That’s why I love Harbour Town links so much. I once saw a player hit a branch of a tree overhanging the fairway, the ball ricocheted toward the tree and still finished on the edge of the fairway. It’s a short course for the tour pros but you have to be deadly accurate.
I totally agree with Pud56, with so many trees defending the course, the big hitters would be forced to plot there way around, rather than just smash it long..🤔👍🤷🏽♂️
Courses are already struggling financially and adding more cost to add tree’s would bankrupt them. Also some courses aren’t designed to have a ton of trees on them also this distant issue effects mini tours/collegiate/amateur events.
dont beat yourself up deep , let your soul heal with knowledge of how much joy and happiness you generate on the planet , well done you .... and it was just that today you were playing golf bingo and i think you crossed off every single box , finishing with a shank and water was epic ....and always remember the good rounds and banish the bad , you are MUCH MUCH better than a single round
I do enjoy seeing how good players like you cope when the worlds gone to shit, it happens to us higher handicappers more often than not and seeing you have a bad one just reassures us that it can happen to anyone and not to get too downhearted when it does, look forward to your upcoming videos as always
Great you put it out for in the RED, awesome course Surprised that your solid hybrid didn't come more often out of your bag for the course management. Not sure two dozen ball's for me would have been enough 😂😂😂 to finish those 18 holes
Well I for one feel your pain but now you may have a better understanding of how a lot of us feel week to week. I agree with an earlier comment that the PGA Tour should be playing courses that are more technical in their layout similar to what you've just done battle with. But well done to you for keeping your cool and I hope your new putter is better behaved.😊
Was almost like watching me tis morning. Felt like played well and finished 14 over. Still I was happy. Best putter on UA-cam has gone with that performance. Really enjoy the challenge and some cracking courses. Keep working on that short game. Thanks 😊
What a beautiful course that it is. I guess it looks narrow when you play a lot of open courses. Anyhow some nice golf and your always close just gotta piece it all together.
I would love to see you playing with Carter, or Finchy at the Good Good tournament. You guys could maybe pull out a top 3. I say that as a huge compliment. There are some “sticks” in this thing. However, tournaments aren’t won on paper. They’re won on the greens(especially scrambles). I’m also a near scratch player, and I’ve had those days where I don’t do anything “bad”, and still end up with too many soft bogies. I’ve found that it basically takes one GREAT shot per hole, to shoot under par. Hitting “average” approach shots, chips, and putts just never seems to get the job done. Golf is hard, my friend. Golf is hard….
A tough track that, very demanding and sure to find you out if the game isn't on point, no wonder it's a qualifying course. Looks like you'll be spending a few more hours per week on the putting green to iron out your distance control. Keep up the great content Matt, it's always entertaining. 👌🏽
These videos are such a good watch - guaranteed to make you smile. I’m also positive on our eighth tee on Sunday mornings - positive I’m going bogey, bogey, bogey… Look forward to watching rounds in the mid-60s in the spring. And if they don’t happen - Finchy will be looking for a.caddy in this year’s Open….. 😋
Played there last jan. Toughest course ive played and i was playing off 2 handicap. Need to be long and straight off the tee. Me and mate decided to play scramble 2nd time we played it to give us a chance! Loved it though.
Tough Course Mat but enjoyed the commentary chalk it down to one of those days I have them quite frequently so like you said at least the sun was shining.
matt you normally putt so well . Its obviously the magnets in your ball which are normally attracted by the metal flag posts causing the ball to fall in the hole. That course has magnetised the flag posts causing the ball to be repelled from the hole. lol
Thats Golf, thats what all the people say. You're riding high in April and shot down in May. Unlucky start at the beginning and I'll have to watch the rest later as im tired and need to sleep. I'm hoping you pull it back 🙏🏌️⛳
Mathew get yourself back to those uk link’s courses, can’t play a round of golf unless you view the sea, that was a tough old track, but fair play for battling on, thought the putter might be taking a swim in one of those ponds, but put him in the cupboard he knows he has let you down😂.Great series always makes me smile, keep them coming.
Your solution to meeting an actual challenge where you need to be a real ball striker that can shape the ball, is to remove the challenge altogether. Awesome.
Matt...I've been a subscriber for well over a year and I swear it looks like your putting stroke tempo was a bit quicker on this day, than it typically is. Shorter back, shorter follow thru. That course looks really nice, but VERY tight from the tips.
I think you’d be an outstanding putting coach for Peter Finch in his quest for the open. I’m not kidding. You’re the best putter around and he needs help with it. Just something to consider.
Hi Matt yes it is after Christmas here in Australia it's actually 19/01/24 Hope you had a great Christmas and new year and I hope it starts a little better than this video. Anyway Matt looking forward to watching you in 2024 cheers mate.
Played there June 2022. Was not ready. Especially as a 24 handicapper at the time. Resorted to stick to the classic course for the second day 😂 Incredible place though, beautiful,
We don't have a say of the adverts that go in I'm afraid and can't turn them off or I have no business. Hopefully the content is worth the small trade off
Seriously mate 4 minutes of adverts for an hour of quality content is a very small price to pay. The work that goes into making these videos for all of us to watch for free is worth it and should be more appreciated I think
Per usual after the first hole prediction hopefully you can pick up your momentum and grab a lot of birds but I wanna say you will shoot 4 over maybe 3 over but seems it's gonna be a struggle
I have stuck in there with the same clubs but have gone online and invested in a new brain. I’ve removed the one that thinks it’s a low handicapper and replaced it with a more ‘game improvement’ model. Seems to be working so far…. 😂
Welcome to my kind of golf Matthew Altho mine ain't about putting slightly off But scores are the same Bogey golf is probably what most of your audience play cause I definitely do 😅😅😅😅😅😅
A really good effort Matt, but once those trees had drawn you in you were never going to get out of its grasp...🤔! Trust me, I know the perils of a round stuck in amongst the trees..😭😠🤷🏽♂️
Tough day Matt good video tho and if your really gonna change the flat stick bc it's dead to you I'll gladly recesitat it for you in my bad just give me the word and I'll send you my address lol
@@Mattfryergolf I follow your channel, and I play from time to time on these two fields, they are good fields, but as the worst in my game is Drive, I often leave with high scores, I also play on the fields near Cascais, I would love to play with you one day here in Portugal, hugs
Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt. Those narrow tree lined courses can eat you alive if you don't hit it straight. I know you are disappointed Matt but things could have been a lot worse. Your putter was a bit balky but to be honest, you really did not have a lot of good birdie looks.
This is the type of course where they would have to pay me to be a member there. I rate this course, not fun. This is a 3 club course 7I,PW and Putter, leave the rest at home. 🤕😤
I appreciate the honest bad day... they happen to the rest (or most) of us every time out. Such a strange game in that the clubs that give you trouble just start playing well (out of nowhere!) while the clubs you can trust on just abandon you!! The Demons at work... how did Satan get a lifetime membership to golf?!
Seen enough on the first hole, your worst than me not a lot to be learned looking at you no harm to ya, hope you have a 🌴 iron in the bag and a few beers to help you make it to the end.
The attitude when things go awry makes this a real treat to watch, love it that these days you've decided to keep it positive no.matter.what 😊❤
Courses like this would negate the need to roll back the golf ball, tighten up the PGA tour courses, jobs done.
Yep sure would! Accuracy is paramount here
That’s why I love Harbour Town links so much. I once saw a player hit a branch of a tree overhanging the fairway, the ball ricocheted toward the tree and still finished on the edge of the fairway. It’s a short course for the tour pros but you have to be deadly accurate.
I totally agree with Pud56, with so many trees defending the course, the big hitters would be forced to plot there way around, rather than just smash it long..🤔👍🤷🏽♂️
The pros would never stop complaining 😂
Courses are already struggling financially and adding more cost to add tree’s would bankrupt them. Also some courses aren’t designed to have a ton of trees on them also this distant issue effects mini tours/collegiate/amateur events.
dont beat yourself up deep , let your soul heal with knowledge of how much joy and happiness you generate on the planet , well done you .... and it was just that today you were playing golf bingo and i think you crossed off every single box , finishing with a shank and water was epic ....and always remember the good rounds and banish the bad , you are MUCH MUCH better than a single round
I do enjoy seeing how good players like you cope when the worlds gone to shit, it happens to us higher handicappers more often than not and seeing you have a bad one just reassures us that it can happen to anyone and not to get too downhearted when it does, look forward to your upcoming videos as always
Great you put it out for in the RED, awesome course
Surprised that your solid hybrid didn't come more often out of your bag for the course management. Not sure two dozen ball's for me would have been enough 😂😂😂 to finish those 18 holes
Well I for one feel your pain but now you may have a better understanding of how a lot of us feel week to week.
I agree with an earlier comment that the PGA Tour should be playing courses that are more technical in their layout similar to what you've just done battle with.
But well done to you for keeping your cool and I hope your new putter is better behaved.😊
I know it was horrible to play but it was a pleasure to watch. I could actually feel your frustration with every shot.
Matt you are an inspiration you epitomize the true golfer , we fight sometimes but the challenge is king thank you
Was almost like watching me tis morning. Felt like played well and finished 14 over. Still I was happy. Best putter on UA-cam has gone with that performance. Really enjoy the challenge and some cracking courses. Keep working on that short game. Thanks 😊
I empathize, Matt, when you shoot a round like me :) Always great content, no matter the score!
What a beautiful course that it is. I guess it looks narrow when you play a lot of open courses.
Anyhow some nice golf and your always close just gotta piece it all together.
I would love to see you playing with Carter, or Finchy at the Good Good tournament. You guys could maybe pull out a top 3. I say that as a huge compliment. There are some “sticks” in this thing. However, tournaments aren’t won on paper. They’re won on the greens(especially scrambles). I’m also a near scratch player, and I’ve had those days where I don’t do anything “bad”, and still end up with too many soft bogies. I’ve found that it basically takes one GREAT shot per hole, to shoot under par. Hitting “average” approach shots, chips, and putts just never seems to get the job done. Golf is hard, my friend. Golf is hard….
I apologize... I know you were in pain but I was laughing so hard that I teared up! Love your work. Lock that putter in the closet for a month! 😂😂
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for giving me such great content Matt , really enjoying watching these videos , cheers, Adam , York.
A tough track that, very demanding and sure to find you out if the game isn't on point, no wonder it's a qualifying course.
Looks like you'll be spending a few more hours per week on the putting green to iron out your distance control. Keep up the great content Matt, it's always entertaining. 👌🏽
Fingers crossed!
These videos are such a good watch - guaranteed to make you smile.
I’m also positive on our eighth tee on Sunday mornings - positive I’m going bogey, bogey, bogey…
Look forward to watching rounds in the mid-60s in the spring. And if they don’t happen - Finchy will be looking for a.caddy in this year’s Open….. 😋
Played there last jan. Toughest course ive played and i was playing off 2 handicap. Need to be long and straight off the tee. Me and mate decided to play scramble 2nd time we played it to give us a chance! Loved it though.
NOVEMBER?! Why are you holding on to good content for this long. I was desperate during for any golf during christmas :D
Tough Course Mat but enjoyed the commentary chalk it down to one of those days I have them quite frequently so like you said at least the sun was shining.
It is good to see the quest back , so hard to do. I can’t wait to see what you end up with in your bag. Keep up the good spirit
Thanks! Will do!
You hit some great balls Matt I would not like to play that course very week, you gave up on your putting. Look forward to the next in the red.
matt you normally putt so well . Its obviously the magnets in your ball which are normally attracted by the metal flag posts causing the ball to fall in the hole. That course has magnetised the flag posts causing the ball to be repelled from the hole. lol
Former best putter on YT. Despair. I cannot bear it.... Title should be 'Can I Break Hearts'
Fantastic course. They are clever in Portugal making straw from pines
Thats Golf, thats what all the people say. You're riding high in April and shot down in May.
Unlucky start at the beginning and I'll have to watch the rest later as im tired and need to sleep. I'm hoping you pull it back 🙏🏌️⛳
Tough course that pal. Enjoyed the watch. Onwards and upwards
Mathew get yourself back to those uk link’s courses, can’t play a round of golf unless you view the sea, that was a tough old track, but fair play for battling on, thought the putter might be taking a swim in one of those ponds, but put him in the cupboard he knows he has let you down😂.Great series always makes me smile, keep them coming.
Your solution to meeting an actual challenge where you need to be a real ball striker that can shape the ball, is to remove the challenge altogether. Awesome.
I feel your pain Mr Fryer. Somedays you play well and score not so well. Robbed at every step. Keep them coming.
Matt...I've been a subscriber for well over a year and I swear it looks like your putting stroke tempo was a bit quicker on this day, than it typically is. Shorter back, shorter follow thru. That course looks really nice, but VERY tight from the tips.
In the red let's go love these videos
I think you’d be an outstanding putting coach for Peter Finch in his quest for the open. I’m not kidding. You’re the best putter around and he needs help with it. Just something to consider.
Love that
Hi Matt yes it is after Christmas here in Australia it's actually 19/01/24 Hope you had a great Christmas and new year and I hope it starts a little better than this video. Anyway Matt looking forward to watching you in 2024 cheers mate.
Tough day at the office matt...definitely a course of accuracy...feel like your attitude was great
Yes it was, those pines will get you
Tbf to Matt,you see the good with the indifferent (couldn’t say bad,as possibly if you played it again your course strategy would be different)
It’s just ne of those days, keep smiling and carry on regardless
Yep that's the plan 😩😂
Played there June 2022. Was not ready. Especially as a 24 handicapper at the time.
Resorted to stick to the classic course for the second day 😂
Incredible place though, beautiful,
Yep we did the same 😂
Beautiful course!
Matt, love your videos and of course your golf. Really struggling with the amount of adverts and the length of them, seems to be a minute each time.
We don't have a say of the adverts that go in I'm afraid and can't turn them off or I have no business. Hopefully the content is worth the small trade off
Seriously mate 4 minutes of adverts for an hour of quality content is a very small price to pay. The work that goes into making these videos for all of us to watch for free is worth it and should be more appreciated I think
That course looked really tight and deceptive greens!
Per usual after the first hole prediction hopefully you can pick up your momentum and grab a lot of birds but I wanna say you will shoot 4 over maybe 3 over but seems it's gonna be a struggle
Feeling your pain Matt but lip out on 16 was hilarious 😂😂😂
What sort of putter would you switch to? Which putter would guarantee you not having a repeat performance?
Just one of those days on the course.
I love how UA-cam golfers say "I just want to get something into play" then they pull out the driver. 😅
Nuts!
I have stuck in there with the same clubs but have gone online and invested in a new brain. I’ve removed the one that thinks it’s a low handicapper and replaced it with a more ‘game improvement’ model. Seems to be working so far…. 😂
Contaminated putter always a problem😂 naughty step no doubt
Its gone now after another bad performance today
I always get very intimidated with tight course. Our two courses are tight but not that tight. Get'em nexxt time.
After only watching 4 holes. My prediction is you finish @ +3. Those trees are intimidating
Welcome to my kind of golf Matthew
Altho mine ain't about putting slightly off
But scores are the same
Bogey golf is probably what most of your audience play cause I definitely do 😅😅😅😅😅😅
Throw that round away Matt and forge ahead.
Feel your pain watching this Matt.. We've all been there
A really good effort Matt, but once those trees had drawn you in you were never going to get out of its grasp...🤔! Trust me, I know the perils of a round stuck in amongst the trees..😭😠🤷🏽♂️
Happy new years Matt!!
Happy new year!
Looks like a course for stinger 2 iron, or even 17 degree hybrid, no bomb and gouge there
Yep that's where I went wrong I think!
50 degree wedge from 80 yards is a bit nuts no? Surely just club down and hit a fuller shot?
Some really nice putting.
Thank you kindly
That lip out was just brutal
When the course is that tight, why not go to 3-wood or driving iron off the tee?
I wish I had!
Pleased this isn't my home course! I thought my course was tight!
You cannot abuse your equipment it fights back 😅😅😅
Matt great video must have been a pine in the arse 😮😅
Haha
Well that was tighter than tight I would have said goodbye to at least a dozen balls well battled
Does that course have any fairways? Can’t see them from the tee with all those trees in the way 😂😂😂
My God, Matt doesn't stop talking...
Is it just me or is the quality a bit low? I can't adjust quality on this video...
Thought I was watching Rick play break 75
+1 like clearly just watched the tee shot on 4 😂 ever played match play vs a Canadian?
Nope never met a Canadian golfer
Hole 12 🫣🤣🤦
bad day, how long did it take you to forget this round?
Excellent video. Narrow tree lined courses are are visually boring and irritating to play. Do we think the designer had ever actually played golf?
Sorry but I laughed a little on the 16th before you did,just summed up your luck !
Ps can I have your putter if you’re binning it? 😂
Play Feb 7th on the live stream
‘Pine whacking session’ oh err missus. Sounds a bit rude!!
Tough day Matt good video tho and if your really gonna change the flat stick bc it's dead to you I'll gladly recesitat it for you in my bad just give me the word and I'll send you my address lol
14th club should be a chainsaw
Those aren't pine trees, they are pain trees.🙂
They sure are 😂😂
This is from November???
Yep we film a month in advance or try to as travel and editing takes up time
Matt what a horrible course 4 me I hate trees god it's a nightmare mate
No audio
My best in that course was +4,…..
That's a good score!
@@Mattfryergolf I follow your channel, and I play from time to time on these two fields, they are good fields, but as the worst in my game is Drive, I often leave with high scores, I also play on the fields near Cascais, I would love to play with you one day here in Portugal, hugs
Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt. Those narrow tree lined courses can eat you alive if you don't hit it straight. I know you are disappointed Matt but things could have been a lot worse. Your putter was a bit balky but to be honest, you really did not have a lot of good birdie looks.
This is the type of course where they would have to pay me to be a member there. I rate this course, not fun. This is a 3 club course 7I,PW and Putter, leave the rest at home. 🤕😤
I appreciate the honest bad day... they happen to the rest (or most) of us every time out. Such a strange game in that the clubs that give you trouble just start playing well (out of nowhere!) while the clubs you can trust on just abandon you!! The Demons at work... how did Satan get a lifetime membership to golf?!
He sure did
How come all these UA-camrs ground their clubs in hazards, ive seen shiels do it, good good, finch, etc
😂 that’s golf
Oof brutal.
Hard luck Matt, just wasn't your day. Definitely not a course for a 20 handicapper with a 100 yard dispersion
Matt, I would suggest you leave the putter in the bag, and put yourself in the bin...
Thirty first!😊
Almost!
Day/video 30 lemme get your evnroll bro
Can I have your old putter please ?
Seen enough on the first hole, your worst than me not a lot to be learned looking at you no harm to ya, hope you have a 🌴 iron in the bag and a few beers to help you make it to the end.
First :)
Yes you are!
Can I have your Putter if you're getting a new one please 🙏 we can say it's a reward for watching the full clip. 🏌️⛳😁