I Played The Most DIFFICULT Golf Course in England!!! Nicklaus’ Beast

I Played The Most DIFFICULT Golf Course in England!!! Nicklaus’ Beast

right then cross everything and let’s see what we can shoot we’re also going to try and make this video not like stupidly long number one just cuz I’ll I value your time and I feel like let’s not make this an hour let’s try and make this you know fairly condensed full of action bit of chatting showing off this golf course which is just an absolute joke as you can see playing it a lovely time of day so yeah anything under four overpar I’m gonna be really happy with right so we got about 440 from this back tea we’re just gonna try and Vanessa one down there little Mother Theresa off the bank not got the Theresa cut see that down um no I didn’t it It looked like it was going straight for like the left side of that bank is it good start it’s So now we’ve got to becomeing ibecks now basically and get halfway up that mountain side this is unreal i know i thought you’d like this place easy job for you today anyway eh i know no color grading needed you have to turn down the satur saturation here man i just want to get something done for the old Americans in the comments who play on slightly wider golf courses 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 that’s 16 paces across 440 yards par 4 yeah it that’s probably one of the wider fairways here as well it is narrow mate jesus i mean it’s still 185 from here is that it oh yes yes yo mate oh that’s I mean it’s completely It’s I’m I’ll struggle to get it out um right i’ve got 48° so this will have to do i’m not going up and down that hill again the other thing I will say I think when Nicholas designed this place he didn’t have cart paths and all the banks which are now heavy rough were cut short so it used to just roll back down so it’s played it almost doesn’t play quite as he intended it in a way just tightens it up but yeah that’s not going to help me now I’m going to try and move this out well this is deep oh yeah thanks all right then boys let’s try and make from 160 yeah it’s a little controlled n iron and the other thing I mean it goes without saying but look at the size of the green it’s not the largest target and anything around the greens uh you can’t shortside yourself cuz the greens are quick and the roughs are really thick as well so just all sets up for a really good scoring day right I got nine iron wind is slightly into off the left going to play a 165 shot just middle green i’ve got an awful flyer sit down sit i’ve got a flyer there and it had no grasp on the ball so we got a Desmond two how quick are these probably running around 10ish there’s like two full cups outside come on let’s get this started with a good pot for bogey there’s like two full cups outside get this It was moving oh wounded wounded early a 202 yd par three is it mate this place is silly look at that silly good wow oh mate 199 wind sort of across so yeah just a 7 iron just like a just a small 7R like a 185 shot I think let’s play middle of the green be good be good oh yes what a shot mate what relief what relief it’s intimidating isn’t it yeah it is mate it is right cool that’ll do come on i tell you what we probably you know we’re not going to get that many chances playing from these TE’s around here so we need to take them just outside of ball left go in go in oh don’t have Don’t do this to me don’t do this to me all day please mate what the is this i know i know it’s so good i mean look how tight that is oh my god mate what the is this place yeah okay we’re good just nervy got a fly alive so I’m just going to take another five iron just keep this in play yeah it’s right there that was actually well hit by the way just almost snapped my wrist off m slightly longer than I wanted but it’s a back flag to be fair got 131 down 7 so 125 i think a 120 shot should be fine bit of a downs slope here so try and feed in a little 120 shot with 52 get back there get back stay there stay okay that’s literally exactly where I was picturing that we’ll definitely take that one okay it’s about a foot outside right edge so like uphill then over and downhill release release such a good read oh scared of it scared of it we’ll take pause mate all day this course is no joke yeah 404 again this is three iron just keeping it in play it’s perfect 160 playing just like a good wedge probably like a 150 shot don’t Don’t Oh dear that’s the only place you can’t really be is right oh my god that’s gone so far it’s carried about 175 which is a bit worrying so Abel’s new stuff will be out in like a month’s time but um what you think about what you think of these colors for the trousers mate you’re looking sharp it’s a nice color isn’t it very respectful for St melian yeah that’s what I thought james 10 by the way looking sharp it’s a nice color isn’t it okay we got to tough the grass behind it it’s sat not too bad this is where really just got to commit to getting a bit floppy with it and yeah we got to land this like a foot on anything short is just going to stay where it is onto the down slope this is what makes it hard and this is what’s like a bit closer to US Open conditions than you get anywhere else obviously the rough’s nowhere near as thick but it is thick around the greens and the greens are quick and slurpy see you see you later just popped straight up that’s puss average how was your short game yeah great thanks for asking right just just have a little zoom in there and if you’re sat there at home in bed with a coffee whatever does that look like a a green that you can fire it in from 190 into breeze probably playing about 205 to me it looks about 7 yards wide and that is a small target mate there’s a small target mate yeah uh right six iron yeah that wind’s picking up there should be just enough straight into breeze get back or sit just short let’s do something nice oh god it’s like a yard right at the green but it’s it’s buried mate okay just got to slip this thing under sat right on top of like some uh juicy stuff hey good chip mate bet they weren’t expecting that one short game’s back huh short game’s back the short game is Did you say it’s back it’s back all right i’ve I’ve actually never seen it so what your short game i don’t know where it’s back from i think I’ve stolen it okay right the short game is it’s it’s sort of in there it’s moving in the right direction it’s feeling a lot better than it was wow that moves okay pretty happy with that pass save and uh yeah I mean it’s not a big target is it 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 nine paces from you know playing like 195 yeah 312 on the left so it’s definitely in play downwind we’ll just get in play with probably have a wedge in stay left stay left a bit oh yeah thanks for that yeah we got away with that okay we got a long way 196 uphill um not sure where about that whereabouts that pin is but hey it looks back left back left it looks Well I I don’t know but yeah got a good lie so we’re just going to hit seven iron up the hill got a little V to aim at so nah just left mate but that’s funky if we can find it hell mate if that’s it that is an absolute joke no it’s not it’s a Kirkland oh look there it is no what mate that just spawned in how do we miss that that has to be it yeah Sick’s on yeah nearest point is not there it’s there nearest point will be get away with this let’s go around here okay let’s make up and down so another 10 paces after you roughly oh yeah i’m the marker james is straight at you yeah straight over me yeah oh my god I’m scared sit down longing it ah mate good shot from there though yeah it’s okay thank you for not killing me huh thank you for not killing me yeah you were pretty brave there mate nah it’s how much trust I’ve got in you James not with a wedge you shouldn’t do misplaced but you know yeah [Music] oh hell all right this is straight that’s four over it’s pretty generous for 7 million it’s not saying a lot this looks like the most forgiving hole they’ve got yeah it probably is mate you just got to get one in play here i’m just going to tee it down a bit play a bit of a lemon pledge [Music] oh that looks good oh take that mate oh it’s just nervy honestly like you’re over that T-OT and that was quality yeah that’s I’m so happy with that i’m standing over that thinking it’s intimidating if you make any sort of bad golf swing miss it slightly right or slightly left it’s literally lost ball it’s uh Yeah it’s tough 257 pin this is where a little hybrid baffler thing is needed but I’ve not got one at the moment so we’ll just have to knock it on the front of the green yeah I got a massive gap gap in the bag right now so we’re sorting it out soon before open qualifying right free iron just going to aim straight at the pin please say that’s okay that’s okay uh all right provisional ball i think it’s fine it’s literally just left of it um we’ll find out it was going for the car path yeah it’s I think it probably opens up around there but we don’t know yet oh just do that first time right what’s the sensible thing to do here play in between the bunkers I would say what like on the green no get it onto the down there cuz if if you duff it it’s going in the trap yeah honestly I don’t think I’m going to try and Yeah I’ll try and get it down there this is This is buried i’m just getting out the rough something just getting out the rough yeah soft soft soft soft soft okay perfect i’m trying not to moan we are playing the most beautiful course I’ve ever seen in my life yeah no it’s it’s unreal it’s just uh testing come on we need to turn the page here little left edge pot [Applause] so yeah this is more like a normal golf courses t-shot like if you miss it it’s not really lost ball where it’s not lost ball here and there’s a bit of space so yeah 410 just over the tree with three iron that should be perfect that’s two fairways in a row Jim he’s getting into that St melian groove isn’t it funny how easy you swing when you’ve got like 50 yards to aim at it’s all mind games isn’t it it is mate it’s a minefield the mental torture of golf well it is indeed son right stoic stoic mentality today mate mhm you are Marcus Aurelius i am Marcus yeah 186 up six huge jumper this could be like a N or something stupid yeah it’s downwind and a massive flyer so honestly I think this is probably N it’s like 195 this is going to explode [Music] left a bit left a bit yeah James Walsh is back in the game he’s back in the game and he’s got a 30footer with 5T of swing can he keep this on the dance floor look at this yeah about a foot inside the fringe line take that but I got off the run yeah 470 just hug the right side of the fairway just a little cut would be nice right just in case but that’s fine there just in between the holes feast your eyes on this uh green something else oh we got some Canadians mate come to join the party sorry some Jordan Petersons i such a tight green up there man you know come on the big boned part that’ll be E sit on there yeah two putts from there just a nice simple two putt from here i think you’ve got it i think I have mate oh some angry Canadians yeah Canadian not happy cuz I’m around hissing at me like a like snake okay so this is uphill then flat then uphill a lot so we’re probably going about 3 foot right try and find good pace stay high go go go go me that’s tough no way right we’re off our head on caffeine let’s see if that can turn the tides come on back nine so plus six i don’t feel like I’ve played horrifically bad not really made up and down when I needed to yeah we’ve got the winds are picking up a bit but it’s warmed up a tiny bit more i’m going to say this is probably a good wind for this golf course downwind off the first but I’m just being hopeful so we got four I don’t know ree or no it’s about 460 got four iron sits down hard yep i think that’s perfect it’s a little feisty it’s weird i thought it like kicked right hard but it didn’t 140 big flyer over the tree over the bunker small green we’ll take a few weapons down there including myself uh yeah that’s quite juicy so 140 juicy rough proper juice as well this one this is some OJ Simpson rough down here mate uh I’m going to take 52 and open the face a little and try to get it anywhere just over the bunker onto the green but is sat down oh I played it it’s pretty good get in come on come on let’s start this nine holes with a birdie get back to five woo come on and just like that we’re five over par come on big fingers on the back now mate come on that was unreal oh my god yes okay oh do right 515 it’s a par five but there’s no way of hitting driver because it’s Yeah it’s like um it’s like a 220 shot it’s literally six sign off this tea usually bit of wind up there so it’s going to chip a five and then another four and then I wedge and then I put and it’s two in a roon they started this back nine with two birdies in a row John golf don’t like that golf’s just gonna just be like really really okay let’s see then uh this is a little chippy five iron wind into off the left yeah see the shot yeah that’s what I like about playing this fade and instead of I don’t know just feeling a bit more repeatable there’s still some 333 middle okay reso we’re going to get a little stinger action on the go here going to get low yeah this is just like a 230 shot get it down the fairway straight into the semi- rough lovely jobly where’s the wind i do okay 105 [Music] the wind is that way but it’s going over and swirling back 56° let’s play this 100 hope it jumps a bit yeah and it’s the wind it’s got to be a bit off the left just depends whether it goes over the trees and swells back under let’s just play it just left of it 100 yards go go okay got another little look still quite a bit of a break it’s almost a foot oh it’s not really downhill is it that’s not downhill just played that to be so fast it’s a pretty tight fairway isn’t it uh yeah it is hole three you got uh It’s only Yeah it’s like 370 no 360 off the backs it’s not actually that tough this hole you just need to be sensible and play out to the left knowing full well that you may end up getting a bit of like a semi rough lie um obviously it’s hazard all down the right and a big bank on the left so yeah just going to chip a little forehand come off it then yeah there you go big so 163 playing downhill 60 got the wind into our face off the left so that’s a 170 shot but then you got a flyer which then takes it down to a 160 shot again or maybe less so I’m going to play a little nine iron which like a 155 just left of it hope it just moves on the wind and we get the fly that we want look at that flight it’s literally just gone like that yeah yeah there’s not much you can do in that situation apart from hit it even harder to try and flight it more but then if I hit a wedge really hard there’s it could literally just fly everything mhm cuz of the flyer so okay yeah just going to play 56 there’s no point in trying to cram a 60° wedge there [Music] got a little double breaker here we’re going to go straight should kick a little left straighten up then kick back and now come back yes beauty oh that is exactly how I saw it come on come on come on get it it wow according to the starter this is I can’t remember which in what ranking it was but it’s basically one of the hardest parries in the UK 187 pin playing slightly downhill it’s probably about 182 and then hazard right and then left is like it this is where like you would you would think the bank would like sort of help it back but at the left side of the green there’s a falloff so you end up just under the green so it’s you just got to hit the green really to give yourself a chance of parab so stay there oh my days are so close sit down okay there is a bunker there this is so hard there’s a little bunker there so hopefully it’s caught that oh it looked good in the air yeah it was just moved a bit yeah bloody hell son i see is that straight i see okay we’re going to say point of entry and then it’s two club lengths we’re going to get driver around here so I’m just going to place this if it keeps going to go back in yeah that’s going in oh nice cool hopefully it just stays straight and then just takes it damn it i think this is probably the signature hole so from back here it’s about 220 cover of the reads and the water and then you’re aiming at a 10 yard wide fairway does the camera like do it justice no no no yeah it’s quite a tight landing spot so four iron i’ve got I think it’s about a two 60 run out straight through the middle so four iron should be fine it’s downwind off the right just a baby four iron control it into the middle stay straight stay straight that should be perfect that’s in the rough oh it’s just so much harder from the rough because um the green’s tiny we’ll find we’ll see that bit in a minute so yeah if you look down the line here because uh cuz it’s like really sat down in some heavy stuff obviously that tree is in the way but even if I play out to the right I’m probably going to be able to hit it only hit it in the bunker at the back then that pin is cut quite a long way back so I’ve got no shot from there so this may I may only be able to just chip it out yeah I’m just going to I’ve got more chance of making par from the front of the green 71 cover going to play like a 75 shot just hope you don’t go in the back bunker sit down sit sit sit sit sicked oh yes you beauty oh mate that is a steal come on got away with two there mate 435 up the hill downwind just about enough room through the shoot we’re going to get a bit squeezy I think just try and get that control little driven one yeah nice believe it or not that’ll be okay it opens up quite a bit that was bad juicy 215 220 220 wow okay I got 220 it’s just got a massive clump behind it but this might actually help move it forward if I can strike it got eight iron way below my feet though okay I’m just going to hit and hope mate sit down sit okay yeah just right at the green I think oh it’s on the green okay we’ll take that off that t-shirt all right so this is a fairly long path five and a really just a really wide fairway down there i think this is the most narrow of all of them i think it’s about eight paces across where driver’s going so this is just basically a little punchy driver for me to try and get it in play off you straight in the hazard bag provisional me just love this place yeah that’s stupid it’s a three shooter all day okay we can hit nine iron just try and get it moving a little right to left got 60° probably going to be a little flyy we’re going to have to just go slightly left a bit cuz that pin’s Yeah just right on the side and there is a tear so we might not be able to get that close going to play this at 95 i’m going to go fairly close to the pin linewise go go go go go go go go go go go yeah there you go yeah that is three shots three shot of this hole I think five iron five iron wedge at least give yourself a look what’s he saying here in my boat i just wondering who put these bloody pins out today bloody horses going two cups left up massive hill little break straightens up in the hole for P oh he’s Oh we holding on to break 80 two birdie finish come on mate two birdies to finish let’s Yeah let’s see it let’s have it going to play a little 120 feeling shot in here land it just long to the left bit of back spin through the crow’s legs in an hill massive kick oh good shot you’ve played that really well nice mate well played just such a stupid game mate i’m like “Oh might I might hit the flag actually.” Oh yeah it’s in that’s how you make birdie just hit a 52° sake all right we’ve got about 410 now this is like a fairly chilled hole just hit three iron to the corner and then probably a n ir rough great shot was it yeah it’s just gone into the rough come on let’s finish with birdie on 78 little fly into wind i’m going to hit eight and just hope it flies if it doesn’t it’s coming up short oh that’s beauty be the number oh my puss do you see where that landed no it’s landed 20 yards over the pin that’s gone like 210 it’s just gone so far i thought it was perfect oh that’s interesting yeah I I didn’t think I could get it there but it’s just exploded it’s good it’s just a good way to finish the round mate i think I’ll try and get it out so yeah uh right so this to break 80 cheers to 7 million for letting us film today this golf course is looking unbelievable and I hope you’ve enjoyed this at home watching me get absolutely beat up definitely come down and try and play this just whatever you don’t see off these te’s this is $479 and there we go big fat 80 if you said 80 in the comments I do my cap cheers Feast thanks mate cheers for filming mate mate lovely day out right next week we’ll take on somewhere easier yeah we’ll go to one of my courses

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From the championship tees — I play all of the 7,054 unforgiving yards of it. Designed by Jack Nicklaus and once home to the Benson & Hedges International Open, this Cornish beast is as tough as they come.
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