£10 TO PLAY - HOW GOOD WAS IT?

[@Unitedfan461]

You do very well playing off 16 with such a pick n mix bag of clubs, 4 woods, 9 wood, hybrids, all sorts!! Love it

[@LiamS0905]

14mins 50secs - the legendary...GOLFS A FUNNY OLD GAME! Yes James! cracking video, nice to see you swinging well

[@jimmyalpha7399]

My local course. Fell in love with golf playing this course as a kid. Great content and a good score with some tricky holes! Keep it up.

[@Golfofftheyellows]

Well played James great vid. Good looking course for a 10r can't go wrong. See you in the next one 👍

[@Leighp456]

For a £10er that look very good value for money 100% looks very nice course.

[@BradArmstrong-f1v]

It does look nice

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

I think the weather helped! :)

[@steveash656]

Agree you could claim relief under rule 16.1a(2), from that pesky molehill. You seem to be pushing your short putts right James. "Dooring"them. A putting lesson really helped me, hope you sort it. Thanks as ever for your work.😊

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

I've neglected my putting practice recently. Thought I could get away with it even though I'm playing 3 times a week! Thanks for watching :)

[@stephenesser5375]

great round James, love this course, you played some great golf there. 1,3,15,16 and 17 tough holes

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers mate. I really like the layout on this course, it just seems to flow nicely. I agree with your tough hole assessment was happy with the score at the end of the day! :)

[@rolandcolegate8228]

Nice round, and a nice price for a decent course, looked like a nice beer at the end too ! I think you deserved it. Cheers.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers @rolandcolegate8228 🍺🍺🍺

[@duncanworman6587]

Excellent stuff james. Couple of years since i saw you there. Be good to meet up for a knock next season

[@GolfAddict]

Hope you remembered to go back for your wedge on the 8th green 🙈

[@TWTexasA1]

Absolute stellar round my friend 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@BradArmstrong-f1v]

Always a pleasure James. More than happy to watch your videos and leave a like. Keep doing what you do, please

[@stevegolfman2739]

Nice playing!

[@paulgreen8228]

Nice course, with plenty of great golf. Loved the 9 wood.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

£1 well spent :)

[@michaelmccreery8192]

Fantastic value,a course like this deserves to do well .

[@daveking1903]

Cheers James ! Another great video showing us courses we might not see otherwise. Pleased to see that the snap hook has gone !

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Yeah, I slow down my backswing and setup the left shoulder better now. It seems to have fixed the fault and it's great to hit so many fairways!

[@TWTexasA1]

Great putting 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@kennethjoiner2028]

Great round. Congratulations on making your goal.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers Ken, I was happy with the score overall. Next step is to improve further... :)

[@yalmahond2813]

Great video and great golf also - thank you very much

[@garydavis8213]

Excellent price for the course. Nice video that popped up on my feed. Good round, sir.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers Gary, I was chuffed with the score overall 👍👍👍

[@DMKFACTOR]

Great round. Happy for you, I know you’ve had some hard rounds lately!

[@alexd8496]

very enjoyable watch, another good municipal is Altrincham, like you say not immaculate, i havent play it for a long time but i remember it was good value, fun to play - keep up the good work , I very much like your relaxed and understated commentary/delivery of these films.

[@aba44000]

Very good James!!!!⛳️⛳️⛳️

[@paulouellette4100]

good video...couples of bad holes..the rest was real good...great course for 10pounds...ty

[@daniellind4581]

Good round! Keep it going

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

I hope to!

[@starlight987]

Another nice round James! If its any help to you at all, your bad shots or mis hits seem to come from a rushed down swing. I do exactly the same thing lol. I liked your confidence on the putt for par on 15, "Im gonna make this putt, Im just gonna make it" 😊

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

My tempo is all over the place right now. Very snatchy on some shots and fine on others. I need to slow down and breathe more! :)

[@johngloady618]

Great value, well played James. I've been on private courses worse than that.

[@briangray00]

Decent streak of very well played holes there; you're getting back to your best. Interesting course too.

[@slipit9]

What a great round! Know it didn’t end how you hoped but that was some great golf!

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers man, yeah I left a few shots out there on this day...

[@oliver69cork46]

Mcilroy style-that 3 footer was missed look at previous long putts-excellent round James,very accomplished golfer and very enjoyable. Think of the 4 footer defying gravity but you were behind it. Well played.

[@cedarhawkfan2791]

Nice round despite that last hole!

[@DavidHarris-pp5yq]

Some very tidy golf in there James. Looks good value for the price for a knock about. I play municipal golf a fair bit and yeah you have to be alert to what's going on around you with kids and dog walkers etc. Love the 9 wood. I have a 28 degree wood too. Great weapon 😊

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

My 9 wood is perfect out of the semi rough and has a nice high launch. I took it to the range and it went great from the very first hit. I like to do a smooth lazy swing with it and it's very consistent. It replaced my 5 iron which was barely used!

[@andrewmartin808]

Another enjoyable video James, thank you. The course is very nice looking and you did well...

[@christopherfranklin972]

You earned that beer,well done!

[@BradArmstrong-f1v]

Mmmm.. beer

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

🍺🍺🍺

[@rangerofthenorth2850]

Played really well boss. I do prefer the 18 hole vids. You should do some content up here in the North East. Some lovely courses up here!

[@davegregory2809]

Great video as always James. You like you are practicing your " I found a toenail in my sausage roll and all they offered me was a tenner" pose for the local rag on the landing screen 😂

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers Dave, just trying out the thumbnail tester with 3 different versions :)

[@davegregory2809]

I hope you know all in good humour. Love watching your game

[@mannyo4231]

Some of those fairways are quite narrow, easier to have a card buster, especially towards end of the round. Short game looks tight, pace was spot on. I often feel as though i played better than final score, but hey, its a funny ol game. As always enjoyed the view, keep them coming mate!

[@davidwalters313]

Brilliant value course

[@jaseishappy]

Great chip on the 4th

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

It was onto a downslope too which is always tricky!

[@warrenbretland198]

That's my home course mate play there every weekend!

[@jameslovering9158]

Nice green fee !

[@joeymanning6563]

Another enjoyable watch. Would like a "what's in the bag" segment in one of your videos. Seems you have an interesting mix of woods and hybrids.

[@BradArmstrong-f1v]

I think James buys his clubs at fleamarkets, seems to always have many to choose from

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Yeah, I have a few different sources for 2nd hand clubs. The 9 wood I'm using only cost £1 and went great from the very first hit!

[@johnp6987]

Great round. I’m playing a 18 hole par 3 family course at the moment just to get my skill level up before heading to a full course, and some of the cups are full of water so I think of it as a natural ball washer 😂

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Keep it up! When you first start golf getting the reps in helps so much :)

[@brianwood1451]

Wow James. For £10 after 1 that's brilliant value. If I play my municipal, which is 9 holes it's £9.50, for 9! You played well here, especially putting and chips. See it gave you 17 course handicap so your score 2 under your par. Well done. I like the old municipals, they just get very busy especially with beginners. But, you've got to start somewhere I suppose.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

I'd take that score all day long. Probably should have been even better but there's always next time! :)

[@garyreid4026]

Great value for £10. 👍🏻

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

No complaints here!

[@ShrimperGolf]

Hi James, I notice you have a fairly restricted back swing, but follow through well. I do the opposite, but you get far more consistent shots and more distance, particularly off the tee, than I do. Watching some other tutorial videos, particularly "Easiest Swing", they also emphasise the importance of a full follow through and good finishing position. I think I need to follow your example. I am 68 years old and a little restricted in turning my body.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

I was chatting with a member at a course recently and he was surprised by my distance with such a short backswing. I think having an half decent grip plus reasonable posture and alignment counts for a lot! Good luck with your rounds this season Sir :)

[@MarkAndrews-dp3ir]

Very enjoyable and it would have been a great score but for the first 2 holes and the last. Well played.

[@Other-up7xm]

Played here many times, 10 for a round is a steal tbh, takes a while for the course to settle after winter conditions but during summer time its brill

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

It's a great layout. Just all the par 3s are a bit similar in distance but for £10 you can't go wrong...

[@Other-up7xm]

@@notaperfectgolfer3489 If your looking for challenging par 3's I recommend aldersea, tattonhall. They have one which is about 200+ yards. Tough course that one

[@michaelcunningham3540]

Enjoy your video

[@joncarter9041]

Short game was better again in this round; as was putting. Good round and score..& I reckon that you left a few shots out there.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Yeah, I'm getting back to playing better golf again. Its weird as Ijust kind of got used to playing bad. Hopefully there's a few low 80s on the horizon... :)

[@PadsDad]

Yes, you definitely get relief from the molehills if they interfere with your lie or your stance. Nearest point of full relief then a club length.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Thanks for the info :)

[@colinnewman6074]

Well played. I like Ellesmere Port. For the money it’s very good. Dog walkers get a bit annoying sometimes.

[@geoffwhite7257]

Played E.Port many times, it’s a pay as you play course. Not council owned anymore i believe. It’s been neglected over the last few years sadly, in winter its unplayable for about 6 months but remains open. Needs new owner and investment. £10 in the summer however is decent value ⛳️

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

I've never seen a greenkeeper there. The course layout underneath everything is very good. If it was perfectly manicured it would probably be £40+ a round...

[@bobble3633]

A bucket of balls on my local range is £11 …. So a tenner, I would practice there every time…. Looks a lot better than I thought I would from the tag line

[@kenirving5240]

Molehills question has been answered, but I think I’m right in saying you could have played a drop shot from where the ball entered the bushes on 18 rather than replay the shot from the bunker, am I correct guys?

[@ixggolf]

Can’t get any worse than that on the opening hole … hold my beer please

[@TWTexasA1]

Ya you don’t have to spend big bucks to get quality equipment, I bought a Golf Buddy GPS watch a couple of years ago for $175 which was one of the least expensive I could find and it works absolutely amazing and I’ve golfed some country courses here in the USA that were in the hundreds of courses in it’s memory…

[@TheMa1993]

They say on the website the £10 offer is only till 31st March 2024???

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

After 1pm it's still £10. That's what I paid as a walk in 👍👍👍

[@TheMa1993]

@@notaperfectgolfer3489 thanks for replying, earned a sub!!

[@claykananen7308]

I think as you gain confidence on your driver your distance seems to be improving and you should use more often to have a shorter approach shot to the green,

[@midioutdoors3455]

I'm playing here tomorrow as my course (Northop) is closed for 3 days for a Welsh Junior Championships comp.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Northop GC is going up in the world. I noticed the green fees were up slightly & it was rammed the last time I played it. Enjoy your game :)

[@MrAstroquack]

You play golf like most of us mid handicappers some really good shots with some fairly bad shots. Do you take instruction to try to improve or do you just try to self improve like many of us? I enjoy these videos from sunny Southern California.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

I took 4 lessons in the past and this helped with my fundamentals a lot. I'm planning to take a couple of lessons soon and hopefully improve further...

[@mrkipling3841]

Played!!

[@glyntapp]

James, got a free space at Maesdu tomorrow doing a scramble if you are free 👍

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Too short notice pal. Have a good game and good luck with the wind! 👍👍👍

[@glyntapp]

@@notaperfectgolfer3489 not a problem, didn’t miss much. Rain & wind wasn’t the easiest 😂

[@MrJimmywalton]

Please may I ask….how do you submit your scores for handicap purposes when playing solo?

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

I'm a casual golfer playing lots of different courses. My handicap comes from my Golfshot app which measures my scores against par. It's pretty accurate as it tracked my drift out from 11.6 to 16.3 perfectly 👍👍👍

[@paulthomson2288]

would have been tempted to putt out of the bunker on the final hole. It looked very firm sand and it looked like not much lip.

[@BradArmstrong-f1v]

I think some of the comments are making a mountain out of that molehill. lol

[@MrAstroquack]

😂

[@matthewmeadows1617]

You are a mid handicapper to my knowledge it doesn’t really matter what Putter you play with, this putter grip you will need a mid-sized putter grip to smooth your putting game it is only some of a blind suggestion.

[@BradArmstrong-f1v]

That bird ran cause he knows you're hunting birdies.

[@timdench2583]

Looks a reasonable course for £10. Your swing seems a bit snatchy atm, rather than your smoother swing of a while back. Good score though.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Looking back I think it's a tempo issue. I'm planning to take a couple of lessons soon 👍👍👍

[@timdench2583]

@@notaperfectgolfer3489 indeed, tempo. I changed my swing over last winter using ‘Easiest Swing’. I saw a coach, but there’s plenty of their videos on YT. My handicap has dropped and my back is no longer an issue. I highly recommend them.

[@KunLehane]

I got a belly putter recently, took 5 shots off my round.. Looks like ur putter is a little short :)

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

I tried a broom handle putter last year. It was great for short to medium putts but terrible for lag putting. Plus they look illegal and goofy :)

[@BitterNTwisted]

I've played the course over 70 times, and I never paid £10 to play. How come you get a great price?. Please tell me your secret.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

After 1pm 👍👍👍

[@michaelcunningham3540]

Slow down on your putting,mate you'll knock 7 off your score😊

[@TWTexasA1]

I refuse to scar my clubs up on sand traps with rocks in them..👎🏼👎🏼

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

One of the reasons my 56° bunker wedge is a £1 flea market special. It's still a Taylormade :)

[@zenahesketh9802]

You keep playing the same courses in Wales James and you need to move out of the area and play in Scotland Liverpool Yorkshire London and these videos are way to short again 20 mins others put there's on for at least 1 hour video and be more interesting if you so your bad games and you need to start playing with others say it again these courses your playing in Wales there getting well you know get out your comfort zone and start playing out of Wales

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Thanks for the suggestion. I don't watch any of the golf channels that put out long 18 hole course vlogs. Too much talking, I'm always skipping forward too much. Maybe I will try a similar video and see how it goes but for now 20 min vids will be the norm...

[@zenahesketh9802]

@@notaperfectgolfer3489 ok fair enough but for you to play at your best you need to go to a total different golf courses and challenge your self and to play the best at your ability James. Because the golf courses your play I see them way to easy and alot of them I see are most par threes give your self a a new challenge and play link courses kind regards zena 👍