I've got to say Rob, you're standard of production and content are absolutely first class, as regards golf "she's a cruel mistress" I've no doubt you'll get back to where you once we're, keep up the good work.👍
Absolutely a Gem! Thx a lot Rob! Totally can relate to that topic. Begun in 2014 and came down to 11hcp and plateaued their for 3 years. Then broke 80 regularly and went down to 5,8 and stalled again. Now the next step while dropping to 4,4 is to break 75 more often. It’s like a barrier. And I guess it’s more a mental issue. Allways having this 75 in my mind and avoiding Faults like Doubles and worse that’s killing the Score. Really a struggle and I mostly end up in a bad mood. Read some good book about the mental game from Bob Rotella. He Recommends besides other things positive Attitude with emphasis on reinforcement of good strokes rather than getting angry about your bad once to boost your selfconfidence and subconscious inner self. Just Analyse bad strokes, take them as they are and forget them. And also to work hard on the Shortgame, so u are confident to get up and down more and no worser than a bogey. This also as your friend said gives a huge boost in confidence. I’ve got to try both harder and change my attitude. Im always getting upset and disappointed in a bad round. But this attitude is more likely to worsen my game totally unnecessarily. My conclusion is: the better you get at golf, the better you have to learn to deal with mistakes that happen anyway. At the same time, you have to build a strong inner confidence and believe in the strengths of your game.
My average this summer is about 2-3 over, with an occasional 2-3 under par round(69,70),and an occasional high 70’s round(77,78)(par 72). I attribute my scoring to very rarely getting a double. Maybe 1 double every 4-5 rounds. I’ve also started putting more detail and effort into one-putting more often. I rarely have more than 30 putts. My under par rounds are 27-28 putts. Pretty much never 3-putt. So…. Basically the things he pointed out. Something I haven’t done is upgrade equipment. I hit a Callaway 460 driver from 2008. I hit Ping ISI irons from 1997. lol
I can soooooo relate to this! I played off 8 for a long time. Then during Covid played and practice a lot and got down to 2.1. I constantly thought I wasn’t good enough to be a 2! Now I’m comfortable playing off 4. Pros play bad shots too!
Loved it mate Matt's pretty relaxed about everything and said nothing about how to practice or how to approach shots during the round I haven't heard lots of people on RUclips say to do but.. Somehow his words carried more weight with them, maybe it's because he's done what I want to achieve (currently I'm on an 11 handicap) or maybe he's just a good c#*t who is genuinely being honest and I believe what he's saying.. Thanks for making a good video that had some gold nuggets for me to take to my game and Good Luck for both your golfing futures!
I used to practice in a field next to my house with just a Sand Iron, and also around the practice Green at the Belfry before they turned it into a Driving Range. Before this like too many amateurs I used to get bored with practicing short stuff and just wanted to smash long Irons and woods on a Range. Once I got into the habit of mainly practicing with a sand Iron. I felt I could just about hole anything within 100 Yards. Putting has been a bit neglected till recently, but now improving fast as I’m ::putting ::more thought into my setup and stroke. Thing that helps me even more is I’ve fell back in love with the game.
Really enjoying the content mate. Some of my favourite to watch online as it feels like your videos really relate to the 'average' Golfer. Gives me the understanding and hope that others are going through similar journeys and that I can really improve my game! 👊🙏
Rob, I went from a 12 down to a 2.9 within about 2 years at my best and a lot of it had to do with the videos you made. Especially the college practice schedule. Went to the range 2-3 days a week for about 3 months and didn't take a club bigger than wedge. That got me down to a 6 or so within a few months. Then started trying to work on shot shapes and flights which led to a lot more birdie looks and tap in pars. Got me down to 4-5. When I got on a roll putting, thats when the index got down to 2.9. Had probably a month or two of all rounds in the 70's to do it. Unfortunately, fell down like an old man and injured my wrist and elbow. Couldn't swing a club for 2 months and when I started playing again, quickly went up to a 6.5 or so. A year later, just starting to get back in the 5's but don't get the chance to practice like you need to stay in the low single figures. If only I actually enjoyed practicing putting, thats where the $$ is made. To this day, my best rounds are 1 over par with 5-6 birdies in those rounds on difficult courses. Thanks for the content and if you ever get out to southern California, your a welcome guest at my club anytime!
My practice time is a bit more limited these days so I guess it's all about making the most of the time you do have! I'm quite enjoying a bit of putting practice. Cali golf sounds great! 😎
Great video Rob, I don't even play golf but I found this video really interesting. Just checked out the website of our local Golf course, think I might give it a go!
Brilliant video mate. Really enjoyed that. Only managed to watch it today (28th) was well worth the wait. Deffo going to try to follow matts short game tips, it's something that has left me over the past 18 months or so. Having gone from 2.7 upto 3.8 (which isn't alot I know) but its a area that I can tidy up a bit. Would love to see you guys play a full 18 hole course vlog. Be great to hear both your inputs as you're playing. Anyway, stay cool, look after yourself mate & see you in the future 😉
The part about "committing to the shot" rather than worrying about the trouble on the course is important. "Feel it, See it, Trust it" has been my focus on the course which results in better outcomes. Sometimes, just not taking a practice swing first and just focusing on my target and hitting the ball results in better performance, too!
Appreciate the time you took to produce this, lots of food for thought I’m as guilty as the next man for just bashing balls down the range been stuck at 14 for quite some time. Need to give myself a reality check and practice the short game more often.
Great video, I was off 9 at the end of summer and now back up to 11.6 so 12 basically and I feel that made game is better and more consistent now than last year its strange how that works, I feel that I could get back down but like mentioned in the video its about keeping those doubles and worse off your card, its just difficult some times I put a lot of pressure on myself and always again like mentioned try to hit a worldie to the green instead of getting back on the fairway and playing from there.
At around the 6 min mark or just before he talks about starting bad and not chasing. I think this is hugely under rated in a different sense. Everyone can play good on their day and it's great when that happens as like in any other sport. It's when times are tough this is when you should be concentrating the hardest or at least the same as when you are on your best score ideally. If you can come from adversity in your round it's going to make you such a strong golfer mentally. I've played with people who have given up after the 1st 2 holes because are like 3 or 4 over which is silly. If I do this I'm trying my hardest to not drop a shot for as long as I can (Around my home track anyway as it's stupid easy). I'm a 10ish HC. If you want to become better at anything you have to have some fight in you to get through tough times. Rarely will you play your A game so making your B and C game stronger is a must.
Thats so true in not giving up, i had 30 shots for the first 4 holes and ended up 96 for the day. it didn't seem o faze me at the time, i was past being embarrassed.
I play off 5 and need 2-3 birdies to get near my handicap. Well that's how it feels to me. Not the right mental attitude I suspect, or want to be off 7 🙂
Video speaks volumes to me. I have the same feeling. A 2/3 handicapper who feels like they should be off 5/6, but i also know that my good stuff can be very good! Interesting to hear I’m not the only one who feels this way
Great video, very helpful. I've come down 4 shots to 12 this year and looking to get to singles. Quick question, what is the swing tracer software you use for the driver plane please?
i think it's more of having good technique that you can rely on during pressure moments...once you build the confidence, consistent shot hitting becomes 2nd nature...I think you build technique by quality practice of each element of the game...as so many point out, making pars via chipping game, 3 putt avoidance, penalty shot avoidance all leads to lower scores.
First of all your Dogs looking at you as if your mad talking to yourself 😂. When my Handicap dropped dramatically it was due to talking to my Range Teaching Pro. I told him I was on 18 and just stuck. He said he didn’t understand why as I hit the Ball so well. He suggested he would come and play 9 holes at the Course I was a member of, which was the Belfry. He turned up on the 1st Tee of the Brabazon and I asked if he was going to give me 2 shots a hole, he said no 1 shot a hole. I was a little nervous but soon got into a rhythm. I ended up dropping one shot to his 4. After beating my Pro without shots my confidence was sky high and my handicap reached as low as 1 within a year. I can put it down to Confidence and short game practice, which was practically every night after work. Unfortunately I had to give up Golf for 17 years and started back at 65, I pretty much lost 2 seasons with back problems and the lockdown. Started back with a disappointing 28 Handicap but have shaved 8 shots off now and starting to show real improvement. My best round so far was 4 over on a difficult scoring Course as it has 11 Par 3’s. I intend practising my short game a lot more now, so hopefully I can get my numbers down a lot more.
Very interesting. He has figured out what works for him. He does not have a conventional golf swing. I wonder what his lie angles are, due to the fact he stands farther away from the ball, out stretched arms, and his super strong lead hand grip. Thanks for the video.
@@mattpettit6762 Lol, do not google anything. Do not worry about that, I also am glad you do not know what lie angle are. Maybe just know what ones work for you, and know why some clubs off the rack will not work so well for you.
@@RobMcGarr Yep, glad he does not know either. Me I like to know that stuff, some do not even care. Some really upright stuff may not work for him, just so he knows it is not his swing, and it is the equipment that is all he needs to know.
Interested to know how often Matt plays in comps? I know a few low handicappers that barely play anything, seemingly to preserve their status, maybe just so they can still play in scratch matches???
@@mattpettit6762 thanks for reply, that's interesting and really good going 👍 Apologies if the original question sounded like a criticism of you, it wasn't meant that way. I'm at 7, having come down from around 15 last year so find your story really interesting
Ah I cut this out as the video was an hour long at one point! Weirdly, he used to always hit a draw. Then, one day (which happened to be the second day of Club Champs) he randomly started hitting a fade and has just played that ever since!
You say his misses were less costly, but he got away with some stuff too. Some pretty good lies in the rough, the missed chip on 18 that somehow stays on top of the ridge pin high instead of falling into a hollow etc.
@@RobMcGarr this was an interesting video, the key thing I took off it (which is something I’ve always noticed about better players) is how relaxed he is. The stuff about short game is really interesting too, I think that message has got really confused in the last few years with everyone focusing so heavily on distance.
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This is such good content Rob…you HAVE to keep making these!!
I've got to say Rob, you're standard of production and content are absolutely first class, as regards golf "she's a cruel mistress" I've no doubt you'll get back to where you once we're, keep up the good work.👍
Thank you mate, trying to improve the standard of vids so really appreciate that. And yeah, the golf will get there!
Pure gold! Definite insight into playing smarter shots!
Great interview! This is what I like, a realistic & down to earth break down of what a better player does/did to get better. Keep 'em coming!
Cheers Corey, that’s the plan! 🙌
Absolutely a Gem! Thx a lot Rob! Totally can relate to that topic. Begun in 2014 and came down to 11hcp and plateaued their for 3 years. Then broke 80 regularly and went down to 5,8 and stalled again. Now the next step while dropping to 4,4 is to break 75 more often. It’s like a barrier. And I guess it’s more a mental issue. Allways having this 75 in my mind and avoiding Faults like Doubles and worse that’s killing the Score. Really a struggle and I mostly end up in a bad mood. Read some good book about the mental game from Bob Rotella. He Recommends besides other things positive Attitude with emphasis on reinforcement of good strokes rather than getting angry about your bad once to boost your selfconfidence and subconscious inner self. Just Analyse bad strokes, take them as they are and forget them.
And also to work hard on the Shortgame, so u are confident to get up and down more and no worser than a bogey. This also as your friend said gives a huge boost in confidence.
I’ve got to try both harder and change my attitude. Im always getting upset and disappointed in a bad round. But this attitude is more likely to worsen my game totally unnecessarily.
My conclusion is: the better you get at golf, the better you have to learn to deal with mistakes that happen anyway. At the same time, you have to build a strong inner confidence and believe in the strengths of your game.
Excellent vid. Exactly my issue with game. I typically make two doubles. Use the majority of my handicap (7.2) up on two or three holes!
My average this summer is about 2-3 over, with an occasional 2-3 under par round(69,70),and an occasional high 70’s round(77,78)(par 72). I attribute my scoring to very rarely getting a double. Maybe 1 double every 4-5 rounds. I’ve also started putting more detail and effort into one-putting more often. I rarely have more than 30 putts. My under par rounds are 27-28 putts. Pretty much never 3-putt. So…. Basically the things he pointed out. Something I haven’t done is upgrade equipment. I hit a Callaway 460 driver from 2008. I hit Ping ISI irons from 1997. lol
I almost forgot how good you are at making really interesting golf content 👏
I can soooooo relate to this! I played off 8 for a long time. Then during Covid played and practice a lot and got down to 2.1. I constantly thought I wasn’t good enough to be a 2! Now I’m comfortable playing off 4. Pros play bad shots too!
Handicap is just a number - no rules for what a 2 should look like 👍
Love this. Great story.
Loved it mate Matt's pretty relaxed about everything and said nothing about how to practice or how to approach shots during the round I haven't heard lots of people on RUclips say to do but.. Somehow his words carried more weight with them, maybe it's because he's done what I want to achieve (currently I'm on an 11 handicap) or maybe he's just a good c#*t who is genuinely being honest and I believe what he's saying.. Thanks for making a good video that had some gold nuggets for me to take to my game and Good Luck for both your golfing futures!
I used to practice in a field next to my house with just a Sand Iron, and also around the practice Green at the Belfry before they turned it into a Driving Range.
Before this like too many amateurs I used to get bored with practicing short stuff and just wanted to smash long Irons and woods on a Range.
Once I got into the habit of mainly practicing with a sand Iron. I felt I could just about hole anything within 100 Yards. Putting has been a bit neglected till recently, but now improving fast as I’m ::putting ::more thought into my setup and stroke. Thing that helps me even more is I’ve fell back in love with the game.
Best golf advice and vid I have ever watched flipping orsum I’m on 10 and can relate exactly to everything in this vid many thanks
Cheers Phil! 🙌 Hope it helps you get down to 2… or scratch!
Really enjoying the content mate. Some of my favourite to watch online as it feels like your videos really relate to the 'average' Golfer. Gives me the understanding and hope that others are going through similar journeys and that I can really improve my game! 👊🙏
Rob, I went from a 12 down to a 2.9 within about 2 years at my best and a lot of it had to do with the videos you made. Especially the college practice schedule. Went to the range 2-3 days a week for about 3 months and didn't take a club bigger than wedge. That got me down to a 6 or so within a few months. Then started trying to work on shot shapes and flights which led to a lot more birdie looks and tap in pars. Got me down to 4-5. When I got on a roll putting, thats when the index got down to 2.9. Had probably a month or two of all rounds in the 70's to do it. Unfortunately, fell down like an old man and injured my wrist and elbow. Couldn't swing a club for 2 months and when I started playing again, quickly went up to a 6.5 or so. A year later, just starting to get back in the 5's but don't get the chance to practice like you need to stay in the low single figures. If only I actually enjoyed practicing putting, thats where the $$ is made. To this day, my best rounds are 1 over par with 5-6 birdies in those rounds on difficult courses. Thanks for the content and if you ever get out to southern California, your a welcome guest at my club anytime!
My practice time is a bit more limited these days so I guess it's all about making the most of the time you do have! I'm quite enjoying a bit of putting practice. Cali golf sounds great! 😎
Really enjoyable video Rob. Keep them coming!
Really interesting and very helpful content. Great to get down to earth practical advice, thanks👍
Great video Rob, I don't even play golf but I found this video really interesting. Just checked out the website of our local Golf course, think I might give it a go!
Go well! Have fun
Yes mate, give it a go and let me know how you get on!
Hope you do. Awesome game and really is a test of character!!
Hardest but most fulfilling sport I have played for a long time!
Great attitude towards golf 👌👌👌 well done 2 hcapper amazing brilliant and your goals are achievable keep at it ...
Great video anyone struggling to get below 90 or break 70s should watch
Brilliant video mate. Really enjoyed that. Only managed to watch it today (28th) was well worth the wait.
Deffo going to try to follow matts short game tips, it's something that has left me over the past 18 months or so. Having gone from 2.7 upto 3.8 (which isn't alot I know) but its a area that I can tidy up a bit.
Would love to see you guys play a full 18 hole course vlog. Be great to hear both your inputs as you're playing.
Anyway, stay cool, look after yourself mate & see you in the future 😉
Cheers dude. Yeah we'll get a proper course vlog filmed at some point - I'm waiting until my game is capable of giving Matt a challenge! 😉
The part about "committing to the shot" rather than worrying about the trouble on the course is important. "Feel it, See it, Trust it" has been my focus on the course which results in better outcomes. Sometimes, just not taking a practice swing first and just focusing on my target and hitting the ball results in better performance, too!
I have sub consciously stopped hitting as many practice swings recently!!
Really useful video Rob. Your friend is very modest!!
Not always David 😉
I love the fact that he doesn’t use the proper grip (like me) and he chips with one club (like me) and still has a 2 handicap… gives me hope!!!
All about the perfect imperfections 👌
Really hope you continue to be consistent with your golf uploads. You would do really well and I watch pretty much every upload.
Thanks man, doing my best! 💪
Appreciate the time you took to produce this, lots of food for thought I’m as guilty as the next man for just bashing balls down the range been stuck at 14 for quite some time. Need to give myself a reality check and practice the short game more often.
Spent some time with a few tour pros recently and they've all said they spend 80% of their time on short game. As you say, food for thought!
Great video thanks 👍
100% agree short game will save you massively
Great video, I was off 9 at the end of summer and now back up to 11.6 so 12 basically and I feel that made game is better and more consistent now than last year its strange how that works, I feel that I could get back down but like mentioned in the video its about keeping those doubles and worse off your card, its just difficult some times I put a lot of pressure on myself and always again like mentioned try to hit a worldie to the green instead of getting back on the fairway and playing from there.
This insight is outstanding!!!
At around the 6 min mark or just before he talks about starting bad and not chasing. I think this is hugely under rated in a different sense. Everyone can play good on their day and it's great when that happens as like in any other sport. It's when times are tough this is when you should be concentrating the hardest or at least the same as when you are on your best score ideally. If you can come from adversity in your round it's going to make you such a strong golfer mentally.
I've played with people who have given up after the 1st 2 holes because are like 3 or 4 over which is silly. If I do this I'm trying my hardest to not drop a shot for as long as I can (Around my home track anyway as it's stupid easy). I'm a 10ish HC. If you want to become better at anything you have to have some fight in you to get through tough times. Rarely will you play your A game so making your B and C game stronger is a must.
Thats so true in not giving up, i had 30 shots for the first 4 holes and ended up 96 for the day. it didn't seem o faze me at the time, i was past being embarrassed.
Great video man
Do you realise how invaluable this discussion is?
Cheers for videoing me on a good day McGarr! 💪 great to play a decent course and take the W too 😉
I’ll get you next time 🤔
I play off 5 and need 2-3 birdies to get near my handicap. Well that's how it feels to me. Not the right mental attitude I suspect, or want to be off 7 🙂
That necessity for a couple of birdies doesn’t change! 😂
Video speaks volumes to me. I have the same feeling. A 2/3 handicapper who feels like they should be off 5/6, but i also know that my good stuff can be very good!
Interesting to hear I’m not the only one who feels this way
Really cool video. 👍
Great video, very helpful. I've come down 4 shots to 12 this year and looking to get to singles. Quick question, what is the swing tracer software you use for the driver plane please?
Thanks. It's www.shottracerapp.com/
“4 or 5 over after nine …” would be on for a great round for me .
2 handicap is another level
‘Bad’ is all relative
Great Video ,thanks
Great job on improving your game! Do you agree that consistent shot hitting has to come before confidence?
Yes I agree, but I do think it’s better to be confident and fail rather than failing whilst being scared of failing. 👍
i think it's more of having good technique that you can rely on during pressure moments...once you build the confidence, consistent shot hitting becomes 2nd nature...I think you build technique by quality practice of each element of the game...as so many point out, making pars via chipping game, 3 putt avoidance, penalty shot avoidance all leads to lower scores.
Good video rob
Oh wow - Hunstanton is where they just held the Women's Amateur Championships. This will be very interesting!
Sure is, they were preparing it when we were there! Lovely course 👌
What a great video / interview 👍🏻
Great content
First of all your Dogs looking at you as if your mad talking to yourself 😂.
When my Handicap dropped dramatically it was due to talking to my Range Teaching Pro. I told him I was on 18 and just stuck. He said he didn’t understand why as I hit the Ball so well. He suggested he would come and play 9 holes at the Course I was a member of, which was the Belfry.
He turned up on the 1st Tee of the Brabazon and I asked if he was going to give me 2 shots a hole, he said no 1 shot a hole. I was a little nervous but soon got into a rhythm. I ended up dropping one shot to his 4. After beating my Pro without shots my confidence was sky high and my handicap reached as low as 1 within a year. I can put it down to Confidence and short game practice, which was practically every night after work.
Unfortunately I had to give up Golf for 17 years and started back at 65, I pretty much lost 2 seasons with back problems and the lockdown. Started back with a disappointing 28 Handicap but have shaved 8 shots off now and starting to show real improvement. My best round so far was 4 over on a difficult scoring Course as it has 11 Par 3’s. I intend practising my short game a lot more now, so hopefully I can get my numbers down a lot more.
Very interesting. He has figured out what works for him. He does not have a conventional golf swing. I wonder what his lie angles are, due to the fact he stands farther away from the ball, out stretched arms, and his super strong lead hand grip. Thanks for the video.
He sure has. I quite like the fact he wouldn’t be able to tell you what his lie angles are!
I just went and googled lie angles… 🤷♂️ #notaclue
@@mattpettit6762 Lol, do not google anything. Do not worry about that, I also am glad you do not know what lie angle are. Maybe just know what ones work for you, and know why some clubs off the rack will not work so well for you.
@@RobMcGarr Yep, glad he does not know either. Me I like to know that stuff, some do not even care. Some really upright stuff may not work for him, just so he knows it is not his swing, and it is the equipment that is all he needs to know.
Interested to know how often Matt plays in comps? I know a few low handicappers that barely play anything, seemingly to preserve their status, maybe just so they can still play in scratch matches???
I try to put in a card once a week. 8 in the last 8 weeks. With the WHS I put more cards in now than I did when you had to wait for a comp. 👍
@@mattpettit6762 thanks for reply, that's interesting and really good going 👍 Apologies if the original question sounded like a criticism of you, it wasn't meant that way.
I'm at 7, having come down from around 15 last year so find your story really interesting
Rob...does he have a shot shape or does he it both ways ...always found this interesting low handicaps
Ah I cut this out as the video was an hour long at one point! Weirdly, he used to always hit a draw. Then, one day (which happened to be the second day of Club Champs) he randomly started hitting a fade and has just played that ever since!
You say his misses were less costly, but he got away with some stuff too. Some pretty good lies in the rough, the missed chip on 18 that somehow stays on top of the ridge pin high instead of falling into a hollow etc.
Yeah but it's links golf, what it giveth with one hand it taketh away with the othereth.
Where have you been?!!
You not seen the videos?!
@@RobMcGarr Dude! Which? Glad you're back though
Did you notice his finishing pose on the first putt?
Has he got a 10 finger grip
Yes he does
He spells his name wrong
I know! I’ve tried telling him but 🤷♂️
@@RobMcGarr this was an interesting video, the key thing I took off it (which is something I’ve always noticed about better players) is how relaxed he is. The stuff about short game is really interesting too, I think that message has got really confused in the last few years with everyone focusing so heavily on distance.
There's the problem - he's playing on the links! He needs to play on a regular US golf course. lol