Such a beautiful, uplifting video. It's so enjoyable watching you guys soak in such a stunning atmosphere and just play with an attitude of gratitude. I may or may not have teared up during the little photo montage at the end. 🥲Thanks for sharing as always, Adam.
Thanks for the kind words, Eric. Not gonna lie, I also teared up on that trip. Grateful is indeed the right word to describe how I feel every time I visit the Monterey Peninsula. Being able to tee it up at Spyglass with Gordon and link up with my good friend/fellow RUclipsr Matt (+ his buddy) was really special. I can't wait to go back, hopefully soon.
Dude, all your bunker outs here were amazing. You have the best attitude about hitting bad shots, and I'm so glad that your transplant was a success and that you've channeled your passion into creating this channel to share with everyone. I've had so much fun working on my short game to compensate for my weak first two shots. Once I got the driver sorted out, my scores dropped by 20 easily.
Bunker shots are fun ! Well said. I have the most fun in golf when I make a really nice bump and run, or chip it onto the green and redeem my bad wood game.
@@Shiturd45 Slow down and go back to basics. Hit little slow motion shots at a chipping green until you feel the sweet spot and then progress from there. ie Get coached.
@@Omnis2 yeah man I’m working on it ! I can only golf for 2-4 hours a week before my hands start to cramp up really bad. I’m working on creating the L in my swing my irons are straight but they don’t go very far. Im getting a professional golfer to give me lessons soon.
This is the best RUclips golf channel for most amateurs looking to improve. Some absolutely stellar commentary and advice given, changing the way I look at how I play
ive heard online that you should tee it up on the correct side of the tee box based on the shot shape you want. you tend to be in the middle of the tee boxes for both your draw and fades.
As a fellow liver transplantee your videos keep me going, as I wait for a follow up operation (to fix a hernia) before I return to golf after a 20 year absence. Thank you for all your hard work and I am very envious sitting here in the UK watching you play the best that California has to offer.
Thank you both for your encouragement and it turns out that a) it could be years before the operation happen due the crisis in the UK NHS or b) I get the op done privately but it will cost tens of thousands of pounds! In either case the chances are that I'd need the operation redone in a couple of years later! So I will be resorting to using sports corset and will start my journey back into golf in a couple of months time!
Cool camera cut at 4:54! The picture at 6:11 was also nice. (looks like Paulmakespar rubbed off on you, lol jk) I've loved your videos for a while now. I respect the positive attitude. :)
I enjoy this video so much!!! Congrats Adam, i loved how you turned a “bad” first 9, to a great last 9. And yes, at the end pf the day we are just grateful that you still here playing golf!!! ❤
Thank you. I enjoy your videos more than any other showing golfing. Your attitude and ability to convey your thoughts and feelings allows me to feel as though I'm there with you every shot. I'm happy you had a chance to play a course on my bucket list.
Great video as always man! I 100% agree with you. The best way to improve your game is to find a quality coach who can help you. My coach not only helped my swing, but also helped me learn how to figure out what I’m doing wrong on the course and fix it on the fly. Love how you were able to make the changes needed half way through your round. 14 over on front to 2 over on back is pretty dang awesome bro!
Thanks for being patient on that one :p Just mentioned elsewhere in the comments that I felt guilty not showcasing you in this vid but was busy highlighting Gordon. Can't wait to tee it up with you again soon!
Tough day. I just came from a trip where I shot a 94 the first day (like your first 9) and an 80 on the second (tougher course too for rating). It was all the short game coming in.
5:18 Take a look at the 4th green. Where you see all that thick rough, that used to be all ice plant about 20 years ago. Hole 2 has no room for error and is the most visually intimidating hole I have ever seen. Hole 3, the downhill par 3, usually has a 20-40 mph wind blowing in to you. The wind is blowing up that hill so your ball just balloons up on you. Good times!
"This is the best lie you've had in the last minute..." ... is not a sentence you ever want to hear spoken to you. 🤣😂 Oh man, that second hole got me in my golf trauma solar plexus.
Love your attitude brother. I'm the same way. Plus, no one likes playing with "that guy". Heard a couple of references about something you may have went through in the past. Mind sharing what that's about?
Thanks! Indeed, nothing worse than "that guy!" I had a challenging battle with an autoimmune disease 5 years ago that nearly took my life (documented here: ruclips.net/video/6HlcFlvwOaA/видео.html). Tough chapter that makes me feel grateful to tee it up every time I play.
I wish I could find a good coach... I paid for a set of lessons and was way less than impressed... he legit just stood there while I hit balls and when I asked for feedback it was lackluster.
Thanks for sharing this with us , definitely need to work on arguably the most important high handicap shot you need- the 👊 🤜 punch! Hope to see your improvements!
Former PB employee and boy do I miss the playing privileges. Spyglass is, was my favorite. Next time you’re in the area, try Monterey Pines G.C. It’s short on yardage and 1/10 the price of Spy.
Not that it matters what I think but maybe you should try just playing for fun ? It definitely seems like you’re treating this round as if you’re trying to qualify for something. A lot of over thinking and reading putts and shots. Just get up there and rip it dude. Enjoy every shot and please keep making these awesome videos so I may live vicariously through your channel because I’ll never see the likes of courses like this in my lifetime. Like yourself, I’m battling back from illness’s that keep the dreams impossible to reach. So ( if you ever read this ) kudos to you Adam. You seriously rock and are an inspiration and a hero to me. ☮️ ❤️
One of my bucket list courses for sure (at least if I can get my handicap down enough to not completely embarrass myself there). For now, I'm going to practice on my local courses and maybe get a lesson or 2. Great video, as always. Maybe a revenge/redemption round is in order?
Thanks, Josh!! Keep grindin' and hope you get out to your own bucket list of courses sooner than later. I *definitely* would like a revenge round here. #2023 goals.
@Not A Scratch Golfer I will! If you if you can play the front 9 as well as the back 9, you'd have a good score going. I had a similar experience a little while back with a 44 on the front and a 59 on the back (and that was even the same 9 holes, just different tees. I've learned that that's just how it goes sometimes.
A famous Scottish architect remarked that back home they play MATCH play almost exclusively. Stroke play is only used for establishing a handicap. If we paid attention to the Scots, that second hole would be LONG forgotten, and would not wreck an entire round.
Can someone link me the video where Adam hits like 20 shots out of one bunker. I think about that often and it always makes me laugh. I think the quacking sounds after every hit is what does it. I keep looking through the channel library and can’t find it.
Playing Spyglass for the first time without a caddy is ambitious ! I highly recommend to anyone that’s never played the course (or any pebble course) to hire one of the caddies. They’re all great characters too, it really makes the experience a lot better !
I got the first tee time of the day and didn't see the ocean all day at Spyglass. 😂Loved the course, absolutely pristine. Had a great time, saw Scottie Pippen on the putting green, but didn't think it was that hard. Not easy of course, but I just don't really see what makes it so tough. I did avoid the sandy waste areas...maybe that's it.
Had the same round yesterday. Couldn’t figure out the greens had a 3 putt and 4 putt on the front 9 for 46. Playing partner said don’t worry we still have 9 holes (calmed me down). Was able to card a 38 on the back. Having a level head really does wonders. We can cry an moan about our bad shots but we should really focus on hitting the next good shot.
@@NotAScratchGolfer it also ate me alive. If your ever playing golf in southwest Michigan feel free to reach out! We’ve got some nice courses in Michigan!
@@NotAScratchGolfer That’s the fun thing about ranking courses you play. You don’t have to rank one higher just because everyone else does. I’m sure pebble is special but it’s not everyone’s favourite course and that’s fine. I’ve played some highly ranked Canadian courses that I thought were just fine. Then some unranked ones that I thought were better or at least more fun
JUST played this course on a simulator at a place nearby where I live in Michigan. Shot 95 haha. Which is good for me! But it was also simulator golf, so I didn't have to hit through sand and rough! haha Probably would've shot about 105 if was actually there
Good question! It's always difficult to encapsulate my philosophy about this in something as pithy as a video title. I guess I would say it this way: My observation is that too many amateur golfers waste time going down a rabbit hole of self-guided "swing overhauls." I still maintain that learning how to pitch, chip, and putt will yield more immediate and meaningful gains for most golfers. And when it comes to the full swing, I still think too many golfers are trying to do too much. They watch instructional videos, they take bad advice from playing partners, etc. I've always found that a half-hour lesson with a pro leaves me with one or two simple things to work on that are actually incredibly helpful. As an example, after struggling with driver for a while (including a months-long stretch of rounds that I've been publishing on the channel recently), I had Gordon take a look at things and he concluded that my trail hand grip was too strong. That one observation immediately changed my ball flight meaningfully (from low hooks to high draws almost instantaneously). It wasn't a "swing change" and it didn't require me transforming my inside takeaway and all of my other problems. In that sense I'd say my "golf swing didn't matter."
@Not A Scratch Golfer Gotcha. I would still consider a grip change to be a swing change though. A grip change can actually change several swing dynamics at an unconscious level. With the change, you finished the course substantially better on the back 9. Doesn't that show the swing does in fact matter? I know what you are trying to say though. Maybe better wording would be endless grinding on the range won't really help you. Another thing to note is in my experience the closer you get to scratch the more the swing does in fact matter. It's just not realistic to get up and down all the time or always save yourself from bad tee shots.
I cannot hit a hybrid to save my life. I don’t know why. Long irons and woods off the deck I do pretty well. I even hit driver off the deck better than a hybrid.
Since you're lucky enough to play some insane courses you should rate them on a scale of 1-10. Would you consider Spyglass Hill more desirable than Pebble Beach?
I like this idea! It's difficult to compare Spyglass to Pebble. All things considered, I think Spyglass is a better collection of golf holes (and certainly a tougher routing). The opening holes on the coast are great and the inland parkland holes are spectacular. With that said, I don't think there's a better stretch of golf holes on Earth than 6-10 at Pebble. Not to mention the history that you can't help but feel when walking the holes at Pebble. If I had to choose a course to play my last round of golf, it would be Pebble. If I were lucky enough to play one of them every day, it would probably be Spyglass. Both 10/10 courses that I hope to play *several* more times :)
I think you could save 2 strokes 2nd hole, probably save 1 stroke by re-teeing 7th hole, it looked like you rushed your recovery shot, otherwise I think you get back into the fairway
Definitely should have re-teed on 2, no question. Topping balls while trying to get them back in the fairway is a somewhat common miss for me. Not sure if it's something psychological (like rushing) that leads to something mechanical or ... something else.
@@NotAScratchGolfer Maybe try a long chip shot/pitch shot with a 7 or 8 iron Just maintain tempo like you do with your shots around the greens with a wedge You're much better than I am so I think you can hit this shot consistently
Thanks for this feedback. It's always difficult for me to play with this stuff because candidly I still barely know what I'm doing in video editing software. Feedback taken!
@@NotAScratchGolfer No worries at all, was still an enjoyable video! Just a little less focus on the music and more on the golf and voiceover and we're golden
Mr. Sunshine! Thanks for stopping in. Because you're here watching a golf video, I assume you play. And assuming that, logic would tell me that you've heard similar anecdotal references to the "Golf Gods". They're just that...anecdotal. No one believes that there is literally a God up there or anywhere who strictly presides over golf. They usually do tennis too. Have a great day friend. 😁
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Such a beautiful, uplifting video. It's so enjoyable watching you guys soak in such a stunning atmosphere and just play with an attitude of gratitude. I may or may not have teared up during the little photo montage at the end. 🥲Thanks for sharing as always, Adam.
Thanks for the kind words, Eric. Not gonna lie, I also teared up on that trip. Grateful is indeed the right word to describe how I feel every time I visit the Monterey Peninsula. Being able to tee it up at Spyglass with Gordon and link up with my good friend/fellow RUclipsr Matt (+ his buddy) was really special. I can't wait to go back, hopefully soon.
6:00 What a shot. Probably one of the most beautiful places in the world.
Dude, all your bunker outs here were amazing. You have the best attitude about hitting bad shots, and I'm so glad that your transplant was a success and that you've channeled your passion into creating this channel to share with everyone. I've had so much fun working on my short game to compensate for my weak first two shots. Once I got the driver sorted out, my scores dropped by 20 easily.
Bunker shots are fun ! Well said. I have the most fun in golf when I make a really nice bump and run, or chip it onto the green and redeem my bad wood game.
@@Shiturd45I’m the opposite. I always set myself up beautifully and ruin it once I get within 50 yards lol
@@Zach-td5mb agh, driver is really frustrating me. I have a used Taylormade r7 and it’s killing me.
I can hardly drive it 150 and I always push right
@@Shiturd45 Slow down and go back to basics. Hit little slow motion shots at a chipping green until you feel the sweet spot and then progress from there. ie Get coached.
@@Omnis2 yeah man I’m working on it ! I can only golf for 2-4 hours a week before my hands start to cramp up really bad. I’m working on creating the L in my swing my irons are straight but they don’t go very far. Im getting a professional golfer to give me lessons soon.
Parfection in the house! Bay Area guys sticking together
Quoting Mr. Burns! Best golf youtube channel ever!
This is the best RUclips golf channel for most amateurs looking to improve. Some absolutely stellar commentary and advice given, changing the way I look at how I play
Great vid, thanks!
ive heard online that you should tee it up on the correct side of the tee box based on the shot shape you want. you tend to be in the middle of the tee boxes for both your draw and fades.
7:45 Lil Scheffler shuffle
Best statement: I’m not not trying to let anything faze me but man!
That sums up the game of golf!!
Great video. Love your attitude!
Thanks!
Golf Parfection collaboration at a bucket list course great content!
Thanks! And I absolutely love getting out with Matt!
I took some lessons with Gord at McCleery a few years ago. He's awesome. Cool to see him on the channel.
Sensei Gordon is the man.
You are fkn awesome dude, your attitude is so inspiring.
As a fellow liver transplantee your videos keep me going, as I wait for a follow up operation (to fix a hernia) before I return to golf after a 20 year absence.
Thank you for all your hard work and I am very envious sitting here in the UK watching you play the best that California has to offer.
That’s awesome! Get out there and have some fun once the hernia heals up!
So Awesome. I thought a little back pain was bad but definitely cannot compare. Hoping your first round is exactly what you dream it to be.
Thank you both for your encouragement and it turns out that a) it could be years before the operation happen due the crisis in the UK NHS or b) I get the op done privately but it will cost tens of thousands of pounds!
In either case the chances are that I'd need the operation redone in a couple of years later!
So I will be resorting to using sports corset and will start my journey back into golf in a couple of months time!
As always, great attitude. Way to turn it around on the back nine!
Cool camera cut at 4:54! The picture at 6:11 was also nice. (looks like Paulmakespar rubbed off on you, lol jk) I've loved your videos for a while now. I respect the positive attitude. :)
I enjoy this video so much!!! Congrats Adam, i loved how you turned a “bad” first 9, to a great last 9. And yes, at the end pf the day we are just grateful that you still here playing golf!!! ❤
Thanks as always Huascar :)
Thank you. I enjoy your videos more than any other showing golfing. Your attitude and ability to convey your thoughts and feelings allows me to feel as though I'm there with you every shot. I'm happy you had a chance to play a course on my bucket list.
Great video again. Please come to England
Thank you! And I'm looking into it...
your bunker play is next level
40k subs, congrats!
Thanks, Matt!
Awesome video. One of my favorite channels on RUclips.
Great job grinding it out and not letting the front 9 impact the back 9!
Great turn around
Up until I finally played Pebble Beach this past weekend, Spyglass had moved past Bighorn (Mountains) as my #1 course. It's truly spectacular.
Great video as always man! I 100% agree with you. The best way to improve your game is to find a quality coach who can help you. My coach not only helped my swing, but also helped me learn how to figure out what I’m doing wrong on the course and fix it on the fly. Love how you were able to make the changes needed half way through your round. 14 over on front to 2 over on back is pretty dang awesome bro!
That hole number 2 was a doozy 😂. Until we swing again friend!
Thanks for being patient on that one :p
Just mentioned elsewhere in the comments that I felt guilty not showcasing you in this vid but was busy highlighting Gordon.
Can't wait to tee it up with you again soon!
Tough day. I just came from a trip where I shot a 94 the first day (like your first 9) and an 80 on the second (tougher course too for rating). It was all the short game coming in.
Lucky you, I’m waiting on the day I break 100. You gotta realize that few golfers ever break 100 without cheating themselves
Love the 9 & the 16. I’m going to work on keeping a better attitude. Great video.
Great back 9! Spyglass is the best public course in Monterey.
5:18 Take a look at the 4th green. Where you see all that thick rough, that used to be all ice plant about 20 years ago. Hole 2 has no room for error and is the most visually intimidating hole I have ever seen. Hole 3, the downhill par 3, usually has a 20-40 mph wind blowing in to you. The wind is blowing up that hill so your ball just balloons up on you. Good times!
"This is the best lie you've had in the last minute..." ... is not a sentence you ever want to hear spoken to you. 🤣😂 Oh man, that second hole got me in my golf trauma solar plexus.
I thought for sure Adam was about to say “Emotional Damage”
upload again we miss you adam
When you like “oooyeah this is a terrible lie” and in the rough and had a 5 wood in your hand- mad respect.
You gave us a lesson in ‘life’… thanks!
Incredible golf course. Thanks Adam for sharing with us. It looks a lot different than on TopTracer ❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Indeed, this place is a sight to behold in person. MUCH hillier than it appears on screen.
First tee time of the day, thats the dream at Spyglass. A great 3-4 hour round at one of the top courses in the world.
The tee shot on 16, while not on camera, reminds me of 13th at Augusta, where your tee shot pierces through the trees. Something truly special.
Bucket list course. I’ve only had the privilege of playing it at my local TopGolf so it’s cool to see all these holes in real life.
Love your attitude brother. I'm the same way. Plus, no one likes playing with "that guy". Heard a couple of references about something you may have went through in the past. Mind sharing what that's about?
Thanks! Indeed, nothing worse than "that guy!" I had a challenging battle with an autoimmune disease 5 years ago that nearly took my life (documented here: ruclips.net/video/6HlcFlvwOaA/видео.html). Tough chapter that makes me feel grateful to tee it up every time I play.
Really cool video. Thanks
What a video, thanks for sharing your experience with us all!
I'm glad I found this channel and thank you for sharing your journey! Love the way you talk through the course and overcoming prior bad shots.
Great video as always Adam!
these greens are immaculate. Glad you could make it out there!
The whole place is immaculate! I think I now have it ranked as the best course I've played.
Synchronicity Sir upper and lower synchronicity !
What a truly magical place, nowhere near your best but still unbelievable to watch
@6:25 - one of the most beautiful shots ive ever seen on a golf course. Augusta would be proud of such a view
man if only I wasn't already signed up for swingtweaks!! haha awesome vid as always
We see you Steven 👀 we will make sure you are included in the draw for this.
Looks like SwingTweaks has ya covered
I wish I could find a good coach... I paid for a set of lessons and was way less than impressed... he legit just stood there while I hit balls and when I asked for feedback it was lackluster.
Brilliant video Adam! … very cool!
You sir, are the boss. Swing every swing like it is going to be the best shot ever played. Really enjoy your video's. Thank you.
Thanks Bill, glad you enjoy 'em!
Signed up for the app with your code! Such a great idea can’t wait to get my first one done!
Hey Drew! Thank you!
Your swing is fine man! Your attitude on the course is contagious. Happy for you!
Love your attitude man. Living your best life!
Thanks for sharing this with us , definitely need to work on arguably the most important high handicap shot you need- the 👊 🤜 punch!
Hope to see your improvements!
Such a great video! Great to see you play spyglass, I still have yet to play it but it seems like a fun course!
Thanks! And yeah, Spyglass might top the list as the best course I've played.
Should I buy an iphone to try and win a season of swingtweaks...? 😂 great video Adam. It's apparent how grateful you are
We think yes. but only if you can afford it. Don't make bad financial decisions because some silly golf instruction app on the internet told you to.
@@swingtweaks is an android version in the works?
@@chuck994 Sure is, we should have it out before the summer.
This is the most beautiful moment of my life
I'm glad somebody found that as great as I did, lol
Former PB employee and boy do I miss the playing privileges. Spyglass is, was my favorite.
Next time you’re in the area, try Monterey Pines G.C. It’s short on yardage and 1/10 the price of Spy.
Not that it matters what I think but maybe you should try just playing for fun ? It definitely seems like you’re treating this round as if you’re trying to qualify for something. A lot of over thinking and reading putts and shots. Just get up there and rip it dude. Enjoy every shot and please keep making these awesome videos so I may live vicariously through your channel because I’ll never see the likes of courses like this in my lifetime. Like yourself, I’m battling back from illness’s that keep the dreams impossible to reach.
So ( if you ever read this ) kudos to you Adam. You seriously rock and are an inspiration and a hero to me. ☮️ ❤️
Stupid take. Playing well is fun.
One of my bucket list courses for sure (at least if I can get my handicap down enough to not completely embarrass myself there). For now, I'm going to practice on my local courses and maybe get a lesson or 2. Great video, as always. Maybe a revenge/redemption round is in order?
Thanks, Josh!! Keep grindin' and hope you get out to your own bucket list of courses sooner than later. I *definitely* would like a revenge round here. #2023 goals.
@Not A Scratch Golfer I will! If you if you can play the front 9 as well as the back 9, you'd have a good score going. I had a similar experience a little while back with a 44 on the front and a 59 on the back (and that was even the same 9 holes, just different tees. I've learned that that's just how it goes sometimes.
A famous Scottish architect remarked that back home they play MATCH play almost exclusively. Stroke play is only used for establishing a handicap. If we paid attention to the Scots, that second hole would be LONG forgotten, and would not wreck an entire round.
Can someone link me the video where Adam hits like 20 shots out of one bunker. I think about that often and it always makes me laugh. I think the quacking sounds after every hit is what does it.
I keep looking through the channel library and can’t find it.
Playing Spyglass for the first time without a caddy is ambitious ! I highly recommend to anyone that’s never played the course (or any pebble course) to hire one of the caddies. They’re all great characters too, it really makes the experience a lot better !
I got the first tee time of the day and didn't see the ocean all day at Spyglass. 😂Loved the course, absolutely pristine. Had a great time, saw Scottie Pippen on the putting green, but didn't think it was that hard. Not easy of course, but I just don't really see what makes it so tough. I did avoid the sandy waste areas...maybe that's it.
Adam, as a Spyglass Hill caddie of 12 years, bravo 👏 tough course, that was a sneaky good read you had on hole 12!
18 minute video. Let me get my coffee and biscuits 😍😍
Some great bunker shots in this round too! Well done 😊
I see you Golf Parfection!
Had the same round yesterday. Couldn’t figure out the greens had a 3 putt and 4 putt on the front 9 for 46. Playing partner said don’t worry we still have 9 holes (calmed me down). Was able to card a 38 on the back. Having a level head really does wonders. We can cry an moan about our bad shots but we should really focus on hitting the next good shot.
That course is for sure a great one!! Played it a couple years ago.
Awesome! Would be great if every golfer had the opportunity to play it at least once.
@@NotAScratchGolfer it also ate me alive. If your ever playing golf in southwest Michigan feel free to reach out! We’ve got some nice courses in Michigan!
what a track
Tale of two nines, nice bounce back on the back nine.
I’ll be there end of July. Good stuff man
Loved the look of some of those par 3s. Would you say you like spyglass more than pebble at this point?
Hey bud! Love 'em both. Probably prefer Spyglass as a collection of 18 but Pebble is Pebble...
@@NotAScratchGolfer That’s the fun thing about ranking courses you play. You don’t have to rank one higher just because everyone else does. I’m sure pebble is special but it’s not everyone’s favourite course and that’s fine. I’ve played some highly ranked Canadian courses that I thought were just fine. Then some unranked ones that I thought were better or at least more fun
JUST played this course on a simulator at a place nearby where I live in Michigan. Shot 95 haha. Which is good for me! But it was also simulator golf, so I didn't have to hit through sand and rough! haha Probably would've shot about 105 if was actually there
How did you tee off at spyglass without fog on 1? It’s part of the experience…
It broke off just minutes before we teed off. Good luck or bad? :p
Good for sure! The first tee shot into the abyss is hilariously hopeless.
I sure hope you get your driver going! How about using a 3w until you get the D going?
Great save, but what happened to the "Your swing doesn't matter" philosophy?
Good question! It's always difficult to encapsulate my philosophy about this in something as pithy as a video title. I guess I would say it this way:
My observation is that too many amateur golfers waste time going down a rabbit hole of self-guided "swing overhauls." I still maintain that learning how to pitch, chip, and putt will yield more immediate and meaningful gains for most golfers.
And when it comes to the full swing, I still think too many golfers are trying to do too much. They watch instructional videos, they take bad advice from playing partners, etc.
I've always found that a half-hour lesson with a pro leaves me with one or two simple things to work on that are actually incredibly helpful. As an example, after struggling with driver for a while (including a months-long stretch of rounds that I've been publishing on the channel recently), I had Gordon take a look at things and he concluded that my trail hand grip was too strong. That one observation immediately changed my ball flight meaningfully (from low hooks to high draws almost instantaneously). It wasn't a "swing change" and it didn't require me transforming my inside takeaway and all of my other problems. In that sense I'd say my "golf swing didn't matter."
@Not A Scratch Golfer Gotcha. I would still consider a grip change to be a swing change though. A grip change can actually change several swing dynamics at an unconscious level. With the change, you finished the course substantially better on the back 9. Doesn't that show the swing does in fact matter?
I know what you are trying to say though. Maybe better wording would be endless grinding on the range won't really help you.
Another thing to note is in my experience the closer you get to scratch the more the swing does in fact matter. It's just not realistic to get up and down all the time or always save yourself from bad tee shots.
oh, hey Parfection!
The man! Felt a little guilty not showcasing him in this vid but I was busy highlighting the legend, Gordon!
@@NotAScratchGolfer As a Bay Area dude living in NYC, where getting out to golf is harder than a 250yd par 3, I live through you guys.
I cannot hit a hybrid to save my life. I don’t know why. Long irons and woods off the deck I do pretty well. I even hit driver off the deck better than a hybrid.
Is this Gordon from Movement Towards Improvement?
IMHO Spyglass is a better course than Pebble Beach. Great and difficult course to play. Very challenging even for a low handicap player.
Adam did you get a new putter?
No criticism, just an enquiry. Your back swing is quite fast, what advantage, if any, does this provide?
Since you're lucky enough to play some insane courses you should rate them on a scale of 1-10. Would you consider Spyglass Hill more desirable than Pebble Beach?
I like this idea!
It's difficult to compare Spyglass to Pebble. All things considered, I think Spyglass is a better collection of golf holes (and certainly a tougher routing). The opening holes on the coast are great and the inland parkland holes are spectacular.
With that said, I don't think there's a better stretch of golf holes on Earth than 6-10 at Pebble. Not to mention the history that you can't help but feel when walking the holes at Pebble.
If I had to choose a course to play my last round of golf, it would be Pebble. If I were lucky enough to play one of them every day, it would probably be Spyglass.
Both 10/10 courses that I hope to play *several* more times :)
@@NotAScratchGolfer - Interesting, thanks!
imho spyglass blows pebble away, best course in the world
Why the does the sky look so filled with fine particles? Weird..
I see parfection! :D
I think you could save 2 strokes
2nd hole, probably save 1 stroke by re-teeing
7th hole, it looked like you rushed your recovery shot, otherwise I think you get back into the fairway
Definitely should have re-teed on 2, no question.
Topping balls while trying to get them back in the fairway is a somewhat common miss for me. Not sure if it's something psychological (like rushing) that leads to something mechanical or ... something else.
@@NotAScratchGolfer Maybe try a long chip shot/pitch shot with a 7 or 8 iron
Just maintain tempo like you do with your shots around the greens with a wedge
You're much better than I am so I think you can hit this shot consistently
What do you do for a living bro? Living the dream casually playing courses I would have to base two-week vacations around haha.
It has to be hard playing and also setting up the camera on every shot.
Emooooooootional Daaaaaaamage!!!!!
Thought you said you don’t have a swing coach
I want to use swing tweaks but I don't have anything Apple.
I would have to argue Augusta on Sunday is the hardest course on the PGA tour
Actually not PGA so never mind
Maybe turn the music down a bit.
Thanks for this feedback. It's always difficult for me to play with this stuff because candidly I still barely know what I'm doing in video editing software. Feedback taken!
@@NotAScratchGolfer No worries at all, was still an enjoyable video! Just a little less focus on the music and more on the golf and voiceover and we're golden
The background music which was played for 1 hole?? Lol. I thought it was a nice touch tbh Adam.
I agree with @chriskief7156 I like your vids that have no background music.
Maybe just don’t watch if you don’t like it 😂🤦🏻♂️❄️
Golf gods have not and will never exist. There is only one God. And hell is real.
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Mr. Sunshine! Thanks for stopping in. Because you're here watching a golf video, I assume you play. And assuming that, logic would tell me that you've heard similar anecdotal references to the "Golf Gods". They're just that...anecdotal. No one believes that there is literally a God up there or anywhere who strictly presides over golf. They usually do tennis too. Have a great day friend. 😁
Ok
"Golf gods" is just a figure of speech