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"(the truth)" The truth hurts Coach! Good stuff Sir.
COACH LOCKEY!!
Only 1 par on 4 par 5's yesterday…. usually I get a par on most of them.
I will try, coach.
This is for 9 holes, right?
Top maths coach!
LockeyArmy Thanks Coach
Huh? I broke 80 last weekend… Saturday 78… 2 birdies. 30 mph wind.
Well done Coach. A nice lesson on course management we all should adhere to.
I broke 80 off the back tees on a tough course in my area one time. Felt like i was possessed by a good golfer
You seem like it would be so much fun to play with you, not for the golf advise that I am sure would be priceless just because you look like you have fun! Great video Coach
Cheeky 79 today says I will 😉
Great Tips!
Good tips & I will give them a go 👍🏻
"Get as close to par5 greens" is not a tip ffs. We're all trying to do that on every hole.
For me, I've found there are plenty of par 5s where I do a lot better playing more conservative. If I can plan out three easy-to-hit shots from tee to green, with margins of error for mishits, I find getting on the green in regulation is often times simpler. Sometimes that means taking a fairway wood off the tee, or laying up on the second knowing that wherever I land I have an easy approach to the green. Of course there are plenty of times where being aggressive is the better approach.
Is he even a pro ?
I don't see how you can't improve your game if you do all of this. It blows my mind that some of my playing partners have 3W in their bags and I never see them pull it out except for once and awhile off the tee. I have seen one guy hit 7W twice on a par 5, stayed in the fairway, but still was chipping it on the green. Pull out the 3W and chip from the rough, that's 1 saved stroke right there.
Tip: tee it forward (everyone will have more fun, especially the 4somes behind you)
Great video coach. I used to break 80 on a regular basis a few years ago but now I struggle to break 100 mind you I’m physically handicapped now so when anyone asked what’s your handicap I say my body. 😅
Nice tips but for me, I play better from bunkers than rough so I feel more comfortable building sand castles.
Great video. Looking forward to trying out that bunker tip in particular.
19 handicap. Had my best round ever recently. On the 4th hole I completely duffed my approach shot. Ah, well, I thought. Early in the round. It's only one shot. Doesn't matter. What did I shoot? 80. Think it'll be a long time before I play that well or have a chance to break 80. That duff shot will haunt me for a long time…..😢
Thanks coach looking forward to the next vid
I always go for the green (unless there’s water or something in the way). Never understood people who couldn’t hit a cow’s arse with a banjo laying up for a “full shot” that they will, invariably, miss with.
Great video Coach!!
good stuff, Coach. I work on all this stuff, but I would say it is general ball striking difficulties that hold me back (bad tee shots, not enough greens, etc). I break 80 maybe 15% of the time, maybe a bit less (usually three times out of the last 20 attempts)., but it comes in spates. Hitting the fairway or playable rough 260+ off par 4 and 5 tees is simply immense. Lag putting is a big deal as well. My home course has utterly brutal par 3s: there can be 4 of them over 200 yds from the tees one up from the back tees, and this is where mid and longer iron ball striking can really bite me. I've got to say, depsite the stats on bunker play, your videos over the years (along with a bit of practice) have made a phenomenally good bunker player. I will pretty much slay anyone in a comp if they aren't about +2 or better overall, and I'm hovering in the 8s atm.
Good video, Coach! As an experiment, I started trying to advance the 2nd shot on par 5s as far as possible last year. I've never been a particularly long hitter, and I'm not reaching a lot of par 5s in two anyway. So I figured, what's the difference? Hit a 6 iron up there to 90 yards and knock it on.
Well, I discovered three things: 1) I can reach more par 5s than I thought I could, 2) My short game is WAAAAY better than my approach play, and I can easily miss a green from 90 yards, but almost never from inside 50, and 3) for my swing speed (95-100 mph with driver) a 4-wood is the optimal fairway wood for me, and for most slower swingers. It has enough loft to get the ball up in the air a bit and gets more carry than a 3-wood, but still has a trajectory that's flat enough to get some good roll.
And I had a 77 today at my brother's club, which is the toughest course I play.
Not a humble brag. That's just straight-up braggin'!
Play easier courses 🙂
I like that putting drill. Great tip.
Great Intel coach. Par 5's have been killing me.
Yes please! Love the discussion opener Coach! Hopefully managing expectations is part of this as well s finding the right mental space.
The easiest way to break 80 is to play a par 69 course 😂
Did these stats come from shotscope or did they come from the Hack It Out podcast breaking 80 series 😂😂😂
nice one Lockey! Can you do a video about hitting the ball out of horrible bunkers… like not raked, packed sand etc…. the courses I play never seem to have beautiful fluffy lies in the bunkers! TIA
my thoughts on breaking 80 is stick to one shot shape off the tee. i used to draw and fade as the hole required. but once i stuck to one shape my scores improve
Hey coach do you have a video on getting up down from different hazards? Like rough, trees, short sided, muddy lies for example.
These are all going to help. Thanks mate.
Don't have a handicap, but shotscope shots gained stats appear to tell me I'm somewhere between 10 and 15 HCP, maybe 12 or 13. Last Saturday I birdied a par 5. My tee shot was off the planet left – literally 75 yards left of target, but on the previous hole fairway. Total distance of the tee was about 258yrds. I had 200 to the front of the green, 215 to the middle (I love shotscope). I hit my 19 degree fairway to the front fringe. I was slightly low on my eagle putt from the fringe and tapped in for Birdie from a foot. Coach doesn't need me to confirm the truth of this video, but in my game, it's easier to lag a 30ft putt from the fringe to tap in, than it is to try and get a 60-100 yard approach shot to 4 feet and try to make the putt. Obviously we need to know our misses when trying to hit it far, but the further we get it safely down the hole in the least shots, the better we are going to do.
Breaking 80 is the goal for me this season… time to get that gremlin off our backs! Good luck everyone!
I think the par 5 tip is a good one. Nice to see it backed up by stats!
Great advice! I really like the 1-2 paces on the green to measure putts. I plan to start practicing this!