How To Actually Enjoy Golf

[@matts.689]

You and Golf Sidekick are my favorites channels. I got the AF66 for father's day, and it's f'ing awesome!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks, man! And congrats on the putter. Loving mine, too!!

[@coug9579]

Hey man! Just wanted to say, you're my favorite golf channel on KZbin. I've been a really bad golfer for a long time even though I love the game. Your channel always inspires me to get back out there, keep practicing and play like a real amateur golfer. Thanks!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks for the kind words :)

[@dontpanic716]

I saw the quote: "Don't let the golf get in the way of a good round" Feels like a nice way to remember to enjoy the day

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Like it

[@crockettproductionsCA]

For people who are about a 10-15 handicap the whites are perfect. However for me I’m a 5 handicap but I actually enjoy playing from the tiger tees. I usually manage 80 and occasionally will shoot better. You do you

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Can't agree more with "you do you." If you want to play the tips, play the tips. If you want to play the "forward tips," as my old man calls them, play them! So long as you keep pace and have a good time!

[@crockettproductionsCA]

@@NotAScratchGolfer that’s what it’s all about!

[@mitendavda1095]

Agreed. Infact, I would be more specific and say 6000 yards instead of "Whites". That is the perfect balance of challenge and playability.

[@DaveHesterYUUUUUUUP]

I'm starting to shoot par or a little better almost Everytime I golf now and have been thinking I should move from the whites back

[@meovino]

Adam - just want you to know that i don't care if you don't putt out the shorties. I know you get many comments on the other side of this issue.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks broda

[@WendelltheSongwriter]

Do you want to have fun playing golf? Stop keeping score

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

There are a few courses where I don't bother taking a scorecard out there :p

[@kerrywintersjr8256]

Hey Adam, love the videos. One thing I noticed; I lot of the videos I've watched of yours you tend to get off to bad starts with doubles / triples on hole 1. Do you think this is nerves? Maybe not warmed up yet? I find that I have a similar problem and would love to hear your take

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks, Kerry! Yeah, lately I feel like I've been arriving late to the tee and putting myself under pressure for the first couple of holes. I'm not a big practice guy, but getting in just a few swings before the round would probably do me some good. Are you a warmup guy?

[@kerrywintersjr8256]

@@NotAScratchGolfer Thanks for the response! I feel like I fluctuate with nice long warm ups and heading straight to the first tee right out of my car lol. Both seem to have varying results. Love the content, keep it coming!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

@@kerrywintersjr8256 Thanks broda

[@3n2a2]

I don't feel warm up range balls help for guys that don't regularly go to the range (me, Adam, Matty boom boom :-). Fine if you have a routine and have time for it. Rushing range balls is worse than running to first tee for me. Suggestion is to focus on where you want to hit and play for easiest bogey possible...use extra club and swing easy until loose...often leads to good starts by staying out of trouble.

[@shanedare5415]

your swing is pure

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

This is feedback I'm uncomfortable with lol

[@brandonhoff1154]

Lol, don't lie to him! Although he is a very good golfer.

[@DaxAllred]

Hey Adam I just want to say your videos help me so much! I shot my personal best tournament score 82! Thanks Adam!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks man, and congrats!!

[@krispybowgod9656]

Thank you for taking a max triple. That’s always been my rules since my dad taught me to play to keep speed of play up and I don’t believe your handicap keeps anything more than a triple or double depending on the hole? Dudes who want to play for 5+ hours keeping every shot are annoying.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Agreed

[@3n2a2]

Thanks! Forwarding to grumpy 😡 golfers. Often the summary / scorecard is covered with logos and video links 🙈. Would you please provide a few seconds of clean screen stats?

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Yes I'll try to do this going forward!

[@3n2a2]

@@NotAScratchGolfer Thanks Adam. Really like your summary format. Content always good, even the BS (bad shots :-).

[@3n2a2]

@@NotAScratchGolfer Love the new clean summary format with additional info... a gift 🎁 for me and all your subscribers. Congrats on breaking 80 on camera, again!

[@kevinheitz9283]

Zen Golf by Joseph Parent has done a wonders for my mental enjoyment of the game.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

One of my favorite golf reads

[@rct3bball1999]

This is so ironic seeing this after I moved forward to the white tees for a round and shot a career round of 74! Definitely a confidence booster for the future!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Fo sho!

[@RealSweetTom]

It's interesting about picking up and giving yourself a treble when on a blowup hole. I don't know anyone who plays like that where I live. I'm at a stage where I still pick up a 10 or 11 at least twice in a round. If I went to cut that down to a 7 or 8 I'd feel like I'd be lying to myself.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Yeah I'd be miserable playing out a 10 or 11 unless I was in a tournament.

[@donkee9]

When you enter your scores hole by hole ghin adjusts it to a triple anyway.

[@RealSweetTom]

@@donkee9 ah I see. I've not got a membership to a club.

[@wess.9193]

Wait, what?!? Max is triple?! With two balls in the water? I have been doing it all wrong. Lol I get triples with no water! Lol

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Lol. The max you can take on a hole for handicapping purposes is a "net double," so double on the holes you are not entitled to strokes on, and triple on holes where you are given a stroke. So, for example, if your course handicap is 5, on stroke holes 1-5, you can take a triple. On stroke holes 6-18, the max you can take is a double.

[@wess.9193]

​@@NotAScratchGolfergot it thanks for the explanation. But I will stick to just max triple all the time. 😁

[@EldredMerricks]

Didn’t know about that triple bogey rule just thought it was something the guys I play with made up😂😂😂

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Obviously in a tournament you count 'em all. For handicapping purposes, the max you can take is a "net double." So, for example, if you are a 5 handicap, on stroke holes 1-5, you can take a triple, and on stroke holes 6-18, you can only take a double.

[@whitemike8778]

I still don’t get why Adam only has to take a 7 on the first hole. He v easily could’ve had a quad or worse if he actually plays it out.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

In a tournament, you play it out and write down your score. For the purposes of handicapping, the max score you can take is a "net double." So as a 7 handicap, I can take a triple on stroke holes 1-7 (that's a "net double"), and a double on stroke holes 8-18. The thinking is that one blow up hole shouldn't affect your handicap to an inordinate degree.

[@skizzot91r]

you were featured in a KZbin Golf Highlights video last week lol .. when you got stuck in the bunker from your last video i believe

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

haha cool. Do you have a link?

[@skizzot91r]

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[@skizzot91r]

@@NotAScratchGolfer think youre at 5:55 in video

[@skizzot91r]

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[@mt-nv4jd]

My goal is to always be in play. Simple needs.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Bingo

[@strengthscoachalex]

nice round Adam - have finally cleaned up my short game and seeing some good results lately - letting go of each shot and accepting the result has been massive for me! and treating each shot as if it's going to be my favourite shot of the round puts your mind at ease before addressing it! thanks for all your positive feedback along the way

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Good to hear from you man, and congrats on leveling up.

[@stefanschumacher6208]

Yes! Pick up the ball! No one needs to see someone torture themselves and score a 14! Great perspective as always.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks, Stefan

[@OffBrandGolf]

Bear's Best is a lot of fun. Also, fun fact, recently acquired and plans to pimp it out.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Really? It's already a pretty good track!

[@haydenredl2919]

Great video! Reminds me of the meme I’ve been quoting lately: unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In my lane. Focused. Flourishing. I’m going to combine your video here, this quote and your past videos tomorrow when I play Predator Ridge (Ridge course)!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

When are you playing at Predator, man? I'm heading up next month!

[@haydenredl2919]

Playing it tomorrow, really excited! Any other big trips coming for your summer?

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

@@haydenredl2919 Nothing outside of BC. Sagebrush, Predator, and maybe a trip to the Island.

[@maceinyourface0142]

What course is this? No offense, but those greens look horrible

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

This is Bear's Best in Las Vegas. Discoloration on those greens but they were rolling well.

[@brettmiles16]

Great video…as always. I’m very appreciative of your positive tone while having that competitive nature. Really enjoyable. Keep up the fantastic work! 👍

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks, Brett!

[@os21]

Teed up from whites today from 5600 yards... scored a 96. Great for me. Blues would have been 6300. I am not a long hitter yet, so I am playing tees that make sense for me. Thanks for always giving such great advice!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Glad to hear you're enjoying the game!!

[@dontpanic716]

I normally play whites or combo at my local course. It's a bit shorter because of elevation changes. 5800ish. Played at a nearby course and their whites are 6300! Seems like something is out of whack with those 2 being so far apart

[@meovino]

If you start having too much fun, you can always move back. A wise starter once told me that.

[@slyguymcgee]

Best golf content on YT by far, keep it up man!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks man

[@kylestrozinsky8497]

I will have to implement this into my game. I follow some of these rules, but haven't always consciously thought of them. also, what balls to you play?

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Good stuff! I play a Pro-V1. Probably don't need to.

[@kylestrozinsky8497]

@@NotAScratchGolfer nice. i got fit for balls a year ago and tinkered around after reading results of a test done by a website, Todays Golfer, where they tested with a robot different swing speeds and all major manufacturers models and have been trying the Callaway ERC soft. Opened my eyes. Before that I played the TP5x and loved that too

[@andrewmorley5059]

As an east coast guy, seeing the roadrunner @2:24 made me smile haha

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Yeah pretty cool to see them out there!

[@blackheart7886]

If you've played well for 15 holes and bad for 3, then you've done really well.... Just focus on that.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

haha cheers

[@derekblankenship6079]

You make regular guys feel like its possible to break 80 haha ita been my mission to break 85 this season and I finally carded an 84. Just need to clean up in the 100 yd range and get the putter going and im sure it will happen! Love your stuff man!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks! Get that putter going!

[@jusstheman]

I enjoyed the video, I could not help but notice there were a couple of times when you kind of didn't enjoy the golf though.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

loll

[@brandonhoff1154]

Why not just drop and hit 5 to see if you can make a 6? Its just my opinion, but being as good as you are, i would think you'd want to get the ball in the hole before moving on to the next, even if you take a triple the old fashioned way.

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

That's how I play Golf. Carefree and a who cares attitude. Just happy to be out there having fun with my mates hitting a ball. Score is just so unimportant for me these days. Played Club Golf for many years and ended up getting tired of having to be so serious with the other players and trying to grind out scores. Won my fair share of trophies and don't need any more of them.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Love it

[@dbars201]

He always nails a 10 footer saying some shit like “and then I knocked it in” as if he’s not an elite putter. Bro there’s a reason ya got a janky swing and a low handicap. Putting and chipping is 👏👏👏

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

thanks man

[@jackdowling3297]

Was that a roadrunner behind you at 2:09?

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Yes!

[@jeffmayer6312]

I played the whites at Bear’s Best and had a great time. Playing Revere in November. Great channel!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks man. I've played Revere on the channel, too. Love playing in Vegas...keeps me out of trouble :p

[@jeffmayer6312]

@@NotAScratchGolfer you gave me the idea. Have you only played Concord?

[@Rockesb888]

Greatly stuff, my favorite golf content.

[@MartyHutcheson-j2z]

The greens looked so patchy in the video, did that make putting hard or was it only on the camera. I think I played this course on the sim all winter, so that was fun to see it for real. Great video, thank you

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

One of those things where the camera exaggerates the effect. They were rolling just fine. Thanks for the kind words!

[@daltonlong5271]

What handicap system you following saying you can just take a max triple lol

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

The World Handicap System.

[@Steve-o-wl1yc]

I shot 90 at a new course to me this week… with an EAGLE on a short par-5. How I don’t keep that round in the 80s is baffling to me, but that’s Golf and I have moved on, plus I have another eagle.

[@koreysmith3635]

Nice round! Fun video. Thx!

[@rossgasis5677]

Choosing a club that factors in the conditions? That’s just golf

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

You'd be surprised lol

[@zulufrog]

Hell, I'm in a bad mood as I drive into the parking lot.

[@jamesbdavidson4540]

Sounded like there was an Aussie accent in the group

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Ye, mate

[@dannyvernon1098]

Angry golf. Uhhhhh! That's me! Me and the Hulk have one thing in common...always angry! On the golf course anyway. Just seething underneath, mad at myself for making mistakes with things I know I can do better with. Even sometimes when I'm playing pretty well. That front nine 37 should have been a 35, missed 2 putts I almost always make. Grrrrr I'm angry! When in reality I should be grinning ear to ear with that 37. I've made a concerted effort to do better this year with that aspect of my game. I have done better, but still not where I need to be with it. I know it hurts my play more than anything in the long run.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

I'd strive for incremental improvement vs thinking that it'll change overnight. If you can dust off the anger one more time in your next round than you usually would, that's improvement to be proud of. Let it build from there.

[@jesscapel1600]

Drink....................a lot

[@UncleWookie]

I already use a lot of this advice. It’s just a game and is supposed to be “fun”. I have learned over the years to not get hung up on bad shots. Annoying, yes but not the end of the world. Also I’ve learned that practice is key. I’m not going to get better without putting in the work and this year I have noticed a change in my play.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Love it

[@mikesmith3235]

Interesting content Adam. I won a small handicap outing recently but the only thing I can think about since was how I doubled the last rather than the solid 17 holes I played in windy conditions - crazy!!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Golf is hard man, congrats on the W!

[@tylergolf9532]

How tall are you?

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

5'6

[@SportsCardsWouldYouRather]

Hey how do you record your shots

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Just an iPhone mounted on a portable tripod

[@swiper1131]

yooo Adam- hdcp question. On the first hole, you took a triple 7 on a par 4. According to the handicap system, wouldn't you have taken a double bogey as handicap 0-9 has a max score of double bogey? I'm just curious for my own scoring because my handicap is mid 20's still which would have a max 8 (i.e. could take 5 over on a par 3, 4 over on a par 4, or triple on a par 5 as max score). The score you took would insinuate a handicap in 10-19, which I don't think you are? Thanks!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Love your attention to detail here broda. You're right, that was actually stroke hole 11 so I should have taken a double and not a triple.

[@swiper1131]

@@NotAScratchGolfer thanks! love the content as always. Going to try and take some of this to the course w/ me this weekend.

[@brandonhoff1154]

Really? This makes no sense to me. So you have a few good rounds and now triples are out of the question?

[@swiper1131]

@@brandonhoff1154 almost.. but it's how it works. Not quite no more triples but at his HCP level the max score is a double bogey. Adjusting the scores looks like: 40+ handicap- max of 10 on a hole 30-39- max of 9 20-29- max of 8 10-19- max of 7 0-9- max of double

[@UncleT0ny]

crazy how a 9 handicap max is a double bogey, but a 10 handicap can take a 7?

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

They've changed this. The max is now a "net double." So a 9 handicap can take a triple on stroke holes 1-9, and only a double on stroke holes 10-18.

[@UncleT0ny]

@@NotAScratchGolfer good to know! what about a 18 handicap?

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

@@UncleT0ny Can take a triple on any hole.

[@michaellamb8924]

I always enjoy seeing a round you played in my hometown

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Jealous of your 12 month golf season ;)

[@YUNedmond]

What do you use to add the shot tracer? im loving how it looks

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

It's an app called Shot Tracer Pro. I use the desktop version.

[@YUNedmond]

@@NotAScratchGolfer my man