PGA TOUR Pro vs. Public Golf Course (Too Easy?)

What would a PGA TOUR pro shoot on a regular, public golf course, just like the ones us weekend hackers play all the time? Let's find out...
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[@Kedbuka]

Will be rooting for Brandon from here on out. What a cool guy and a terrific young player. Thanks for the video. Enjoyed it

[@Golficity]

He’s in the field this week in Napa!

[@3-wv5mm]

That was great! Brandon seems very humble & genuine. Love it!

[@lorenhanks257]

Great watching Brandon play. Love his attitude and he is so smooth.

[@arielatom68a56]

Guessing -6. Also wanted to say, this clearly isn't an easy course from the scorecard. What 'regular' course has nearly a 73 course rating from 6400 yards? Not many!

[@Golficity]

But it's a course a lot of regulars in the area play often as their local public course.

[@arielatom68a56]

@@Golficity perfectly fair! Nothing wrong with that. Just wanted to point out it wasn't quite the ol' 70 rating / 120 slope that a lot of players think of as their standard track. Love your content as well, still catching up on the whole Road to Pine Valley series that includes so many fantastic courses in NJ along the way.

[@Golficity]

@@arielatom68a56 yep; no doubt that MR is on the tougher side! Thanks for the love 🙌🏻

[@barrick4807]

@@arielatom68a56 yeah it seemed abnormally tight

[@chriskief7156]

Gotta get that click bait title in! KZbin 2024

[@LyonsGolf]

These are the best type of videos. You can hear what they think and the general concept behind the video is fantastic. It’s also tough when people say that this isn’t a normal public course, because while they may be correct, a good video needs decent greens for birdies. If you ever do a course without great conditions maybe do it at 6000 yards or so, or maybe just make sure the fairways aren’t great but the greens are still in good shape.

[@jvelez1998]

Excellent content once again gents! You have been killing it this year and very happy to see you reach over 100k subs. Brandon seems like a class act with primo talent. Keep up the great work! 🙌🙌

[@Golficity]

🙏🏼🙌🏼

[@andrewemrick5536]

Great video, this dude is so calm. Great communicator of the game too.

[@dp8904]

Unreal. Was going to comment “there’s no weakness in his game” but it’s more than that. All aspects of his game are strengths! Pains me to know my game will never be that good and consistent but I’m in awe watching him. Great content!

[@Golficity]

It really does give an amazing perspective of just how good these PGA tour guys really are. We had a lot of fun watching him do his thing!

[@McDaggenFUC]

Awesome work on the video as always guys, keep it up! Would love to see a red coloured shot tracer in the future :)

[@Golficity]

📈

[@seadonkey6913]

Nice work! Brandon is super talented and humble.

[@Golficity]

Hoping he gets that W soon!

[@yaakovbelfer1698]

Fantastic video !! Loved hearing Brandon talk through his shots .. gees u forget how much of being a pro is just being dialled in with the putter

[@deldridg]

Excellent viewing and enjoyed hearing Brandon's thought processes during the round. My son is a member of a beautiful private championship course here in Sydney, I'm at a local public course. Playing off 3, he struggles to putt on my course because it has much slower greens and a ton of un-repaired pitch marks, along with scuff marks etc. We joke that our course is harder, but it's not true at all. However, he almost always scores better on the private championship course.

[@Fitennis60]

Love these videos guys…Great to see them hit good and bad shots, then save strokes 👏

[@Golficity]

Appreciate it! Trying to line up more!

[@Thewiz729kdojdj]

public course for $110 green fees? seems pretty insane tbh, not very public

[@destroyinganxiety]

Dude that’s the reality in some places. Honestly that’s pretty cheap for public golf😂 at least if you play in some places in AZ, CA, etc.

[@josephberg7992]

@@destroyinganxiety rural wisconsin paying $40-50 for 18 with a cart, not as well kept tho

[@pivotmaster9556]

@@destroyinganxiety its not. that means you got a rich family bro there are cheap tracks everywhere

[@minibakmyke33]

you guys gotta bring back the good ol’ 2 man scramble, u guys kill those every time much love city boyss

[@mnesmith3]

Great video, #9 is such a beast of a hole. Incredible he made birdie with that drive

[@karenbaisch2868]

Tough course even from 6462 yards. 72.7 rating and 139 slope. Very difficult track. My husband played professionally for a bunch of years and said the rule of thumb for having the skills needed to make a living was to be about 6 under the course rating on average (not one in three times but average). He is new to the course so 67 would be a very good score. The course is short and Brandon is great with the wedges so 65 could happen. It is always tough first time on a course as we all know putting can make or break a round. I love videos like these, they show the local dreamer who is a plus 2 who fires a 68 on his home track that he is not going to make a living playing golf, though many think they can. What will hurt Brandon is the condition of the greens will not be what he is used to. I am guessing it will cost him a stroke or two. Another difference is the fairways on even a high end public course do not have the speed to a tour course. 15 to 20 yards less of the tee can be very common.

[@Milkywaymike]

The difference between a PGA pro pulling his shot vs me pulling my shot... He still hits the green LOL! I wish my pulled shots were still a GIR.

[@zanderwylie7172]

The color in those trees is amazing. I miss living in upstate NY

[@gloworms]

Please let me know if you would like to move into my condo with me

[@evanparsons7224]

my guy says a public course like you and I play every week and pulls up to "Mansion Ridge".

[@johngoodman5094]

I want to see these guys get on a real dog track and try it.

[@evanparsons7224]

@@johngoodman5094 right? Put some unrepaired ball marks in there for the real experience

[@DarrinWes-ij1cv]

Love the silky style of swing

[@kevinbrocklehurst5349]

Great video l nice to see how a pro plays where we do. I played this course last year so it’s even better. That seven iron he hit on #9 was money I remember how tough it was to get up that hill.

[@Golficity]

@@kevinbrocklehurst5349 number nine is one of the hardest holes out there!

[@KahuAhie]

Another great vid. Nice chap too

[@Golficity]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@voltrk4707]

Youngster has great attitude and thought process

[@mattdusterhoft7701]

The whole LIV tour is doing this video at Bolingbrook Golf this weekend.

[@Leroy-df3ee]

Sweet swing. Sweet course.

[@frankp2371]

Brandon’s “damn I pulled it” is my “wow that was the best shot I’ve ever hit”

[@mark10601]

Beautiful course

[@tompem]

12:47...."The most important part of chipping is reading the lie"....then you DON'T show us the lie...

[@alohapittsy7981]

Can you use a different color than white for the tracer, once it goes into the clouds it’s very difficult to see

[@danielstimpson707]

how can that 340 yard hole be the hardest.... just curious. any hole that gives you 3 or more club options off the tee...not usually hard.. unless green is diabolical.. lmk also, unrelated.... 90% of par 5 holes are NOT the hardest on the course (#1 rated) one bad shot can be recovered most times.

[@mnesmith3]

#9 par 5 is the hardest hole out there. It is basically impossible to reach the green in 2

[@danielstimpson707]

@@mnesmith3 its meant to reach in 3. usually 3rd shot is manageable. thats what i was thinking...

[@barrick4807]

Depends on the shape of the course if it’s in great shape -8 or better if it was in bad shape id say worse.

[@johndomutz1052]

Rnjoyed watching . I thought -8 was a bit too optimistic because of: 1) Not familiar with the course, 2) no caddie, and 3) not finiliar with the greens. Give him a couple practice rounds, and he could do -8 or better.

[@maxclifford2561]

I wouldn't call a jack nicklaus designed course a public course that hackers play all the time, give him a real goat track

[@Golficity]

This course is public. And the tee sheet is always full 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@johnbaranco7438]

Agree with this … only issue is the public course you’re thinking of the greens suck and scoring is a crap shoot especially later in the day.

[@clintsweetwater]

@@johnbaranco7438(Definition of a “true” muni) You get to the 7th green and find it is being aerated but they said nothing about this in the Pro Shop. LOL I’d like to see what a Pro would do at courses in New York City proper like Pelham/Split Rock, Van Cortlandt, Marine Park, etc. :)

[@halfwaythere1421]

Love these

[@Golficity]

Thanks! We love filming this kind of content and hope to do much more of it!

[@SOBGolf]

Y’all need to come look at my home course, Peachtree Hills CC in Spring Hope, Nc.

[@SDGolfGuy]

This course is actually really nice for public golf as well.

[@The_YouTube_Critic]

Yeah - it's a 100+ dollar course with over a 5K membership. It's not an actual "public course".

[@shammuk02]

Hes got that Tony Finau swing

[@brock3647]

You guys should ask Max Herendeen to play with you guys! Great golfer.

[@Dan-ez5qf]

Most courses golfers are liable for any damages that they cause. However, golfers can turn around and blame negligence on the golf course, even if a sign is present. As long as there is valid support that the set up of the course led to the damages caused. This is obviously dependent on the course, but an overwhelming majority. Makes me so worried when I play down narrow corridors in Florida when they are lined with 1 - 100 million dollar homes. Although most of those homes are designed for hurricane and can withstand a golf ball with no problem, take my word, for it. Don't ask how I know.

[@Jim88Karaoke]

Guessing 4 under but he did better. Brandon is cool guy. Hopefully he will get win sooner.

[@Golficity]

Maybe this week??

[@Jttw2131]

When he hits from bunker, he says, go in, go in. With me, I say, get on, get on.

[@alexfinn7989]

I didn't hear a reference of the course's slope at these tees????

[@3ofus135]

Amazing golf

[@brianbasford5469]

I wish the public course I play every week looked like that ! sheeeeeeeeeeeeesh

[@Golficity]

This is one of the nicest public courses in the area. The whole crew there do an amazing job to keep this one in great shape. Public and stacked with tee times.

[@brianbasford5469]

@@Golficity that’s awesome . i’m still watching the video . Brandon is pure ! great dude too . Where is that course . Looks up north ?

[@ButerBirdies]

Great video boys!! The questions and helpful tips are very valuable

[@christianyun-w5s]

Mansion Ridge is a tough course even from 6400 im guessing 7 under

[@tompem]

Great content...just get the video camera DOWN THE LINE on putts, not 100 feet away!

[@jiatian3064]

Notice that he did it under the noise of the drone😂

[@Handletaken4]

Unraked bunkers, bumpy spike marks, old holes, 73

[@braydenboyko8525]

I think the average golfer thinks they’ll birdie half the holes , but the greens also aren’t perfect like on tour , and they’ve never played these courses usually , even if they played one event at a course on tour , they would’ve played a few practice rounds and then 2-4 rounds after that too … but they could miss short putts because the greens aren’t as nice

[@Golficity]

That is true ... but we found a nice public gem with some great greens in the most perfect time of year!

[@braydenboyko8525]

@@Golficity yes but I’m saying that shorter doesn’t really mean lower scores for a tour pro because Brandon couldn’t even drive the greens or chose not to and then he got himself in trouble being close to the green or in short sided areas etc People shouldn’t just expect these guys to break records , nobody can make every putt on command

[@NickzGolf]

This is a tough public course.

[@Golficity]

@@NickzGolf oh it most certainly is. Tricky and sneaky. Long too.

[@hungry_arch]

So smoooooth!

[@Golficity]

Butter

[@barrick4807]

After seeing the condition of the 1st hole this should be an easy -8

[@AntoneTheGolfGuy]

Public course!? 😂😂😂

[@driggsfoss3645]

That is not an easy golf course. Granted wind is usually howling up there I’ve never played it in perfect conditions like that. Such a cool track and really well done

[@Golficity]

Agree! Thank you!

[@EricCartmenez1]

BE WU!

[@A-FrameWedge]

I was looking at Wu’s PGA Tour record and it looks like he is extremely streaky player that misses a lot of cuts, but will have some high finishes. 2024 was not a good year for him, he finished 149th in total driving, also has poor stats for scrambling and putting throughout his 3 years on tour.. Hopefully he gets it straightened out for 2025.

[@Golficity]

T13 last week!

[@A-FrameWedge]

@@Golficity I thought the 2024 season was over. Hopefully he continues to play well enough in the fall season to keep his playing privileges, although last year he did not play very well in the fall. Right now he sits at 154 on the money list, needs to improve 29 places to get into top 125. I hope he makes it, he seems humble and is a likable guy.

[@kevettmickle6064]

Elite I have never shot a bird in my life lol

[@raviolimanttn7402]

I wonder what a pro would shoot at rockland lake

[@Golficity]

Yoooooo old school. Played there so much growing up.

[@bigbusiness0]

Love the video. He's a beast!

[@Golficity]

So good. And so consistent!

[@golfmaniac007]

Should have had him play a city muni

[@CasperR-00]

🔥⛳️

[@thomascrator8183]

Everytime this is attempted the slow greens kill the pros.

[@Golficity]

He did pretty well on these ones!

[@Golfer-nc2xh]

-6 prediction

[@tomaszewskid]

whats the course name????

[@Golficity]

Mansion Ridge

[@tomaszewskid]

@@Golficity thanks! Love this video series. Is the course name usually mentioned? Am I just missing it?

[@TheHunkerBeans6841]

@@tomaszewskidwhen it shows the drone footage and the yardage, it is in bottom left of the screen

[@TheHunkerBeans6841]

p before he tees off*

[@seanrandall5045]

whose idea was a white tracer on this

[@Mistaarnold]

3 under

[@kclovesgolf]

Watching now and I bet he’ll shoot 7 under.

[@Golficity]

He was soooooo good!

[@kclovesgolf]

He was so good and so close to that 7 under! Great video guys!!

[@danielchavez85]

-6?

[@jamesconnolly3042]

Played Mansion Ridge probably a couple dozen times, love that course.

[@jamesconnolly3042]

8 under is a big ask at MR, even from those tees. So much trouble if you miss the fairway by just a smidge.

[@scottstorm7765]

6400 is not a normal public course it’s too short.

[@noledge18720]

Where in the world do you live that your public courses are over 6400 yards? The average public course is anywhere between 5900-6900 yards. 6400 is right in the sweet spot and damn near the length of every public course in PA

[@scottstorm7765]

@@noledge18720 Avg golf course length in the UK is 6600 but most will be 6800+ from the back tees.

[@noledge18720]

@scottstorm7765 this course is just under 6900 yards from the back tees. They had him play the tees a normal golfer would play which isn't the back tee. 6600 yards compared to 6400 yards is not a big difference either..

[@scottstorm7765]

@@noledge18720 yeah but a pro challenging a public course should play it from the back, otherwise it’s more of a low score shootout like playing from the front tees.

[@Bluey-b4w]

+ 4

[@williamgolden8188]

Mansion Ridge is a Jack Nickalaus signature course lol. As someone who's played it a couple of times (love this course), I would not bill it like it's a typical muni.

[@Golficity]

It's a beautiful tough layout, but it's 100% public.

[@danielstimpson707]

5 under max... really think 4 under..... no green reads from caddy, slow greens are hard for pros. Also, not a million bucks on the line!

[@ButerBirdies]

Right of the rock wall on #9 is very relatable 😅

[@Golficity]

Right?? How he made birdie there ... 🤯

[@nicholasfattizzi6168]

I can't hit the 6th fairway to save my life glad to see he ended up right also

[@txterbug]

I wish you would just show the damn shots

[@barrick4807]

This makes me feel like I could compete lol

[@Golficity]

What's your handicap? We're looking to shoot a new series with + handicap/elite golfers.

[@barrick4807]

+2

[@barrick4807]

@@Golficity id love to be apart of that.

[@tmooregolfer]

Why idin't the Golficity boys play to see if playing with a pro helped them concentrate and play well ?

[@Golficity]

Another idea! But for these, there is nothing better than just watching (and filming) them first hand. It's insanely fun.

[@nathanwilliams4179]

26:25 until he gets hit by a pro v1 lol

[@Blackcloud319]

I think I he will shoot -9. 🫡

[@Golficity]

🙌🏻