This is the most controlled your swing has looked in a long time, a lot more balanced. Really unlucky not to of holed those putts! looking forward to the next video
This was the most enjoyable round coverage for a while just for the slow takeaway and the smooth transition and tempo. It suits you. Did you make a change or some sort of concerted effort to play slightly within yourself. It just looked really good and even driver was under control. Definitely a -3 round on another day. Bottle that feeling (said every golfer ever)
Have played the Highgate many times as I live in the Midlands and it is a good test. Tight in places and good course management a must. Looks like a really controlled swing, James, just a bit more luck on the greens. Keep it going.
Enjoyed your ball striking. Proximity to the hole = why there weren't a lot of birdies. Got to take advantage of those wedges. Lots of 15 to 20 footers with you're less than 150 out.
James, lovely to see you not pulling your self down in the round and sticking with things. Your learning, great to see you realise what you did wrong and take that provisional. +3 is a lot better than what we have seen before. Yes I know if only the putts would drop.....keep with it.
Swings looking really good James, putting stroke was there as well. Just one of those days where nothings dropping! Loads of positives to takeaway though looking forward to round 2!
Agree that it looked good but I think if stroke is good and you are not making the putts the reads might be slightly off and perhaps need some shorter putts as well
I think of you actually analyse the round using decade or something similar you would find that you didn’t putt badly. It looked more like your approach and short game didn’t get you close enough to me. Nevertheless another solid score :) great video :)
Really enjoyed this video as this course is literally 10 minutes from me! Some great shots in this round, such a shame about those putts just missing! Keep it up pal
Quality track.. I’m playing there in the English Mid Amateur in July, lots of tight holes, irons from tees on lot of holes. 64 is a great score. Used to go there for regional qualifying for the open and think I’ve got through with -2 before.. tough course for its length
I agree (with both swing and putting) - I wouldn't let that putting performance make you think about changing anything - same process and they'll probably start dropping.
I play in the West Mids/Worcestershire and have played Enville many times. First tip…don’t miss the fairways. Second tip…leave it on the right, wrong spots. Good stuff, James.
Watched most of your round, there was no difference in ball striking between yours and shergo’s round of 67 except for awful luck on the greens. Keep going mate, class act on and off the course 👊
Vid was awesome quality again James 👌 course vlogs are a fave of mine. Keep them coming 😂🙌 also with you on the alignment, mad, your head says your aiming a certain way then when you see it on camera your feet aren’t where you think they are aiming. Unlucky with the putter mate, practice makes perfect as they say 👌⛳️👍
Well played.👏 like others have said, if those putts had dropped .... Interested to know if you get a chance to see pin positions before the tournament and where your 'ideal' landing spot (target) and do you get frustrated not getting to use your driver much or happy to use irons at this moment in your game?👍
dude, this is obviously one of those rounds where you ended up with like 15' of putts but could have easily sunk 150' worth of putts. very frustrating, but i hope you give yourself credit for scaring the hole nearly every time. keep doing that and they're going to drop for you in bunches!!
Yeh i agree 100% swing looks good. especially in transition. short game sharpenig and some way of getting your swing togeher on days when your not playing well and that will be the diffeence. If you leave a putt short it has ZERO chance of going in. that alone will shave 4 shots maybe off your score.
Definitely a lot of good/better swings. Interesting note though, that 2-iron swing @11:12 is so much different then say, some of your driver swings. WAY further inside looking like you're trying to sling a hook. That 2-iron @13:43 by comparison was far more neutral in your takeaway which as you said was a pretty good shot, meaning you're actually neutral when you're trying to play a hard cut and way inside and flat when trying to hit it "stock". I know its a broken record, but you're going to have to get rid of that inside/flat move eventually as it just gonna keep hurting you under pressure.
Love the swing improvements!! To be honest mate, you cant really fault the putting much - on a good day, a fair amount of those would probally have dropped. As you said, the alligenment was costly during the round, even tho the swings were acutally pure enough. If your ever in Denmark, i would love to do some caddy work. Cheers
Great vid as always. Short iron swing is looking better, far more deliberate. A result of your short game work no doubt. You are still a bit 'laggy' with the short irons though. You might try a slightly shorter back swing, and stay a bit more connected with the club on the down swing. You will be a bit shorter with them, but more accurate and more consistent. really interesting, watching your journey! Keep it up please. Hey, kudos to the cameraman by the way........... please thank him for the coverage!!!
The swing looks really under control in the main aside from the couple where the alignment was off and a couple of flared irons. What seems to be missing is being dialled into the flag from 120 yards and in. The putting was good from 15, 20, 25 foot but the best only make 20- 30% of them at best, 8-10 feet it's 50-60% so in my view that's where your shots gained will be and will turn 73 into 68 or better
Huge amounts of resilience there Wilts was just an unlucky round. Feel your on the verge of some seriously low scoring. Pleasure to watch, get up to the north east for a game!
Fantastic effort fella. Obviously we can't tell from the just watching the highlights but it looks like you kept your cool under the circumstances and that's a really good positive to take out of it. Out of interest, what work have you done on your putting, I remember you've mentioned aimpoint before. Have you always had the same style putter. Just curious what you think might be holding you back (If anything!). Good luck and keep going.
@@GolfJamesWiltshire you must be due a low one soon then!!! The very best of luck with it all. I think any of us who’s been following for a while can see big improvements in your swing and game. All the best
Great video! I know it might be hard to remember but maybe in the recaps you could talk a little bit more about what you were thinking/feeling at different points in the round as well as narrating the action? Like in this round how frustrated you must have been getting at the lip outs and how you were trying to overcome that mentally? Might add a bit more flavour to the commentary - just an idea anyway. Aside from that looking good mate just an unlucky round honestly. Couple of errors but those could easily have been offset and then some by those putts dropping.
Hey James, I'm a fan of your videos and after watching your journey to be a tour player over the past year or two I have an observation that I hope you understand comes from a good place and is only intended to help you to improve. You are an ex long drive competitor yet I rarely see you hit a driver? I know that being able to hit a 2/3 iron (or whatever your longer club is) 250 yds + is a big asset but you seem to be playing this shot too much and this adds a ceiling to your scoring because when you leave yourself a longer distance in, the numbers will always win and you will never go properly low. Your course management seems to be just trying to shoot a couple under par by limiting any big numbers and nicking a couple of birdies but this is exactly how a million golf shop pros stay selling mars bars. You need to not be afraid to shoot 80 on a bad day when you know that on a good day you can shoot 62 because a missed cut followed by a win the next week will achieve more during the season. At the moment your scoring range is a couple under to a couple over which achieves absolutely nothing. Look at how a modern tour pro plays, aside from The Open or maybe a unique positional course like Paris National they all pull out a driver or 3wd, hit it as hard as the can and then go look for it. On a good day off the tee they shoot really low and on a bad day they try to scrap really well, which is something that you only get better at by putting yourself in those tough positions. Relying on mid range putts to nick the odd birdie gives your game no intensity whatsoever which is why when you miss a green or go out of position you are not scrapping well enough. You need to be happy to miss greens and hole a putt to get up and down from 8ft as when you hit one close you then have the mindset to take advantage. Think of these 2 types of golfer - the first one hits the first 2 fairways and greens and 2 putts both of them from mid range by just dollying it up to 3ft; they then miss the 3rd green and chip to 8ft but because they have no intensity they miss it and are +1. The second golfer misses the first 2 greens but chips up and makes the putts then hits a good one on the 3rd and as they have the mindset of holing putts they make birdie and are -1. Your golf game is the first guy and a tour pro plays like the second guy. And finally, stop bloody hitting stingers. They may impress some 28 handicapper watching your night time range sessions on RUclips but they aren't hard to hit for anyone with a modicum of talent and again have a look at the tours - aside from The Open no one hits a stinger unless they have to because of weather or a bad swing day. Don't choose to hit one as your only focus should be on scoring low not how it looks.
At 4:20ish- not sure if your playing partner volunteered that he hit 7, but its a 2 stroke penalty if you asked him what he it. Just trying to help you not incriminate yourself on these vlogs!
Nice to see things coming around 👌 Your putting is decent but have you tried the Cobra putters with the Sik face, like tried for multiple practice rounds? I switched from a Scotty Phantom a few months ago to the Supernova. Avg putts dropped from 1.9 to 1.6 per hole (5 cap). Maybe honeymoon but the variable lofts seems to be so forgiving. This is more of a statement then a question.
Hi James, Genuine advice from a +3 handicapper who has now seen 30+ videos of yours. Please spend 5-8 hrs a day on the putting green everyday. There is no substitute for hard work. Your putts are weak. And if you had confidence (which is only possible if you spend hours and hours on the putting green), you would be hitting them firm without worrying about the next 5-6 footer. Hope this helps
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This is the most controlled your swing has looked in a long time, a lot more balanced. Really unlucky not to of holed those putts! looking forward to the next video
This was the most enjoyable round coverage for a while just for the slow takeaway and the smooth transition and tempo. It suits you. Did you make a change or some sort of concerted effort to play slightly within yourself. It just looked really good and even driver was under control. Definitely a -3 round on another day.
Bottle that feeling (said every golfer ever)
Cheers just trying to keep things connected and complete the backswing
The only dude on RUclips that shows a full round … good bad or ugly we’ll done sir 😎👍 that’s golf
Some good golf courses in that area, enville, halfpenny green, stourbridge golf course. Great video
Enjoyed this lots, James - live near by and great set up at Enville. Swing is looking very good
Wow great golf, ice cold putter. Potential to be unreal is there James, keep it up mate
Swings looking great man. The work is really starting to pay off. Can’t wait for the next video
What a fantastic golf course. Really good round, look forward to seeing round 2.
Have played the Highgate many times as I live in the Midlands and it is a good test. Tight in places and good course management a must. Looks like a really controlled swing, James, just a bit more luck on the greens. Keep it going.
your swing is looking really good now, very smooth and controlled with balance. keep at it!
Enjoyed your ball striking. Proximity to the hole = why there weren't a lot of birdies. Got to take advantage of those wedges. Lots of 15 to 20 footers with you're less than 150 out.
That’s bang on PGA tour average from 125-150
James, lovely to see you not pulling your self down in the round and sticking with things. Your learning, great to see you realise what you did wrong and take that provisional. +3 is a lot better than what we have seen before. Yes I know if only the putts would drop.....keep with it.
Swings looking really good James, putting stroke was there as well. Just one of those days where nothings dropping! Loads of positives to takeaway though looking forward to round 2!
Agree that it looked good but I think if stroke is good and you are not making the putts the reads might be slightly off and perhaps need some shorter putts as well
Keep plugging away mate. A first class game is all there it just needs to be put together 💪
Tempo looking good James. Stay relaxed and good things will come.
You're swing is looking great. Another day and you're well up that leaderboard
I think of you actually analyse the round using decade or something similar you would find that you didn’t putt badly. It looked more like your approach and short game didn’t get you close enough to me. Nevertheless another solid score :) great video :)
How do you go from this to shooting 15 over the next round???
Class, best course vlog format going
Hey James, most impressive part of that round... your mental control.... well done
Really enjoyed this video as this course is literally 10 minutes from me! Some great shots in this round, such a shame about those putts just missing! Keep it up pal
This episode probably best episode I’ve seen. All round good content :)
Looking smooth mate. Get on that putting green and get some confidence back before the next one. Ball striking 10/10 not long now
Quality track.. I’m playing there in the English Mid Amateur in July, lots of tight holes, irons from tees on lot of holes.
64 is a great score. Used to go there for regional qualifying for the open and think I’ve got through with -2 before.. tough course for its length
Good effort James.
Well filmed. Some great angles.
You are throwing the ball in a fantastic way, keep it up and good luck for tomorrow 😎💪
Swing looking really solid. Get your driver out lad, fantastic swing and great distance . Play to your strengths
Swing looked A1, I had you at 8 putts that could've/should've dropped, onwards to tomorrow where they will all be dropping
I agree (with both swing and putting) - I wouldn't let that putting performance make you think about changing anything - same process and they'll probably start dropping.
Yeah 100%
Probably the best your swing has looked on the channel, couldn't catch a break today, it'll come
Cheers Jordan
I play in the West Mids/Worcestershire and have played Enville many times. First tip…don’t miss the fairways. Second tip…leave it on the right, wrong spots. Good stuff, James.
My favourite watch on RUclips watching your tournament golf. What made you switch to clutch from James a or are you going back to that?
Enville is my favorite course in the Midlands.Well played James .
James love the vids been watching for a while now. What feeling do you use to with the wrists at the top of the downswing and the transition down.
Watched most of your round, there was no difference in ball striking between yours and shergo’s round of 67 except for awful luck on the greens.
Keep going mate, class act on and off the course 👊
Sounds like you're enjoying golf again, swing looking pure. We all have them days where the putting gods just mug , just gota laugh it off haha
Vid was awesome quality again James 👌 course vlogs are a fave of mine. Keep them coming 😂🙌 also with you on the alignment, mad, your head says your aiming a certain way then when you see it on camera your feet aren’t where you think they are aiming. Unlucky with the putter mate, practice makes perfect as they say 👌⛳️👍
Well played.👏 like others have said, if those putts had dropped .... Interested to know if you get a chance to see pin positions before the tournament and where your 'ideal' landing spot (target) and do you get frustrated not getting to use your driver much or happy to use irons at this moment in your game?👍
dude, this is obviously one of those rounds where you ended up with like 15' of putts but could have easily sunk 150' worth of putts. very frustrating, but i hope you give yourself credit for scaring the hole nearly every time. keep doing that and they're going to drop for you in bunches!!
Yeah can’t do more than keep hitting good putts
Well Done Hamez! Keep it going, it’ll come! 👍
Brilliant..!! Not only the best you’ve played, but the best your heads been .! Excellent.. great vid dude xx
playing here next week - its a beast of a course!
Dint give up the hope.. keep grinding.. you are a beast
Lovely track that, greens are always really good
Yeh i agree 100% swing looks good. especially in transition. short game sharpenig and some way of getting your swing togeher on days when your not playing well and that will be the diffeence. If you leave a putt short it has ZERO chance of going in. that alone will shave 4 shots maybe off your score.
Enjoyed watching the grind......good control of emotion 👍🏽
Nice grinding, but I wonder why aren't you trying to get closer to wedge range on shorter holes? Leaving 180yds in feels a bit much.
Decent round hopefully it all comes together for round 2
Definitely a lot of good/better swings. Interesting note though, that 2-iron swing @11:12 is so much different then say, some of your driver swings. WAY further inside looking like you're trying to sling a hook. That 2-iron @13:43 by comparison was far more neutral in your takeaway which as you said was a pretty good shot, meaning you're actually neutral when you're trying to play a hard cut and way inside and flat when trying to hit it "stock".
I know its a broken record, but you're going to have to get rid of that inside/flat move eventually as it just gonna keep hurting you under pressure.
Could you please add a little graphic above the score which shows through how many holes that the score is? Thanks!
Loving the videos at the moment...
Where's the shirt from?
Love the swing improvements!! To be honest mate, you cant really fault the putting much - on a good day, a fair amount of those would probally have dropped. As you said, the alligenment was costly during the round, even tho the swings were acutally pure enough. If your ever in Denmark, i would love to do some caddy work. Cheers
Damn the course looked PURE that week. Looks so fun to play
Great vid as always. Short iron swing is looking better, far more deliberate. A result of your short game work no doubt.
You are still a bit 'laggy' with the short irons though. You might try a slightly shorter back swing, and stay a bit more connected with the club on the down swing. You will be a bit shorter with them, but more accurate and more consistent.
really interesting, watching your journey! Keep it up please.
Hey, kudos to the cameraman by the way........... please thank him for the coverage!!!
The swing looks super good! You're getting there! Looking forward for the next vid! :)
Im new here but just love the tournament series! And the tec stuff too
properly properly properly nice video mate, lav it!
Solid round mate. Just need to pull driver a bit more. You hit it miles. You need to be hitting gap wedges into greens rather than 7/8 irons
Live not too far from Enville. Such a great couple of courses
Loving the vids mate! Keep It up 👍
Good round mate,get that putter burning hot and you’ll easily be under par
The golfing gods owe you big time wow!
The swing looks really under control in the main aside from the couple where the alignment was off and a couple of flared irons. What seems to be missing is being dialled into the flag from 120 yards and in. The putting was good from 15, 20, 25 foot but the best only make 20- 30% of them at best, 8-10 feet it's 50-60% so in my view that's where your shots gained will be and will turn 73 into 68 or better
Swing looks great.
Big improvements mate 👌 calling it, first under par round tomorrow ✅ see you in the comments
Huge amounts of resilience there Wilts was just an unlucky round. Feel your on the verge of some seriously low scoring. Pleasure to watch, get up to the north east for a game!
Beautiful swing!
Another great video ! Getting hooked on these ! What camera is your man using ?
Sony ax53
Swing looks great, putting looked good too just no luck.
Its gonna all click, its coming👌🤞
Are you wearing a beret?
Curious are you? Curiosity killed the Cat.
@@danthemanwhocancan Hi ball came "straight back down to earth"
@@sandersson2813 You are a bit of a Misfit 🤔
I can see you shooting in the 60's round 2. Looking good bud
86
@@hewhoknowsknows He got the numbers in the wrong order! Technical glitch, onward's to competing on the European tour then the Ryder Cup in 2 years.
@@John_Wood_ lol...,🤣😂
James, welcome to my golf club, hope you enjoyed it..but it is brutal sometimes..!
Fantastic effort fella. Obviously we can't tell from the just watching the highlights but it looks like you kept your cool under the circumstances and that's a really good positive to take out of it.
Out of interest, what work have you done on your putting, I remember you've mentioned aimpoint before. Have you always had the same style putter. Just curious what you think might be holding you back (If anything!).
Good luck and keep going.
Nothing holding me back I don’t think mate, I’m either hitting the hole or skirting the lip from 20 feet, half would of dropped another day
@@GolfJamesWiltshire you must be due a low one soon then!!!
The very best of luck with it all. I think any of us who’s been following for a while can see big improvements in your swing and game.
All the best
A solid round and the putts were so close to dropping
Would love you to post your scorecard at the end of the round mate. Good job 👌🏼
What a ball flight 👍👍👍👌👌👌
Swing looking really good. How many Solheim Putts can one guy have?!?!?!
Your iron swing is looking amazing 😍😍😍
Unlucky mate can see allot ov improvements tho mate fair play 👍
Lovely video mate
Striking it well mate🙌
Fantastic round of golf. I fell for you because you’re putting was so unlucky. Keep up the good content matey
Looking good James
Enjoyed every minute of this, James! 🔥 Great round of golf which the score doesn’t reflect 😔 got to say that the camera work was spot on too! 👏🏻
Your Putter was so cold it must have been left in the fridge all night, hope it improves in the next round.
Great video! I know it might be hard to remember but maybe in the recaps you could talk a little bit more about what you were thinking/feeling at different points in the round as well as narrating the action? Like in this round how frustrated you must have been getting at the lip outs and how you were trying to overcome that mentally? Might add a bit more flavour to the commentary - just an idea anyway.
Aside from that looking good mate just an unlucky round honestly. Couple of errors but those could easily have been offset and then some by those putts dropping.
True, I’m guna go into that in the tournament recap
Playing well mate
Hey James, I'm a fan of your videos and after watching your journey to be a tour player over the past year or two I have an observation that I hope you understand comes from a good place and is only intended to help you to improve. You are an ex long drive competitor yet I rarely see you hit a driver? I know that being able to hit a 2/3 iron (or whatever your longer club is) 250 yds + is a big asset but you seem to be playing this shot too much and this adds a ceiling to your scoring because when you leave yourself a longer distance in, the numbers will always win and you will never go properly low. Your course management seems to be just trying to shoot a couple under par by limiting any big numbers and nicking a couple of birdies but this is exactly how a million golf shop pros stay selling mars bars. You need to not be afraid to shoot 80 on a bad day when you know that on a good day you can shoot 62 because a missed cut followed by a win the next week will achieve more during the season. At the moment your scoring range is a couple under to a couple over which achieves absolutely nothing. Look at how a modern tour pro plays, aside from The Open or maybe a unique positional course like Paris National they all pull out a driver or 3wd, hit it as hard as the can and then go look for it. On a good day off the tee they shoot really low and on a bad day they try to scrap really well, which is something that you only get better at by putting yourself in those tough positions.
Relying on mid range putts to nick the odd birdie gives your game no intensity whatsoever which is why when you miss a green or go out of position you are not scrapping well enough. You need to be happy to miss greens and hole a putt to get up and down from 8ft as when you hit one close you then have the mindset to take advantage. Think of these 2 types of golfer - the first one hits the first 2 fairways and greens and 2 putts both of them from mid range by just dollying it up to 3ft; they then miss the 3rd green and chip to 8ft but because they have no intensity they miss it and are +1. The second golfer misses the first 2 greens but chips up and makes the putts then hits a good one on the 3rd and as they have the mindset of holing putts they make birdie and are -1. Your golf game is the first guy and a tour pro plays like the second guy.
And finally, stop bloody hitting stingers. They may impress some 28 handicapper watching your night time range sessions on RUclips but they aren't hard to hit for anyone with a modicum of talent and again have a look at the tours - aside from The Open no one hits a stinger unless they have to because of weather or a bad swing day. Don't choose to hit one as your only focus should be on scoring low not how it looks.
Keep going bud 👍
At 4:20ish- not sure if your playing partner volunteered that he hit 7, but its a 2 stroke penalty if you asked him what he it. Just trying to help you not incriminate yourself on these vlogs!
He vocalised with his caddy, aware to the rule 👊
Stick to the process mate you got it also when do you plan on finishing your other sleeve
Starting on the chest next mate
Nice golf , putting can be cruel.👍👏👏
Both courses at Enville are pretty awesome. Enville Ale is better though 🍺
Geez I think your ball was scared of going under ground or something putter will heat up tomorrow
How good 🔝
Nice👍
On a different day you’re comfortably under par here. Great knock mate.
Has to be 'controlled'/steered when you're alignment is off , losing distance and accuracy
Let’s go!!
Nice to see things coming around 👌
Your putting is decent but have you tried the Cobra putters with the Sik face, like tried for multiple practice rounds? I switched from a Scotty Phantom a few months ago to the Supernova. Avg putts dropped from 1.9 to 1.6 per hole (5 cap). Maybe honeymoon but the variable lofts seems to be so forgiving. This is more of a statement then a question.
Hi James,
Genuine advice from a +3 handicapper who has now seen 30+ videos of yours. Please spend 5-8 hrs a day on the putting green everyday. There is no substitute for hard work.
Your putts are weak. And if you had confidence (which is only possible if you spend hours and hours on the putting green), you would be hitting them firm without worrying about the next 5-6 footer.
Hope this helps