The Scottish Adventure – Front 9, St Andrews Jubilee // Versus Series

The versus series is BACK, after a small (ish) hiatus The Toms return, going head-to-head, battling to the CROWN the greatest golfing Tom at GIRML. This video is just the start of what should be an EPIC summer of content, with videos dropping every week…

Today is ALL ABOUT the front 9 holes at The Jubilee course at St Andrews. Green starts 2 under.

Still to come this summer – more from St Andrews, Crail and then The Renaissance course EXACTLY as it is set up for The Genesis Scottish Open!

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Well, well, well. Here we are. It’s been a while. How long? Too long. It’s been too long. Two years, in fact. We’re back. It is Tom and Tom from Golfers Ruining My Life. Welcome back to another episode of Versus. Yes. Here we are at the Jubilee course at St. Andrews. This is absolutely massive. The way this is going to work, stroke play. I’m going to start two under. Whoever wins loses a shot on the next video. Couldn’t be more simple. Okay, you’re two under. Congratulations. Let’s get on with the shot. Let’s do it. Let’s play some golf. Okay, I’m going to start it on that bunker and hopefully it’ll fade on. Bait. Golf shot. Keep fading. Keep fading. Cover. Keep fading. Don’t fade into the bunker. That’s gone straight in the bunker. So that’s cool. Do you know what? Cool. Cool. Cool. Cool. Cool. It was a nice hit. Bunkers here are famously fine. So, what are you playing? Wilson 4. Yeah, man. Wilson one for me. Oh my god. So Shabull. It’s a bit bottom groovy, but you’re clear. You’re happy you’re in the fairway as opposed to It wasn’t the bunker. Sound great. So quite short of the bunker. I think I’ve got about 90 in. I’ll have a little look. A bit more than actually. 110 I reckon. 50° wedge. Pretty much full. Aim it just in between the bunker and the and the flag. Yeah, I like that. It’s got the length. Has it got the length? Go, go, go. Yeah, stay level. I’ll do. Thanks, mate. Uh, 80 yards to it. Um, wind directly across. How cool are these blacked out ping wedges? What I’m trying to do at the moment, cuz we played yesterday, and you want to be a good 10 yards short of wherever you want to go and sort of let it thin as all hell. Bite hard. The practice swings were lovely. Okay, I’ve actually got quite lucky here because I managed to fly that bunker cuz I absolutely knifed it. Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit. Oh, it’s good. The versus feature is stroke play. Everything has to go in. No gimme. Go, go, go, go. Keep going. Get in the hole. Yes, mate. Well done. Good pop. Good for Thanks, man. One shot eroded already. Okay, I’m one under. Okay, [Music] so it’s about 337 y. Um I think the lines those bunkers there directly in front of you to about 270 yards to get to them. Yeah, that’s too low. That was not the plan. But actually that’s just going to keep running and running forever. That’s such crap. Look at that go, man. It’s actually a really bad It’s actually a really good layup. That’s such a great shot. Cheers. Hold on. Kick right kick. That felt really good. That was a really good golf shot. The wind gets in my head really quickly. It gets in my head cuz it’s coming across and I my shots all tend to get right anyway. So, it makes you feel out of control. That’s my excuse for that drive. 160 yards, guys. That’s the news. News just in. No sh. It’s gone a bit right. Don’t worry about it. Be fine. I found the only tree on the whole course. Actually really happy with that shot. I’ve got 145 yards to the flag. So I’m going to take an eight iron. Just try and get it somewhere on the green. It’s all thin. It’s going to be okay, man. Sit down. Sit. Sit down. Sit. Sit. Hit the hole. Sit down. Sit down. That’s going to be good, man. It’s going to be good. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, guys. Come back down. Come back off it. Golf shot. I practiced chipping for half an hour. That is the most validating thing for 30 minutes of my life. I put that so close. Turn in. Turn in. Come on. Turn in. It’s pretty good from there, dude. Turn in. That was going to turn. didn’t turn at all. Do you know what I’m gonna do with this? Hit it straight in the hole. I’m just gonna Bob Rattella. Have some fun, mate. Bob Rattella. Just have some fun. Trust in Bob. Get in. Get in the hole. Yes. Well done, Bob. Just had some fun with it, guys. Had a little bit of fun. Okay. It’s a weird par, but it’s a par. Good. That was close. That was actually quite close to missing. Okay, fine. Let’s just get off this hole now. One under. Um, first par five of the day. The guy in the starter hut said, “Make the most of the par fives,” which I intend to do by not going in the bunkers. There’s bunkers everywhere. You feel very aware of the bunkers, don’t you? No. For everything about that makes me mad. Cool. So, it’s on the green bush. Oh, thank you. Yeah, it’s on the It’s on that woman’s head. That’s the problem. Yeah, but that that I’ve actually watched the other way, so shot. Lovely. That’s the line there. Yeah. Well done. So, been quite lucky here, but got to try and eliminate that slice from my head. Fairway bunkers everywhere. Just can catch you. So, I can see there’s a bunker about 180 away. So, I’m going to try and come up short of that. And I’m just going to knock a little six iron down there. I think let’s just try and punch that down. If that goes in the bunker now, that will be so annoying. Stop. Stop. It’s amazing, isn’t it? The hell of a big slice and then the heaven of a nice sixiron. It’s great. 253 to the middle. I just want to keep it in the fairway. So, I’m going to take a four iron. Got a bit of a flyer. Okay, Tom’s gone over to the T- box to negotiate finding his bolt. I’m going to go full 50, I think. Oh, I like that it’s got the length. I like it. I think that could be good. You know when you replace the divot but then also turn it into a dance. A few demons in my head from thinning it through the back but won’t engage in those. Wind’s going to work it a bit travel. Sit down next to it. Sit down. First time playing against Scotland. Yeah. It’s good, isn’t it? It’s windy. Yeah. Um, I just as long as I play like this, these sort of wedges, I’m I’m happy. Yeah, but you’re driving beautifully. Okay, let’s not let’s not let’s not look at the sun. Yeah, it’s really nice if the greens aren’t we we played on the Eden yesterday and the green complexes were wild. These are a bit more sensible. Yeah, I just like to say I’d never heard of the phrase green complexes before and that means just the humps and bumps. He’s used that phrase 10 between 10 and 15 times to all locals. Guys, I’ve learned the new phrase. Keep saying green complic green complexes. It’s a new phrase. I’ve heard you say green complexes to like the cab driver, the guy in the restaurant. I I love the green complexes mainly. Yeah, that’s a good line. I love that line. Go, go, go, go, go. It’s a good part. Thank you. It’s a really good roll. It’s a really good roll. God, the wind and the hill there. Really did stuff. Dead stuff. It’s another par. It’s a par. He’s on a He’s on a bar train, guys. Have I parked everything? He’s on a bar train. As soon Point out the bar train, that means I have to get off. I have to get the replacement boat service. Well, [Music] so that bunker on the left is 225 y away. What about that American right in front of us? Yeah, he’s about 7 yards away. So, he’s actually in play for you. He’s a 58 degree away. I’ve actually really got in HD through this thing. Yes, thank you. Finally. Thanks, mate. Needed that. The ground’s still pretty soft as well, but you can imagine when it gets hard in summer, just get so pinbally. It’s humps and bumps. I’d say the fairway complexes are pretty detailed. Great use of complexes. Yeah. Strike. I mean, you just absolutely Come on, kick right. I will. Are you having a laugh? That bounce, mate. Okay, so 118 yards to it. Take a little pitching wedge, I think. Yeah. Yeah. Great shot, mate. Go on. Oh, Tom, wonderful ball. Happy with that. Hello, mate. That’s what I wanted. I just wanted to play like that. I don’t need to attack everything. I can just green and rag and that might be enough. Uh so 90 yards there’s a there are four Americans in play. There’s a flock of American who are currently moving across the back of the green. I like it. It’s all over it. Well, is it got the length? It’s all over it. Oh jeez. Oh jeez. It’s all over it. Um imagine if I bit the banana. about the [Laughter] banana. I’m just going to move it. Do you want it tended? No, thank you. Just leave it in. Really want to tend it. Little lag put, I think. Yeah. Beautiful. Get in the hole. Get in the hole. Slow down. Slow down, B. Is it in? Is it in? What a birdie. Really good birdie. Really good birdie. Thanks, man. Just birdie that is really good for you. This putter is like nice and simple. Get in the hole. Yep. Well done. Perfect. Cheers. Well done. Nervy ones. They are. They’re nervy. We should put a blood pressure monitor on you. It’s through the roof. 127. 127 to it. Really good use of our time that both of us check. Oh, that’s so nice. That’s so nice, isn’t it? Yeah, that’s really nice. Ball below the feet as well. So, you’ve hit a fade, but it could be a hole in one. That’s nice. Yeah. Lovely golf shot. What did you hit? N iron. Just Yeah. I take a nine shot. Yeah. Travel all day long. Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go. Yep. Shot. Is it on the green? Yep. Left bag on severe left to right. Wind helping that as well. Well, that is sit sit sit. That is pretty good from there, man. Yeah, I actually back to backs would have been nice. Dare I go right to a little bit left-handed, what do you reckon? Oh, the arrogance of him, man. Good roll. There’s the hill. I’m being tormented by the sounds of birds. You hear them? Yeah. Hill’s going to do a bit of business here. So, a little tappy rolly one. Get in. Get in. Yes. Damn it. Hate it. Hate golf. Ah. Six is another par five. Is it straight index one? Is it? It’s 230 yards to those bunk. No, it’s further than that. 230 yards to the f the bunker on the left. 230. Yep. It might be okay. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it be absolutely fine. It’s a sort of pull, but I just was so I’m so nervous of going right. Yeah. strike. Hold hold hold. Yeah, you’ll be okay. You’ll be fine. I didn’t see it down at all. I’ve got it. You’ll be absolutely fine. It’s um it’s a long way in from there. Par five. Par five. Doesn’t matter. Oh, baby. Um just a long way. Don’t know how long. Too long. So, I’m just going to put another five iron on it again. I think I had a four iron the last par four. Just try and keep it in play. I don’t need to go for the green. Just somewhere a bit advanced. would be great. Yeah, that’s fine. That is absolutely fine. So Tom, I’m going to plot my way around here. That’s what I just said. Is it same thing? Cuz I’ve got sort just over 200 y. So seven wood is going, “Come to me, daddy.” But we’re six island. Golf shot. That’s it, isn’t it? That’s what I want to do. That’s all you need. Get it up on the wind. Yeah, that’s Oh, that’s coming right back. Happy with that? Yeah. 50°. It’s about 90 yards. Still going into the wind as ever. So, probably a kind of a full 50, I reckon. Might have gone a bit. I’m not sure it’s got the legs. That’s okay. That’s okay. Bit. I’ve got a 52 in my hand. I’m trying to hit a bit more of a low one cuz I don’t want the wind to grab it. Gold it. But that might be okay, you know, man. Oh, mate. Come on. Come on. That’s the shot I want. Not that one, you silly Billy. Get it over the hill and then let it take it down. Put the brakes on, man. Come on. Come on. It’s It’s a little speedy one. What do you think? Good. You um It was right to left. Is that doing that now or that? I can’t read these. I feel like it’s doing that. Come on. In she goes. in. Yeah. Well done. Good. Thank you. Fine. Two bars. Two bars. Yeah. Two bars. All fine. Onwards. Yeah. Okay. Get a gap. Okay. Okay. You happy? What you doing? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I’m going to take it out forward. Are you? Mhm. I’m going to get the seven wood out. I’ve resisted seven wood for a long time and I’ve had it for about a week and it’s my now my favorite club. Golf shot. Come back. I love this sevenwood. Come back. It’s a lovely lovely lovely shot. Lovely floaty one. Just love it. Just love it. Well done. God, it’s so the feeling. Similar shot I want. Really? Actually, it’s basically that. What have you got forward? Forward. Start it up the left. Try and bring it back in. Yeah. Shot. It’s just great. It’s just great. It’s veryable. Yep. We could hang out and chat on the fairway. Look at that. If that goes in the bunker, I’m really Oh, it’s fine. It’s fine. You’re fine. Um 159 wind into a bit here. I’m going to take a six line at it. Yeah, it’s all classic stuff, mate. Oh, Tom, come come staying there. Come win. Hit it. Staying up there. Hit it. Oh, mate. I thought it was a really good golf shot. It was a lovely golf shot. It just went in the wrong place. Wow, that was short, wasn’t it? [Music] Oh, mate. That’s annoying cuz it wasn’t that hard of a shot. 50° rubbish. Like that. Go. I like that a lot. Just practice, man. Half an hour of just doing that. It’s It’s the difference. Sit down. That’s so good from there, dude. Cheers. I just backed off on the first one a bit. You can’t The more efforts in, the more you’ve just got to commit to it. No problem. I think honestly Jack is the line. The cameraman is the line now. Any more than that, you’re going to drift. Yeah. Go. Go. Yeah, exactly that. But um good B. Cheers. I think he said good boy then. Oh, that would have been weird. Such a good up and down. Oh, up and down. Such a good up and down. I haven’t done up and downs all season. It’s the first time I’ve started scrambling again. Yeah. That’s a double. It’s a frustrating double. Really good. Really feel like I deserve that there. No. No. That first flubber was unlucky. Yeah, you probably can get the big stick out. Yeah, it’s 300 y all the way to the back. Yeah. Yeah. Come on then. Let’s get the big stick out. No cut. No. That’s perfect, isn’t it? Is it? No. Looks like it’s Yeah. Are you going to be in the middle of the fairway, Tom? Really? Yes. Yeah. I saw it running down. Did you? Yeah. I pulled it there. Yeah. God. I think I think it’s going to hit the back. Hit the top and ran down. I think strike. Come back. Come back. Come back. Come back. Come back. Come back. Yeah. Right on the top there. You’ll see it. You’ll find that. You’ll find that. It’s okay. It’s all going to be okay. About 190 yards. It’s really long way. I don’t love this, but got five iron in my hand. Yeah, it’s fine. Sit, sit, sit, go down. Oh god. Oh god. Okay, fine. 54 yards. I came lucky, man. I bounced off that. I’m just going to hit a sort of I was feeling a bit like Bryson. I just sort of do this big almost a giant putting move on it. That’s not great. kind of bit left. Yeah, that’ll work. Yeah, it’ll work. It’s actually flukes really nicely there. Wow, that’s just total luck. I hit it left and it’s curled back on. I need to buy a lottery ticket today, guys. Need a little bit of look here. Um, just going to yank it to the left. Travel, travel, travel. Sit, sit down. Got a bit far. I thought that was really good for a minute. I thought it was really good. Yeah. Okay. Wind’s coming across a little bit. Go. Go. I’ll keep going. Can you nip it out for me, mate? Yeah. This would be a very, very lucky birdie. Get in. Get in. Get in. Oh. Okay, let’s have a bit of fun on this. Come on. That’s what Bob wants you to do. Uncle Bob wants you to have fun. Have fun. Have fun. For Christ’s sake. Do what Uncle Bob wants. Have some fun. Yes. Okay. Okay. It’s so much fun. Are we okay? Yeah. Fine. Here we go. I just block that. Take your time. Oh, that’s a shame. Gross. When you have a getable bloody putt and you end up bogeying, that is painful. I’m really enjoying this. This course is so nice. This is the final hole. I am three over. You’re evens. I was 100 until I missed a part of that. Yeah, you’re playing well. Playing well. I’m loving it. I’m loving it. It’s great. Right. So, short par three downhill. Look at this. You you’d have to really balls this up not to win this nine. But what am I leading you by? Three. Yes. The wind’s now right to left. 173. 173. Probably playing more like 163, I would say. Tiny little green. Yeah. Pooed on my uh the bird pooed on my uh my towel. That was me when I missed that part. Sorry. Okay. Yeah. Sorry. No. The wind’s got that bit, isn’t it? Oh, it’s long. That’s good. That’s lucky. Yeah. Come on then, wind. Come on then, wind. In the middle of that bunker. Kick right. That’s okay. Oh, it’s fine. It’s fine. That’s fine. That’s fine. What a great hit. What a spot. What a spot. Look at this. Okay, now I sort of have to go for this cuz I need to I need to basically get this to win this nine. So, probably maybe traditionally wouldn’t take this shot, but I’m going to go for it. Kick right. Kick right. Come back down. Ah, it’s not It’s not enough. It’s not good enough. It’s not good enough. That really try and roll it there. Need to drop this in. Really? Brakes on. Put the brakes on. Put the brakes on. It’s all right that it’s good. It’s very good. In fact, it’s okay that it’s a good roll. It’s a little It’s a little Oh, he’s starting to come back in. It did. It’s a little bobbly, actually. Pop that in for par, which leaves you equal. There’s no way I can win. Get in the hole. Yes, mate. That was really You played really well. That was lucky as well. You played so well. Okay, round one of versus reboot is done. Price has won. He’s one up. or we go again in a couple of weeks time. Next time Tom will start with three shots. Thanks for watching. Subscribe to us. [Music]