15 Things 15 Handicap Golfers Know and You Should Too
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Who are you? You make such good sense. I needed something like you fifty years ago. Can I have an " amen " from the tubers. AMEN! I have to watch this again. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Welcome to the Uberbaus WOTP. Aside of good tips lots of fun and hidden jokes. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
If you're just new to the Sidekick and the Way of the Playa, I'd suggest you watch the sacred lectures. Everyone else will show you technique until you puke... Matt will show you HOW TO PLAY THE GAME... massive difference. Actually grab a coffee and watch everything he's posted for the last three years... it's not wasted time!
@@davidcavon637 Here here 🙏🏻 and so much agreed. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
He is the high handicap whisperer.
Welcome to the real golf CZcams community my brother. He’s got the beef.
I've been consistently shooting in the low 90s for the past few weeks, but I've been on a mission to break 90 for the first time. Today, I applied the lessons from this video on the course and managed to score an 85. While I've always aspired to break 90, your approach of breaking it down hole by hole truly transformed my game. It made me rethink my shot selection, leading to more strategic decisions on when to go for the green in two. The result? Fewer misses and better outcomes on every hole, simply by adjusting my expectations. I even carded a few well-earned pars and sunk a birdie from 15 yards out on one hole. This video is hands down one of the best I've come across, and I've already shared it with others. Thanks for the game-changing insights!
beast mode engaged
I've been golfing for years. I was always a guy who shot between 95-98 not matter what I did. This summer, since watching your videos I'm consistently shooting in the mid 80's. I haven't change my swing I've just changed the way I think about the game. ALL THANKS TO YOU PLAYA!!
I’m almost 47 years old and taking up golf. I’m a newbie AND way past my prime. But I’m giving it my best, and am SO glad I found your channel!
This is probably my favorite golf channel. Good tips, casual presentation, some humor thrown in. Love it.
Much appreciated
Awesome lessons here. I've been a consistent 92-96 golfer the last few years but after just one round employing this system (with a little bit of luck I'm sure) I broke 90 for the first time ever shooting an 87 today on a course I've only played once before in my life. Honestly this mentality helped me get 80% of that the other 20% was cleaning up my short game with more consistent chipping. I'm really happy with what I've learned from this video, I feel like it helped a ton. Playing again tomorrow, we'll see how she goes
Watched your video yesterday after spending the last 2 years fighting to break 100. Kept the rules in mind throughout the round and finished in 90, with double bogeys on 16 and 18. Thanks for the process.
Always look forward to your videos. The positive change in my mental game has produced some good results but more importantly, I am enjoying the game at all times even when the ball isn't doing what my plan is.
Every hole, every shot is a new start. The past is the past whether the last hole was a birdie or a double boge.
Cheers.
Wow, without seeing your video I did most of this and between June and August I went from 20.8 to 15.9. All this tips are 100% achievable. The extra thing I do is just try to score 15 for each 3 holes. I found that if you only play 3 holes at a time, you put the bad holes out of your mind and concentrate on your next 3. Great video that everyone could benefit from. Thank you.
Great video! I've followed your method for the last year and a half and got down to a 15.4 recently. Every hole as a par 5 have been key! And yes, par 3s is where I lower my scores. Works 80% of the time every time! Passing this video onto others!
I do that too...thinking of every hole as a 5 to get me the 45 and then the 90. Easy to keep track of your score. You have a lot more celebrations each round with the 3s and 4s you get versus the couple of 6s.
I’m trying to get down to 15 from 17 at the moment, thanks for the video. I’ll make sure to give these tactics a go, they all make perfect sense
Not having seen this video till today, I'd used a lot of this thinking playing in a national tournament in my flight knowing last year, bogey golf won the flight. My goal was to break bogey each round and I did. I came in 3rd. One key I had worked on was some simpler chipping techniques he covers. Some of his thinking is covered in Bob Rotelli's book but his demonstration on the course was the superb. I look forward to watching more of his videos.
This is my favorite golf channel. So practical not flashy not selling something new. And yes check is in the mail
Matt thanks to your advice I've gone from a 20 to a 11 hcp in the past year. Your advice and Bob Rotella's have been instrumental. Also IYKYK re systems>goals. Based playa 👑
Just found this vid this evening. It is GOLD DUST! Restrain the ego. Use clubs that you have confidence in, confidentially, and plan backwards from the green avoiding the scheisse. Practice the short putts and chips. A nice GPS watch looks very helpful too ;-) I will be watching your other content with great interest. Thanks.
Over the last year I’ve gone from 28 > 15 handicap, I’ve had lessons but the way of the playa mentality has been huge for me. Love the videos and content keep it up 🎉
Good stuff. Glad it help’s you playa
Nice one Mitchell!
Im 64 and because of back & spine issues my handicap crept up to over 19. I went through PT and have been doing core and other musculoskeletal exercises religiously for a couple years and Im finally able to make a good golf turn again. With the guidelines from this video the past few weeks, my handicap is making its way back down to 15 (hopefully better but 15 is my goal for now). Currently at 17.4 and going in the right direction. Really grateful for this common sense strategy laid out by Golf Sidekick
Ok man, I went out this week and shot 82. Played the smart game. Played for Bogies on some par 3's that in the past I've lost more balls in the water than hitting the greens. Worked to get the ball to the 100 yard mark and attack the green on 4's and 5's. I'm becoming a playa, not a hacka! Thanks for your video's. These have helped my mental game more than anything else on youtube.
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Well it’s great to hear the Hacka becomes the Playa. Come aaaawwwwwn
I agree with you. His mental outlook is the best thing he teaches. He has changed my entire outlook.
I’m 50 and just started playing. I’ve so far gone from 113 to 94. My goal is to get into the 80’s by years end. The game becomes far more strategic when you begin playing the yardages v. Trying to get to greens hacking the snot out of it. I’m playing a round this Friday and hope to see a consistent low 90’s or even better break 90’s.
Been following the way of the playa for a month and I’m a believer. Shooting mid 80’s from mid 90’s. Great content and info. Thank you Matt.
Smash 90...just did that yesterday and today after watching some of your recent videos. Shot 78 yesterday...today 73! I played without the pressure you're talking about here, play for bogey or a bogey isn't so bad...then here come all the pars. Thanks Matty Boom-Boom. 👏
My handicap is 21 (USGA handicap Index 18.5), it has taken me 18 months to get from 28 to 21. I have been working consistency in my iron swings as well - BUT, I watched this video and tried it. I didn't always use the part about aiming for the back of the green if I knew that my club distance was good enough to get it in the middle of the green.
The result, 1st round after watching this video was shooting an 86 - best game of my life - and that included a penalty for a lost ball. Unbelievable! thank you thank you thank you!!!
just getting into golfing season here in Wisconsin, and I'm currently sitting at a 24.8 handicap. I'll try your method for 10-12 rounds and see where it gets me! love the content, please keep it up.
Every January I get obsessed with this guy. videos like these are motivating, informative and funny.
Keep going ❤
Just found your channel and watch two videos. Really love the way you give stress free ways to lower handicap.
Great video and advice. Makes sense. Just started golfing and by playing this way I’ve managed to get my hcp down and my mood up. Still struggling with the wedges but using the pitch more has helped a lot on the close to green shots. Keep it up👍🏻
This is such a breath of fresh air. Real golfing and no ego in it. Loved it
Absolutely great, relaxed, easy approach. Love it. All good things, Mark
All good things, circular, circle, riding the bull, feel the flow
Just easin' the tension, baby!
Started golf one year ago, shot 87 to become a 90 breaking boss two weeks ago following the playa bible and getting lessons - it WORKS.
This is some of the best 'no-nonsense' golf instruction on YT. Using a tactical game sense to leverage your good shots into low scores is perfect advice.
Great video, Matt. I'm consistantly in the low 90's right now, and your tips are very apropo. Thanks for the video.
Great advice. I like that you really did try to play like a 15 handicapper. I have seen other videos from teaching pros who attempt to do the same thing. They hit a 7 iron off the tee to approximate the distance a 15 hcp would get. Then they hit another 7 iron 180 yards onto the green and 2 putt for par. A real 15 hcp will hit maybe a 5 hybrid on the second shot and leave it short and to the left of the green. For years I have viewed bogie as a good outcome and sometimes it is the only outcome possible. And as you have said, this sets me up for a lot of par possibilities. The short game is everything - chipping, putting and bunker shots. I am an older 13 hcp who has lost several yards of distance on all of my clubs. I therefore have moved up 1 and sometimes 2 tees on the drive. There is no shame in hitting shorter drives. Leave the ego in the trunk of your car.
except those 60-69 y/o tee off from the whites during sanctioned WVGA tournaments, as your age determines where you hit from. That can make for some very long holes.
Watched this video and your 10 hcp vids last night. I played this morning and shot my second personal best of 83. Personal best was 81. Anyways, I left driver in the bag. All drives were easy swing 3 wood. Ball was always in play. Normally I have 2-3 penalty strokes per round due to ball lost or so far in the crap I don’t have a shot. I played same ball entire round. That was a feat in itself. First time ever doing that. Another milestone broken. I truly believe in you and if I can master your teaching I just might be able to get the break 80 milestone very soon. Keep teaching keep preaching because you are The Zen Master Playa in Chief!!!! I cannot think you enough for you and how you’ve helped me improve my game. 3 birdies 3 pars 10 bogies and 2 doubles. 1 3 putt. Thanks Matt.
Maybe look into a new driver, they really are THAT good!
This is brilliant. Best golf strategy video I’ve ever seen.
I have been doing this for a long time. It helps. I dropeed 11 hcp in one season. What you say makes a lot of sense and less stress.
I appreciate the Cool Runnings reference at 19:20.
This is great advice, thank you for making these videos.
not the video I was looking for but the video I really needed.
I believe in this idea and tried it this week. He's right that it does require a mental fortitude to stay with it.I'll give you the ten rounds and I'm confident it will get me to 90- thanks I've been looking for this type of advice forever.
Great stuff. I am that 15 handicapper but I keep getting in my own way trying to force it. Just let it happen with smarter thinking. I see you are playing a Seed ball too - I'm loving them.
They’re pretty good balls for the bag
Brilliant ! I’ve had some of my best rounds ever playing this system then slipped back into my old negative ways, definitely back on it this weekend ⛳️ thanks for the reminder
Dankie Matt, been breaking 90 regularly since discovering the way.. using a “confidential” 6/8 iron for the adjusted par 4/5 vs friends with their drivers/ woods to get the pro green in reg 2…until they are OB all the time 😂
It’s always confidential here at Golf Sidekick
Thank you very much. What a lovely breakdown 👌
Simply put, this is really good advice.
Great video full of excellent advice for me as an 18 hc... I'm looking forward to using the prcess tips here to get to 15. this video really shows me how I can do this. thanks :)
Nice playa tell me how it goes
Matty,
So glad you're back to content like this.
Personally, I think this is where you separate yourself, create your largest audience, make the biggest impact.
The travel content is fun also. Really liked the used clubs from every town series. Playas can play almost anything.
I make content like this for playas like you. Makes it easy to enjoy making this kind of content
@@GolfSidekick Thanks for the reply, Appreciated.
Broke 90 today for the first time. Used only a 7i, pw, sw, putter. I think I only used sw twice. Matt you are a legend. Thank you playa.
Great advice man I’m a 14 handicap and your spot on on what you say
I'm going to give this a go this Saturday ✊️ love the vid!
Feels like a grounded strategy. Thanks for sharing!
Great video and a good reminder for me also! I'm a 14 handicap, but as I have got it down, I have started to get frustrated with myself when not shooting mid-low 80's! I guess I shouldn't expect it every round, and should still be happy enough with a 90! The best rounds are when you play golf with this mindset, and try to enjoy it at the same time!! Thanks for the video 👍
Amazing job with this, congrats to you, sir
Just picked up golf again, after a 9-10 year hiatus, and getting my mental game in order is a major challenge. Watching your video I realize that I haven't been playing to achieve any particular score. Instead, I've been approaching each shot just hoping to hit a good shot with the "right club" for the distance, rather than employing any kind of strategy at all. The other issue I have is that I really want to hit my driver on every par 4+ tee, even though it's my least accurate club, so I have to get over that. I'm watching this video several times to make sure I understand the mindset. Thank you for putting this together!
Im off 13.3 and just play bogey golf, the pars come.time to time.and sometimes i break 80 but bogey golf is good golf. This video has opened my mind to simple golf, cant wait to play again
The greatest advice: I’m showing how to play. Not how to swing! We all need this type of coaching.
This is a special video! Perfectly described from beginning to end! Well done sir. I'm a new sub and waiting impatiently for the rain to subside a bit, so I can hit the range! Thanks! Awsome shirt btw!!!
Bro this is the first video I've seen of yours, and it's an instant sub. Love your energy, love your style, love your teaching method.
Thanks playa. Your content is awesome, and you’ve helped me learn the game and improve very quickly. I’m consistently breaking 100 after playing for about 6 months.
This is why I do what I do playa so that more playas can break 100 more regularly 🤌🏼
I played 9h "bogey golf" today for the first time with just 2i, 7i , W, P ... from the front tees during a storm with crazy wind and rain (in prep for links). it was great great fun. birdies and pars felt awesome. A great approach for more than just the higher hcp folks. thanks Matt 👍 p.s. advice and lessons are great but personally I really enjoy your playing rounds content and your take on interesting courses you might play.
Birdies and pars always make us feel so good.
This is a great framework to have top of mind while playing a round. Setting the goal at a bogie helps tremendously to stop making poor decisions when out of position. It helps me to have a clear goal with each shot; especially when out of position. If I'm in the rough then job 1 is to get out of the rough. In the bunker? Get out of the bunker. No hero shots. Thinking this way has restructured my bag and improved my scores. Losing confidence in 5 iron? Let's take that out of the bag in favor of a 25 degree hybrid. Shaky with a 6 iron? If long is okay then hit the hybrid or stay short for an up and down. This way of thinking has gotten me back on track. Cheers!
Such a good video. I’m someone who shoots 88-93, typically. I’m taking this strategy to the course on Saturday morning and using it for the whole round. I can’t wait! Love the videos; keep up the great work.
Surprisingly good advice!
great video. I will try this on my next 10 rounds. thank you
Wow this changed my thinking so much! Also understanding better why and how to read the course!🙏🏼Thank you very much! Btw im currently 25 hcp so when i get courses open here in finland i hope im 15hcp fast and i know i will now🎉
I remember a guy telling me to forget about 71 par and play a round as if 90 is par. It completely revolutionized the way I approach a round and I now can shoot a low 80s round on my best day whereas before the shift in mindset id be able to shoot a 88 best case.
You know it playa. Keep on keepin on
Like your advice. Makes sense. Takes the stress out of the game. I’m a single figure golfer but accept that bogeys happen. What I have to plan for is not to have double bogeys or worse. Play for an easy bogey and the pars just seem to happen. I spend my time practicing the 1.2 m puts.
Great video thanks
I played golf for years, frustrated after at one point being a 11 handicap. Been thinking about getting back into the game. Your system gives me a new perspective..
Great insight 👍
Just found your channel and been BINGING. You like the Steve Erwin of golf, silky smooth and just easy to understand.
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Your advice is gold!
top 1% advice here
I’ve gone from a 20 plus to a solid 15 this season by playing smart , bogey golf! Biggest thing is stopping the hero shots and take your medicine when needed. Break it down into manageable chunks…Best part is, I’m enjoying the game so much more now, my last 3 posted scores are 83, 89, 84. By playing smart , surprise pars are a real thing! Thank You !!!
Good advice... love your outfit!
I bet this is Kirimaya in Khao Yai Thailand. I love this golf course. Great advice by the way.
Would have needed this advice few years before!
Loved this playing strategy. As player who has loved those bad, heroe shots. 😰
im a 13 and breaking the hole up in clubs you master really helped shave off strokes, also being able to hit the driver 200+ helps
When I first saw your videos I was a 20+ handicapper. I applied the "way of the playa'" and man; started seeing results. I struggle getting it up (the ball lol) so my flight is very peircing. Followed your advice of knowing my game and just playing it; fuck the haters. Got all the way down to a 13 handicap. After a few years there of constant scoring 82-88 avg...fell back into the peer presure and started going for long distances for no reason; layups went from an easy 9 iron to trying to hit longest clubbs in order to try and reach the green (which worked once in every 20 attempts). After watching this video two weeks ago, went back to my old playa' ways. Results? past 4 rounds have all been great in my book (84 and three 85s). So I had to circle back here and just drop this comment in appreciation of the way of the playa' .Cheers brotha
This is the reason I keep making videos. You sir are welcome.
I love everything about this video, from the hat and shirt combo to the eating an elephant quote
I LOVE your videos. And I love your use of the word CONFIDENTAILITY so cute !!!
(Confidentiality refers to the practice of keeping information private or secret, while confidence relates to feeling self-assured or certain about something. They are different concepts with different meanings.)
Don't stop ❤
thank you but are you 100% curtain about that?
Love this guys vibes
Matt,
Thanks for bringing back the Birddog putters. They sold out so fast last time I did not get one. Finally ordered my oil can Birddog putter which hopefully arrives before my annual golf trip to Myrtle Beach in 12 days. What a beautiful putter you created! Love your content. TY!
Glad you like them. Thanks for the purchase playa
@@GolfSidekick
I am a loyal patron who appreciates your high quality products and your sage advice.
Your channel & lessons played a large role helping me reach an 8 handicap in under 2 years from never playing golf before.
I missed meeting you when you visited Potomac Shores (Jack Nicholson course in Dumfries, Virginia).
Hopefully you will make your way back to Virginia again soon. Let me know if you do and maybe we can play a round together on me. Thanks again Matt!
You have completely changed my game. No hero shots. Stay out of trouble. Golf is fun again🎉🎉🎉
You’re the reason I keep this channel alive
Dude, I just wanna say... I've been watching your stuff for a couple weeks now, and it has been invaluable. You've transformed my mental game, which has been my biggest issue. And today, I shot a 37 on a par-31 nine hole course. Best 9 I've ever played, BY FAR. 3 pars, 6 bogies, but at my skill level, because of you I'm approaching my rounds as a bogey golfer. So, in that respect, I just shot a bogey-free 9 holes with 3 birdies and 6 pars. Thank you so much, I am looking at the game entirely differently because of your advice.
Keep going playa. Big things coming your way
Definitely go to give this 10 rounds. Thanks.
Ok... the Cool Runnings reference... gonna go ahead and subscribe now.
great advice as usual. also grabbing one of those polos!
Right on! Let me know what it looks like once you get it
I took exactly this advice from you last season and hit mostly a 6 I-RON off the tee, just to avoid the shizzle, even on a long par 5, and still got almost to the hole in reg, chip, one putt, parski. The advice to leave myself my favourite club for a 100m approach by planning backwards from the green on Google Earth and avoid the crap between there and the tee and just keep the ball in play is gold. result, lowest round of the year with an 83. I am 14.3 hcp. I just dont know why I dont do that every time. (well I do, because of BDE) Because if I was shooting low 80s all the time, I´d be in single figures by now.
Great job this video should go viral every 25 handicapper should watch this video.
3:41 ... As a German I really needed hear that advice of ''Play AWAY from Scheiße'''. I'll make sure to utilise that strategy tomorrow!
Yay, a new GS video!! Thanks for doing what you do. My handicap has reduced from 36 to 24; I credit you with that reduction. When are you coming to Michigan?! I owe you one.
Thanks for sharing! USA is on the cards in the future.
Los Angeles, California here, Matt! Please come to sunny California!
Great content. Really wish I would have watched this before my last golf trip. Needed to check my ego and play for the fairway instead of blasting a long shot to the woods/rough.
you look like hunter thompson and you make a terrific course management videos, thank you so much
Great video. Guess you are from South Africa. Will use your strategy for the next time. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
This is exactly the video I needed to see for my 4th season!
I was a 43 HDCP in my first season, a 36 in my second season and a 26 in my 3rd season. Time to go for 15 !
easily doable
stick to the system
Thank you great tips
Glad it was helpful!
Great. Thankyou.
Awesome!
I’ve been playing this way for years. (And my buddies make fun of me from time to time.) I keep score in my head against Bogey Par. The great thing about that is you can actually make it go down just by making pars. If you need a birdie to make your score going down, it’s probably not going down. It makes a big mental difference to be “-2” after 15 holes than +13.
Matt - you warned us that people would ridicule us for following the Way of the Playa. I had not experienced it until today. I had posted on a FB thread that I don't tee off with woods because I can't hit the fairway with them 7/10 times. He replied that my way sounded "boring" and that he liked to sacrifice accuracy for the 300+ yard drive and birdie opportunites. He went on that only 1 PGA Pro this year had 70% accuracy. I couldn't help but hear your warning in my head as I read his reply. I simply replied that I liked scoring as low as possible and that teeing off with my 5i afforded me that opportunity. :) Amazing that I finally ran into someone who poo pooed this system.
When you’re 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place.
I've had the same sort of comments on my channel. Boring! Yeah right, because losing £10 of balls every round is 'fun'. I think a 3 hybrid is a great club to tee off with, 19 or 20 degrees, short shaft and some of that lovely backspin that helps keep the ball straighter. I hope you will consider moving up to that club as confidence and skill level grows. An extra 20 yards over a 5 iron will certainly help you for little risk of going sideways.
@@Onthesalishsea2023 I'm 60 - so I'm in the last category for sure.😃
@@thehairygolfer I have been practicing with my 4H 21 deg and my fairway woods. I have a low pull hook with those clubs...so a trip to my pro is in order. Once I straighten that out, I would love to tee of with the 4H. When I do hit it straight, I carry 175 and roll out to 180+, so putting that in play 7/10 would be a dream come true.
LOL...me too. I recently started playing like the Playa, even just using a punch shot all the time and my buddies are scratching their heads as I hit fairway after fairway, green after green. $20's in pocket is way more fun than Pro V's in the trees. But they see it, but don't believe it. @@GrumpyGolf4
Exactly right.. Love your attitude, and yes everyone is like why are you hitting a 7 iron off the tee box? Cuz I like fairways !
Nice video buddy
I love your videos