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lol I loved the J peterson metaphor. You rock Matt
Matt, I have been watching your videos and finally yielded to the “way of the playa “. I have been stuck at a 10-12 handicap for the past 3 years. Your toe down chipping, my implementation of my 7 wood off the tee and even a 5-iron has helped a ton. My buddies give me a hard time about “less than driver” – I carded a “75” yesterday. At the end of the round -all I heard were crickets. Thanks Man – from an old man of 60.
dude….JP has helped a lot more people with their lives than you have with their golf.
I got my first birdie using your break 100 strategy. Thank you for all the help.
Jordan Peterson often quotes the Russian author Duffteeshoteski. He should get out on the course more. Imagine that, Jordan Petersons Golfcast. Yeah baby! 🏌♂️
When I go to the range I might hit 5 balls with my driver. The other 70 are all irons or all wedges. Sometimes I do half irons half wedges. I also don’t use my driver but 1 or 2 times per round and tee off with a 4 hybrid or a long iron
When you get paired up with an old guy that hits it 180-200 but dead straight, he’s gonna paddle your behind.
Such an informative video.. You're the man! "What did I eat this morning girl…. little onigiri" 🤣🤣🤣
Stop the CAP. Disturbances is 🤴
i can ground and pound like my coffee dates. haha.
Is the Way of The Playa or the Way of The Wannabe Data Analyst more optimal?
I don’t care because it hasn’t taken me long to learn that the Way of the Playa is just more enjoyable (it has also moved me from an 18 to an 8.8 in around 18 months)
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Was stuck at like 110 for months, started watching your videos and quickly dropped to 101 and then 96 in back to back rounds. Today shot a 40 on the front 9. I honestly just want to say thank you Matty. Scores aside, you have made the game so much more fun with the way of the playa. Appreciate you brother.
Hey we go again. Dude with a 280 carry talking about how distance doesn't matter. If it doesn't matter, please remove your woods and driver from your bag and update your handicap after 6 months.
Matt, why do you say to avoid the 40-70 yard zone when laying up on a par 5? Is it just because people tend to struggle with partial wedge shots?
I know it’s a throwaway joke but Peterson is very easy to understand. Basic message you are wasting time doing unproductive things like spending 4 hours watching tv just cause you have always watched tv during those hours. What would happen if you used those hours and aimed for a goal? Doesn’t have to be a big one can be something as simple as cleaning a room. Now imagine what happens if significant number of people did that. How much better could the world be? So get up and do it. In a lot of sense his approach isn’t different then your golf approach. It’s about choosing winnable battles and focusing on them
I used your system again today, it works great, the no hero shot advice is top advice, the short game is the great advice, I shot a 88, would have done better if I was not busting balls with my buddy. Next time I plan on total concentration ( I,ll try). LOL
I’m 2 years into golf. I’m 44. I play one 18 hole round a week on avg. and on weekends I squeeze an early 9 holes on a short executive 9 hole course either sat or sun morning before the kids get up. My handicap is a solid 15 and I shoot low 90s, high 80s and my best rounds threaten to break 85.
Matty couldn’t be more right on. This is the only guy on YouTube you should be listening to if you are similar amateur. There is absolutely no reason to do speed training, try to bomb driver over 300 yards, etc.
Learn good course management. (See golf sidekick)
Learn your layup shots (again, see golf sidekick)
Learn to control the mental (again, see golf sidekick).
I found this channel after realizing some of what Matty is saying but he really is a godsend for weekend hackers like me. I’m having a ton of fun, not taking things too seriously and am actually playing a game that resembles golf. I’ve been lucky in that I played hockey my whole life and have been putting spin on balls since I was kid, my body gets the physics of this.
But 100% one of the hardest things I’ve attempted to learn. But with effort, anything is possible in life.
Great content. Great personality. Great golfer. Thanks Playa…
Mark Twain warned us that there were 3 types of lies: “Lies, damned lies, and statistics…”
Golf is what Mark Twain must’ve been thinking of.
Again, Matty 100% correct: correlations are not causations.
This is the biggest single hurdle to people understanding statistics. Golf has way too much variability for simple stats like fairways hit and GIRs to mean much for your avg weekend high handicapper. They just don’t matter much.
Again, Matty is correct.
7:43 My man has some natural wisdom. How old are you Matty? Your BS detector is pretty well developed for a young man. (Ie, Jordan Peterson is obvousky a smart man but I am skeptical of people that talk like that too. Dazzle you with intellect. The local butcher has same wisdom from running a small business and interacting with people daily…). Im an Italian kid from Long Island NY, I was born with mine due to my environment. How’d you get yours? It’s obvious man, you have a good bead on golf BS.
17:28 This is interesting. I’m 44 and play with people 1/2 my age a lot. They want to bomb driver (for me when I was a kid that was the equivalent of picking the top corner glove side from behind the redline or throwing a touchdown pass over 50 yds in the air).
It’s pointless as an adult.
I’m 6-4, athletic sans stiffness and lower back issues, and weight about 210. I know I can drive the ball 300 yds if I work on my technique.
But I’m older. I’m a working man. I have kids. Why thebhell would I spend the 1 hour of free time a day I get working on driver?
I can consistently drive the ball carrying 200 yds and roll out to 230. That is avg. if I’m being straight with myself. When I’m driving the ball really well I get carry if 230 and I roll to about 250-270.
That is plenty for your weekend hacker. That gets me out there far enough. It’s all that’s needed.
Once again, Matty telling it straight no nonsense.
"Before I speak I have something to say"
lol
Best vid in awhile- thanks Matty!
@GolfSidekick thanks for your advice. I'm getting back on track. I made some improvements by creating a plan with confidential targets but hit a plateau. So I took more of your advice and got some swing help. Played a 9 hole course yesterday to see how I'm doing and got a 42. Breaking 80 is back on the horizon. ⛳🏌️
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Dont care who you are, how good, how bad, you need to watch this man, he is the bous, however you spell it 😀
You had me subbed with the Jordan Peterson comment….truer words have never been spoken!
Matt, I just saw "that video " u r referring to that DIstance is king , hahaha. BY the way, use the word confident or more confidence ( noun) instead of confidentiality. Keep up the good work buddy.
If i put my drive at 125, i am birdying that hole. If i put it at 80, im screwed.
6:00 That chart really explains why a lot of amateurs will bomb a drive to partial wedge distance, feel great about themselves and then still somehow bogey the hole.