The Real Difference: Scratch Golf vs. 9 Handicap

[@GolfSidekick]

AF66 Just got sucked into trying to keep up with Nash. Easy +1 for the nine holes with just 3-4 different decisions for Adam. 90% of scratch golfers not going to be within 2 shots of Nash over these 9 holes.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Broda! Yeah Nash isn't a scratch, he's considerably better. And I am...not a scratch golfer. We need our best ball scramble team: me, you, Nash, and...?

[@GolfSidekick]

@@NotAScratchGolfer Sam King

[@interference7480]

I'll be the 4th

[@Dan_BCtoAZ]

Love your videos! I’m no expert by any means, I’m a 55 year old 7 handicap, I was a 2 at 30 years old, however, the difference I see is his swing is just better therefore his misses are better. Your swing is so flat you are very prone to thin shots because of your attack angle. That being said, you are a fantastic golfer, with the skill-set you have, and are much better than 95% of the rest of the world. It’s really hard to break 80 for 95% of golfers.

[@NFiltr8Red]

Took the words out of my mouth, our guy here could attach his club to a hollahoop and still make better contact. Time to change your swing bro, EVEN THE PROS DO IT.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks, Dan! Yeah, my swing is flat as a pancake, and I just don't have the will or desire to commit to changing it. Appreciate the kind words!

[@maximedv4885]

​@@NotAScratchGolferjust do it why would you now want to improve

[@JR-xi2ht]

@@NotAScratchGolferwhy not just use swing tweaks ?

[@wadesworld6250]

Love the banter between you two. Very useful commentary to hear from both sides. Adam's swing tweak: "Swing like Nash." :)

[@swingtweaks]

Everyone could learn a bit from Nash's swing. :)

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

lollll

[@LEV1ATHYN]

If anyone is wondering, prior to 2019 a double tap incurred a penalty. Post rule changes this type of accident counts as a single stroke.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thank the golf gods.

[@jaidencatton]

Just thought I would mention a tip you can implement into you swing which will substantially change your game. Try keep the back swing shorter and keep the club pointing towards the sky. Keeps the swing impacted and you can generate more power and speed as a result. Hope it helps.

[@Wolfman-pd3wc]

That is really insightful and will help me in the future in my aspirations as a golfer! 😀

[@AB-nv7bz]

Agreed. He loses so much power taking the club so far back. The first 1/4 of the downswing is getting the club back on plane.

[@silletjevanviersen5253]

His base is not good hè should train the line of the club because at first it goed to far back and then hé criss crosses

[@ryanatkinson9622]

I was just randomly watching this and was like - “Hey that’s Northview!” lol

[@danielhowell167]

I could watch Nash swing all day. Such good tempo, such simple but precise mechanics. Smooth rotation. The stuff of dreams!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

It's a treat to watch. It's funny, I have a few other friends of his calibre. They all seem to have their own "thing." Nash's tempo and consistency of strike are on another level.

[@tj_seaton]

First time seeing ya'lls vids! good stuff! Ill be watching

[@skizzot91r]

man you really been making me wanna get a range finder... i use 18 birdies but sometimes i just dont trust it lol

[@PJTBMRGAC]

18birdies user here as well. I finally had to get a range finder. 18B is great if you don't know a course layout or want to see things off the tee. 150 and in, range finder is undefeated.

[@Vitrotsky]

You played so well against a 2 handicap. But flopped on your tournament. Never playing tournaments.. does it take that much difference playing tournaments versus having fun against a better golfer?

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Good question! I guess the empirical answer would be yes.

[@jimmythorpe65]

He’s a plus 2.8 handicap

[@davejohn255]

Great vid, you edited great.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thank you!

[@TheBigBananaaa]

It looks like Adam is hitting push shots because his weight isn’t on the left side at impact > Nash is turning and covering the ball on his left side with a draw swing ✅

[@EldredMerricks]

Hurry up we wanna see the back 9 - awesome stuff love to see it does Nash have a channel?

[@nashkassam5632]

Not yet. But i am hoping to get into the golf content game one day!

[@DanielSong39]

@@nashkassam5632 Would love to see your buddy on there too! Dude is a serious player!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Yeah it's such a treat to watch him play.

[@whaleshark2625]

Loved the dual commentary - I would love to see a version of this with you/Nash and a mid-80s player (from a strategy/intended shot perspective). Would also love to see a longer video on your putting drills/practice routine!

[@GolfOnTap]

I volunteer as tribute!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Love this ida. Nash has a twin bro who took up golf a year or two ago. He plays of 10-15. Nash, should we get him out?

[@whaleshark2625]

That would be a blast@@NotAScratchGolfer​. I think I would find it particularly interesting aon a course that is new to all three of you - as I feel like that really highlights how both golfers "think", "select", then "play" shots.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Will try to make it happen!@@whaleshark2625

[@whaleshark2625]

Amazing@@NotAScratchGolfer ! Thank you!

[@LorentzInvariance]

Great video!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks!

[@obrothernotagain4668]

Enjoy the dual commentary as well! It's great to hear a second person's thoughts about your game

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks! Will be doing more with Nash.

[@djd1227]

Love the channel. Could I ask, how tall are you?

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks! I stand a towering 5'6.

[@olafforkbeard4782]

Just a thought- the outro music is great, but it starts really early. Y’all we’re a long way from wrapping up when it started, and it feels like a cue to the audience that the most important stuff has already happened.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

This is great feedback and you're right. Gonna work on this.

[@thetedsingh]

@@NotAScratchGolfer I kept thinking that something was going to happen when the music started. Make the outro shorter

[@RSWP2012]

I really like this format!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks!

[@sirdylanthomas]

Love seeing Nash enforce the rules 😂

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Lol yep. I like to think I'm pretty rules compliant out there but he was dead right on that drop.

[@DanielSong39]

Nash is an excellent golfer, I would give him a good chance against Micah and Garrett I still think Grant is slightly better though (he's really improved his game ever since he left GM Golf/Good Good)

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

I don't watch those guys enough to know (no slight against those guys, ironically I just don't watch a ton of golf content). I will say that it's tough to judge a guy's playing ability based off of a round or two on YT. I notice that every time I upload a vid where Nash goes a few under thru 9, he gets a ton of praise in the comments. But every time he shoots even or a handful over par on 9 holes (has happened before and will happen again), a few naysayers show up in the comments insisting that he's not a scratch. Funny stuff.

[@DanielSong39]

@@NotAScratchGolfer Grant was a scholarship athlete in college, played in two mini-tour events this year and had a high finish in one, middle of the pack in another. Not sure how Nash got so good at golf, was he a scholarship athlete in college as well?

[@TheVillest]

mini tours are another level in itself. especially playing on the florida courses that are much much longer and challenging than a course like this. no knock on these guys. you play what you play but levels of courses make a ton of difference js @@DanielSong39

[@Eastmaniac]

9 for 9 greens in reg is something i dream of.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Right? Don't think I've ever done it.

[@and5336]

Nice video. Northview courses are so overpriced.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks! Yeah I've noticed green fees everywhere are on the rise. Frustrating.

[@chrisb1809]

Are all these matches part of league or club bracket - or are you just often playing matches with friends?

[@nashkassam5632]

Just matches with friends!

[@DanielSong39]

@@nashkassam5632 You should play in a mini-tour event just for kicks We would be rooting for you!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Yeah just friendly matches with buddies. Don't think Nash has played on mini tours, but a few provincial and national amateur events in Canada.

[@kalemkrebs6222]

Amazing golf! You inspire me to be better … i am a 9.7 with a huge problem with getting off the tee. What is the background music you used around 12:00 in the video if you don’t mind me asking

[@jamesbdavidson4540]

Adam, the double tap was hilarious 😅, driver is clearly improving & putting as always is elite. Just a pure roll on the greens, inspirational 👍 Nash's game is another level 9 GIR great ball striking 👏👏

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks, James!

[@JackJarv]

4:43 what software are you using for the course flyover?

[@Papih_id]

Keep up the good work!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks!

[@pperrier14]

Love the chirps back and fourth boys

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

haha thanks. I find I tend to be pretty stiff/wooden when narrating by myself and it's nice to have somebody else to banter with.

[@wdiddy1]

Nash 9/9 GIR is impressive!

[@DanielSong39]

He played like a pro!

[@MrUnfragged]

Death by a thousand cuts lol

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Indeed!

[@PNW_Sportbike_Life]

Adam, you should have Nash on more often; he’s a fantastic golfer that meshes well with you

[@nashkassam5632]

Ya adam, have nash out more!

[@DanielSong39]

I want to see him shoot in the mid 60's (I'm certain he has a few of those a year)

[@nashkassam5632]

@@DanielSong39 worse year on record for a while (i blame my 1 year old son) but i had a couple 65’s and a handful of solid high 60’s rounds which coulda been low and just wasn’t.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Nash, sounds like we have more golf to play. Not a bad thing.

[@健爸]

Wow at my favorite course!! But the pace was super slow the last time I went. Spent like 5 hours and waiting on every hole 😓

[@haydenredl2919]

Great video. Fun to see the two different mindsets or strategies and options available to golfers of different skill levels

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks!

[@lens7859]

Nash has a great swing and tempo

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

So so good.

[@billquinn556]

Adam, Your driving distance average was 256 yds, and all but one drive was in the fairway. Did you have any penalty strokes ? No matter how much we work on our short games, VERY FEW of us have that kind of distance and accuracy off the tee. So I think your premise/suggestion "How do we attack the course if we're not a scratch golfer?", or that most people can shoot low scores by keeping it simple, or limiting mistakes, is a bit misleading. As an aside: I think if your work on your short irons and short game, you'll be a scratch golfer.

[@cameronmciver7588]

I think the miss at 8:40ish plus the tee shot, and comment, just before are telling You’re holding on to some stuff and your body knows it. Thanks for the great golf content Adam!

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

You're right, and thanks!

[@SlimShady-hk8qp]

So you have to be in the + to be considered a scratch golfer? I feel like +3 is a different level than scratch

[@shREDhead44]

I’m gonna imagine that the top I heard pop on #4 was a refreshing, cold adult beverage. 😂

[@nashkassam5632]

Spoiler alert for the back…i may have over-served myself…

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

It was

[@WorldFix572]

how the hell do you hit your driver straight with a swing like that

[@digs-]

8:43 I’ve never seen someone do that before lol

[@pmoneyish6869]

It's so interesting how different playstyles can be but handicaps the same. I'm a 9 as well and today I had 2 birdies, 8 pars, 1 dbl bogey, 1 triple bogey!, 6 bogeys for an 81. I had 3 drives of 320-330 yards, 2 of which I ended with a birdie, but I had 3 3 putts as well. I also lost 2 balls because of driver. It's really the consistency of driver/irons which you can see in the video as well. That scratch is just way more consistent and probably confident because of it. My back 9 was 39 and front 42 so it's not like it's a fatigue thing. It's almost like scratch golfers feel like they never forget their groove for their swing. I constantly feel like I find and lose my groove for my swings. Like hole 17 I bombed 330 straight over trees cutting a dogleg left. Next drive I slice it into trees. Next hole another slice driver. Every drive I wonder who will show up. Big hitter or big slicer. It's gotta feel nice to almost always feel confident you know what you're going to get.

[@Amlaxbro]

gotta watch through till the end boys, get rolled Nash 🤣

[@NFiltr8Red]

Time for a swing Change.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

lol

[@GHOSTOFEIGHT]

8:46 why does that guy looks so mad? What's his problem?

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Lol that's Lewis and he's great.

[@GHOSTOFEIGHT]

ohh ok. He seemed so frustrated. Thought he was a random. @@NotAScratchGolfer

[@12OZK12]

"all you have to do is to match the line and speed" as opposed to what lol?

[@EthanHart]

Like the vid, but Nash needs to learn how to fix a pitch mark. Footage on 3 hurt to watch.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

I was going to put you on blast but then I re-watched the vid and tend to agree. @Nash, care to defend yourself? lol

[@EthanHart]

@@NotAScratchGolfer I just gotta call like 'em like I see 'em haha. TBF, I would the VAST majority of players, even really good players, repair pitch marks incorrectly.

[@jeffee1933]

My best round ever was on the Ridge Course. PS. Does Nash’s shirt have cocktail shrimp 🍤 on it?

[@Amlaxbro]

Doing my yearly check in, glad to see your channel is growing! Keep up the great work!

[@mercertj]

I'd love to play with any of these teachers. I can guarantee absolutely none of them would ever see me break 100.

[@KheavenYT]

Ridge is an absolute beauty of a course to play, I like it better than canal simply because less water hazards. Beautiful round lads

[@JBJHonez]

“Match the line and speed”. Ya don’t say

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

lol

[@ZaxDrumsandGolf]

Great video Adam!! I think your driving has really improved!! Keep up the good work!!🏌‍♂⛳👍

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Thanks bud!

[@Monochrome93]

Is Nash playing with the Mizuno 223 irons?

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

No he’s playing Callaway irons. Forget the model.

[@DreGolfs]

I've played with Nash. Super pure player.

[@MichaelOrr1984]

What irons does Adam use

[@ffinkral]

Would love to see the difference in your golf grips.

[@Teddytayto88]

11.3 is the difference. You're welcome.

[@jordanlamson9453]

Drop on 8 seems potentially questionable?

[@method341]

Nash has a great, simple swing. Good vid!

[@bruceseaman6592]

Par 5 greens in 2 is the main benefit of big hitters

[@n4369149]

@7:23 huh....... the simulation is real

[@1shotkyle442]

So when you’re considered a scratch golfer I’m assuming you Should be playing from the tips no ? Just my opinion. I hit the ball decently far and if I play up in tees I’m hitting wedges and 9 irons all day.

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

I don't subscribe to this train of thought, personally. I'm more of a "play wherever makes you happy" guy. Regardless of handicap index, sometimes it's fun to tee it forward to challenge yourself to go low. Sometimes it's nice to be social by joining your playing partners where they're comfortable (like Nash did in this case). Sometimes the weather conditions dictate teeing it forward or back, etc. Just my $0.02.

[@pmoneyish6869]

Today I hit a 320 and 330 driver middle of fairway. I'm a big hitter like you as well and a 9 handicap. End of last year my buddies and I decide to play 1 round on the most forward tees. I thought I'd destroy the course but I honestly still shot my normal score. Different hazards came into play and so it ended up being the same. idk I was surprised honestly.

[@tiihpiiman]

You can remove rocks in a hazard, don’t you?

[@blitz6593]

Your double tap is 2 strokes. You don't get to just laugh it off ha ha

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Check the new rulebook ;)

[@MrWoodroe]

this was fun to watch

[@james_wedlock_music]

Zapping the pin with a range finder from 14 yards is a strange one...

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

So I can show the distance to the pin in the video

[@james_wedlock_music]

Ah okay makes sense@@NotAScratchGolfer

[@NeweraGolf]

U got a super flat swing nothing wrong w that tho! Good golfing and keep it up

[@jbweezer]

Yum L 0

[@JonnyPlaysGolf]

+2.8 is borderline pro level! Great comparison though

[@cedwards889]

If everyone of his rounds were played at TPC Sawgrass, from the tips, he'd still be 3 or 4 shots away from a tour player. In reality, he probably averages 74.5 per round and he has a handful of under par rounds and a bunch of 72 & 73s, to make up his top 8 of 20. Tour pros don't get to have 12 bad rounds that don't count. Comparing ams to pros with using HCs is an effort in futility. He's still a great player. Better than 99.97% of players on Earth, but the gap between him and the 150th ranked PGA tour pro could be measured in lightyears.

[@PNW_Sportbike_Life]

@@cedwards889well said really. Handicapped golfers simply aren’t in the same realm as tour players

[@JonnyPlaysGolf]

@@cedwards889 agreed, but there are also plenty of pro players that are chalk and cheese compared with those on the DP World and PGA Tours

[@DanielSong39]

I think he's pretty similar to Garrett and Micah BustaJack is about that level too

[@nashkassam5632]

Hey It’s Nash from the video, agree with everything you guys are saying, if anything you guys are being too nice. One of my buddies plays on the canadian tour (so two steps away from the big leagues!) and when we play he routinely beats me by 4-6 shots easy - thats at least 20 shots over a 4 day tourney. It’s tough for me to express how insanely good the guys on tour are, at most levels. At best I could be a decent playing club pro, but i certainly dont have the short game or the stones to compete on any of the tours where you can make a living doing so! Just my two cents!

[@ryanklemm6137]

sorry but a double hit is still 2 shots...thats a double...

[@NotAScratchGolfer]

Sorry you are incorrect. They changed this rule a few years ago.

[@AnulBead]

“Whaddaplaya!” Yessir lol