This golf tip trumps everything else.
Be Smooth 2024.

Jimmy Tropicana

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Hello ladies and gentlemen my name is Jimmy I’m with Tropicana golf in the past few months I’ve been giving you golf tip after golf tip after golf tip and they seem to be working people are telling me that their scores are coming down and they enjoy them and it’s

Great when times get tough though and the tip is not working because it will happen some days you wake up and you are firing like a 66 Camaro and other days you’re a 92 Toyota and it just won’t turn over your body’s different you slept different you ate different who

Knows how do you turn it on when it’s not working you need that extra charge I’m going to share something that works for me every single time seriously every single time I’m going to share it with you I want you to implement it and let me know how it works it’s coming up

Right now okay Jimmy what is it what’s the secret magic recipe that works for you every single time is it something you drink is it something you eat is it a uh one of those gold remember they used to sell you those gold bracelets and tell you

That it would copper and it would like balance your energy no it’s not it’s none of that it’s very easy we can all do this when I was a kid I started playing guitar and I played for my whole life after that I still play but my dad

Would teach me to play guitar and I wanted to play things that were kind of difficult and I would try to play it at the speed of the song I would try to learn it at the speed of the song and he would tell me learn it in slow motion I don’t want

To it doesn’t sound good it sounds like BB King you know in Reverse I want to play like BB King well here’s the thing you have to go slow before you go fast and I know you’re thinking what kind of tip is this I know that but why don’t you do

It I think that the hardest balls that I’ve hit the furthest balls that I’ve hit I swing the smoothest and sometimes I Envision that there’s a camera with a full Gallery right there and all I want to do is say hey guys watch this and I get here and I turn properly I

Don’t take it way up here and do all this crazy stuff and then fire no it’s very sexy it’s very romantic it’s just boom boom slow it down slow it down just because you double bogey that hole doesn’t mean you need to swing out of your

To try to make an eagle here no slow down grab the wall slow down get to the ball turn back turn forward I’m going to play a couple holes now and if you notice my voice is going to change I’m relaxed I’m smooth I’m smooth smooth jazz 9 7.1 the way

Smooth oh my God it’s so good here’s the here’s the thing that many people don’t know there’s one true way to hit a ball far and to hit it well you have to hit it right here you can swing a thousand miles hour and hit it here and it’s going to be

Terrible and swing 10 miles hour and hit it here and it’ll be better now I don’t know about you but when I’m driving a car or doing anything and I’m doing it at a high rate of speed I can make mistakes and one little mistake is

Costly if you’re going 200 miles hour on the freeway and you do this that thing is but if you’re going 45 and you do this you barely feel it you could still get back in your lane slow it down I promise you slowing it down shortening

Your swing will help you more than any tip that you could ever achieve I see it I see guys swinging so hard why you know what I love to watch women swing in the club because they know I need to do this with graciousness and you like they’re poised and they’re

Composed and men are like yeah watch this Dale I’m going to hit it who cares dude who cares I’d rather see a nice than 330 yard drive like Smooth it out smooth it out you ever been given a uh peanut butter and jelly sandwich and the peanut butter has not been smooth

All along the bread there’s pieces of bread that don’t have peanut butter on it this is what I’m talking about be cool be smooth always okay that’s the 2024 motto be smooth there’s my ball I have 50 70 yards 170 yards okay let’s be smooth about this I have 170

Yards I know without a shadow of a doubt that if I step on an eight iron and really hit it hard I could hit at 170 but I don’t want to do that so I’m going to take a seven iron okay it’s 170 to the middle so what is it to the front

150 oh well that’s a whole different game 150 that’s easy okay so I’m going to take a seven iron and swing like I’m trying to hit at 150 did you hear what I just said there I have 170 yards to the pin 170 yards to

Me is an eight iron I’m going to take a seven iron and try to hit at 150 what yeah I’m going to try to hit this 175 Club 150 so all I’m going to do smooth it out you see how smooth that was 93 the way

Smooth very pure very very pure just a little right what that means is that I didn’t get through the ball the whole way it happens okay it happens I hit it well I hit it well but I hit it with an open face a lot of people do that too

Including myself you just saw so now I’m right okay it’s not the worst thing ever I’m I’m playing okay I’m not like agitated I didn’t swing hard remember I was trying to hit that seven iron 150 so I really smoothed it out I left the club face a little open it happens it’s

Almost pin High let me show you had a little issue there oh my God so I’m here so I’m almost been High I’m almost pin High let’s get the and I have to hit it over the bunker your favorite shot ever let me give you a tip for over

The bunker in the bunker anything within this distance right here let me share something with you it’s a 69 degree wedge okay it is a club that truly has changed my game and I’m going to show you why I’m going to show you why I’m going to show you why to do with

These this is a big mental a big big mental game right here you have a bunker that is staring you in the face saying please hit it in me and you’re thinking don’t hit it in the bunker and you know what I say what bunker I’m not looking anywhere at the

Bunker I’m going directly over that bunker like evil conil and how do I do it I don’t hinge it hold it rotate this the other I take a putting stroke because this wedge allows me to take a putting stroke like this just like if I was putting it and

This club will allow it to go up the face and come down on the green with just a putting stroke you don’t believe me watch this I’m going to putt it ready putting time oh my God that’s perfect at no time did I ever think that

That ball was going to go in the bunker 69 absolutely beautiful it it really has saved my game because I I used to hit it in that bunker I would think about all this sudden then I would chunk it or I would thin it and was oh one bad thing

After another that thing just sends the ball in the air comes down soft I hit it a little a little bit past I’ll tell you what that is better than that any day of the week okay it’s putting time folks it’s putting time one of my favorite things I

Have a 40f foot putt news flash I’m not going to make this butt sorry if you’re waiting for me to make this it’s not going to happen I don’t I make one out of 40 but what I will do is I will Invision at this point how do I two-putt

This because that’s what I want to do bogey is fine with me this is a par putt if I make bogey I’m good where am I good from right here right in here I can just tap it in so there it is draw this giant circle in my

Mind dig it all out put a little plaster in there fill it with water bring some girls with bikinis drink a Miller High Life that is now my hot tub my jacuzzi my 3ot circle jacuzzi all I want to do is take that ball and put it in the

Jacuzzi that’s it watch how much easier this gets oh okay I walk to my ball I’m smooth about it I take the ball and I’m going to roll it into the jacuzzi I’m going to roll it into the jacuzzi I’m going to roll it into the jacuzzi 935 we play the best jazz

93.7 my man guess what that’s a high life nice and cold in hot water I just rolled it in there I just rolled it in there now I have a one footer to clean up that’s easy I can just go here hit the ball follow the ball with my putter

Head goes in the hole I made bogey yeah so what so what I was cool about it I didn’t have any crazy hard shots I left one kind of open face open who cares you know like I didn’t hit anything terrible I wasn’t in the bushes or down there in

That water only water I went in was the jacuzzi I took all the pressure off of hitting a good shot I’m sorry hitting a good putt I took all the pressure off by just expanding the hole if I put a giant hole in the ground and said hit it in

That hole you’d be like it’s easy well then just do it just do it let’s go play another hole Let’s uh keep this cool mindset smooth be smooth okay I want you to be smooth and smooth is fast because slow is smooth smooth is fast and smooth is slow slow is smooth

And smooth is fast do you understand what I’m saying do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth all right we have a par five everybody wants to see me hit driver okay fine I’ll hit driver twist my arm par five

Way up the hill way up there so I take my driver and guess what smooth it out baby just be smooth just be smooth I have houses over there and I have houses over there on the left I have to hit it straight guys I must so I aim right here

That’s the middle of the Fairway I aim at that tree I don’t try to kill it I’m nice I’m cool and I’m smooth I don’t need to like murder it I know you want to get there in two but if you smooth it out you might

Have a chance if you hit it in the houses you have no chance and you’ll probably have to pay for somebody’s sliding glass window so take it to here bring it forward and be smooth that’s the whole swing take it to here not here take it to here not here take it to

Here bring it back and be smooth just be smooth just be smooth it’s absolutely perfect it’s low did it go 375 yards no it did not is it in the middle of the Fairway yes and if you want to play good golf consistent golf golf where people go man that dude hits every

Fairway that’s what you need to do you need to be smooth you need to be smooth you can be 25 yards behind them fine but they’re going to be in the houses or up against the rough and you’re going to be right in the middle of the Fairway

Boring game huh just smooth it out and you will start hitting more Fairways I promise smooth it out do exactly what I just said take it back bring It Forward at a medium pace you don’t have to swing as hard as you can it’s not

Going to do you any favors I play this hole a lot I hit this ball exactly exactly where I hit it when I swing hard I swear to you go back and watch some videos 18 toll look at this this looks terrible sorry about the bad looking conditions right here we had

Something happening but anyway this is where I hit it this is where I hit it every time and I swear to you I tried to be as smooth as as possible like ridiculous now I have a long way that white steak right there is 250 yard to

The green I am not going to get it there it is 250 and 275 cuz it’s uphill I want to hit this smoothly and if it gets up there good am I trying to hammer it no I just want less than 150 yards in so I

Swing it back I swing it back to here not here not here here boom and do this smooth ladies and gentlemen thank you for tuning in 98.3 the wave smooth jazz I’m hitting it so well this is the best tip I’ve ever given myself forget about you guys this

Is unbelievable like it’s so pure I’m not even I’m not even lying to you like all these other little like you know things that I do they help but this it’s unbelievable I mean I hit that got to hit that 230 with a three iron uphill it’s really good and all I’m

Doing is legitimately just being like Al Green just ladies G we smooth krog 98.5 for your daily commute it’s uh 68 degrees on this beautiful Friday I hope you have a great weekend the thr is gone by BB King coming up next anyway here’s a bolt

There’s the pin I have less than a 100 I have way less than a 100 I have there’s a 100 back there I have 60 so what do I hit with my 60 60 says it right on there duh it’s a little uphill so maybe it’s

About 65 whatever now I do the same thing no different turn it back to here and then bring it back down get it here bring it back down not bring it back down not bring it it back down here here just bring it down the same way it came up it’s so

Easy that’s it bring it down the same way it came up and be smooth be smooth be smooth don’t go in oh no if that thing went in and it’s not on on camera I mean nothing’s going to happen but what a shame I think it went in that was such a

Good shot and listen I I came into this video because we play a Friday Skins game in the morning and it’s now almost 11:00 a.m. we played this morning and I was telling Zach and Nacho the guys that I was playing with I remember specifically when it happened I

Said guys I have 175 yard yards I’m going to hit the seven iron I’m going to be smooth about it and since that point I’ve hit every single Fairway and played really well and I’ve just said this is a video that I have to make I didn’t really

Understand how good it really works I mean it’s great and I’m just smoothing it out let’s go take a Putter and let’s go see what it is oh thank God it didn’t go in okay I was kind of we worried there that it would have gone in and then cuz it

Literally went right by the hole and that would have been very unfortunate so look at that I had a 60 Dee I barely swung that thing and it got all the way past the hole the compression that you make and the contact that you make when you swing nice and smooth is

Unbelievable you cannot replicate that hey guess what time it is it’s jacuzzi time I’m not going to make this putt guys but I am going to hit it in the jacuzzi where’s the jacuzzi 3ot Circle you have to do this every time you have to mentally draw this jacuzzi and you

Can do this with your friends and they say what are you doing say I’m putting a a a hoax or a jinx on the hole so you can’t make it I’m building an imaginary wall or I’m just building a hot tub and it’s Friday and I’m going to

Jump in but not Mak make a splash think about that I’m going to jump in but not make a splash that is romantic AF I know it goes this way I see that just want it to go in just want it to DP in get the ball into the jacuzzi without

Making a splash how about that get the ball into the jacuzzi without making a splash get the ball into the jacuzzi without making a splash champagne of beers it’s in the jacuzzi now I get to the back of the ball I hit it and I follow the ball into

The hole with the putter head easy par I’m relaxed I’m confident I’ve been two jacuzzi parties in the last two holes no pressure I want you to try this I want you to go out this weekend or whenever you’re playing next or whenever that snow melts from wherever you

Live and I want you to just remember one thing Jimmy said be smooth be cool be smooth whatever it takes just get in that mindset of nothing can bother me I’m going to swing smooth and that’s it I’m not GNA I’m not going to swing hard once smooth I don’t

Care what’s happening I want people to go man that’s a really smooth swing and you just go I know ladies and gentlemen I hope this helped you I’m Jimmy with Tropicana I’ll see you next time

44 Comments

  1. Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy 🔮, man this is 💯 confirmation of my past 2 days. After another inconsistent day of ball striking, I was fed up. I rarely go to the range, but the last two days I’ve been and guess what…practicing pre-shot routine and tempo. Man the easy swing feels like cheating. Btw I put in the green side work as well, I have a 68 wedge and the putting stroke works 💵; had it over a year, just learn to use it with the putting stroke 😉. Oh did I say that 68 is the truth over green side bunkers, yes sirree. Thanks man, keep the content flowing 🔥🔥🔥.

  2. Damn I am missing golf right now. Temps in single digits and snow where I am. Definitely keeping smooth in mind though

  3. Look… there’s nothing like hitting a testosterone driven 280 yard drive into the woods. You learn about local foliage and poisonous insects all while being chastised by your playing partners 🙂

  4. Thanks Jimmy. Another great one! Here in Ohio we have snow on the ground. But at my indoor golf league last night (simulator), I usually took one extra club and "smoothed it"! It was so much more fun playing in the fairway most of the time! 🏌‍♂

  5. I went to the course today and used your chipping stroke with my 60 degree wedge. It worked awesome. Beautiful ball flight and the shortest putts I have had in months. Now to work on that pull hook…

  6. An excellent lesson! I remember years ago playing with an older gentleman who had the smoothest tempo, never swinging hard, and he regularly out-drove the younger guys who were coming out of their shoes with the driver. It is so sad that so many weekend golfers believe that they can learn from the pros who live on the course and have significant natural ability. I play golf to relax and by just slowing down, at 70 years old, I am finally staying consistently in the mid-80s and enjoying every minute.

  7. Jimmy it looks like this course is in CA, would you share its location, I am a new subscriber so if you already have please bear with me, TIA

  8. Just played our winter league here in the uk, swung straight back and straight through , sorry but i allow my head to move, no force , smooth swing and ripped it. won on a count back.

  9. Love it, Jimmy! Especially, the part smooth 😊 cos every time after I hit my first shot off the tee box, someone in my group would say Mr. Smooth 😁. I've shared your tips with my buddy and now he starts having a good time off the tee too 😊. He was using one less club and try hitting so hard and he would mess up a simple shot. Now he just needs to let go of his ego and follow your tips and he'll be smiling more. Thanks so much always Jimmy!

  10. I finally took up golf seriously two years ago. Prior to that I just tried to kill the ball. When it was good, it was very very good, but when it was bad, it was lost. I scored 110. I watched many different YouTubers. I took lessons. I practice regularly, I have a 70 yard range at home with flags at 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 yards. I got better, but my score did not change. I have 3 other golf swing YouTubers I watch, but no longer for swing tips. Just I enjoy them. Your tip, lesson changed my game. Every tip is just a variation of the same and that just reinforces your strength at helping others. I listen to you now, because I say, yah, that’s it. I should actually post the exact clip that got it for me. Maybe I’ll look later and add it.

    But every clip is a reinforcement of your same swing. Classic. As a kid, I remember a newsman asking a superb winning wrestler how he knew so many expert moves. His answer stayed with me, I practice every basic move so I could perform them with perfection. In one year listening to you over coffee, I’m pushing 90. I’m playing one ball. When the snow leaves, I’ll be pushing 80. That’s stokes, not age. At my age, a man needs to be able to hit their age. I’m 76. I’m there for sure this year. Might not be every game, but it’s within my best range.

  11. Love this tip, beautiful mindset to play with for sure. I'm in Canada in the dead of winter right now. I was always playing over my head trying to make low percentage shots but more times than not, messing up.
    I am 63 and suffered a stroke 4 years ago but have finally recovered enough to try playing again this coming spring. I have accepted I will never be able to hit as hard as I could in the past. When I start again I think I will make a point to watch this video before every round I play. I have been watching your videos for the past 5 or 6 months and love your sense of humor and laid back simple approach to golf, without all the technical jargon. I don't know why but I wasn't subscribed, I am now.
    Just something for you to consider if you would. Canadians are hockey crazy, and because of it many of us play as lefties, despite being right hand dominant. It would be helpful for us but especially for fellas like me with a half fried brain now, if more golf teachers would use the language of lead side, lead hand, ect. and trail side, ect. verses left or right side.
    Keep the content coming, love it. Cheers!

  12. Too many times we try and seek that PGA Tour Pro type swing. If you have the time, dedication, finances to go for that then that's great. Otherwise just take the swing that you have and smooth it out like this. Give yourself realistic expectations and enjoy the walk with your friends. Don't make it harder than it already is. This video applies to ALL level of golfers. Great stuff!

  13. Great point Jimmy. By the way, if you play BB King records backwards, you can hear the Beatles singing Helter Skelter. Little know fact. 😂

  14. I love your tips Jimmy. I'm 63 years old and The last time I took a few lessons from a local instructor, he had me trying to swing just like the tour pro he had on the monitor. No way I could ever swing like that. I hit the ball all over the place because I was thinking way too much.
    Your simple tips – staying smooth, wave at the camera at the top of the backswing and bump at the beginning of the downswing, have me striking the ball the best I ever have in the 30 years I have been playing!

  15. Thanks for simplifying things! I’ve been working on playing Jimmy Tropicana style and it’s been a ton of fun. I’m still far away from 90 but closing in on it. Here’s my latest attempt at trying to play golf following your advice
    https://youtu.be/v8qSfXv-eKM

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