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True dat. Though it's ok if you're saying them to your opponent 🤪 I kid I kid

@@upbeatgolfer no you don’t, and that makes you a man! A true friend would say those things to me and pass me a beer!

My pleasure! So glad it's helpful 😃

Super helpful! Absolutely love your content

​@@robertalford3896 thanks! Haha but I'm assuming you meant upbeat golfers content!

I'm glad he rubbed off on you! I have a buddy who's super self-deprecating but once in a while he'll say "watch this" and hit a ridiculously good shot. I'm like "why don't you say that every time?!" It's almost like being cocky can turn on a different mode in our heads (as long as we turn down the volume on the doubting voices in there...)

We totally are! But the great thing about that is it's totally in our control to fix, and it takes way less time than we think. When I learned this, I changed overnight - it was awesome. Did you change your expectations after those rounds?

Glad to hear it! Thanks for the question! And please do let me know if it works for you 🙂

You got it! Glad you found it helpful!

@@upbeatgolfer super helpful - went out today and applied your ideas and had one of my top 10 rounds of the season. And had more fun not pouting and being mad at myself.

😂😂😂

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat! That is awesome! Thanks for all the support Matt - you're the best!

Got a link to the merch?

Yup! Custom headcovers at MoR Golf on Etsy. www.etsy.com/listing/1727342722/upbeat-golfer-mor-golf-headcovers-driver?click_key=6f0425ef380c90704227bf8689043f73cad9babd%3A1727342722&click_sum=d34eac08&ref=shop_home_active_1&pro=1&frs=1 Also if you use "Upbeatgolfer" as a promo code you get 20% off if you buy any two products from MoR Golf. Lmk if you get one! 😃

100%. Your mental talk also makes you delightful to play with 😃

Thanks - glad you find it helpful! Lmk how it went on course! And if you haven't seen the diagram Jeff was talking about, here it is: www.reddit.com/r/golf/comments/cpw5f4/ben_hogans_ball_positioning/

@@upbeatgolfer welllllll last Friday didn’t go so well, BUT, having this knowledge in the arsenal is still super helpful! Just gotta keep grinding away and keep on strutting!

Yup 44.5 is the playing length. (It's way below stock though I hear some companies are starting to go a little shorter, maybe 45.5 now?) Re: the tour 120 x-flex -- seriously! It just feels so awesome, especially when I swing it right it just feels like the ball just takes off. And re: wedges - that TW grind is so good I can't believe more people don't use it. Is your 60 just a straight up low bounce grind, or something special? I replaced a Vokey 60 L-grind with 4deg of bounce with the TW 60 and it actually works better for me because it's so versatile from all the lies (even though it's listed as having 11deg of bounce - the leading edge grind lets me pick the ball clean from tighter lies.

@@upbeatgolfer my qi10 is 45.75, but I’m getting an inch cut off when I get the proper weight for the head. As for my 60, is the lbv grind has 7 degrees of bounce. I guess it’s similar to the vokey v grind they had offered in the past, but not positive. It’s a really awesome grind for us shallow players. In regards to the tw grind as you know it’s 12 degrees of bounce, but doesn’t really play like a normal 12 degree wedge cause of the grind

Ha great call. I'm a bit lazy so I have them in my email 😃 Do you change your lie angles and lofts at all?

@@upbeatgolfer I play Titleist 710 (mainly to look cool) don’t change loft but play 1.5 degrees flat of standard (probably because I’m not exactly tall) My clubsmith is old school and prefers hard copies for notes. I’m a big fan of slightly shorter shafts on woods. Just recently discovered that (I could afford the loss of distance, I might be a short old man (49) but I still generate some speed)

@@upbeatgolfer new follower so I’ll be catching up on your videos!!

Hah that is taking it to another level

Thank you! Glad you liked it! 😃

HAHAHAHA true dat 😃

Thanks mate - glad you like it! Always great hearing from other Kiwis, so great having you here 😃

Love it! I'm a huge fan of making your own adjustments to the setup - love the ones you listed!

@@upbeatgolfer totally agree with you on strutting. Absolutely love my remote control cart. Couldn’t strut without it (as I cannot afford a caddy). Swaggiest strut on tour has to belong to Rory. That guy walks with swag

100%! My pleasure - glad you liked them!

I'm guessing you mean me standing over the ball?! Haha yeah I was trying to get everything right during the lesson - sometimes I actually don't have more swing thoughts but space out and keep doing waggles without anything really going on in my head. On the course though, I try to go with one swing thought (these days it's "stay behind the ball" ).

Thanks dude! I definitely think the positivity is THE key (hence being an Upbeat Golfer) -- I used to spend too much time on focusing on what was wrong instead of what I wanted and how to get there. Now I focus on being accurate (not too negative or positive) with what's actually happening, giving myself credit for what I HAVE accomplished, and having faith that I will figure out whatever's next and enjoy the process (even when it's frustrating). It's working! Thanks again for noticing and for commenting, it means a lot! And great having you here!

Great points, thanks for sharing!

Fair enough! I think the coffee and warm up are really big ones. Is it working for you? And tracking is a personal thing -- I now use Arccos sensors to do the shot/strokes gained tracking for me, but I use my scorecard for tracking whatever I'm working on at the time (e.g. having a precise target for every shot, or having good mental focus on every shot etc.).

@@upbeatgolfer ok - will think about how to improve tracking. I am improving and mostly because a better mental focus. But still must to gain here.

It's called On Form. It's been really helpful for me because of that VoiceOver feature so I can watch the videos later.

@@upbeatgolfer Thank you so much! I’m a PGA pro and I’ve been giving lessons for quite sometime now and I’ve been looking for a good app for swing analysis and this looks way better than what I’ve tried!

Thanks dude! That means a lot! I saw some of yours too, what a swing! And I love the 325yd drives in Crocs 😃

@@upbeatgolfer Thank you sir! if you find yourself in SoCal (SD area) let me know, there's a few courses out here that are very nice!

I don't know enough about the Malaska move (just watched a quick video on it) but it does look similar! I think it's really about finding the right words for you to understand what you want to do, whether it be "shallowing the club" or "pulling the handle down" as Malaska says. Personally I have to be careful of focusing on pulling the handle down because I can get too armsy on the downswing 😅

Wow - great stuff! That is a totally new use of that phrase! I'm gonna try it 😃

It's a tip from Rory that he got from Jack Nicklaus -- in the takeaway, pretend there are razor blades just outside your hands so you need to keep your hands close to your right thigh as you take them back. He explains it in this video (it's free, but you have to log in with an email to see it) www.golfpass.com/watch/golf-features/tip-15-rory-mcilroy-razor-blade-takeaway

@@upbeatgolfer Thank you. Very good short and to the point explanation.

Glad you liked it! Thanks for letting me know 😃

Glad you liked it, and thanks for the kind words! I'm not sure if Jeff teaches a one-plane swing, but I put his details in the description if you want to drop him an email and check!

Glad you liked it! Anything stand out to you in particular? And congrats on the single digit hcp! That is a big milestone. I feel you on the days out of sequence piece 😅 -- have you found a solution to reduce the frequency of those?

OK. stop at the top Iguess

Yup, that's it. Take a backswing, stop at the top, and then make your downswing. Tiger apparently hated this drill but it was super effective for him. (There's a video of him and Butch Harmon on Golf Channel Academy talking about it from ~2001)

I agree! My favorite part of working with him is that he understands that everyone has a different swing and works with your tendencies/preferences, vs. trying to fit you into a specific Pro's swing (I've had that happen in the past). He's made a huge difference in my game over the last few years.

Thank you - you're too kind! 🙂

Thanks - glad you liked it! 😃

Great call! Thanks for mentioning that - think I'll fish my extra club weight out of the garage!

Thanks bud - glad you found it useful! 😃

My pleasure - glad you liked it! 100% agree on the 80% piece -- it's hard to remember on the course sometimes when the urge to get those extra 20y kicks in 😅

Love it. Thanks!

Glad you liked it! What do you think the next steps are for you?

That would be fun! I'll look into it, unless you know him personally?