I Beat a Scratch Golfer... [NORTHVIEW GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB - RIDGE COURSE]

[@mattcourtney6002]

More with Nash! Fun watching/listening to you two work together and still “compete.”

[@rlee99p]

Thanks for spreading mental health awareness and awesome videos!

[@michaelbotha5488]

Absolutely love your sponsor today! Love the mental health awareness❤

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks Michael. Glad to have them as a channel sponsor, as I've used BetterHelp for a while.

[@rheathesaturnmoon9124]

Love watching the matches, they’re quite entertaining and I always like the anticipation of part 2

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks!!

[@haydenredl2919]

This match seemed like a lot of fun. Just a casual match between two friends. Taking it seriously, but not so seriously that it ruins the fun. Good stuff

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks bud. Next time you me & Nash?

[@haydenredl2919]

@@NotAScratchGolfer Absolutely! Just have to find ourselves in the same province someday haha

[@nicklj24]

Great vid. Good golf from both of you. Definitely like to see more of Nash

[@harrisonwendland]

Loved watching this. Your personality out there is so awesome. And... this is the best birdie sound effect

[@yt551217]

Well played, good entertainment, thanks. I’m sure you know your putting is pretty amazing. For my own 5 hcp game, I keep an estimate of “strokes gained putting” compared to what I know tour guys do (they’re 50% at 7 ft, 10% at 30 ft etc. I’m usually losing 2 to 3 full strokes per 18. Your putting over this 18 was tour level. Great job. Love to see more of Nash. These great players just hit solid shots one after another and then take care of business on the short game. Make it seem so simple.

[@DDavidDVD]

You might not be scratch golfer, but the way you sink those 15 footers is definitely better than most +handicap golfers

[@steveschwab922]

Great match Adam. Nash seems to help your game.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks, Steve! Yeah, I was very happy to drop a good round in front of Nash :p

[@nashkassam5632]

When did you do that?! 😜

[@fatsidekick]

You and Nash would be GREAT scramble partners. His ball striking and your short game would be great.

[@jhamelin119]

To shoot 5 over on the ridge course is really good. Its a hard course, very impressive. A bad day for a low handicapper on that course is well into the mid 80's or worse.

[@fitzg002]

Yes, Nash is a very good fit for the channel!

[@DanielSong39]

Great back 9, that's two really good rounds back to back Hopefully your handicap will go down to the 5 range soon!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks, Daniel! The videos I post aren't always chronological. The last video (at Tobiano) was actually filmed over a year ago. This round with Nash was last week. Have dropped some good scores recently but also a TON of poor ones. Cap hovering in the low 8s at the moment. Hoping to get it back into the 5s or 6s in the coming months!

[@DanielSong39]

@@NotAScratchGolfer If you keep playing like you did last week you'll be a 5 in no time!

[@Softouch333]

I’d love to have Nash’s tempo and that butter draw. It was instructive (but unfortunate) that wrist soreness cancelled the draw. Tells us something about release as being so critical to a draw shape. Great video and yes, more Nash please.

[@Dan_BCtoAZ]

Great back nine, well done. Some good decisions and you struck the ball well. Your misses were better as well, and a bit of luck always helps. 🍻

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks, Dan! When do you go to AZ?

[@Dan_BCtoAZ]

@@NotAScratchGolfer we live here (Scottsdale/Grayhawk) full-time but after the crazy heat this summer we are going to move back to Victoria and just winter down here when we are ready to retire.

[@gcoffey223]

Really good format. New SUB

[@IvanProsper]

i love this channel so much. so many great videos. you've got a great bunch of mates and I love the respect and the competitiveness. My only question now is when do Adams Golf start sponsoring you?! :)

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks, Ivan! And lolll

[@laraheller0103]

Great video! Love watching your videos. I wish someone could teach me how to play😅

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks! Check out SwingTweaks ;)

[@JJimbo-uf7pu]

Well done!

[@denonhogue8623]

Yes that was fun

[@thetowndrunk988]

Awesome round on the back, dude.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thank you!

[@somerealaveragegaming5380]

Soft from Nash

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

lol

[@pulsegummy]

Adam can we please get a new what’s in the bag

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Recording it today! Will be live some time this month or next.

[@Oscardawg]

It amazed me that, tbh, your swings look flat, as you mentioned in the other comments. And your distance is average casual men’s golfers distance. Yet you can score so well, comparing to most weekend warriors. How do you do that? I think it’s the straight shots and the accuracy of the distance control? Anyways, appreciate your videos which show us that you dont have to drive 300 yards to be single handicap. Good game!

[@WindsurfFlorida]

Nice sunset

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Yeah it was a nice day. Sadly we were stuck behind two tournaments and played a 5+ hour round :p

[@doeshin]

Man you are a putting phenom

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks :p

[@AmericasQB_KirkCousins]

Can you make a video on how to get out of a golf scoring slump, especially when you cannot play everyday (due to winter) ? I am a 17 year old 8 handicap but I am currently playing like a 15 handicap.

[@GHOSTOFEIGHT]

Don't go searching for something that isn't there. Just keep playing. Just like life, it'll eventually end.

[@christophersedenquist7193]

Identify what is the biggest factor causing your poor scores, practice it for a couple weeks, and go to the course for a round. Repeat. Golf is a never ending process of fixing your mistakes, slumps happen to the best of us. I had a 4 month slump with driver, had to go to the range almost weekly without playing rounds to sort it out. It will come back eventually… sigh lol

[@AmericasQB_KirkCousins]

@@GHOSTOFEIGHT I can't play at all during the winter. I live in Minnesota.

[@AmericasQB_KirkCousins]

@@christophersedenquist7193 haha ok will do thanks

[@GHOSTOFEIGHT]

Well, RIP dude lol. @@AmericasQB_KirkCousins

[@mlo6459]

On the 18th your drive rolled out to 366 yds?

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Nah. Check out the overview of the hole I showed on the teebox. Split fairway hole. Using the right fairway shaves serious yards off the hole.

[@mlo6459]

@@NotAScratchGolfer oh ok...thought maybe swing tweaks had turned you into Rory! ;-)

[@jackbsyme2271]

I'm sorry but Adam hit a 370+ yard drive on 18?? What elevation is that

[@nashkassam5632]

This hole has a double fairway and im guessing the 530 length is if you play up the left side. When you go up the right the hole gets shorter. Also plays downhill and tees were up. Drive was probably 270-285 in actuality. He did out drive my 3 wood so thats good for adam 😜…

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

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[@MrUnfragged]

Adam. your backswing is extremely long. has anyone ever mentioned that? it's really hard to hit the ball straight with that much length in the swing. Not being mean here just curious. Great video once again. GW

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks for the kind words! And re: the overswing, yes, I hear about it frequently and it's something I always ask about when I get lessons. I've yet to have a Pro tell me to shorten up the swing, though. It seems there's much lower hanging fruit to tackle in my swing before getting to this.

[@MrUnfragged]

Ok. Watch a video with your backswing and compare it to any tour player. I find this inexcusable that not one “pro” has addressed it. Trust me it might be the main thing that improves your game. Your swing is fine. Path looks ok, face control is good. Setup looks solid. Try taking some half backswings on the range and let me know the results. GW

[@DaxAllred]

What would you say is the most important thing to have a single digit handicap?

[@GHOSTOFEIGHT]

Ball striking.

[@GolfSidekick]

Lots of pubic hair

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

1) Keeping the ball in play - can't lose multiple strokes to hazards/OB each round 2) Having a very tidy game inside 100 yards

[@manfredigl2998]

I followed now for several years and I wonder how you managed to increase your numbers along the way… I can’t recall exactly but haven’t you hit a 5 iron in the past from arround 160 yards where you hit now a 7? Also your drives have been much shorter. I can’t see you having changed your swing dramatically…

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Hey Manfred! I've probably gained about one club of distance in the last few years. No major swing changes but I've probably added just a bit of speed. Conditions are a major factor, too. Winters in the Pacific Northwest are cold/wet. My stock 7i may only go ~145 in the Winter here, whereas in the Summer it's comfortably a 155 club. Of course, there's also slope & wind to account for, too. Hence why I may pull an 8i from any yardage fro 120-155.

[@cq257]

for the algo! lol

[@dionath]

I'd be a decent golfer if I never thinned (topped) or shanked/scuffed/thicked it

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Me too!

[@JohnSmith-tz7iy]

If you beat a scratch golfer, that makes you a scratch golfer

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Wouldn't this be nice

[@jacobshi8603]

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