It all depends on how you're feeling over the shot. Sometimes my chipping is on point, and I get good results. Sometimes it's the putter. This area is way to feely-touchy to try to make an absolute call. JM2C. BTW, glad to see you back on the course!
It's a brilliant course...tough but fair and utterly beautiful! A must play and not as pricey as the "premium" links courses in let's say England and Scotland!
It's still pricey, but better value than courses rated lower than it. (Close House barely scrapes into the English top 100 (not the UK one!) And costs at least 40 quid more.
Not really. Apart from all the usual links hallmarks like pot bunkers, fast, firm fairways, slopey greens etc, I'd say Royal Porthcawl is pretty unique. Setting is magic, sea views from every hole on the course and a historic clubhouse. Bloody lovely.
Great play Rory, as I said before your driving is really on it bar the par 5, putter or chip, I use both methods due to what I've got in front of me, if chip and running I use 7,8,9, PW depending on how I feel the shot could play out.
Thanks! Yep driver has been a good boy for a long time now...need to sharpen up the iron play though! Good to hear you mix it up...the secret point of the video is to challenge golfer's obsession with blindly believing the old cliches that we hear around the game all too often. Is a bad putt better than a bad chip? Sometimes. 😉
During the summer I've gone the oposite way, I play on a links style course, with a lot of bare very firm lies, I've found I can get much closer with my putter... Come the winter I'm sure itl go back the other way.
@@yourgolftravel definitely, I think there's definitely more confidence in using the putter, rather than the thin bullet wedge into the car park, keep up the great work Playa ⛳👊😎
As stated in the vid the experiment was quite tongue in cheek and the rules were set at the start but that putt on the 2nd wasn't all that mad. Only a couple of inches of semi rough to putt "over" as it was sat right on top of it. Haha yeh thin bullets don't come up too much these days...but the duffs are still very much there on the bad days haha!
@@yourgolftravel I will get 1⃣ of those head covers 1⃣ day bruh 😂, if the world ever gets better, it would be great to have you down under 🇦🇺 for a while bruh 👍 ⛳ 🏌️ 4⃣
I was taught that as soon as you can use a putter use it. As long as you get the pace right you can’t go far wrong. Too many thoughts when chipping. But then again I’m not the most confident chipper !!
I think this little, limited sample size test maybe shows that too. Bang average putts vs good chips it was pretty close in terms of proximity to the hole.
@@yourgolftravel Playing Okehampton on the way down Lanhydrock for big Oggie Oggie golf day Carylon bay Bude and north Cornwall Any maybe Yeovil on the way home
Posted this somewhere else but cant find it! So Rory you have played many more courses than me so let's have your best eclectic 18 golf holes you have played. I could list mine but yours will be more interesting I'm sure.
Wow...tough question so apologies if I miss any out...I've also not ordered these or paid much attention to par etc, just picked my favourite 18 holes off the top of my head. 👍 1 - Extreme 19th in South Africa (Helicopter to and from the tee hole) 2 - 9th at Pinnacle Point 3 - 9th at Turnberry (Ailsa Course) 4 - 10th at Turnberry (Ailsa Course) 5 - 16th at Tralee 6 - 14th at Royal Portrush 7 - 6th at Bay Hill 8 - 11th at Quinta do Lago (Laranjal Course) 9 - 10th at The Belfry (Brabazon Course) 10 - 5th at Casa de Campo (Teeth of The Dog Course) 11 - 13th at Kiawah Island (Ocean Course) 12 - 13th at Monte Rei 13 - 5th at PGA Catalunya (Stadium Course) 14 - 12th at Druids Glen 15 - 13th at Druids Glen 16 - 18th at Leopard Creek 17 - 16h at Vale do Lobo (Royal Course) 18 - 17th at Bay Hill I've left out soooooooooooooo many and could've spent many hours coming up with a more accurate! 😂 This list is also pretty great: www.yourgolftravel.com/19th-hole/best-holes-in-golf-the-ultimate-18/
I used to always grab my putter as soon as I could. No confidence in my chipping. But then I started using my 7/9 irons using a putting stroke. Bingo! Balls trundle to the hole instead of trying to roll thru the sticking fringe grass.
To putt from the rough on the second never looked like an option to me. Surely always a chip from there? Maybe it’s just me not seeing things though.. and maybe why you’re off 7 and I ain’t 😂
Hence why I explained it was a tongue in cheek kinda silly experiment and I'd actually chip from there in normal play. The chip won...so was the right option that time out! But what if I'd duffed it? Bunker shot for my 3rd...that is kind of the point I was making...
Unless I'm on the green I chip... Mostly with a pw for a chip n run but I judge distances better Chipping than putting from off the green or even off the fringe if the flag is 20ft+ away. I would rather have had a leg amputated than putt that ball out the rough around the bunker. That would have been my sw everytime. I think your decent chips aren't as good as my mediocre chips though 😝
Haha...obviously this "test" was a super small sample size but I still think it showed some potentially gains in the putting on a links course...my really good chipping on the day ruined the game haha! Couple of duffs / thins and it's a VERY different test eh?!
Are you still doing stuff with Crossfield and Lockey? I wouldnt say chipping 1 Putting 0, your line with the putt was questionable eh?? Just saying, the putt and chip lines are totally different in that scenario, but generally I think the chip on that hole was defo the right decision!!
Putting lines will always be different to chipping lines I just got the putt wrong slightly which I guess is the whole point of the test. Would've made a 5 off the putt option too.
A lot more can go wrong with a chip from a tight lie off the green than a putt from the same spot. Amateurs are a horror show with the delicate shots around the green. If you want to eliminate a disaster on your card (a flubbed chip or a 'thin bullet' :) ) - hitting a putt may be a safer play, one that takes the big number off the table.... even if that means you do not get the putt as close as you generally might a chip.
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Well played Rory, putting God!! Beautiful natural look to those fairway bunkers, nice touch by the club.
Agreed! On the bunker thing...such a great contrast and best of both worlds. Putting God thing...just had a good few holes me thinks haha.
Playing well Rory! Putting when ever it is an option. I only use the wedge from in the bunker or when I'm trying to get over one.
Fair enough bruh...do whatever is comfortable for you! Yeh playing pretty good...can it last haha? See you in Part 2...
@@yourgolftravel Your chipping has come on a long way since your trip to La Manga with Crossfield and Lockey.
It all depends on how you're feeling over the shot. Sometimes my chipping is on point, and I get good results. Sometimes it's the putter. This area is way to feely-touchy to try to make an absolute call. JM2C. BTW, glad to see you back on the course!
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Excellent video Rory, course looks very playable even if off line unlike other links where off line the ball will never again be seen!
It's a brilliant course...tough but fair and utterly beautiful! A must play and not as pricey as the "premium" links courses in let's say England and Scotland!
It's still pricey, but better value than courses rated lower than it. (Close House barely scrapes into the English top 100 (not the UK one!) And costs at least 40 quid more.
Nice to see you back
Thank you, sir. Good to be back!
Great video Rory, nice drone work. Course looks epic, is it similar to any other links course you’ve played?
Not really. Apart from all the usual links hallmarks like pot bunkers, fast, firm fairways, slopey greens etc, I'd say Royal Porthcawl is pretty unique. Setting is magic, sea views from every hole on the course and a historic clubhouse. Bloody lovely.
Hitting them well Rory. I agree with the comment for Links style courses, of which I haven't played a lot. Parkland I'd have to go 50/50.
Cheers Rob bruh! Keep an eye out for Part 3... 😢
started using my hybrid for chip shots on links course and is such a great option
Good to hear bruh! Kind of a nice safe halfway house!
Great play Rory, as I said before your driving is really on it bar the par 5, putter or chip, I use both methods due to what I've got in front of me, if chip and running I use 7,8,9, PW depending on how I feel the shot could play out.
Thanks! Yep driver has been a good boy for a long time now...need to sharpen up the iron play though! Good to hear you mix it up...the secret point of the video is to challenge golfer's obsession with blindly believing the old cliches that we hear around the game all too often. Is a bad putt better than a bad chip? Sometimes. 😉
During the summer I've gone the oposite way, I play on a links style course, with a lot of bare very firm lies, I've found I can get much closer with my putter... Come the winter I'm sure itl go back the other way.
Yep always situational! But in general, as the video says, mediocre putts seem to almost keep up with very good chips in lots of instances!
@@yourgolftravel definitely, I think there's definitely more confidence in using the putter, rather than the thin bullet wedge into the car park, keep up the great work Playa ⛳👊😎
I don't think ANYONE would have considered putting from the rough as you did on the 2nd hole. Looks like the "Thin Bullet" is a thing of the past! 😍
As stated in the vid the experiment was quite tongue in cheek and the rules were set at the start but that putt on the 2nd wasn't all that mad. Only a couple of inches of semi rough to putt "over" as it was sat right on top of it. Haha yeh thin bullets don't come up too much these days...but the duffs are still very much there on the bad days haha!
Playing well Ray 👏 I have the same putter bruh lot's of 1⃣ putts for me too, that place is stunning 👍
I love that putter. Wrapped up lovely in my Masters headcover all the way from Augusta. Stop iittttt......
@@yourgolftravel I will get 1⃣ of those head covers 1⃣ day bruh 😂, if the world ever gets better, it would be great to have you down under 🇦🇺 for a while bruh 👍 ⛳ 🏌️ 4⃣
Bit like you Rory, i prefer a chip but will revert to an 8 or 9 iron releaser if needs must. Good to see you playing some solid golf
Cheers Tom. Maybe don't tune into part 3 if you're enjoying the solid golf hahaha. 😉
Ive seen one person have a hole in one, my mate on the 4th at Royal Porthcawl - obviously in good company! Great vid, awesome course.
Haha must be an easy hole! 😉
I was taught that as soon as you can use a putter use it.
As long as you get the pace right you can’t go far wrong. Too many thoughts when chipping.
But then again I’m not the most confident chipper !!
I think this little, limited sample size test maybe shows that too. Bang average putts vs good chips it was pretty close in terms of proximity to the hole.
little chiputt with a hybrid, i am finding i use it more and more recently when just off the green
As long as it works bruh, keep at it! 👍
Mate you're stricking that ball well
Just come back from Mid Wales
Cornwall next week for Big Oggie golf day
Happy Swinging
Where are you guys teeing it up in Cornwall?
@@yourgolftravel
Playing Okehampton on the way down
Lanhydrock for big Oggie Oggie golf day
Carylon bay
Bude and north Cornwall
Any maybe Yeovil on the way home
Posted this somewhere else but cant find it! So Rory you have played many more courses than me so let's have your best eclectic 18 golf holes you have played.
I could list mine but yours will be more interesting I'm sure.
Wow...tough question so apologies if I miss any out...I've also not ordered these or paid much attention to par etc, just picked my favourite 18 holes off the top of my head. 👍
1 - Extreme 19th in South Africa (Helicopter to and from the tee hole)
2 - 9th at Pinnacle Point
3 - 9th at Turnberry (Ailsa Course)
4 - 10th at Turnberry (Ailsa Course)
5 - 16th at Tralee
6 - 14th at Royal Portrush
7 - 6th at Bay Hill
8 - 11th at Quinta do Lago (Laranjal Course)
9 - 10th at The Belfry (Brabazon Course)
10 - 5th at Casa de Campo (Teeth of The Dog Course)
11 - 13th at Kiawah Island (Ocean Course)
12 - 13th at Monte Rei
13 - 5th at PGA Catalunya (Stadium Course)
14 - 12th at Druids Glen
15 - 13th at Druids Glen
16 - 18th at Leopard Creek
17 - 16h at Vale do Lobo (Royal Course)
18 - 17th at Bay Hill
I've left out soooooooooooooo many and could've spent many hours coming up with a more accurate! 😂
This list is also pretty great: www.yourgolftravel.com/19th-hole/best-holes-in-golf-the-ultimate-18/
Needs more research for putt or chip. But what a fantastic course!
Yes I agree. As said in the video I was aware it was a very small sample size. 👍
I used to always grab my putter as soon as I could. No confidence in my chipping. But then I started using my 7/9 irons using a putting stroke. Bingo! Balls trundle to the hole instead of trying to roll thru the sticking fringe grass.
Nice! More than one way to skin a cat!
To putt from the rough on the second never looked like an option to me. Surely always a chip from there? Maybe it’s just me not seeing things though.. and maybe why you’re off 7 and I ain’t 😂
Hence why I explained it was a tongue in cheek kinda silly experiment and I'd actually chip from there in normal play. The chip won...so was the right option that time out! But what if I'd duffed it? Bunker shot for my 3rd...that is kind of the point I was making...
Unless I'm on the green I chip... Mostly with a pw for a chip n run but I judge distances better Chipping than putting from off the green or even off the fringe if the flag is 20ft+ away.
I would rather have had a leg amputated than putt that ball out the rough around the bunker.
That would have been my sw everytime.
I think your decent chips aren't as good as my mediocre chips though 😝
Haha...obviously this "test" was a super small sample size but I still think it showed some potentially gains in the putting on a links course...my really good chipping on the day ruined the game haha! Couple of duffs / thins and it's a VERY different test eh?!
Are you still doing stuff with Crossfield and Lockey? I wouldnt say chipping 1 Putting 0, your line with the putt was questionable eh?? Just saying, the putt and chip lines are totally different in that scenario, but generally I think the chip on that hole was defo the right decision!!
Putting lines will always be different to chipping lines I just got the putt wrong slightly which I guess is the whole point of the test. Would've made a 5 off the putt option too.
@@yourgolftravel Absolutely Bro. shit happens, whats happening with Crossfield??? Is he no longer working for YGT?
@@beachfraser3747 I speak to him all the time. Plans are afoot. Don't forget that COVID-19 happened. 👍
My chipping at the minute is shocking. I’m putting from those lies every chance I get #thinbullets
Fair! I've been there 😂
Putting.
Kind of agree even though the chips won 3-0. Haha...on a bad chipping day I think this test could've been verrryyy different.
A lot more can go wrong with a chip from a tight lie off the green than a putt from the same spot. Amateurs are a horror show with the delicate shots around the green. If you want to eliminate a disaster on your card (a flubbed chip or a 'thin bullet' :) ) - hitting a putt may be a safer play, one that takes the big number off the table.... even if that means you do not get the putt as close as you generally might a chip.
Exactly...putt is defensive but perhaps subject to your skillset/anxiety a better long term option?
@@yourgolftravel nailed it.
I’m better off putting than chipping as I could duff it 😭
Me too most of the time bruh! 😆Got lucky that day!