The best Mondays are when we get a new video from NASG! I went out the other day after watching lots of your videos to improve mindsets even during bad rounds, and ended up shooting under 90. Always enjoy your content! BTW, insane putt on the first hole!
great question. I can’t find the exact post, but you shared one of your videos where you go low and share your philosophy, and a lot of the comments just focused on how you don’t have a tik tok perfect swing or accuse you of being a phenomenal up and down player while completely missing the points you were trying to make.
One of the big things I learned is to not have an ego when a playing partner says "I am hitting a 9 iron" and you know you need to hit a 7 but choose to hit a 8 or 9 instead. No one cares what club you hit and the only one judging you is yourself.
Thank you so much. I have no idea how you managed to drop a...tip? I don't know what this feature is even called haha. In any event, that's incredibly kind of you. Thanks for the kind words and the well wishes. Looking forward to healing up and posting more stuff soon :)
Thank you for always sharing your golf journey with us, Adam. I know I look forward to everyone of your videos. That long putt on the first hole, just phenomenal.
Great approach! An 80 with 3 doubles and an 8 differential. I need to remind myself that it doesn't take sub 80 every round to get to an 8 hcp (my goal this year). 🙂
Love the approach. 3 doubles and an 80 (8 differential). Good stuff. I need to remind myself that it doesn't take sub 80 every round to get down to an 8 hcp (my goal this year). 🙂
First time watching your channel, love it!! I was kinda surprised when you went to the sponsor and I realized you were Ben stiller playing golf. Awesome! 😂
Great video today as always. Your stats are always interesting and what complements them is your mindset as you approach your next shot. Always great and something to strive for in my own game. Thanks for posting.
Another great video. Your channel has done wonders for my mental game. A quote I’m trying to repeat often these days is: the next shot can always be the best shot of your day
@@NotAScratchGolfernot until late April at best in the prairies. But I have a Palm Springs trip coming up soon and might do another hot trip in March/April so will add a round or two there.
One of my favorite quotes, which I first heard from a Vsauce video, goes as follows: "Stuff in your past is like a carving on the bark of a sapling. Over time, the scar, the carving, won't go away. Because of the way trees grow, it won't go up or down much either, it'll just stay right where it began, it might even get darker. But it won't get bigger. You, however, can; you can keep growing, doing more things, more branches, being more things. The wound won't get smaller, but you can make it a smaller part of who you are. Maybe regrets are like that. They stick around forever, like Arborglyphs...". Personally, I try to keep this in the back of my mind while playing golf. Each individual shot is just a part of who we are, and at the end of the day, one bad shot is only one of hundreds of thousands we will make in our lifetime. All we can do is accept it and enjoy the process. Nice video!
Great vid! Just played this course on vacation, nice job parring #18. My tee shot ended up in some water on the right-hand side I didn't know was there. Tougher course than it looks.
Somebody once told me that when you hit the golf ball it's the end result of everything you've done up to that point. I always thought that was good advice. Also thank you for your videos and I love the fact you play in the Coachella Valley on courses I've been around often. Keep up the good work
Hey Adam, great video! Wondering if you have any tips for keeping a productive mindset when you are having an uncharacteristically good round through a few holes? I tend to have a lot of nerves about messing up a solid round with a blowup hole. Thanks!
Haha this is a circumstance I don't face often :p I've played enough golf to know that being even thru 15 or 3-over thru 4 doesn't really matter. I was 3-over thru 4 in my best round ever. And I've shot in the 90s after being even thru 9. So, my general strategy is to just keep playing golf, treating each shot independently, etc. The scores will manifest as they will.
Great playing Adam! If there's such a thing as a good double, you had two of them with those par threes where you shanked it. While working at a place called Garland Lodge and Golf Resort in Lewiston, Michigan this past summer, I worked for a PGA pro by the name of Matt McArdle, who used to work at this course you just played.
@ Ain’t that the truth. Also, I broke even par for the first time this year. I shot a 69 on a par 70 (67.3 Rating/120 Slope) not a super hard course but it was mid-November and it was super cold.
Your "if" score was really good. 76 if hit the good ones first on the par 3's. Could have had a couple more putts go for 74. To be fair, first hole could have missed = 75. 😊 Point being, was a very good day and not far at all from being a phenomenal round. Excellent demonstration of not letting a few shots ruin your day. I try to remind myself that I am not good enough to get angry and even if I was...it doesn't do any good -- with the exception of a walloped drive occasionally -- which is more than offset by the more likely near complete miss.
When you shank it, it appears that you are transferring your weight onto your left toes. When you do that, you change your swing plane and the hozel gets closer to the ball. The frame where you strike the ball at 12:24, you'll notice that your left toes don't come off the ground until well after impact. Compare to the frame at 12:47 (second attempt) and you'll see that your toes lift about half second earlier. Practice and warm up with some meaningful swings where you feel that weight mid foot early. Enjoy the free "swing tweak"!
Appreciate the feedback, but I'm failing to see the difference (screenshots below). Can you clarify? Swing 1: imgur.com/1Clh0oS Swing 2: imgur.com/hVNDBiJ
@@NotAScratchGolfer On the second swing, your left toes start coming off the ground with your club head about knee height on the follow through. On the first swing, your toes don't get to the same position until your club is shoulder height. We're talking about things happening over milliseconds, plus camera recording versus the YT rendering. That being said, the delay on the toes coming off the ground means too much weight is too far forward, leading to your hands moving closer to the ball and then shanks. I had this same issue in my golf game once. Took me forever to figure out. As soon as I worked on it, it went away. Only happens now if I get over tired during a club fitting (lots of swings happening quickly between shots) and once in a while on the range.
@@NotAScratchGolfer Yeah hard for me to see that as well. However, you can tell the difference in the video of how you get your left side out of the way and rotate better on the good one.
Adam, I'd love to know your shots gained numbers for putting. After watching a bunch of your videos it seems clear that you probably gain 4-8 shots a round from putting. I agree with all your advice but it might end in frustration for those who don't putt like a scratch golfer or better.
Just come across this guy ... read quite few comments ...... ADAM ignore all the negative .... you swing how you swing and it works .... there are few bad shots as you say in your round ..... all the high end youtubers so to say do exactly the same with a so called " nice swing" .... keep playing the way you play there is nothi wrong with it . Good luck
Thanks man. I do ignore the negative. Just wish more aspiring golfers would ignore the swing stuff, too. I mean, sure, you need a functional golf swing, but I feel like too many golfers are trying to play golf swing rather than golf...Appreciate the kind words!!
Adam its like life its self ... too many people in this wold are trying to be like this person or that person. Social media is killer ... i say be yourself and dont care about what other people think ... keep swinging the way you are and keep that positive mindset . It will beat most people hands down .....too many people trying to copy other peoples swing or ways to play and follow tips off you tube it makes there game go to pot .... find a way your comfortable with and make it work .. and most of all enjoy this dam hard game 😁😁😁
You’ve got to be in a good frame of mind; it’s the most important part of the game. EDIT: Wet and cold??? Bro, you’ve been touring out of the NW for FAR to long haha!
The desert gets shockingly cold at night/early-morning in the Winter. Lots of frost delays. I think we teed off in ~40-45° and it was indeed wet out there.
a lot of your misses is the ball going bit too far left because of your natural draw hit. i would say especially on approach shots start aiming just a little more right of your target because so many of your shots are going a little left of target. and definitely practice more long and very long putts. also you love the hybrid i would recommend getting another hybrid even higher loft for the 160 to 170 shots perhaps.
Funny you mention this, I've been eying a 29° hybrid to replace my 6 iron. My fear is that it'd be a left machine. Need to get one in hand and try it out.
Funny you ask. We were supposed to be the first group out. They let another group out in front of us and they were 2.5 hours on the front 9 :'( The marshal split them up into two twosomes on the back. Great track!!
Man, we were supposed to be the first group out that day. A foursome went out in front of us, they were 2.5 hours on the front (and over 4.5 total). Not only that, but they were CONSTANTLY tracing sand right across the hole, I think 5 or 6 times. Some guys don't get it.
Does anyone live in Augusta or Georgia and/or have connections to someone selling Masters tickets? I am not a bot lol just desperate to go this year for a bucket list item. Thanks NASG community
What’s crazy is you are -1 thru 3 and your playing partners are handing out swing tips 😂
haha they weren't in this round, I was just speaking generally
The best Mondays are when we get a new video from NASG! I went out the other day after watching lots of your videos to improve mindsets even during bad rounds, and ended up shooting under 90. Always enjoy your content!
BTW, insane putt on the first hole!
Thanks man
Found your channel a month ago from a Reddit post, and I am loving it. Thank you for making these videos. Your story and methodology are inspiring.
Thanks, man. Which Reddit post was it?
great question. I can’t find the exact post, but you shared one of your videos where you go low and share your philosophy, and a lot of the comments just focused on how you don’t have a tik tok perfect swing or accuse you of being a phenomenal up and down player while completely missing the points you were trying to make.
@@mitchkerensky Sounds like Reddit alright :p
@@NotAScratchGolfer gotta love it
One of the big things I learned is to not have an ego when a playing partner says "I am hitting a 9 iron" and you know you need to hit a 7 but choose to hit a 8 or 9 instead. No one cares what club you hit and the only one judging you is yourself.
Bingo
Feel better soon! Love your content 🎉
Thank you so much. I have no idea how you managed to drop a...tip? I don't know what this feature is even called haha. In any event, that's incredibly kind of you. Thanks for the kind words and the well wishes. Looking forward to healing up and posting more stuff soon :)
Thank you for always sharing your golf journey with us, Adam. I know I look forward to everyone of your videos. That long putt on the first hole, just phenomenal.
Thanks!
That chuckle after the first putt is how I feel every time I hit an amazing shot 😂
Love it
Actually want to know more about the putter change!
Coming
Great approach! An 80 with 3 doubles and an 8 differential. I need to remind myself that it doesn't take sub 80 every round to get to an 8 hcp (my goal this year). 🙂
The comment so nice he made it twice.
@NotAScratchGolfer Hahaha! Didn't think the first one went through. It's funny how they are the same but not the same. 😂
Love the approach. 3 doubles and an 80 (8 differential). Good stuff. I need to remind myself that it doesn't take sub 80 every round to get down to an 8 hcp (my goal this year). 🙂
Thanks man
Short game is spot on like always.
Thanks!
First time watching your channel, love it!! I was kinda surprised when you went to the sponsor and I realized you were Ben stiller playing golf. Awesome! 😂
haha thanks man.
Enjoyed your journey this year, Thank You and Happy New Year !
thanks, you too!
I still strive to match your level headedness on course but watching these videos helps a lot!
Thanks, Tyler!
Great video today as always. Your stats are always interesting and what complements them is your mindset as you approach your next shot. Always great and something to strive for in my own game. Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video. Your channel has done wonders for my mental game. A quote I’m trying to repeat often these days is: the next shot can always be the best shot of your day
Thanks, Hayden. When does your season start up/
@@NotAScratchGolfernot until late April at best in the prairies. But I have a Palm Springs trip coming up soon and might do another hot trip in March/April so will add a round or two there.
Dude…. Happy frickin New year! Thank you for the 🔥🔥🔥 content. Hope you make it out to Utah in the summer or Spring 🤙🏼⛳️
Thanks! I passed through St George en route to the Desert. Played a few rounds in Mesquite, NV. One of those vids is already up. Another coming soon.
@ There is a lot of great golf in Salt lake, as well as Utah county! But southern Utah does take the cake. Safe travels brother
You're probably not normally going to go 5 over on the par 3s so this 80 is also terrific considering that. As always, love the videos.
So simple all of the time! Have a great New Year!
Thanks man, you too!
Always entertaining!
Thanks!
Great video Adam!! As always, your mental game is amazing!!! Well done!!
Thank you!
Sharing this with my playing partner from today. Thanks!
haha thanks.
Hey Adam , looks like the sandman took a walk on the green at 17.50 !😃
The ability to strike it well immediately after a shank....twice!....is impressive. First shot after a shank is usually a fat 40-yard toe hook.
haha thanks.
One of my favorite quotes, which I first heard from a Vsauce video, goes as follows: "Stuff in your past is like a carving on the bark of a sapling. Over time, the scar, the carving, won't go away. Because of the way trees grow, it won't go up or down much either, it'll just stay right where it began, it might even get darker. But it won't get bigger. You, however, can; you can keep growing, doing more things, more branches, being more things. The wound won't get smaller, but you can make it a smaller part of who you are. Maybe regrets are like that. They stick around forever, like Arborglyphs...". Personally, I try to keep this in the back of my mind while playing golf. Each individual shot is just a part of who we are, and at the end of the day, one bad shot is only one of hundreds of thousands we will make in our lifetime. All we can do is accept it and enjoy the process. Nice video!
Love this
Great vid! Just played this course on vacation, nice job parring #18. My tee shot ended up in some water on the right-hand side I didn't know was there. Tougher course than it looks.
Great track. I enjoy the Firecliff course even more.
Somebody once told me that when you hit the golf ball it's the end result of everything you've done up to that point. I always thought that was good advice.
Also thank you for your videos and I love the fact you play in the Coachella Valley on courses I've been around often. Keep up the good work
Love this.
Adam how did you end up picking your putter? Did you get a fitting or just picked something you liked?
Great video keep up the great content
Thanks man. I got a fitting for it. I'm going to make a video about it soon :)
Hey Adam, great video! Wondering if you have any tips for keeping a productive mindset when you are having an uncharacteristically good round through a few holes? I tend to have a lot of nerves about messing up a solid round with a blowup hole. Thanks!
Haha this is a circumstance I don't face often :p I've played enough golf to know that being even thru 15 or 3-over thru 4 doesn't really matter. I was 3-over thru 4 in my best round ever. And I've shot in the 90s after being even thru 9. So, my general strategy is to just keep playing golf, treating each shot independently, etc. The scores will manifest as they will.
Makes sense! I guess everything still relies on keeping your mindset and process consistent over the full round. Thanks for the reply
this mental fortitude is easy when you have not put your drive out of bounds on holes 1, 2 and 3. do that and then show this calm enjoying attitude
I've done that many times on the channel, lol. Heck, in this video I had to re-tee playing 3 on two separate occasions :p
Lol bruh I felt that bunker to bunker at 4:54 in my bones
Lol
Great playing Adam! If there's such a thing as a good double, you had two of them with those par threes where you shanked it. While working at a place called Garland Lodge and Golf Resort in Lewiston, Michigan this past summer, I worked for a PGA pro by the name of Matt McArdle, who used to work at this course you just played.
Thanks! And man, small golf world.
@ Ain’t that the truth. Also, I broke even par for the first time this year. I shot a 69 on a par 70 (67.3 Rating/120 Slope) not a super hard course but it was mid-November and it was super cold.
I really like the yardage after drive. I was always trying to do the math and now this. thank you.
Glad it's a welcomed addition!
Your "if" score was really good. 76 if hit the good ones first on the par 3's. Could have had a couple more putts go for 74. To be fair, first hole could have missed = 75. 😊
Point being, was a very good day and not far at all from being a phenomenal round. Excellent demonstration of not letting a few shots ruin your day.
I try to remind myself that I am not good enough to get angry and even if I was...it doesn't do any good -- with the exception of a walloped drive occasionally -- which is more than offset by the more likely near complete miss.
When you shank it, it appears that you are transferring your weight onto your left toes. When you do that, you change your swing plane and the hozel gets closer to the ball. The frame where you strike the ball at 12:24, you'll notice that your left toes don't come off the ground until well after impact. Compare to the frame at 12:47 (second attempt) and you'll see that your toes lift about half second earlier. Practice and warm up with some meaningful swings where you feel that weight mid foot early. Enjoy the free "swing tweak"!
Appreciate the feedback, but I'm failing to see the difference (screenshots below). Can you clarify?
Swing 1: imgur.com/1Clh0oS
Swing 2: imgur.com/hVNDBiJ
@@NotAScratchGolfer On the second swing, your left toes start coming off the ground with your club head about knee height on the follow through. On the first swing, your toes don't get to the same position until your club is shoulder height.
We're talking about things happening over milliseconds, plus camera recording versus the YT rendering.
That being said, the delay on the toes coming off the ground means too much weight is too far forward, leading to your hands moving closer to the ball and then shanks.
I had this same issue in my golf game once. Took me forever to figure out. As soon as I worked on it, it went away. Only happens now if I get over tired during a club fitting (lots of swings happening quickly between shots) and once in a while on the range.
@@NotAScratchGolfer Yeah hard for me to see that as well. However, you can tell the difference in the video of how you get your left side out of the way and rotate better on the good one.
Gonna need to consult coach on this one!
@@NotAScratchGolfer I recommend it. But try the feel of transferring your weight into your midfoot and see what happens to ball flight. Can't hurt.
Great mindset! Are you toe or heel shanking those? I can't tell from the video but when you figure it out - let us know what was causing it!
Heel
Golf therapy at it's finest
Thanks.
I like your commentary. Golf is very hard. The courses you play are very nice. I'd like to see some matches with your friends.
I would love to see you pair up with DiDi! Two unconventional swings that have tremendous short games. That would be entertaining.
That would be fun
Adam, I'd love to know your shots gained numbers for putting. After watching a bunch of your videos it seems clear that you probably gain 4-8 shots a round from putting. I agree with all your advice but it might end in frustration for those who don't putt like a scratch golfer or better.
Haha it's def not 4-8, I wish it was. Arccos shows my putting handicap usually hovering right around zero, plus or minus a few strokes.
Just come across this guy ... read quite few comments ...... ADAM ignore all the negative .... you swing how you swing and it works .... there are few bad shots as you say in your round ..... all the high end youtubers so to say do exactly the same with a so called " nice swing" .... keep playing the way you play there is nothi wrong with it . Good luck
Thanks man. I do ignore the negative. Just wish more aspiring golfers would ignore the swing stuff, too. I mean, sure, you need a functional golf swing, but I feel like too many golfers are trying to play golf swing rather than golf...Appreciate the kind words!!
Adam its like life its self ... too many people in this wold are trying to be like this person or that person. Social media is killer ... i say be yourself and dont care about what other people think ... keep swinging the way you are and keep that positive mindset . It will beat most people hands down .....too many people trying to copy other peoples swing or ways to play and follow tips off you tube it makes there game go to pot .... find a way your comfortable with and make it work .. and most of all enjoy this dam hard game 😁😁😁
The Accra shaft in the DF3 is known to be “short” for a lot of guys.
You’ve got to be in a good frame of mind; it’s the most important part of the game. EDIT: Wet and cold??? Bro, you’ve been touring out of the NW for FAR to long haha!
The desert gets shockingly cold at night/early-morning in the Winter. Lots of frost delays. I think we teed off in ~40-45° and it was indeed wet out there.
Ppl that tell you what your game is doing are the worst to play with..
Agreed
a lot of your misses is the ball going bit too far left because of your natural draw hit. i would say especially on approach shots start aiming just a little more right of your target because so many of your shots are going a little left of target. and definitely practice more long and very long putts. also you love the hybrid i would recommend getting another hybrid even higher loft for the 160 to 170 shots perhaps.
You don't watch many of his vids do you? Haha the guy is a fantastic putter
Funny you mention this, I've been eying a 29° hybrid to replace my 6 iron. My fear is that it'd be a left machine. Need to get one in hand and try it out.
what are you using to make the shot tracers ?
What time did you tee off? First group out? That is a nice track!
Funny you ask. We were supposed to be the first group out. They let another group out in front of us and they were 2.5 hours on the front 9 :'( The marshal split them up into two twosomes on the back. Great track!!
Your hybrids are $$ man! Couple close calls or you would’ve been in the mid 70s
Thanks Matt
Adam did you say "we" are weekend warriors?
I did
Why did you take stroke and distance on 11?
He didn't it went in the water on the right. Adam should have hit his 3rd from the drop zone?
@@foodtravellife9456 Not sure if there was a drop zone. In any event, just opted to re-tee which is always an option.
17:43 Those footprints! Noooooooooooooooooo
Man, we were supposed to be the first group out that day. A foursome went out in front of us, they were 2.5 hours on the front (and over 4.5 total). Not only that, but they were CONSTANTLY tracing sand right across the hole, I think 5 or 6 times. Some guys don't get it.
Does anyone live in Augusta or Georgia and/or have connections to someone selling Masters tickets? I am not a bot lol just desperate to go this year for a bucket list item. Thanks NASG community
That will get the seller banned. But you must know that.
Really reaching here lol
Hope you can fix your backswing in 2025
Don't count on it