Get ready for an epic golf battle! Join me, James Wiltshire, as I go head-to-head with Stu Krog in a nail-biting 9-hole match just days before he tackles his inaugural DP World Tour event. The stakes are high, and the banter is real on the green. Will I maintain my edge, or will Stu shake things up before his tour debut?
In this exclusive showdown, we’re bringing you raw competition, strategic shots, and a preview of the skills Stu will be showcasing on the DP World Tour. It’s not just a game; it’s a glimpse into the intensity that fuels professional golfers before a major event.
Hit play now and witness the drama unfold shot by shot. Who will emerge victorious in this pre-tour clash? Find out as we navigate through challenging holes, share some laughs, and set the stage for Stu’s upcoming DP World Tour journey. This is golf at its finest—no frills, no gimmicks, just two players giving it their all on the course. Don’t miss out!
On this golf channel you will find…
Course Vlogs
James challenges pro golfers, low handicap golfers and high handicap golfers to 9 hole matches and 18 hole matches at some of the best golf courses in the UK and around the world.
Vlogs
Get a day in the life look into a professional golfer. How does a professional golfer practice? How does a professional golfer train to become a better golfer in the gym?
Golf Lessons
Watch golf tip and golf lesson videos, on this channel you will find videos on…How to lower my golf handicap? How to become a better golfer? How do I hit better golf shots? How to stop my slice? How to hit the golf ball further? Free golf tip videos that will help all golfers play better, these tips are from James, as well as other golf teaching pro’s and tour golf pro’s.
► Subscribe to James Wiltshire Golf
So when do you flight to Marius Monday morning 1:00 a.m. it’s absolute center it’s Saucy oh yeah minding going Now this whole right now is where you buy Tedes I didn’t know if he was walking it in or walking it out that wasn’t Kevin n that was n missing hey James come here bro good to see good to see you thanks for having me back now we played last year and since then tell a bit about what you’ve been
Up to first year on Sunshine tour went to Q School beginning of the year finished seventh there which was which was nice goal for the year is just to first of all keep the card mhm and I was lucky enough I finished run out the in swasiland like sixth event of the season
Now the goals just completely changed so now we trying to play top 50 top 20 try to get up there for the end of the year yeah and just give us a really good category for next season so we can get into more DP world events and you’re
Just about to play your first DP World Tournament that’s EXC qualified for Marisha so that’s nice yeah was one of the goals for the year is to play DP world event you know just next level up just see see what those guys are all about so I’m excited no it’s good to see
I’m happy for you cuz I know you’re you’re a grinder yeah and you practice hard and you work hard on your game and it’s good to see that it’s paid off Man games come a long way um you know Doug and all that so we just been putting in a lot of work
And getting better yeah lots of sacrifice busy well let’s have a little 90 match we could do match play okay East course Roy Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club this is a bit of a beast and especially this nine is a bit of a beast of a nine so still playing
The faade or you got a bit more neutral to draw now draw everything yeah I’ve seen I’ve seen your action it’s looking much more I’m love I mean I’m I’ll move it left to right every now and again but the draws are just I feel like the Fades
Are just get too this way too swipy and then to neutralize it from there is so difficult it’s easy to neutralize yeah Fair yeah Shot YY missed the Trap somehow oh no windy no I don’t think it does flip up this is do it yeah this is oh well it’ll be cold hey the day before I come over in the we went out we just got back from
A meal in the evening and it was like – 6 yeah like freezing Mist it’s horrible so anyone back in the UK right now I may already be back in the UK but I’m feeling your pain it’s cold is it bloody hell oh or just hit it straight into the
Tree okay 20:09 got a bit of Breeze up here this morning straight into out the trap with quite a high lip so it’s probably just going to be sort of like 99 trying to advance this like 130 or something nice J rip that golf ball that I’ve just
Pulled out the bag so when do you fly to Marius Monday morning 1:00 a.m. I had to book that flight just in case I qualified for Alfred Daniel this week cuz it’s a 5H hour drive so mhm if I it’s a bit of a that one is it
Yeah if I if I got in I’d have to drive 5 hours straight to the airport and then hop on the plane okay I think we just can play this number little cut drifted in with the wind was it 151 1 161 a 1 161 swing look pretty
Tidy yeah good shot thanks about 10t beautiful all right we got 62 um if you haven’t watched the first video from Joe BG when I say numbers 62 is actually meters but it plays yards cuz we’re 10% elevation at like, 1400 M so all the numbers I say pretty much I’m
Playing as yards but they are meters if that makes sense settle it’s Saucy it’s Saucy I’ve never seen you struggle with a short game to be honest I mean you should see the way the ball’s been rolling on the greens this year it’s it’s been a joke I’ve just been spending
A lot of hours with the ball striking cuz I know if I strike it well like I’m going to have a chance like I’m just been putting so good bit too much cozy in there that’s good just Center just absolute Center jez if you were from South Africa you would
Say this was bu long how far we got 224 224 yeah is that with slope no the slope on this thing’s not doesn’t it doesn’t slope I would say it’s about down six yeah so 219 in off the left maybe at 10 bun bun is 203 he just getting hit it’s getting hit
A bit shot oh that looks good man go shot thanks yeah sit wow that’s released all right let’s put some pressure on here mhm okay good yeah I’m going to try to get this one just dropping in the front door yeah it’s good just held it
Up that smooth two there would be oh mate two there just especially into wind when it’s playing like two3 yeah we got another pretty big hole here 430 into in off the left in off the left slightly it’s playing long though and it’s not rolling at all
So yeah little left to where I wanted it but yeah great shot very nice what you playing this with the wind 180 yeah sure thanks what you say 171 yeah I’ve got eight iron in hand I mean potential for like maybe a little flare of that I think it’s going to jump you
Think it’s going to jump I might just Hammer the out the 99 to be honest I mean shorts fine it’s 171 flag but it’s probably only 155 front yeah and if you get it over this tree with a slight jumper it’s probably you know wind’s not going to touch
It thank goodness you didn’t good cing good cing there thank goodness you didn’t hit the oh okay that was good for me yeah okay we got a little one per Center going to aim this about 6 in outside right Edge I pushed that about 4 in
I was about to say I didn’t know if he was walking it in or walking it out that wasn’t Kevin no that was no that’s missing he wants to hold this oh it’s just jumped that thing was Airborne off the bat Miss Daisy 435 this one up the hill
Up the hill but finally we got some we got some help with the wind so this is straight down wind and because it’s straight down wind I’m just launching into the stratosphere I’m going to start this so we got three bunkers out there I’m probably going to start this just
Right of the right one oh yes sweet Beauty I got to step on one to get it over that bunker yeah is that that the L you take him yeah well at least you got some down fan yeah we got a lot of down fan yeah just slightly left of it needs to
Sit that’s fine so bad it’s good yeah 195 play number with the wind hit a full six yeah this green here guys is nly it’s just brutal I me unfortunately the greens are only running at like 9ish today but like when the greens are quick this is unplayable this all
Strike looks pretty good short yeah yeah okay we got 148 to that back flag I don’t know how close that is cut to the back but it’s one of those flags you just you just cannot miss it long so if anything so back to front I
Mean it’s all right now but if you played this when it was firm and fast yeah you can keep it to like 13 you can’t keep it on the green yeah left on me that’s fine yeah I mean if I did that of a 9 on I’d be Completely yeah take it away nice oh wow this whole right nows where you fire caddies I mean you got water short you got a bunker just long play down 15 into the wind you’ll be Pythor to like not only that like one Groove to loan that’s the problem one Groove low with this
Wind and you’re in the and you’re looking at the caddy going it’s probably going to be just over it hold up oh oh oh they getting the truck Yeah yeah good J oh oh my God try everything but the base yep solid solid so we got a long PA five getting home in 2 here today would be just two massive shots into this Breeze there water that comes out at 29ish obviously it’s downhill but it’s into
Wind so I’m just going to go with the old little Stinger driver Ah that’s perfect if it wasn’t 40 left yeah that’s nice very nice looking around 200 200 M what have you got six I think it should be fun cuz it does slope down a lot before P the water so yeah
170ish shot with this wind even 180 is fine yeah yeah sure sting lovely seen better lies least it’s a layup this is just a lie that’s going to follow like yeah so just got nine just going to hit a little one just chop down on this and get it up the
Right side just get up the right side yeah that’s minging minging got quite a long way in there 115 shot yeah 115 on just on that spinny little ledge isn’t it yeah I mean it’s perfect Gap wage but if I land Gap wage at the hole
It’s going to spin so much so I’m going to have to just chip a pitching Rage that’s pretty that is pretty wow that’s a lot of Breeze oh I’ve got 100 got 53° which is usually around a 120 number so just going to take a little bit off of this which will
Help take the spin off it as well go go go it’s on the front of the green just got to just got to play that so soft so yeah this landed about 10t short oh see you big part in the game sh looks good it’s good part lucky that’s
Good good P pretty big in the Outlook just willing that one to miss I was willing M for go to go in and then we mind in going I was willing yeah this is a different hole office T usually we’re like 30 40 back
Was it about 4 410 yeah bit up the hill so it probably plays actually today with the wind probably played 410 but play it number Yeah should be fine it’s tight if it carries that tree it’s gold miss that hit it it was like high on the face so it was like a knuckle ball yeah 117 or a plus three elevation wind’s kind of died back flag I think almost the same shot we hit on the last
Go needs to skip I think it did look like it did 1 2 4 just absolutely smash that tree 1 2 4 PL five up 130ish ah skip I think that’s fine tough greenness just slop so heavy back to front mine’s going to be lightning down
There some left to right Stew’s got the makeable part out fo outside how many foot wow goes sideways it’s fine wow that’s so so fast down there thought you were going to throw me a lifel so did I what is I always thought it’s a bit longer than that it just plays soing
Long does it uphill stay there stay there yeah that’s say one now just set that ride bunker it’s tight it’s tight this three-wood was uh the is 13° slightly strong and the shaft cracks so to tip it now it comes out knuckle Like a Rock it’s in the swell 2 21 probably
Plan about five up maybe a bit more so like 230 it’s quite thick Cold I don’t know where the that came from I mean that’s getting quick and then there’s that this is perched on top you can sort of like niit this but might have to play the sort of like bunker shot with a like a nine iron and actually just play this like a green
Side one I’ll just hit the ball full in the face sitting down a little bit not much green to work with but if we hit a bit higher a bit left of it it should land pretty nice and soft all straight at it y hello hello ooh that looked tasty pretty good
Knucking the left side that is yeah it’s the win of the hole to the last sir to the last quite a tight t- shot if you can’t cover those bunkers yeah so we got a bunker on the right which is like a 280 carry I don’t
Think I can get to that left one so try H just straight at that straight at that oh it’s no good down so average toey Dipper just right of it there yeah it’s fine I think it’s fine no stress there I mean when you’ve got
To make Bley this is not really it no no got to get it to the bunker Jesus no that’s dead uh 129 just got to play this on the number I think yeah pretty good ah it’s too far right I mean it’s a good effort just
Going to Cozy this one up to still I think n give it a run n just a little anything outside 2 ft on this uh this whole location is Miss Daisy here two doing the Masters pretty much hold on James cheers boy thanks brother thanks brother nice man enjoy to day
Pleasure to have you on again yeah thank you and uh yeah if they want to follow you on Instagram are you that active on your instam yeah I’m pretty active Okay um post all my tournaments and stuff like that um nothing crazy but is part
Of the game now yeah 100% well good luck on Instagram good luck in uh mate thank you yeah wish you all the best thank you
29 Comments
Stu seems to be a nice guy – well played both. What did you do with the tee and your driver grip on hole no. 4?
JW, your videos are always top shelf, man. Brilliant stuff! 👍
Entertainment 💯
Good Luck Stu
just so you know, this is easily the best kind of content you can provide. matches vs good players.
as he was giving his speech in the beginning about all his progress and new goals i could tell you were licking your chops for this bout. well done. it pays to have the distance off the tee which i think was the difference here for you.
there's not many you tubers out there who id bet on against you. maybe none. when you're controling your driver you're hard to beat.
Funky looking swing Stu has, but seems to work for him. Great vid!
He needs to be called the lumberjack.
Nice video mate. I have noticed your hooking your driver left quite a bit at the moment. Have you changed anything in your swing lately? I’m not being patronising as I am bollocks at golf with a 20 handicap. 🤣🤣
What a great guest. Man has serious game
Great video mate. If Flower is not on tour at the moment perhaps he can be the man to challenge you?
Fun match. Great to see you boys drawing the ball!!! Thought I was the last guy on earth still playing the draw 😆
oooh – it'll be great to watch the events Stu is in. I prefer watching the DP World tour events to the PGA ones. Go Stu ! Enjoyed that golf James 🎉
Stu is a good, solid golfer. I look forward to seeing him play as he furthers his career as a Pro.
Looking forward to the video of the darkspeed coming?????
Top tier James and team.
Great video, gents. Good luck Stu!
Great video and match James keep it up dude👌
Congrats on getting into the DP World Tour Stu, well deserved mate!
Hope SA is treating you both well
Another great video, need more of these
Stu such a legend
223 meter par 3. Omg!
Fact that’s you win the majority of these matches against tour pros just shows you’ve got the ability
What clubs do you use mate? Love the content 👌🏽
flushing it m8
Stu has a very unique swing ! 👍
James, as a longer hitter…Can you explain how on 🌎 your old friend, Mark Crossfield, can claim that he now hits the ball 326 yards? That would put him Top5 on any tour…I played behind him this summer, never saw him hit it further then 270 yards off the Tee…
Excellent play from James against a good golfer. Only one poor shot (the second one on Hole 8) on a tough course.
Great golf James, this was enjoyable to watch.