuring out ways to “out think” the designer and avoid the punitive hazards on every hole is what helped me did more greens in regulation.
Normalizing my swing and gaining an understanding of my yardages with short irons and wedges with fades and draw was another huge factor. Working at the course gave me the opportunity to play a lot of solo practice rounds during slack periods where I could practice shaping shots depending on the shape and angle of green relative fairway and longest distance and direction between front of green and pin.
With regard to the latter came to think of the longest line from front edge pin as a “runway” I had to line up and land a plane on. With some greens that angle left-right \ or right-left / the choice between draw and fade is pretty obvious to improve odds of keeping the approach shot on the green and avoid needing to scramble back onto it from behind. But on some of holes with more amorphous green shape choice and which side of the fairway to be on to hit the approach shot would change day-to-day depending on pin placement. For example if pin was back right aiming to the left off the tee and hitting a fade to green improved odds of keeping ball on green and rolling it closer to hole but if pin was back left aiming for flat lie on the right off the tee and hitting a high draw was the better strategy.
It takes playing the same course dozens of times to develop that level of understanding something which is difficult to do unless being retired and being willing to work at course (and play for free) or affluent enough to afford a membership. The course I worked at was a parr 35 nine-hole “executive” layout but it had been designed as a golf academy by a good designer Rick Jacobsen in the late 1975 and was cleverly designed to make Driver off the tee on the par 4s not the best scoring strategy on many of the holes with the intent, I realized, to teach course management 😊
Thanks for sharing. That’s interesting that some courses are actually designed to help golfers speed up and hopefully save them time and score better. Probably a course in a resort setting that has many visitors that don’t golf there constantly. Then some courses are intentionally set up to be incredibly hard.
I love Alex's tips and teaching method. This video is next level. It really illustrates that you're playing golf on the course, not golf swing. Love Chris' insight and strategies for playing.
This was really eye opening. And so hard to do, to make myself forget about mechanics and just think about playing the hole with my strengths. Like he said we all want to go for the green in two but its better to play within ourselves. Excellent video. Good job Alex!
Thanks for this video. I think I will benefit a lot from this. Taking the stress of making a fabulously tight shot I seem to always go for into playing a little more conservatively and maybe coming out a little bit ahead instead.
Alex I have watched many of your videos, but this one really sets the tone for a weekend golfer like myself. Note to self; focus on strengths of your game and stay committed to every shot. Lastly, leave the ego in the bag! Great stuff!
Love this cory! So good to hear, hope these tips can help with whatever you are working on. All the best
Great reminder on how to scrape 5 shots off your card. Had a great coach drilling this into me and it did that, 5 shots gone to bring my hcp down to 14 just this year. I am 60 and started 4 yrs ago. Thanks for these high value insights from a Tour Caddie. And the most important message is: get your mind off of your swing, concentrate on course managment, stick religiously to your psr and no swing thoughts; let your body take over, or as Dr. Rotella would say: let your self #2 take over. My thought, when I take up posture over the ball is: let you body feel do it, feel it ! Next, I register how the click occurs and my body goes through the swing. I love it.
Love this... makes sense too!! Thanks for watching oliver
Great video! Really interesting to see and hear what the thought process should be. For the majority of mid hcp players who struggle to lower their scores this is probably the most crucial part of their game.
Loved the concept he presented essentially managing the course based on your abilities - no matter what. I like that.
Good video. From experience and a lifetime of playing golf, the single best piece of advice for any AMATEUR golfer is TRY TO HIT THE FLAT ON A FLY ON YOUR APPROACH SHOT TO THE GREEN. Most amateurs leave their approach shots SHORT. If you don't believe me, just replay your last round in your mind. The solution ALWAYS is to take one more club than you think you need and don't worry about going long. Try this method for one round. You will be convinced!!! Try to hit the flag on a fly with your approaches. Take whatever club you need to do that and you will understand. The goal is to never leave anything short. That's all you have to remember. Get the ball to or past the pin!!!
Always enjoy Alexs' Videos and Alex is the only one in YT Golf who takes time to acknowledge the viewers comments.
Thank you appreciate it, you guys are the heart of this channel!
This is a super video with excellent advice👍🏻👍🏻 well done on putting it together 🙌
One of my favorite videos you have done. I coach a high school girls golf team and the mental side is so difficult.
Thank you - really appreciate it!
Alex, I enjoyed this video. I like hearing all the factors that need to be taken into account for shot selection eg wind direction, pin position, raised green, hazards etc. Thinking out loud about these has definitely improved my course management, as has laying-up and then leaving a full wedge into the green rather than blasting away and then leaving a difficult 40 yard chip. BUT, as a few have said here, most of us don't have the luxury of a 5 hour plus round, so can't spend 5 minutes over every putt, looking at it from every possible angle. That maybe OK for the pros but I'm under pressure to get round in under 4 hours!
So good! Learned a lot here! I like the idea of playing to my strengths and keeping it simple!
Thanks for this video!
Already saved it andshared it!
Finally broke into that 4% this year after playing for 20 years. Down to 6.5 handicap index
Well done, I've only ever done it once in 20 years of golfing too. What a feeling though. Unfortunately my best since is 83.....normally mid to high 80's, 😢
Lots of great advice
More like this please, the ‘tempo’ bit is really important. I have a good 8 or 9 then a wobble and back on it in two or three.
This is next level insight! Thanks Alex!
Glad you like it!!🙌🏼🙌🏼 Much appreciated
Great video thanks Alex.
Very welcome!!
Shot 77 gross round Mottram Hall in August, My best gross in 3 years .Sadly recovering from hip operation at the moment.Can't wait to recover and use these great tips. I'm 74 and off 13.
Love this! Get well soon - hope these tips help you
Cheers Alex. I enjoy your channel.Needed a chip and putt to get par on 18z
Great video my course management is the best part of my game. My trouble is I don’t hit it far enough so am relying on my short game to chip and putt for par. By the way my short game is the second best part of my game. I concur with Chris this is exactly what I do on the course in my pre shot routine.
It seems like there are a lot of negative comments here. I found this video super helpful and fun to watch.
Appreciate it thank you 🙌🏼🙌🏼
So you pick up some grass and throw it up in the air and it will go in the direction the wind is blowing? Brilliant stuff, can't wait to try it on the course! That tip alone will save 5 shots.
Mottram Hall GC. Where you can ride Ferarri, Aston Martin, Porsche golf buggys
I hit a fairly consistent fade. I normally teed off from the left side of the tee box, aimed at the left quarter of the fairway and the ball would draw back to the middle of the fairway.
Excellent stuff, really good idea to have this guy around.
He’s ace isn’t he!
Superb video. Very informative
Thanks so much!!
A guy I play with wuda lost it the moment grass is chucked in air .....slow play and whs is killing club golf
This is unreal! I love it! Thanks. How can I buy his manual?
www.caddyclubhouse.com/ ! Thank you
Very informative. Percentage sensible and smart course management.
Thank you
Great video I learned so much from that
Much appreciated!
Lovely game
I find that anytime I tee up on the right side regardless of wind I always seem to fade it even more to the right, I feel like teeing up on the right promote an out to in swing for me.
Best advice ever ❤ it
These are great tips, don't get me wrong, but my misses are both pulls and pushes, so I just aim center everytime.
love this video
So if only 4% break 80, what percentage is assigned to those that have gone below 70?? The information here is really good. I have seen golfers tee it up in the middle of the tee but they have a terrible push or slice and they never take advantage of the angles they could have taken off the tee.
Just saying but I believe cold weather lack of distance has more to do with colder golf ball not compressing and club shafts flexing less ?
My goal is to get to the point when where I aim plays a bigger role in the outcome that my swing mechanics.
If the tee box for the day isn't level, or undulates (previous dips and rises), will that weight your consideration of tee-up location?
Usually...it depends. There are other ways to help compensate for excessive fades/slices and draws/hooks. I do it by playing the ball above or below my feet and teeing higher or lower. Each club presents its individual strengths and weaknesses.
Wish you played a full 18 with him. There was a lot of good info packed into this episode.
More videos to come! glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the comment
Quick Q, Left to Right flight, wind off the left and tee it up far right of the tee? Why not left of the tee as the ball will land and continue right
Teeing off to the right means you can aim further to the left . Your natural shot and the wind brings it back in. If you teed up left hand side all you've got is the right side of the fairway to play with and more chance of missing
With the courses loaded these days I try to go out afternoons and take my time …my scores are better then when i play mornings with group I’m a little bit faster play so as not to hold anyone up Ima round a 9-10 handicap
‘If the wind is off the left and your usual shot shape is left to right, tee it up on the right-hand side of the tee’. All good, common-sense advice for some but, come on; if you can’t break 80 the strong odds are that what constitutes a pro’s preferred shot shape is the hacker’s worst nightmare. The pro fades it ten yards and adds five for the wind, the hacker is trying like crazy not to slice it 40. Also, by teeing it up on the right you’ve opened up his stance and exacerbated the problem. This video is a good reminder to good players in the low single-figures bracket. Also, the great unwashed don’t visualise their shots, because they never hit the same shot twice. Any visualisation is a silent prayer that they’ll be able to find the damn thing in five minutes time.
Hope the video helped anyway! 🙌🏼
If you slice it 40 yards, aim 40 yards left to hit fairway. Easy.
@@stevehutchinson321 That's when I hit it straight! Ha!
If your a 15 handicap it a driver and get down there as far as you can
If this is how you play then just go out and have fun chasing that little ball around. Otherwise, the suggestions of the caddie were spot on.
First thing to do before you get on the tee box is to look in which direction the tee markers are pointing and to use them as a help to line up on your target line.
Not all Tee Boxes point to the best target direction! I’ve worked at courses where I’ve had to give a “heads up” to first time Guests to be aware of the poorly aligned Tee Boxes and Markers!
Did I miss it? Where's the "Mind Blowing" tee concept??
I was mind blown by quite a few of the concepts in this video especially how many amateurs tee in the wrong position , hopefully you did too :)
No one ever says ‘pre shot routine should be less than….. seconds’ hence so many, especially high handicappers take 2 min to actually chunk that next shot… several practice swings,grass air-chuck to assess the wind, big alignment actions, concentrated grip, another swing or two, couple of take away rehearsal, then duff it 100 yards
And agree with some of the comments, course management is a big thing to use to lower scores, and everyone should listen to tips like this 👍
excellent video🤣
Thank you 🤩
Good video. Hope your caddy replaced the divots you took!
Course
Hi this is The second video I have watched both great I am playing of 14 but after health issues cannot play to it in the videos you are on the fairway with a wedge for your 3rd shot to the green I would most probably be in light rough with my 4th shot of that distance needing a hybrid HELP CHEERS 😢
This is coming up in the next few days, thanks for the question
16 handicapper , 81 is my lowest score average late 80’s any good round generally is keeping the doubles and worse off the card . Playing sensible hitting middle of the green don’t be the hero. I don’t hit long but I am straight so many people trying to hit long but are wayward. Try to hit the back of the green as no one hits the perfect shot When I am having a good round you have to keep the concentration going , we all muck up the last few holes maybe because we are looking at that potential lowest score ever.
Hold on. He said it’s a stroke index of 13. How do you find that out? Is that on scorecards and I have just never known what it means?
My trick is to consider each shot as a lay up shot. Decreases the performance anxiety..
Statistically, unless there is a good chance of hitting into a hazard or out of bounds you are ALWAYS better off just hitting your second shot as close to the green as possible
Why is there music playing in the background?
How much to get him to walk around a golf course with me?
I did it this year broke 80 5 times
Take each hole at a time, course management is key, as an amateur take half a bag, know your yardages, you don't need 14 clubs, most amateurs only use half of their clubs, im a 23 handicap and par 5 and par 4 I can use driver hybrid and either chipper or wedge and obviously putter.
And that's really 4 clubs on 12 holes so why amateurs take 14 clubs.
Next time you play writing diwn what yiu used on each hole on your scorecard will give you an idea of what you actually use throughout your round.
Simple logic.
What’s the earth shattering secret that I waited for?
I didn’t claim there was an earth shattering secret 😂 Hope some of the information was useful
OMG if I spent that much time reading a Putt the foursome behind me would riot lol
caddys giving golf swing advice now lol
You don’t understand something well enough, if you can’t explain it to a nine-year-old child”: Albert Einstein
Hi Alex, another great video. QQ what you wearing buddy? Please let us know of your apparel 😁
All adidas!
Hi Alex, I call it chess golf. It’s your next move which is important. Keith
Haha love that
mind blowing ??? lol
I was, no problem if you weren’t. Thought there was a lot of great info in here. Thanks for your thoughts tho
you were right to tee it up in the middle for the first hole. fire this caddy
My man didn’t support the catchy cliche opening of the video 🤣
"I pulled it" has 15 foot putt. 🙂. For me, its the last thing caddy keeps saying. Commit to the shot.
4% break 80? That can’t be right. I break 80 a few times a year. Never practice and can’t hit the driver longer than 190 mtrs.
If the wind is off the left aim a little to the left……nooooo. I can see why he is a pro caddy
??? They said that. What not aim left as a wind from the left will push the ball to right.
He’s a great tour caddy 🙌🏼
Uhhh. Hello 7 hour rounds of golf for amateurs. There are already too many people on golf courses with ridiculously unnecessary preshot routines. We need more 26 handicappers throwing grass in the air before they chunk a driver.
What do you mean sorry, are you suggesting this takes too much time?
@@AlexElliottGolfshouldn’t have even responded to this doofus, these tips are clearly for someone with a sound swing
Yeah if we took a leaf out of the tour pros & took 5hrs to play our round we'd be all a lot more peeved with slow play.
Actually if you aimed well and lost less balls per round it might take less time…
@@AlexElliottGolfI think that’s what he’s saying…time to play a round of golf, is the number one reason people quit this game. There are a couple hundred people on planet earth, that can play 18 holes in under an hour…and shoot even par or better. Often, with less than 4 clubs (see Speed Golf). The game needs to evolve for amateurs. We would all be better players, if we treated golf as a reactionary sport (like tennis), instead of a cerebral static sport (chess). It’s been empirically proven time and time again. Just saying.
Damn! Was going to be fun, till I heard "LIV"!
There's lots of other golf channels.
Kinda like getting instructions from maggots. Just can't do it.
Hard to watch for me. Information right. Delivery was hard to swallow
Alex we do not need music when you are interviewing your guest. I need to hear the information not name that tune.
Sorry!
Didn’t even watch a full minute of the video before shutting it off.
After you ask Chris if it would take 10 shots off I knew this video was BS.
lazy golf is best am golf
Hahaha fair enough
A caddy will tell you the truth, a UA-camr..... not so much. You probably won't drop 10 strokes because of this video.😂😢😂😢
Haha - hope you find this video useful
gras in to air on a none-links-course, are you kidding me?! Rookie mistake from a pro.... Wind could be complettly different due to disturbances from the trees and their layout.... use the tree crowns to judge the wind correctly and use (if available) wind farms for actual wind.
Hope the video helped anyway! 🙌🏼
Alex, WAY too much of you talking, not half enough of Chris talking.
What has the title and thumbnail got to do with the video? Where’s this mind blowing tip? One of the reasons I unsubscribed is because the vids rarely matched the thumbnails. Sorry.
5 minutes to tee up for a left wind, Snooze a thon, I’m out of here.
thank you
yep good video! Its always the space between those ears.
seriously? this is literally golf 101, and any golfer (even hacks) already knows all of this.
Um, no they don’t. Just watch the hacks in front of you next time you play
if you want real insight, talk to an architect.