Man, thought id never say this... But I think the game will eventually break this man. Scratch to Scratch is looking like a long long long long long unreachable par 3... but possible if you hit the cart path... Advice from a scratch golfer. Stop taking lesson atm. You have all the fundamental work. You need to work on how to score on the golf course. Seriously, if I was you. I'd be playing 18 holes every day or at least 5 times a week. Go play the same course so you can build on what we call 'course knowledge' You can't get consistent with anything if you're always changing it. Find your ball flight, get your yardages down, and play with what you have.
I sometimes think he's really a scratch golfer & this journey is just a way to get subscribers. His swing is too good to shoot in the 90's & he never takes it seriously when he's on the course.
@@jameslynch4042his swing is nowhere near the golf swing of a scratch golfer. By all means not the worst I’ve seen but by no means does it look good enough to be scratch. Lol
@@jameslynch4042 The “look” of one’s swing doesn’t mean anything if you can’t connect at impact position and he needs to really work on no more three putts. I started the same time he did and I went with a very simplistic swing that looks stiff and rigid called the Single Plane Swing, however it helps me stay in play. It’s based off of Moe Normans swing and taught by Todd Graves. It got me down to the 90s and high 80s. What got me to the low 80s and mid 70s was my chipping and putting practice. I’m at a 6.5 handicap and trying to get to scratch as well with nothing but Todd Graves tutorials, training aids and A LOT of practice.
This is spot on! Im not scratch but getting close myself. The difference for me was stopping my lessons for a while and playing golf. Too many thoughts and changes in this game is not good for anyone.
Don't be too hard on yourself while playing with an injury... From what I saw, you greatly improved with your chipping and putting compared to your older videos. You had a few holes where they didn't drop for you so definitely hit the putting green and practice the North South East West drill at 5 feet a lot... This helped my confidence so I wouldn't screw up those close birdie and par putts that usually get people nervous about making.
Don't get discouraged. Your game has improved in all areas. You now have the tools to put what you have learned to practice. Instead of taking more lessons from pros I would occasionally review old lessons but spend more time on the course.
We’re both on our journey to being scratch and I’m really thankful for the coaches you showcase because they give such great advice. Can’t wait until your app becomes fully operational.
I broke 3 ribs in an accident a couple months ago, and was off the course and range for 6 weeks. It took me quite a few rounds and range sessions to get back to where I was before. The things that were probably the hardest to get back were body rotation , wrist set , swinging through the ball. I felt like I wanted to protect the tender areas, so I wasn’t fluid at all. It will return, but dint rush it. Trying to protect a certain area of your body will only make you hurt something else by over compensating . Glad to see your back in action!!!
Welcome back bro! Hate you got injured, hopefully you can find a grass range to practice on. Ease back into it you got this man. Loving the improved video quality too
Hey Jerome, I think I had the same injury last year November, I started my golf lessons in August and really tried to put the work in spending 4 - 5 hours at our local range at least 3 times a week minimum, my left wrist was in serious pain and for some reason I started losing feeling in my fingers too. I was open with my coach and told him what I was going through, he recommended taking 2 weeks off, but I just didn't want to lose all that progress so I only decided to take 1 week off only to injure myself completely with my first lesson after the break, there was nothing I could do afterwards, so I was forced to take a break for a full month which was terrible, but my hand fully recovered and I've been golfing since then, guess what I'm trying to say is just take the break that's needed, you can always practice putting and just use your free time to watch alot of PGA highlights cause I was very close to destroying my hand and ever since my proper recovering I've never felt that pain again and it was an eye opener to understand that you shouldn't over do it. PS Hope you get better soon.
You mention trying to get to a single digit handicap by the end of the year but haven’t seen you record a ghin handicap on the channel at all. Hard for us to track your progress without a handicap update each round. I think single digit is more realistic by end of 2025, scratch by 2030.
Hard to put a time limit on things.. I went from 30 to 15 in 6months with one length irons then 15 to 7 in a year after that on year 4 of playing golf (100-200balls a day)
@@alexmagliacane5972I think his concept of scratch (or single digit) is posting such a round on the channel someday. He doesn’t seem to have a hcp registered anywhere, doesn’t play in a club or in competitions. So it’s a “youtuber” scratch concept.
Your wedge shots looked awesome on 60-70% of the chips. On the others you are still chunking by keeping your weight back on the right side. All in all - a great improvement on chipping.
Welcome to LA, Jerome. All the cheaper courses here tend to be in pretty rough shape, and there are a glut of crappy Par 3s, but if you're playing courses like Brookside, Harding, Wilson, etc., you're probably going to play some pretty fun golf. I'll be curious to see what you hit at Encino, if you ever go (I hit an 87 there the other day). Just got back into golfing myself recently. Maybe our paths will cross. Good luck getting to scratch, brother.
Bro I hate practicing on mats. Good luck bud. Stay on that grind. PS: Jorge, put that camera on a tripod or something when he’s swinging, that shaking is rough. Maybe an IS lens might help. 👍
Make sure you take enough time off to heal. Pushing it could make you compensate in your swing and cause you to groove something in that will take a long time to reverse.
Is the camera on optical zoom? My Sony ax53 has built in gimble lens. It’s really good and not that expensive. Also what resolution did you filming as your old camera looked better quality.
I’m glad you’re still making Contant. I hope you have a speedy recovery! I was actually in LA in May. I tried to send you a DM to see if you wanted to play. I stayed in Newport Beach and played at pelican Hill. Would’ve been nice to have you. I’m sure I’ll be out there again.
Just a quick piece of advice to avoid further injury. If you are going to hit that many golf balls hit some irons off of short tees to save yourself from the jarring of the mat. Also hitting irons off a tee will help with low point control. Also if your left wrist is the only one hurting, hit/chip some balls while swinging one handed. Davis Love III grew up with a dad as a pro and that was a drill he had him do all the time with each hand.
Welcome back to golf bro and sorry about your injury. Some negatives - Most of the zoomed in shots turned blurry and we couldn’t see where it went. Plus the shot tracer was lost when you zoomed. Other times you would point to your club but the camera wasn’t looking there. Just some growing pains with a new camera guy but it’ll get better I’m sure. Keep it up!
I hope you do the video on trackman. And try Aberg approach to swing ( when he put the club behind the ball, he swings right away). I try that and my hits was really better. Maybe when you wait to long at the setup, your body gets to tired?
Save your body. Shouldn't matter playing solo to move your ball away from a rock or tree root on the fairway or in some areas in the rough or areas that are dried out hard with clumps of weed-grass if you'll hurt yourself or damage your equipment if you swing. Best to ask prior or during a "competitive" round between friends or betting strangers. I don't destroy nice plants if my ball lands in it. Play a great manicured course soon to see how every inch should be taken care of. TIP: It takes 70-72 strokes to play and can be hit within 1 hour or so each day rotating clubs. Should practice be 5 hours everyday? Ask your coach and let us know.
I would love to see you take some course management lessons. You are losing a lot of shots to being too aggressive off the tee and trying too many impossible shots rather than chipping out. Driver on the 300 yard par 4 and 3 wood off the dirt, too many shots under tree branches are just a couple of examples. You could shave 10 shots off the round by picking different clubs and aiming away from trouble. Love your journey!
anything you would recommend to get better at course management? I agree with what youre saying about playing the correct clubs/shots. Any resources to use?
@@kambhamp1 There are many good books but I also like this golf course management video series from Golf Sidekick: ruclips.net/video/dbFu871N2jE/видео.htmlsi=ATnSWLb7TUtwF0e8
@@kambhamp1 Jerome mentioned renting a tour-level caddie to help with course management. I would love to see that and it would improve the channel. I have noticed that Jerome still has a tendency to swing out of his shoes. He always seems to opt for taking the shorter club and over swinging. If you swing 90% your swing has a better chance of being balanced and smooth.
Bro, you are doing great, the chipping is improving! Take care of your injury first before it becomes something permanent! Try to practice the things that you can with the injury or if the doctor tells you to take rest, do so. You actually improved a lot with regards to self-reflection. You said it yourself, it is your aim (35:17) and falling back instead of having your pressure forwards (36:34). Especially the pressure forward (to target) is what went wrong with almost all your 'bad' shots.
Your short game looks so much better now! Good job. When your wrist feels better, try Course One at Brookside. It longer and one of the best in the area.
When you were on the 6th hole in that greenside bunker you seemed to be trying to take too much sand which, with your wrist injury, only made things worse. The ball was sitting perched on top of the compacted sand on a slightly uphill lie. That's a situation where I would try to pick the ball off the sand cleanly using a club with very little bounce. That's something that really needs to be practiced to feel confident about when you're in that situation. More importantly, I know it's really hard to do but stop playing and hitting balls until your wrist heals. You're only prolonging it healing at best and possibly doing more damage.
Wow. Injured like Tiger. I thought it was strange there was so much practice info- Great info. Tip. We play on Public courses w loose rules. Real rule- move ball from area deem " Ground under repair" on 2nd hole so you don't injure/ reinjure self. 2nd hole you lined up where the grounds keeper aimed the tee box great shot- Check tee box to target.
Love the journey Jerome! I think you'd probably shave 2-3 strokes off your game just by slowing down. I know there's always pressure on the course to keep play moving, but take a minute and make sure you're making the right play with the right club. You don't seem to have any pre-shot routine after you tee off.
It’s cause he’s filming the video. Having to play golf and do the video and talk and stuff is probably making it way harder to focus. Ain’t no way I could play my best while talking that much.
Played Brookside the last week of Dec last year. OMG, the course condition was amazing. The fairway turf was all recovered from football season and it was.a few days away from the course beginning to setup for the Rose Bowl Natty champ game....what a beautiful track
with the swing you have now compared to when you started, its time for a players iron so you know what your distance is going to be. The problem with Game Improvement irons is the distances arent consistent. Its easy to get a flyer and then you dont get a good understanding what your irons are really doing.
Just an opinion piece.. love what youre doing here in regards of improving your game. Obviously a very driven individual and all these video lessons are good content for viewers and so forth.. However, for the sake of improvement of your game, I do believe you are over-coached.. there does come a point where after fundamentals and education, that the game should simply just be played, and repeated, trained constantly.. over and over.. until eventually you master your game. As there is a great deal of Individuality to this sport, and none are perfect, even at proffesional level. I cant see this ever happening with the amount constant changes, swing thoughts and lessons your undergoing. I only speak on this because I've been through this myself.. And seen it with others coming through the system. I hope I'm wrong tho, for your sake. Good luck on the journey regardless..👍
Keep it up man. LA city has a player’s card for $25, you could book throughout LA 9 days in advance. The Valley has great courses. You can’t go wrong with Encino/ Balboa, Woodley Lakes or Hansen Damn.
When you get in hard-packed sand, play it as if you are on dirt. Try and hit as close to the ball as possible - even ball first. Otherwise you will hit the hard pan first and bounce into the ball and skull it or hit it thin.
I think since you gained massive distance on your clubs you should consider lower frequency cavity backs. I know for a fact those stealth irons are made for lower swing speeds and you don’t have that problem
You are no longer at base camp; you are at camp 2. Resting and preparing to move on. Eventually you will strike for the summit, scratch golf, but that is still a way off. On short chips add loft by opening face slightly, also work for spin and when the ball dances and hops around the pin, you will know you are on to something. More relaxed and balanced at the finish. Just chip it out of packed down sand, or hardpan in general. On putts, long ones, I want to see some knee and hip movement, you are not a statue. On short putts aim for the back of the hole. I miss them too.
I know you get the best coaches in the world but a tip for bunkers or tall grass , bend your right knee and lean back a good amount those flops are gonna go crazy and it doesn’t need too much power.
The DeWhiz will really help you dial in distance control and a lot of other stuff.. I literally gained 30y wedge control in 100 balls that translated onto the golf course and gave me some serious confidence. Good luck in the city of angels. Come out to OC sometime!
@@Kameronwest1991 I had one and returned it because while it may show you swing path which you can be doing perfectly, it still doesn't matter if you don't have perfect impact which it can't help you. At impact you need a face square to target and proper depth control with your club which comes down to hitting balls daily to get better. Get a cheap box of Nitro balls $25 for 45 balls and take them to a park and practice consistent contact. For distance control with wedges, set up targets at 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 yards with hula hoops or virtually anything and use the clock system which is essentially what DeWhiz makes you do. So if you like to use a 56 for your chipping / pitching then practice a 9 O'clock back swing for 30 yards (or whatever the distance comes out to be). You don't need a $500 device to help you develop feel... you can do it for much less money. Just be sure to write down your results so you can reference your clock system distance control when on the course.
For distance control and using a clock system it is massive and the only thing that I found really works. It also helps you see what you did when you hit it well during a practice session. I’m definitely hyping this thing up.. another thing is called golf shot on ios and apple watch if you already have one.. but Its like 50-60% of a deWhiz but only $80/year.. its what I used first and then I wanted more data and more accuracy data that can be customized to train with.. hence deWhiz
Jerome, I like your general attitude. I think you're killing it with driver and mid irons, but you need to work on short game. Pitches, chips, sand. Which a lot of us need. Keep up the optimism. Not a game of perfect.
Man you look so good. Unfortunately a lot of golf is in your head. Join a club and play in competition it will help you focus Keep going amazing transformation
J, the grind will give you the aches. Some worse than others. Use K tape on your wrist right between the hand and wrist. You’ll figure out a good tension and warps. Won’t even know you’re wearing it and can play with it as well.
I live in LA. SD is way better than LA imo. Either way, if you just want to be close to muni courses, go to the studio city - sherman oaks area. 10 min drive to Encino, Sepulveda and Woodley courses with a bonus of Van Nuys executive and 18 hole par 3 for short game practice around the corner as well.
Lots of money, time, and your health wasted on range balls and hitting off of mats. Need to spend way more time hitting off grass, off different lies on the course. Paying Dana another $2,000 probably won't fix issues you have with uphill, downhill, ball above, ball below lies. Your videographer needs a stabilizer. Sorry but can't really watch this one!
dude I have had a nagging wrist injury since the 2022 season. I fatted a shot on a really dry course hit the ground really hard and ever since then its been a long recovery time. I reaggravated it pretty bad a month ago. shit sucks man.
I’m shooting this out there. I have a professional videographer friend that is obsessed with golf and would probably be willing to film a round or two. The quality of this video just isn’t it.
An injury option is to use a tee everywhere + use 2 extra clubs for each shot. You will develop touch while healing. Zoom ability is not worth the instability! 👎
you need to give the long game a rest for a while. Most of your lost shots are from your short game. Once your wrist recovers you could practice your short game for hours with minimal impact on your wrist. This is where you will improve the most IMO
I'm beginning to feel some cynical vibes and I'm sorry to say it: Less than 2 months prior to this video you had flown across country to work in depth with a coach that I thought was giving you some seriously valuable guidance. But in the interim, you posted yet another "world's greatest putting coach" (the caddie you are working with). If you really are working to improve, do you think hopping from coach to coach is helping? Or are you actually just working consistently to create new content? Watching this video, I'm not seeing you incorporating the lesson work that I've been seeing. Some of your results on the course seem to be relatively thoughtless, reverting to very old ingrained habits and ideas. I'm sorry Jerome, but this tendency to limit your course vlogs suggests your goal is to create 'clickable content'. I would like to think I'm wrong, that the injury has affected your game and your mental approach, but to share in your progress, I think you would do well to share one course vlog for every lesson filmed. And for you to be a lot more "curious" about the mistakes, showing you are actually working to incorporate the valuable lessons you are sharing with us.
That's a good one - especially since MJ Fox is such a diehard golf fan. He can barely swing a club anymore, but that doesn't stop him from trying to put the ball in the hole.
A word of advice.. stop trying to zoom the camera in after a shot to see the ball land. Its just jittery and nausea inducing and 99% of the time it doesn't even show the ball at all and its just being zoomed in for nothing. Just keep it in the zoomed out view - a shot tracer is more than enough. Worry about doing the fancy zoom-in stuff like the big golf channels once you buy a real camera and have a more practiced videographer. Also, for the love of god please get your distances with each club. Go to an indoor Trackman with some RCT balls and hit 10-20 shots with each club and take the average of your decent strikes with each club and write your distances down.
10:54 I really want to know what an affordable course costs in LA and where the “affordable” threshold begins lol there’s no way I’d ever want to actually live in LA with how much things cost, and honestly the whole “Hollywood/film industry” vibe there is so retarded 😂 great place to visit maybe once but living there is brave lol
Man, thought id never say this... But I think the game will eventually break this man. Scratch to Scratch is looking like a long long long long long unreachable par 3... but possible if you hit the cart path...
Advice from a scratch golfer. Stop taking lesson atm. You have all the fundamental work. You need to work on how to score on the golf course. Seriously, if I was you. I'd be playing 18 holes every day or at least 5 times a week. Go play the same course so you can build on what we call 'course knowledge' You can't get consistent with anything if you're always changing it. Find your ball flight, get your yardages down, and play with what you have.
I sometimes think he's really a scratch golfer & this journey is just a way to get subscribers. His swing is too good to shoot in the 90's & he never takes it seriously when he's on the course.
@@jameslynch4042his swing is nowhere near the golf swing of a scratch golfer. By all means not the worst I’ve seen but by no means does it look good enough to be scratch. Lol
This is good advice. Big difference between playing golf swing vs golf once you have your fundamentals down
@@jameslynch4042 The “look” of one’s swing doesn’t mean anything if you can’t connect at impact position and he needs to really work on no more three putts. I started the same time he did and I went with a very simplistic swing that looks stiff and rigid called the Single Plane Swing, however it helps me stay in play. It’s based off of Moe Normans swing and taught by Todd Graves. It got me down to the 90s and high 80s. What got me to the low 80s and mid 70s was my chipping and putting practice. I’m at a 6.5 handicap and trying to get to scratch as well with nothing but Todd Graves tutorials, training aids and A LOT of practice.
This is spot on! Im not scratch but getting close myself. The difference for me was stopping my lessons for a while and playing golf. Too many thoughts and changes in this game is not good for anyone.
Make sure you heal man! Dont screw yourself over in the long run
Don't be too hard on yourself while playing with an injury... From what I saw, you greatly improved with your chipping and putting compared to your older videos. You had a few holes where they didn't drop for you so definitely hit the putting green and practice the North South East West drill at 5 feet a lot... This helped my confidence so I wouldn't screw up those close birdie and par putts that usually get people nervous about making.
Don't get discouraged. Your game has improved in all areas. You now have the tools to put what you have learned to practice. Instead of taking more lessons from pros I would occasionally review old lessons but spend more time on the course.
Definitely
Nope, stick with Dana so you guys can analyze your swing and keep grinding.
@@kj475he can’t execute what he’s learning because he doesn’t even play enough to practice it.
We’re both on our journey to being scratch and I’m really thankful for the coaches you showcase because they give such great advice. Can’t wait until your app becomes fully operational.
I broke 3 ribs in an accident a couple months ago, and was off the course and range for 6 weeks. It took me quite a few rounds and range sessions to get back to where I was before. The things that were probably the hardest to get back were body rotation , wrist set , swinging through the ball. I felt like I wanted to protect the tender areas, so I wasn’t fluid at all. It will return, but dint rush it. Trying to protect a certain area of your body will only make you hurt something else by over compensating . Glad to see your back in action!!!
Welcome back bro! Hate you got injured, hopefully you can find a grass range to practice on. Ease back into it you got this man. Loving the improved video quality too
The camera is shaking for 100% of the video. Motion sickness 🤢
Yeah I could not watch more than 2 minutes. Hope it gets better to the next one
my man needs a gimble
@@jonathanmacarthur6924 or a monopod
probably his regular cameraman is down again
Hey Jerome, I think I had the same injury last year November, I started my golf lessons in August and really tried to put the work in spending 4 - 5 hours at our local range at least 3 times a week minimum, my left wrist was in serious pain and for some reason I started losing feeling in my fingers too. I was open with my coach and told him what I was going through, he recommended taking 2 weeks off, but I just didn't want to lose all that progress so I only decided to take 1 week off only to injure myself completely with my first lesson after the break, there was nothing I could do afterwards, so I was forced to take a break for a full month which was terrible, but my hand fully recovered and I've been golfing since then, guess what I'm trying to say is just take the break that's needed, you can always practice putting and just use your free time to watch alot of PGA highlights cause I was very close to destroying my hand and ever since my proper recovering I've never felt that pain again and it was an eye opener to understand that you shouldn't over do it. PS Hope you get better soon.
Awesome seeing you play golf again!
You mention trying to get to a single digit handicap by the end of the year but haven’t seen you record a ghin handicap on the channel at all. Hard for us to track your progress without a handicap update each round. I think single digit is more realistic by end of 2025, scratch by 2030.
Hard to put a time limit on things.. I went from 30 to 15 in 6months with one length irons then 15 to 7 in a year after that on year 4 of playing golf (100-200balls a day)
@@laogx4026 regardless of the timeline, scratch doesn’t mean anything if he isn’t posting a handicap for us to follow.
@@laogx4026 are you scratch after 4 years?
@@alexmagliacane5972I think his concept of scratch (or single digit) is posting such a round on the channel someday. He doesn’t seem to have a hcp registered anywhere, doesn’t play in a club or in competitions. So it’s a “youtuber” scratch concept.
He also isn't playing the most challenging courses so not sure where his handicap is.
Hope you heal up brother 🙌
Your wedge shots looked awesome on 60-70% of the chips. On the others you are still chunking by keeping your weight back on the right side. All in all - a great improvement on chipping.
The third shot with 5i on #16 was a shank. When your ball goes 45 degrees from your target line, it's a hosel rocket.
Welcome to LA, Jerome. All the cheaper courses here tend to be in pretty rough shape, and there are a glut of crappy Par 3s, but if you're playing courses like Brookside, Harding, Wilson, etc., you're probably going to play some pretty fun golf. I'll be curious to see what you hit at Encino, if you ever go (I hit an 87 there the other day). Just got back into golfing myself recently. Maybe our paths will cross. Good luck getting to scratch, brother.
Bro I hate practicing on mats. Good luck bud. Stay on that grind. PS: Jorge, put that camera on a tripod or something when he’s swinging, that shaking is rough. Maybe an IS lens might help. 👍
Should've just taking lessons from the Playa-in-Chief (Golfsidekick)
Bro your high as hell 😂😂 straight cheesing 😁😁🤯🤯
No wonder he stinks 😂
Make sure you take enough time off to heal. Pushing it could make you compensate in your swing and cause you to groove something in that will take a long time to reverse.
Is the camera on optical zoom? My Sony ax53 has built in gimble lens. It’s really good and not that expensive.
Also what resolution did you filming as your old camera looked better quality.
I’m glad you’re still making Contant. I hope you have a speedy recovery! I was actually in LA in May. I tried to send you a DM to see if you wanted to play. I stayed in Newport Beach and played at pelican Hill. Would’ve been nice to have you. I’m sure I’ll be out there again.
Just a quick piece of advice to avoid further injury. If you are going to hit that many golf balls hit some irons off of short tees to save yourself from the jarring of the mat. Also hitting irons off a tee will help with low point control.
Also if your left wrist is the only one hurting, hit/chip some balls while swinging one handed. Davis Love III grew up with a dad as a pro and that was a drill he had him do all the time with each hand.
You have a great looking swing. Congrats on the improvement!
i had the same thing and got a cortisone shot and it completely went away. Not sure if it was the "same" but worth exploring.
Welcome back to golf bro and sorry about your injury.
Some negatives - Most of the zoomed in shots turned blurry and we couldn’t see where it went. Plus the shot tracer was lost when you zoomed. Other times you would point to your club but the camera wasn’t looking there. Just some growing pains with a new camera guy but it’ll get better I’m sure.
Keep it up!
I hope you do the video on trackman. And try Aberg approach to swing ( when he put the club behind the ball, he swings right away). I try that and my hits was really better. Maybe when you wait to long at the setup, your body gets to tired?
Yup I just healed from the same injury fun stuff
How long did it take? Currently in it..
Save your body. Shouldn't matter playing solo to move your ball away from a rock or tree root on the fairway or in some areas in the rough or areas that are dried out hard with clumps of weed-grass if you'll hurt yourself or damage your equipment if you swing. Best to ask prior or during a "competitive" round between friends or betting strangers. I don't destroy nice plants if my ball lands in it. Play a great manicured course soon to see how every inch should be taken care of. TIP: It takes 70-72 strokes to play and can be hit within 1 hour or so each day rotating clubs. Should practice be 5 hours everyday? Ask your coach and let us know.
If you like high 60’s low 70’s for the weather move to the Bay Area ! Perfect golf weather 10 months of the year
When your wrist is injured like that, just pick it up and place it ouside the bunker lol
#relatable :-) nice journey, thx for sharing it!
Jeromes running handicap based on his rounds posted to youtube: 16.9
Periods of not playing, while you only cognize what you've learned, is absolutely necessary to get better at anything you learn.
That bunker part happens to me every round with every bunker on the course it feels like 😆
I would love to see you take some course management lessons. You are losing a lot of shots to being too aggressive off the tee and trying too many impossible shots rather than chipping out. Driver on the 300 yard par 4 and 3 wood off the dirt, too many shots under tree branches are just a couple of examples. You could shave 10 shots off the round by picking different clubs and aiming away from trouble. Love your journey!
anything you would recommend to get better at course management? I agree with what youre saying about playing the correct clubs/shots. Any resources to use?
@@kambhamp1 There are many good books but I also like this golf course management video series from Golf Sidekick: ruclips.net/video/dbFu871N2jE/видео.htmlsi=ATnSWLb7TUtwF0e8
@@kambhamp1 Jerome mentioned renting a tour-level caddie to help with course management. I would love to see that and it would improve the channel. I have noticed that Jerome still has a tendency to swing out of his shoes. He always seems to opt for taking the shorter club and over swinging. If you swing 90% your swing has a better chance of being balanced and smooth.
You need to rest and fully heal
Keep it up, Jerome. Come play in Tucson this winter.
Bro, you are doing great, the chipping is improving! Take care of your injury first before it becomes something permanent! Try to practice the things that you can with the injury or if the doctor tells you to take rest, do so. You actually improved a lot with regards to self-reflection. You said it yourself, it is your aim (35:17) and falling back instead of having your pressure forwards (36:34). Especially the pressure forward (to target) is what went wrong with almost all your 'bad' shots.
Your short game looks so much better now! Good job. When your wrist feels better, try Course One at Brookside. It longer and one of the best in the area.
When you were on the 6th hole in that greenside bunker you seemed to be trying to take too much sand which, with your wrist injury, only made things worse. The ball was sitting perched on top of the compacted sand on a slightly uphill lie. That's a situation where I would try to pick the ball off the sand cleanly using a club with very little bounce. That's something that really needs to be practiced to feel confident about when you're in that situation. More importantly, I know it's really hard to do but stop playing and hitting balls until your wrist heals. You're only prolonging it healing at best and possibly doing more damage.
Wow. Injured like Tiger. I thought it was strange there was so much practice info- Great info. Tip. We play on Public courses w loose rules. Real rule- move ball from area deem " Ground under repair" on 2nd hole so you don't injure/ reinjure self. 2nd hole you lined up where the grounds keeper aimed the tee box great shot- Check tee box to target.
Fill up the divot with sand which is on your cart‼️
Love the journey Jerome! I think you'd probably shave 2-3 strokes off your game just by slowing down. I know there's always pressure on the course to keep play moving, but take a minute and make sure you're making the right play with the right club. You don't seem to have any pre-shot routine after you tee off.
It’s cause he’s filming the video. Having to play golf and do the video and talk and stuff is probably making it way harder to focus. Ain’t no way I could play my best while talking that much.
@@pureshot902 I'm sure Jerome feels rushed when people are waiting behind him.
You got this Jerome. LETS GO!!!!!!!
I grew up playing Brookside #1 and #2. Great muni courses. Please fill your divots with the sand that's provided!!
Played Brookside the last week of Dec last year. OMG, the course condition was amazing. The fairway turf was all recovered from football season and it was.a few days away from the course beginning to setup for the Rose Bowl Natty champ game....what a beautiful track
Dang! was hoping to catch you here in San Diego 😂 good luck out there in LA and the golf journey bro
Now that you’re in LA can we get some content with George Gankas? 👀 Love the channel, the content with Dana was phenomenal
with the swing you have now compared to when you started, its time for a players iron so you know what your distance is going to be. The problem with Game Improvement irons is the distances arent consistent. Its easy to get a flyer and then you dont get a good understanding what your irons are really doing.
Just an opinion piece.. love what youre doing here in regards of improving your game. Obviously a very driven individual and all these video lessons are good content for viewers and so forth..
However, for the sake of improvement of your game, I do believe you are over-coached.. there does come a point where after fundamentals and education, that the game should simply just be played, and repeated, trained constantly.. over and over.. until eventually you master your game. As there is a great deal of Individuality to this sport, and none are perfect, even at proffesional level.
I cant see this ever happening with the amount constant changes, swing thoughts and lessons your undergoing.
I only speak on this because I've been through this myself..
And seen it with others coming through the system.
I hope I'm wrong tho, for your sake.
Good luck on the journey regardless..👍
Keep it up man. LA city has a player’s card for $25, you could book throughout LA 9 days in advance. The Valley has great courses. You can’t go wrong with Encino/ Balboa, Woodley Lakes or Hansen Damn.
Officially the first person that actually moved to LA in the last two years
You need a golf watch bro. A mid rang watch with hole layout works great for learning to plan a hole better. Pace your chips halfway maybe
Better courses in the inland empire. And more affordable. You need to go to Goose creek!! My favorite course.
When you get in hard-packed sand, play it as if you are on dirt. Try and hit as close to the ball as possible - even ball first. Otherwise you will hit the hard pan first and bounce into the ball and skull it or hit it thin.
what device is that you use for aimputting? See, 8:35.
Mr. Jeromaroni! Mr rebelllll! Getting the golf cart lock downnnnn! Rob Schneider voice
liked! thank you for making all these videos
I think since you gained massive distance on your clubs you should consider lower frequency cavity backs. I know for a fact those stealth irons are made for lower swing speeds and you don’t have that problem
Jerome have you considered arcos sensors! It will definitely help your golf game!
you should always post the course, rating, slope and yardage of where you are playing.
Brookside #2 is 6025 yards (not 6500)
Rating 69.1
Slope 121
I feel like I’m watching myself - before I learned how to play golf. 😊
I'm surprised you don't have a Bushnell Launch Pro. Getting some sort of launch monitor will make for more efficient range practice.
You are no longer at base camp; you are at camp 2. Resting and preparing to move on. Eventually you will strike for the summit, scratch golf, but that is still a way off. On short chips add loft by opening face slightly, also work for spin and when the ball dances and hops around the pin, you will know you are on to something. More relaxed and balanced at the finish.
Just chip it out of packed down sand, or hardpan in general.
On putts, long ones, I want to see some knee and hip movement, you are not a statue.
On short putts aim for the back of the hole. I miss them too.
I know you get the best coaches in the world but a tip for bunkers or tall grass , bend your right knee and lean back a good amount those flops are gonna go crazy and it doesn’t need too much power.
The DeWhiz will really help you dial in distance control and a lot of other stuff.. I literally gained 30y wedge control in 100 balls that translated onto the golf course and gave me some serious confidence. Good luck in the city of angels. Come out to OC sometime!
Does it’s really help that much geesh I was thinking about getting one
@@Kameronwest1991 I had one and returned it because while it may show you swing path which you can be doing perfectly, it still doesn't matter if you don't have perfect impact which it can't help you. At impact you need a face square to target and proper depth control with your club which comes down to hitting balls daily to get better. Get a cheap box of Nitro balls $25 for 45 balls and take them to a park and practice consistent contact. For distance control with wedges, set up targets at 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 yards with hula hoops or virtually anything and use the clock system which is essentially what DeWhiz makes you do. So if you like to use a 56 for your chipping / pitching then practice a 9 O'clock back swing for 30 yards (or whatever the distance comes out to be). You don't need a $500 device to help you develop feel... you can do it for much less money. Just be sure to write down your results so you can reference your clock system distance control when on the course.
For distance control and using a clock system it is massive and the only thing that I found really works. It also helps you see what you did when you hit it well during a practice session. I’m definitely hyping this thing up.. another thing is called golf shot on ios and apple watch if you already have one.. but Its like 50-60% of a deWhiz but only $80/year.. its what I used first and then I wanted more data and more accuracy data that can be customized to train with.. hence deWhiz
Jerome, I like your general attitude. I think you're killing it with driver and mid irons, but you need to work on short game. Pitches, chips, sand. Which a lot of us need. Keep up the optimism. Not a game of perfect.
Man you look so good. Unfortunately a lot of golf is in your head. Join a club and play in competition it will help you focus
Keep going amazing transformation
J, the grind will give you the aches. Some worse than others. Use K tape on your wrist right between the hand and wrist. You’ll figure out a good tension and warps. Won’t even know you’re wearing it and can play with it as well.
DO NOT RUN ON THE GREEN 😱
I live in LA. SD is way better than LA imo. Either way, if you just want to be close to muni courses, go to the studio city - sherman oaks area. 10 min drive to Encino, Sepulveda and Woodley courses with a bonus of Van Nuys executive and 18 hole par 3 for short game practice around the corner as well.
Hate mats, I tee up everything but it’s grass or nothing
Glad to see you back! You need a gimbal or some kind of stabilization
Lots of money, time, and your health wasted on range balls and hitting off of mats. Need to spend way more time hitting off grass, off different lies on the course. Paying Dana another $2,000 probably won't fix issues you have with uphill, downhill, ball above, ball below lies.
Your videographer needs a stabilizer. Sorry but can't really watch this one!
dude I have had a nagging wrist injury since the 2022 season. I fatted a shot on a really dry course hit the ground really hard and ever since then its been a long recovery time. I reaggravated it pretty bad a month ago. shit sucks man.
Anybody else concerned? I’m guessing tendonitis just takes some time. Do what you gotta do Jerome! Truly miss your content.
SD to LA?! You skipped the OC, golf heaven! Keep up the grind!
I’m shooting this out there. I have a professional videographer friend that is obsessed with golf and would probably be willing to film a round or two. The quality of this video just isn’t it.
Welcome to LA!!!!
Take time off. Binge Golf Sidekick videos to learn some course management. Spend $27 on 3 Releases: Short Game System. Avoid mats like the plague.
Which part of LA? So much easier to get a tee time now since they fixed the issue of bots taking tee times.
You know im aim guy and great awarness to check aim on tape while playing 16th.
An injury option is to use a tee everywhere + use 2 extra clubs for each shot. You will develop touch while healing.
Zoom ability is not worth the instability! 👎
Dude, turn on the stabilization feature on that camera, so shaky!
you need to give the long game a rest for a while. Most of your lost shots are from your short game. Once your wrist recovers you could practice your short game for hours with minimal impact on your wrist. This is where you will improve the most IMO
Have your camera man get a. monopod to improve the shakeness
Alright buddy you need to put the coaches down and start playing with people I'm glad to see your nerves have finally calmed down
How much as grinding to develop your skill is important, you should rest and look after your injury. Why risk for permanent damage
Holy fuck I didn't know Michael J Fox was your camera guy.
Camera needs zoom clarity and stabilization fixed.
Try Jumbo grips for your wrist pain
Jerome did you fall off? We need another Dana video
I'm beginning to feel some cynical vibes and I'm sorry to say it: Less than 2 months prior to this video you had flown across country to work in depth with a coach that I thought was giving you some seriously valuable guidance. But in the interim, you posted yet another "world's greatest putting coach" (the caddie you are working with). If you really are working to improve, do you think hopping from coach to coach is helping? Or are you actually just working consistently to create new content? Watching this video, I'm not seeing you incorporating the lesson work that I've been seeing. Some of your results on the course seem to be relatively thoughtless, reverting to very old ingrained habits and ideas. I'm sorry Jerome, but this tendency to limit your course vlogs suggests your goal is to create 'clickable content'. I would like to think I'm wrong, that the injury has affected your game and your mental approach, but to share in your progress, I think you would do well to share one course vlog for every lesson filmed. And for you to be a lot more "curious" about the mistakes, showing you are actually working to incorporate the valuable lessons you are sharing with us.
The goal is to be a RUclipsr. Golf is just a way for an athletic guy to get there.
The overly technical lessons he has been receiving are not gonna help him become a good golfer.
Our man hired Michael J Fox as his cameraman ohh boy 😬
That's a good one - especially since MJ Fox is such a diehard golf fan. He can barely swing a club anymore, but that doesn't stop him from trying to put the ball in the hole.
Wah,wah, wah!
brUH. that shallowing move at 3:10 was beautiful
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A word of advice.. stop trying to zoom the camera in after a shot to see the ball land. Its just jittery and nausea inducing and 99% of the time it doesn't even show the ball at all and its just being zoomed in for nothing. Just keep it in the zoomed out view - a shot tracer is more than enough. Worry about doing the fancy zoom-in stuff like the big golf channels once you buy a real camera and have a more practiced videographer.
Also, for the love of god please get your distances with each club. Go to an indoor Trackman with some RCT balls and hit 10-20 shots with each club and take the average of your decent strikes with each club and write your distances down.
10:54 I really want to know what an affordable course costs in LA and where the “affordable” threshold begins lol there’s no way I’d ever want to actually live in LA with how much things cost, and honestly the whole “Hollywood/film industry” vibe there is so retarded 😂 great place to visit maybe once but living there is brave lol
looks like your playing the Rosebowl?
Lol your camera guy and his zoom....
Need something to stabilize the footage lol