It’s nice to see the Waddaplaya Confidential Classic back in the videos. I bought this from his store about a month ago. I absolutely love it. My lag putts are sooo much better coming from Scotty mallets. Everyone thinks the putter would be hard to aim, but it’s quite the opposite. I have no problems lining up the putter. Zero regrets buying this putter from Matt. It’s a conversation piece and everyone has something to say about it. It looks and feels nearly identical to the newest release of the Wilson 8802 forged model. I’ve tried both and this is much better. Matt gives you two grips and a weight for counterbalancing the putter. Customer service is excellent and they communicate well all the way through the process. Matt even signed a ball for me. I have it in a case right next to a ball the Mickleson gave my kid at the Presidents cup years ago. The putter weighs a total of 526 grams with the counter balance and 36” shaft. The face is pretty big at 4.125” wide by 1” tall. My 2024 Wilson Infinite Bucktown fang putter looks way bigger but it weighs 546 grams with a 3.5” wide x 7/8” face. I haven’t weighed my Scotty’s yet, but they feel lighter even with 20 gram screw in weights.
Thanks playa - the channel is merely here to stop people quitting. That has always been the concept and I am glad you found it. I am not into GROWING THE GAME All I care about is your existing granny killers KEEP PLAYING
Matty boom boom. You are truly one of the great instructors and I’ve tried to pass your videos on to my buddies who just pump driver into the woods. They still don’t want to learn and then hate golf and act like it’s golf’s fault. You have taught me so much in my year and a half playing and I started at over 150 strokes per round and I then followed the way of the playa and I shoot regularly low 90s and am practicing to break 90! I would always get judged by my buddy for hitting a 6 iron off the tee box or hit a good shot in the fairway and have a look to the green and I pull out a pw and set myself for the next shot. I love golf and every thought and bit of focus it goes into. THE WAY OF THE PLAYA IS THE RIGHT WAY to truly enjoy your afternoons at the course instead of hating yourself by the 9th hole and leaving. Legit love you matty and appreciate all your uploads. You are part of my weekly golf routine. I will watch you to clear all the hoopla out of my head before rounds
Thanks again for your most recent video, your videos have made my game so much more enjoyable and as a result I’m getting better, I’ve learned don’t punish yourself for not being perfect, use the shots you can reliably hit and be strategic to avoid trouble. I hit a 95 this week and have now broke 100 ten times this year. I’m very grateful to you and your sharing of attitude and expertise. Cheers
At 59 my wife said "get a hobby...like golf"! I started at 60 and now 65. Been watching Matt the Playa n Chief for five years. Was first given a shrug and a 30 handicap by my home course. Typical score 105 - 115. Today my handicap dropped to 12.1 and I shot a 77, breaking 80 for the first time ever. I watch a ton of videos, but only two count... Matt for the mental and course management and Tom for technique. What you share / teach Matt is by FAR the more important. I've planted so many feathers, had many IDGAF moments, have an excel spreadsheet with a bunch of Matty Boom Boom quotes. "Thanks" seems trivial, but there you have it! Gonna play tomorrow, maybe shoot 90 :) I pay to play (not the other way around)...PLAY is the important word!
@11.10 “getting stuck” Marty your mental take on the game is money baus ❤ I’m making steady improvement doing exactly as you have showed us plotting and planning , also gaining a bit of distance at a steady rate , thanks for all you do
Love the vids. The tactics you espouse have helped me shave 10 off my score over the past few months. I’ll be focussing on putting and short game over the winter, hoping to shave those unnecessary strokes I’m taking on green and within 10 yards of green. I’m enjoying golf so much more. Thx Matt PS, played with a new group this week, one gentleman was struggling and his score was taking a beating. While we’re waiting to tee off, instead of telling him to keep his head down or whatever, I just said plan for you shot shape. He did, and after three holes, he smiled after a shot and said, plan for my shot shape. I’ve got to remember that!
Indeed playa. Many people go through their entire golf career not knowing small phrases that could help them enjoy it way more Wait for the rattle Aim for your shape Get it on the green
Playa !! You the man . Been sending your videos to all my golf brothers . Shot a 75 today with 3 birds and 27 putts . Never used the driver used my 3 iron and 6 iron off most tees 200-230
Hey Matty, today I followed your path of the playa and took it easy. I wasn't really chasing a high score, but I got it. Simply by trying - at least most of the time - to stay out of trouble as you advise. Result: I played the best 18 holes of my life: a 70 on my home course, which means 2 under (I'm a 13 HCPer!). 3 birdies and 2 bogeys. On the 15th hole I started to get nervous because I was afraid I might ruin the score. But I managed to keep my head down and concentrate on making shot after shot. OK, I also had some - accidental - exceptional shots: I holed a 14-metre putt and had the confidence today to hole every ball within 2 metres - which I did, and two approach shots from 100 metres that finished 60 cm short of the flag. I can't thank you enough for your valuable advice because without it I wouldn't have played the best golf of my life today. Oh well, my go to club, my 4 wood, also ran hot again today with a median of 184m from the fairway (see my earlier comment below).
Rumour has it, Matty "Boom boom" is actually a Recces from South Africa and he uses golf as his cover to participate in covert operations in Thailand. Hence the face paint. EDIT: Best and most real TH-cam video on golf I can remember seeing. EDIT #2: Lou is so angry after watching this video LOLOL!!
Yep Matty always has great advice on course management, how to hit smart shots and stay within your current game. He does a great job SHOWING that process and the outcome, and that makes the concept sink in a lot better than just reading a book or article. Like a baus!
That putter looks like an old (1960's) Wilson 8802, made famous by none other than Arnold Palmer. I love your channel by the way. You give great advice to your crew.
This is my favourite golf channel. I can listen to Matty Boom Boom give me advice on youtube, and his advice is not to take any advice from youtube. And I ignore it. MONEY!
So I have followed the confidential advice to be whaddaplaya. 4H (150 club), 7I, 9I, PW, SW, putter. Wow my game is much better and much lower on the stress meter. Thanks, Matty!
I’ve taken the tee strategy on board the last few rounds, hitting more 5W, 3i to dog legs instead of hitting and hoping with driver over the corners. You must accept that you will still hit poor shots with the shorter club sometimes. As per one of Matty’s other vids, it’s a less stressful way to play
Just wanted to thank you Mr.Baus of The Bauses. Came back to golf at age 22 last year after playing 6years as a child (age 6-12). At the beggining I was lets say a 20hcp, but after finding your channel I understood what this game is about. You took me down to 8.6hcp in ~3months of playing and I finished 7th in my club championships with 81/81 (par 70), just 4shots behind 3rd place on 36 holes.
Just ordered my redtiger rangefinder. Will increase my confidentuality. I also have a driving range near my house, only $5 to use the short game area. Money
Hi Matty, just taken up golf again after 25 years off! Yesterday was my third round, followed your strategy, 6 iron off the tee, avoid all the hazards, broke 100, avoided all the bunkers, and it was so enjoyable. The only bad part was the greens were the fastest I've ever played on and I took 42 putts! Ouch! But I now know that with more practice, I will soon be breaking 90. Keep up the good work, and keep teaching us The Way of The Playa
I retired my 7 wood this season... The real cheat code is a Heavenwood. 7 wood with a 3 wood shaft. Leaves me 20 yards shy of driver and dead balls accurate on every swing!!!
I broke 80 last week for the first time in years! Thank you Marty Boom Boom for helping me to start using my brain. I wish you were around for my high school golf days, when I could’ve used your advice to make it to college golf and beyond!
I’m a 7 handicap and blast drives 280-330 consistently. I started golf without a driver (I used a 1-iron) and I didn’t use a 60 degree wedge or hybrids. I felt like it was common sense to get rid of the hardest clubs to hit that ended up in duffs or out of bounds. Worked on them in the range and eventually started to integrate them. Now I use the full bag 🤝🏼 that is the best advice he gave in this video. Remove those clubs, get good with the rest of the bag, practice with those tougher clubs and then introduce them back into your game slowly.
All of your guru-isms and lessons really came together in this one video, Matty. I've been watching you for years, and this unassuming video is the culmination of everything you teach. If someone has not seen any of your videos, they could start here. We'll done. Go easy on those future coffee dates, Playa.
Just wow! Been struggling a lot. Noticed first 12 holes mostly horrific then settle in and play ok. It’s the commitment for sure. Thanks bro ur the sensai
I’m a .7 handicap. This advice still applies for me. Even scratch golfers are MILES from the pros. Keep it in play. Make 3 from 100 and in and you’ll play some great golf
Maaan, your channel is so fricking good. A year ago I was playing off 16. Now I'm 11.7 and heading to single figures. I have learnt more from you than all other channels combined. Thank you ❤
New golfer challenge: Got my HCP 54, 3 weeks ago. One month in (with sidekicks gangbanger tips) became 4th on my first tournament out of 25 players (would have been 2th place but for one tactical error). I committed to practice (either on range, course or local par 3 course) 3 times a week. I'm going to see if I can get myself to scratch handicap before the 1th of January or sooner! :)
been watching for these for a while, broke 80 consistently after watching your videos and today finally broke 75 with a 73 and the biggest one for me was removing the driver like you said, 2 iron up the gut no matter what baby n keep the ball n play like a boss
When I finally got it after years of struggle, it was as you say rapid progress but also something very alien to the way I had been playing. More balance, natural, and reactionary. More Newton's 3rd law of motion: every action results in an equal and opposite reaction. It made the swing so automatic it felt completely unlike anything I was expecting, or did at that time, in that it felt like nothing, but 10 strokes of my hdcp in a year and hitting it better than ever are sufficient proof for me. Cheers!
I hit the Callaway 7 W and Heaven wood equally well. I find the H wood a litte longer, but I seem to be on target better with the 7 W. Both are great...get one or two!
Amen about playing irons out of the rough, especially when playing to an elevated green, which are score killers. Get yourself to a comfortable yardage for your confident wedge play.
Hi Matt, been watching u for a year now and really love your advice. Its helped my golf heaps. Thanks Matt. Im in Australia and coming To Chiang Mai in November with my wife snd 7 yo son. Love to catch up and buy u a beer when we are there Matt. With thanks Brendon
Stats I track on my own are GIR, Fairways from tee boxes, putts and penalties. I made my own scorecard so I can track those on my own. Reducing penalties will improve my scores the most aggressively. Followed by improving my short game. Putting is very good, averaging 2.5 over all my rounds.
Playa i love it. I tracked then for so long and then realized i needed to dig deep into my mental game as to why i was losing strokes where i did. That’s the best insight into yourself. Wadda life
hi, after taking lessons (i had a pro folloing me for 9holes) i ended up not playing my driver because i actualy dont need it to reach greens. And it's truely one of the best advice i took to play my handicap. Now i start from white markers and it's a bit tricky for certain golf courses. i would have less dangers in play if i could hit my driver with less dispertion. So i'm training with it. but sometimes i dont hesitate to play a par 4 as a par 5 if needed. Alloing myself to boggey some holes is helpfull mentaly and also scorewise because i sometimes par them with a birdie like shot. it's realy anjoyable. i do like your advises they speak to me.
Cheeky ask, I'm coming to Bangkok for a very brief work trip and will have Sunday free. Any tips and course recommendations?! Can't wait to test effectiveness of waddaplaya shirt and shorts in the heat!
I played a new course tonight and joined a group of 4 guys- playing off the champion tees. I just started last month so I use the most forward tees usually but joined them on the back tees so it wouldn’t slow down play. After a few holes one of the guy jokingly asked if I even had a driver in my bag after seeing me use a 3 wood off nearly every tee (after measuring with my red tiger that a 3 wood would usually keep me short of all the bunkers and water hazards). The 4 guys would then head up with their drivers on every hole and top the ball or slice it out of bounds multiple times or into bunkers while I hit straight down the fairway almost every time playing boring conservative shots. Sometimes they would be at 3-4 strokes by the time they got up to where I hit my first tee shot with a 3 or 5 wood. 😂
I can’t remember not agreeing with everything that comes out of your mouth on any of your videos. I wish you were a pal years ago when I played as all you talk is facts and sense. The “now don’t hate me coz you can’t date me” and “that’s absolutely munieee” talk had me hooked (no pun intended) straight away ❤👏
Playa in Chief, just shot a 90! I’ve never broken 90 before, but my best score previous was a 99. I’ve been watching you for months and commenting a lot sorry to be annoying lol. But I played with a 4 iron off the tee (190-210 yards in play every time), had amazing approaches playing to my free throw distances, but I had 5 3 putts and some horrible chips (2 double chips). I had plenty of holes too that I one putted though (2.1 putt average per hole). Thanks for the great videos it’s time to break 90 for real!
Thanks for this. 11.5 handicap I’m about 4 strokes worse than I was last year. I’ve been spraying it off the tee, no confidence putting, and my irons and wedges are hot or cold. Sometimes I get to the point in a round where I’m playing so bad I want it to be worse so I can have some self pity or something. It’s a terrible mindset. Ya gotta want it. Ya gotta have some swagger about your game if you want it to get better.
Matt, Tiger said exactly what you said about watching YT for lessons. He said: stop watching YT golf, get proper lessons and practice. I agree, golfers are focused too much on distance and not enough on better ball striking and reducing dispersion. Cheers.
I agree with taking the data with a pinch of salt, however in arccos you simply press a button when you pick you ball out of the hole and it puts the pin exactly where you press the button, this is super accurate as I’ve measured my putts to see how good it was. Most people don’t press this button though
I had a fantastic terrible game today, I made some amazing shots and gained confidentiality off the tee, putted very well, but my iron distancé was thrown off by the damp conditions, had a blow up hole on the 8th and started shaky with a couple double bogeys. Most notably I hit my first verified 300 yard center of fairway drive and a couple 270 yard 3 wood shots, sank a 20 foot breaking putt and put my only bunker shot within 5 feet of the hole.
Absolutely spot on about shot scope data on the greens, it's completely useless. I like the watch but the gps can't cope with distances on the green, it's always way out.
Well, you've earned another subscriber. I love everything you said in this video. TBH, I'm still gonna hit my driver a lot, and take stabs at dumb shots I don't really know how to hit, though. It's just fun. BUT (and this is a big BUT), when things unravel and stop being gun, I need to fall back to this philosophy, and just "take 'er easy." If things get bad, don't continue to take bad shots.
Matty Boom Boom! I love your videos brother. I’m looking at adding a wood to the bag (leaning 7) as I currently am only using hybrid clubs in this class. “More likely it will go a lot further and higher off the box with a slower swing speed” my question is, do you go with regular flex shaft for clubs like this or stiff? I understand everyone is different and what works for some may not work for another but what is your personal preference? Thank you for all the great content!
I find that I hit my 3 wood more reliably and straighter than I do my driver. IDK if it's the stiffer shaft or my thought of not swinging so hard with it but it's infinitely easier for me to get it in play with a 3 wood. Never tried a 7 wood
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Hey Buddy, I might be replacing my 5 wood with a 3 wood or a mini driver. But instead of guessing, I'm going to work with my coach and get some personal advice. Love my putter grip and polos. Got some snazzy head covers on the way now. Hit um well or often
Yeah get some good advice playa, what will suit you There are so many options out there HL 3 woods mini drivers 12-14 degrees with nice deep faces. Get the good advice playa especiallybthe club that you will actually use in the rounds
"don't watch TH-cam swing mechanics videos" - best advice I've seen! Absolutely agree - if you need help with your swing, go see a pro who can analyse YOUR swing. Don't take generic advice. It never works. For course management - Matt's tips are excellent ;)
What is the swing speed you think people need to hit a 3W? I've kept my 3W because I struggle with driver so won't pull it out until I get a lesson. I do have a lob wedge, but it's 58, not 60. Another question: how do we know when to go to less forgiving clubs? From my experience, it seems that max game improvement clubs might keep the ball straighter and higher, but have more dispersion in distance, which is important to know! These mental game and strategy videos are just what I need; I think I have a decent (not great) swing, but need to think my way around the course better. You are a true golf guru.
I find the same with game improvement irons and distance dispersion. I changed at around average score of 80-82 about 6-7 handicap. I noticed the distance dispersion when i got Forged Mizuno semi blades tightened like crazy. 3 wood, the forgiveness is not high enough in my opinion. The loft is too low for the shallowness of the face. The swing speed needed is probably 95mph + but of the grass, it hardly matters. A 4w 5w 7w are all easier to get off the ground and disperse left and right much less distance. 16.5° is a good starting point for loft on the fairway woods. 14-15° in my opinion is too low. I prefer a mini driver as well. 13-14 degrees with a tall face. Lob wedge is a specialty club. It’s designed for tighter lies and lob shots. It might be necessary once per round. And you can do everything the lob wedge can do with a 56 degree
@@GolfSidekick Thanks! I'm still at a 14HC (and going down), but I don't think it's from ball striking. I've bene looking at mini drivers, but in the US, even used ones are crazy expensive. I agree with the lob wedge comment; the only reason I have one is that I live in a desert are and the fairways are often really hard, so I wanted a wedge with lower bounce for the hard fairways... I could carry two sand wedges with different bounces, though; that's an interesting thought!
Telling you. TH-cam golf instruction set me back atleast 2-3 years. Dropping that shizz and just getting a few lessons and watch side kick im down to a 9.
you are so right about putting stats for amateur golfers being meaningless.The putts made distances stated are guesses at best and suggest a 20 hcap is almost as good as a scratch player. Personally I pace my putts out and note them down and do not rely on the gps
Yeah it’s a load of tripe. I’ve seen maybe two 20 handicappers putt with remotely the same touch of a scratch player. That’s in 25 years of playing. But one thing we can do is take solace in the tour pros make percentage. We can all shoot for that. It’s not too difficult
Been following this channel for 7 years. My avg. score has dropped from 120 to 89 over that time. All praise to Matty Boom Boom for the all the videos making golf way more fun for the average golfer
One over through six and ten over through nine. I do try to manage the course but it often bites back. One day maybe. I thought it could have been yesterday..
I like a 6, 7, 8 or 9 iron approach to a green and I have become efficient with a chipper, but I am less effective with a 50 or 55° wedge. I also hate bunkers ... So I aim away from bunkers, try to give myself a line between rather than over bunkers and I am prepared to land a 9-iron short of bunkers and back my chipper to save me a putt...
I also attempt to follow a strategy of taking one hazard at a time. Facing water, get over the water, but don't attempt to clear the bunkers as well. Dogleg left or right, get to the middle of the corner, don't try to fade or hook it round. Leave avoiding the next hazards for the next shot. We have a par 4 where you hit over a ditch to a plateau, then the hole doglegs left across a water hazard to the next hill to a green protected by three bunkers, which you have to fade onto to get it to stick. 1 clear the ditch, 2 cross the water to the left of the green well away from the bunkers, chip on the green. Take a bogie on the toughest hole on the course any day....
Hilarious and so true. The why system is a gold standard in health and safety and production work. Toyota uses this system internally for all incident investigations. Brilliant idea.
Agree with you Matty: I have a 4 Wood 16,5° and a 7 Wood 21,0° in my bag. No 3 wood. Despite my low swing speed and age (86 mph, 54 y), I am able to hit my 4 Wood pretty consistently: 185m from the Tee and 180m from the Fairway with lower than 3° lateral dispersion. It was a hint from my Pro and fitter, Mike McFadden, to not buy a W3 but a W4 and the W7. Fully in line with what you say: get your ego out of the way and get a W4 /W5 and a W7. There are no pictures on the scorecard...
Mate, I understand your advice on YT swing videos, but for someone like me who doesn't have the time or money to drive the hour to my nearest course for a 40/50 euro lesson, some of the videos giving basic advice on taming a slice (Danny Maude for instance), or keeping the short game simple and basic (yourself included with the toe down technique), are invaluable to me. I play 10 times a year maximum, I'm a 16 handicap who shoots in the 80's majority of the time, but never broken 80,. But with your vids on course management and mindset, I know I'm going to. Cheers.
It’s nice to see the Waddaplaya Confidential Classic back in the videos. I bought this from his store about a month ago. I absolutely love it. My lag putts are sooo much better coming from Scotty mallets. Everyone thinks the putter would be hard to aim, but it’s quite the opposite. I have no problems lining up the putter.
Zero regrets buying this putter from Matt. It’s a conversation piece and everyone has something to say about it. It looks and feels nearly identical to the newest release of the Wilson 8802 forged model. I’ve tried both and this is much better. Matt gives you two grips and a weight for counterbalancing the putter. Customer service is excellent and they communicate well all the way through the process. Matt even signed a ball for me. I have it in a case right next to a ball the Mickleson gave my kid at the Presidents cup years ago.
The putter weighs a total of 526 grams with the counter balance and 36” shaft. The face is pretty big at 4.125” wide by 1” tall.
My 2024 Wilson Infinite Bucktown fang putter looks way bigger but it weighs 546 grams with a 3.5” wide x 7/8” face.
I haven’t weighed my Scotty’s yet, but they feel lighter even with 20 gram screw in weights.
If I hadn't found your videos I might have quit golfing out of frustration, thanks Matt you are the man
Thanks playa - the channel is merely here to stop people quitting.
That has always been the concept and I am glad you found it.
I am not into GROWING THE GAME
All I care about is your existing granny killers KEEP PLAYING
Hellyeah
Diddo.
Hi Matty, i started with 20 HCP this seasoon and just shot a 83 today and dropped down to 16 all thanks to your videos.
Thank you BAUS
Congratulations Chiller. What’s your favourite free-throw distansay?
What a legend. A true BAUS
gz dude, thats a leap
Brother well done
You are the man.
Lowering the ceiling and keeping the floor nice and steady
Sensualized
@@chilller187 my free-throw is 95-105.
Matty boom boom. You are truly one of the great instructors and I’ve tried to pass your videos on to my buddies who just pump driver into the woods. They still don’t want to learn and then hate golf and act like it’s golf’s fault. You have taught me so much in my year and a half playing and I started at over 150 strokes per round and I then followed the way of the playa and I shoot regularly low 90s and am practicing to break 90! I would always get judged by my buddy for hitting a 6 iron off the tee box or hit a good shot in the fairway and have a look to the green and I pull out a pw and set myself for the next shot. I love golf and every thought and bit of focus it goes into. THE WAY OF THE PLAYA IS THE RIGHT WAY to truly enjoy your afternoons at the course instead of hating yourself by the 9th hole and leaving. Legit love you matty and appreciate all your uploads. You are part of my weekly golf routine. I will watch you to clear all the hoopla out of my head before rounds
Thanks again for your most recent video, your videos have made my game so much more enjoyable and as a result I’m getting better, I’ve learned don’t punish yourself for not being perfect, use the shots you can reliably hit and be strategic to avoid trouble. I hit a 95 this week and have now broke 100 ten times this year. I’m very grateful to you and your sharing of attitude and expertise. Cheers
Love it playa. Perfection is the enemy of mediocre. And mediocre is all we need to score great !!!! Wadda life!!!
At 59 my wife said "get a hobby...like golf"! I started at 60 and now 65. Been watching Matt the Playa n Chief for five years. Was first given a shrug and a 30 handicap by my home course. Typical score 105 - 115. Today my handicap dropped to 12.1 and I shot a 77, breaking 80 for the first time ever. I watch a ton of videos, but only two count... Matt for the mental and course management and Tom for technique. What you share / teach Matt is by FAR the more important. I've planted so many feathers, had many IDGAF moments, have an excel spreadsheet with a bunch of Matty Boom Boom quotes. "Thanks" seems trivial, but there you have it! Gonna play tomorrow, maybe shoot 90 :) I pay to play (not the other way around)...PLAY is the important word!
Finally broke 100 last week. Even bombed the mark by shooting 95. Love your videos!
Congratulations Tommy. Such a huge milestone!
Legend of the game well done playa
Me too man, today. Two keys to success from @golfsidekick - toe down chipping and 7 wood off the tee 👌
@@GolfSidekick
@@nickmeads8857 I played my 9 Iron for almost every shot :D Its like 120-140m and was enough
@11.10 “getting stuck” Marty your mental take on the game is money baus ❤ I’m making steady improvement doing exactly as you have showed us plotting and planning , also gaining a bit of distance at a steady rate , thanks for all you do
You explain everything so well and in a practical manner. I really appreciate your take on the game. 👌
Love the vids. The tactics you espouse have helped me shave 10 off my score over the past few months. I’ll be focussing on putting and short game over the winter, hoping to shave those unnecessary strokes I’m taking on green and within 10 yards of green. I’m enjoying golf so much more. Thx Matt PS, played with a new group this week, one gentleman was struggling and his score was taking a beating. While we’re waiting to tee off, instead of telling him to keep his head down or whatever, I just said plan for you shot shape. He did, and after three holes, he smiled after a shot and said, plan for my shot shape. I’ve got to remember that!
Indeed playa. Many people go through their entire golf career not knowing small phrases that could help them enjoy it way more
Wait for the rattle
Aim for your shape
Get it on the green
Great video. Saved in 'Favourites'. Intend to rewatch after every few months! Real-world sense. "Distance be damned" love it
I saved you in my favorites
Playa !! You the man . Been sending your videos to all my golf brothers . Shot a 75 today with 3 birds and 27 putts . Never used the driver used my 3 iron and 6 iron off most tees 200-230
I felt like this video was made for me from the very beginning. But then when you said Greg at 17:28 my mind was blown
For you Gregor
Hey Matty, today I followed your path of the playa and took it easy. I wasn't really chasing a high score, but I got it. Simply by trying - at least most of the time - to stay out of trouble as you advise. Result: I played the best 18 holes of my life: a 70 on my home course, which means 2 under (I'm a 13 HCPer!). 3 birdies and 2 bogeys. On the 15th hole I started to get nervous because I was afraid I might ruin the score. But I managed to keep my head down and concentrate on making shot after shot. OK, I also had some - accidental - exceptional shots: I holed a 14-metre putt and had the confidence today to hole every ball within 2 metres - which I did, and two approach shots from 100 metres that finished 60 cm short of the flag. I can't thank you enough for your valuable advice because without it I wouldn't have played the best golf of my life today. Oh well, my go to club, my 4 wood, also ran hot again today with a median of 184m from the fairway (see my earlier comment below).
Rumour has it, Matty "Boom boom" is actually a Recces from South Africa and he uses golf as his cover to participate in covert operations in Thailand. Hence the face paint.
EDIT: Best and most real TH-cam video on golf I can remember seeing.
EDIT #2: Lou is so angry after watching this video LOLOL!!
8 thots watches the golf guru, too. I knew you were a goat
Thank you for the encouraging videos, enjoy watching and learning points of the game
Keep going
Yep Matty always has great advice on course management, how to hit smart shots and stay within your current game. He does a great job SHOWING that process and the outcome, and that makes the concept sink in a lot better than just reading a book or article.
Like a baus!
Playa, you are a gem amongst the thorns. Waddaman!
That putter looks like an old (1960's) Wilson 8802, made famous by none other than Arnold Palmer. I love your channel by the way. You give great advice to your crew.
You Da Man!! Learnt the most from you. Do much more to Golf than all the technical stuff, which only gets you so far. Keep up the fantastic work!!!👏👏👏
This is my favourite golf channel. I can listen to Matty Boom Boom give me advice on youtube, and his advice is not to take any advice from youtube. And I ignore it. MONEY!
You are my favorite.
@@GolfSidekick 😆
Your message condensed. Awesome.
So I have followed the confidential advice to be whaddaplaya. 4H (150 club), 7I, 9I, PW, SW, putter. Wow my game is much better and much lower on the stress meter. Thanks, Matty!
I’ve taken the tee strategy on board the last few rounds, hitting more 5W, 3i to dog legs instead of hitting and hoping with driver over the corners. You must accept that you will still hit poor shots with the shorter club sometimes. As per one of Matty’s other vids, it’s a less stressful way to play
Exactly playa, lees stress, more comfort, more instinct, more listening to yourself, more understanding context of ideas. Abslutely MONEY
Best advice for golf on You Tube. Period. Thanks for the wisdom MaTTy.
Waddawiseman
Just wanted to thank you Mr.Baus of The Bauses. Came back to golf at age 22 last year after playing 6years as a child (age 6-12). At the beggining I was lets say a 20hcp, but after finding your channel I understood what this game is about. You took me down to 8.6hcp in ~3months of playing and I finished 7th in my club championships with 81/81 (par 70), just 4shots behind 3rd place on 36 holes.
Cmon podner! Keep going legendary legend
Just ordered my redtiger rangefinder. Will increase my confidentuality. I also have a driving range near my house, only $5 to use the short game area. Money
Waddatiger!
Hi Matty, just taken up golf again after 25 years off! Yesterday was my third round, followed your strategy, 6 iron off the tee, avoid all the hazards, broke 100, avoided all the bunkers, and it was so enjoyable. The only bad part was the greens were the fastest I've ever played on and I took 42 putts! Ouch! But I now know that with more practice, I will soon be breaking 90. Keep up the good work, and keep teaching us The Way of The Playa
I retired my 7 wood this season... The real cheat code is a Heavenwood. 7 wood with a 3 wood shaft. Leaves me 20 yards shy of driver and dead balls accurate on every swing!!!
Just commented about the Heavenwood! It also has a larger volume head, and I believe the lie to match the length
I made a 3 wood with a driver shaft. I’ve poked 300 a couple times with her
I broke 80 last week for the first time in years! Thank you Marty Boom Boom for helping me to start using my brain. I wish you were around for my high school golf days, when I could’ve used your advice to make it to college golf and beyond!
The best golf instructor on TH-cam...
I’m a 7 handicap and blast drives 280-330 consistently. I started golf without a driver (I used a 1-iron) and I didn’t use a 60 degree wedge or hybrids. I felt like it was common sense to get rid of the hardest clubs to hit that ended up in duffs or out of bounds. Worked on them in the range and eventually started to integrate them. Now I use the full bag 🤝🏼 that is the best advice he gave in this video. Remove those clubs, get good with the rest of the bag, practice with those tougher clubs and then introduce them back into your game slowly.
All of your guru-isms and lessons really came together in this one video, Matty. I've been watching you for years, and this unassuming video is the culmination of everything you teach. If someone has not seen any of your videos, they could start here. We'll done.
Go easy on those future coffee dates, Playa.
Just wow! Been struggling a lot. Noticed first 12 holes mostly horrific then settle in and play ok. It’s the commitment for sure. Thanks bro ur the sensai
See it. Feel it. Say it. Do it. Forget it.
Love my 3 wood. Love my 7,9,13,15 woods.
Finding the right clubs that works for one may not work for another.
Appreciate your mindful approach.
Love watching your videos. But your use of word ‘confidentiality’ has a whole new meaning 😊
I’m a .7 handicap. This advice still applies for me. Even scratch golfers are MILES from the pros. Keep it in play. Make 3 from 100 and in and you’ll play some great golf
Thank you for your service playa
Maaan, your channel is so fricking good. A year ago I was playing off 16. Now I'm 11.7 and heading to single figures. I have learnt more from you than all other channels combined. Thank you ❤
Excellent playa. Are you a Clash fan?
@GolfSidekick the band? Haha I'm old enough that I was there in 1979, still have my London Calling 7" single 😅
Mat thank you, slowly but surely (as I process the priceless info) you are improving my game - Thank You 🙏
New golfer challenge: Got my HCP 54, 3 weeks ago. One month in (with sidekicks gangbanger tips) became 4th on my first tournament out of 25 players (would have been 2th place but for one tactical error). I committed to practice (either on range, course or local par 3 course) 3 times a week. I'm going to see if I can get myself to scratch handicap before the 1th of January or sooner! :)
been watching for these for a while, broke 80 consistently after watching your videos and today finally broke 75 with a 73 and the biggest one for me was removing the driver like you said, 2 iron up the gut no matter what baby n keep the ball n play like a boss
When I finally got it after years of struggle, it was as you say rapid progress but also something very alien to the way I had been playing.
More balance, natural, and reactionary. More Newton's 3rd law of motion: every action results in an equal and opposite reaction.
It made the swing so automatic it felt completely unlike anything I was expecting, or did at that time, in that it felt like nothing, but 10 strokes of my hdcp in a year and hitting it better than ever are sufficient proof for me.
Cheers!
My 7 wood is legit my favorite club
A great club.
Heaven wood
I hit the Callaway 7 W and Heaven wood equally well. I find the H wood a litte longer, but I seem to be on target better with the 7 W. Both are great...get one or two!
Amen about playing irons out of the rough, especially when playing to an elevated green, which are score killers. Get yourself to a comfortable yardage for your confident wedge play.
Hi Matt,
been watching u for a year now and really love your advice. Its helped my golf heaps. Thanks Matt.
Im in Australia and coming To Chiang Mai in November with my wife snd 7 yo son.
Love to catch up and buy u a beer when we are there Matt.
With thanks
Brendon
Another excellent vid Matty. Thank you.
Stats I track on my own are GIR, Fairways from tee boxes, putts and penalties. I made my own scorecard so I can track those on my own.
Reducing penalties will improve my scores the most aggressively. Followed by improving my short game. Putting is very good, averaging 2.5 over all my rounds.
Playa i love it. I tracked then for so long and then realized i needed to dig deep into my mental game as to why i was losing strokes where i did. That’s the best insight into yourself. Wadda life
hi, after taking lessons (i had a pro folloing me for 9holes) i ended up not playing my driver because i actualy dont need it to reach greens. And it's truely one of the best advice i took to play my handicap. Now i start from white markers and it's a bit tricky for certain golf courses. i would have less dangers in play if i could hit my driver with less dispertion. So i'm training with it. but sometimes i dont hesitate to play a par 4 as a par 5 if needed. Alloing myself to boggey some holes is helpfull mentaly and also scorewise because i sometimes par them with a birdie like shot. it's realy anjoyable. i do like your advises they speak to me.
Cheeky ask, I'm coming to Bangkok for a very brief work trip and will have Sunday free. Any tips and course recommendations?! Can't wait to test effectiveness of waddaplaya shirt and shorts in the heat!
Hey Matty, what brand is the 7 wood that you're using, what's the shaft stiffness etc..?
My weed cutter 7W gets me out of the rough safely and sometimes on the green. It launches high and gets me out of trouble.
Same here. Love the Callaway Epic 7 W! Money!
I played a new course tonight and joined a group of 4 guys- playing off the champion tees. I just started last month so I use the most forward tees usually but joined them on the back tees so it wouldn’t slow down play. After a few holes one of the guy jokingly asked if I even had a driver in my bag after seeing me use a 3 wood off nearly every tee (after measuring with my red tiger that a 3 wood would usually keep me short of all the bunkers and water hazards). The 4 guys would then head up with their drivers on every hole and top the ball or slice it out of bounds multiple times or into bunkers while I hit straight down the fairway almost every time playing boring conservative shots. Sometimes they would be at 3-4 strokes by the time they got up to where I hit my first tee shot with a 3 or 5 wood. 😂
I can’t remember not agreeing with everything that comes out of your mouth on any of your videos. I wish you were a pal years ago when I played as all you talk is facts and sense. The “now don’t hate me coz you can’t date me” and “that’s absolutely munieee” talk had me hooked (no pun intended) straight away ❤👏
Playa in Chief, just shot a 90! I’ve never broken 90 before, but my best score previous was a 99. I’ve been watching you for months and commenting a lot sorry to be annoying lol. But I played with a 4 iron off the tee (190-210 yards in play every time), had amazing approaches playing to my free throw distances, but I had 5 3 putts and some horrible chips (2 double chips). I had plenty of holes too that I one putted though (2.1 putt average per hole). Thanks for the great videos it’s time to break 90 for real!
Liking the new RedTiger rangefinder. Hope more are buying it too (as well as waddaplaya merch) to support you and the channel.
Thanks for this. 11.5 handicap I’m about 4 strokes worse than I was last year. I’ve been spraying it off the tee, no confidence putting, and my irons and wedges are hot or cold. Sometimes I get to the point in a round where I’m playing so bad I want it to be worse so I can have some self pity or something. It’s a terrible mindset. Ya gotta want it. Ya gotta have some swagger about your game if you want it to get better.
Yes playa, your mind needs a reset.
Take your 3 favorite clubs and a putter out to play 9 holes.
You will end your run of misery
Matt, Tiger said exactly what you said about watching YT for lessons. He said: stop watching YT golf, get proper lessons and practice. I agree, golfers are focused too much on distance and not enough on better ball striking and reducing dispersion. Cheers.
Hello Matt , thank you for spending time with the average Waddaplayer community. Golf is a bloody mindgame. We all know that. Let’s stay strong. 😊😊😊
I agree with taking the data with a pinch of salt, however in arccos you simply press a button when you pick you ball out of the hole and it puts the pin exactly where you press the button, this is super accurate as I’ve measured my putts to see how good it was. Most people don’t press this button though
Exactly perfect waddaman
Matty, let me know if you’re ever in LA!
Great advice. Absolute money
Just found your site. Really like your pace without all the mumbo jumbo on alot of other sites. Keep em coming mate.😊
TH-cam swing mechanic advice… freaking love it
Broke 90 in my last two games … thanks to your course management advice - Cheers Matty
Beast mode!!!!!
I had a fantastic terrible game today, I made some amazing shots and gained confidentiality off the tee, putted very well, but my iron distancé was thrown off by the damp conditions, had a blow up hole on the 8th and started shaky with a couple double bogeys. Most notably I hit my first verified 300 yard center of fairway drive and a couple 270 yard 3 wood shots, sank a 20 foot breaking putt and put my only bunker shot within 5 feet of the hole.
Absolutely spot on about shot scope data on the greens, it's completely useless. I like the watch but the gps can't cope with distances on the green, it's always way out.
All of this is spot on.
Well, you've earned another subscriber. I love everything you said in this video. TBH, I'm still gonna hit my driver a lot, and take stabs at dumb shots I don't really know how to hit, though. It's just fun. BUT (and this is a big BUT), when things unravel and stop being gun, I need to fall back to this philosophy, and just "take 'er easy." If things get bad, don't continue to take bad shots.
Matty Boom Boom! I love your videos brother. I’m looking at adding a wood to the bag (leaning 7) as I currently am only using hybrid clubs in this class. “More likely it will go a lot further and higher off the box with a slower swing speed” my question is, do you go with regular flex shaft for clubs like this or stiff? I understand everyone is different and what works for some may not work for another but what is your personal preference? Thank you for all the great content!
I find that I hit my 3 wood more reliably and straighter than I do my driver. IDK if it's the stiffer shaft or my thought of not swinging so hard with it but it's infinitely easier for me to get it in play with a 3 wood. Never tried a 7 wood
Confidence is the feeling of belief or trust that a person or thing is reliable. Confidentiality involves a set of rules or a promise usually executed through confidentiality agreements that limits the access to or places restrictions on distribution of certain types of information.
could you use shorter words please - most of us here will not understand what you wrote
You can't be serious here? You don't get it?
I love my 3 wood, off the tee only, 5 wood off the fairway or light rough.
This is a good idea
Same. I've gotta be feeling pretty damn confident to swing my 3 wood on the ground but my 5 and 7 are both safe.
Hey Buddy, I might be replacing my 5 wood with a 3 wood or a mini driver. But instead of guessing, I'm going to work with my coach and get some personal advice. Love my putter grip and polos. Got some snazzy head covers on the way now. Hit um well or often
Yeah get some good advice playa, what will suit you
There are so many options out there
HL 3 woods
mini drivers 12-14 degrees with nice deep faces.
Get the good advice playa especiallybthe club that you will actually use in the rounds
The Lorax is a baus! Love your videos Matty Boom Boom.
I like Mrs. 074... a lot. Your channel and golf philosophy are great, too.
"don't watch TH-cam swing mechanics videos" - best advice I've seen! Absolutely agree - if you need help with your swing, go see a pro who can analyse YOUR swing. Don't take generic advice. It never works. For course management - Matt's tips are excellent ;)
What is the swing speed you think people need to hit a 3W? I've kept my 3W because I struggle with driver so won't pull it out until I get a lesson. I do have a lob wedge, but it's 58, not 60. Another question: how do we know when to go to less forgiving clubs? From my experience, it seems that max game improvement clubs might keep the ball straighter and higher, but have more dispersion in distance, which is important to know!
These mental game and strategy videos are just what I need; I think I have a decent (not great) swing, but need to think my way around the course better. You are a true golf guru.
I find the same with game improvement irons and distance dispersion.
I changed at around average score of 80-82 about 6-7 handicap.
I noticed the distance dispersion when i got Forged Mizuno semi blades tightened like crazy.
3 wood, the forgiveness is not high enough in my opinion. The loft is too low for the shallowness of the face. The swing speed needed is probably 95mph + but of the grass, it hardly matters. A 4w 5w 7w are all easier to get off the ground and disperse left and right much less distance.
16.5° is a good starting point for loft on the fairway woods. 14-15° in my opinion is too low.
I prefer a mini driver as well. 13-14 degrees with a tall face.
Lob wedge is a specialty club. It’s designed for tighter lies and lob shots. It might be necessary once per round. And you can do everything the lob wedge can do with a 56 degree
@@GolfSidekick Thanks! I'm still at a 14HC (and going down), but I don't think it's from ball striking. I've bene looking at mini drivers, but in the US, even used ones are crazy expensive. I agree with the lob wedge comment; the only reason I have one is that I live in a desert are and the fairways are often really hard, so I wanted a wedge with lower bounce for the hard fairways... I could carry two sand wedges with different bounces, though; that's an interesting thought!
Telling you. TH-cam golf instruction set me back atleast 2-3 years. Dropping that shizz and just getting a few lessons and watch side kick im down to a 9.
Boom
you are so right about putting stats for amateur golfers being meaningless.The putts made distances stated are guesses at best and suggest a 20 hcap is almost as good as a scratch player. Personally I pace my putts out and note them down and do not rely on the gps
Yeah it’s a load of tripe. I’ve seen maybe two 20 handicappers putt with remotely the same touch of a scratch player. That’s in 25 years of playing. But one thing we can do is take solace in the tour pros make percentage. We can all shoot for that. It’s not too difficult
@@GolfSidekick I definitely think people overestimate the length of their putts
This man speaks a lot of truths in this video.
Great stuff, matty. What sort of grips are you playing?
Lamkin and golf Pride
Absolutly right is all about 130 yards and in
Been following this channel for 7 years. My avg. score has dropped from 120 to 89 over that time.
All praise to Matty Boom Boom for the all the videos making golf way more fun for the average golfer
Matt, this is one of your best. There's thinking in golf? Will be replaying this... a few+ times. >)
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom
Love my 7 wood.
Love to see you're mental game on a cold, dull, grey, soggy, windy morning in ireland. Fun times 😂
Why would i bother playing golf though?
Thanks Matty!
One over through six and ten over through nine. I do try to manage the course but it often bites back. One day maybe. I thought it could have been yesterday..
Hmmm...
What changed in those 3 holes, did you start flirting with the teeth, to allow the course to bite back?
The Baus dropped one just in Time; about to head to Saguaro at We-Ko-Pa and go full-Way of the Playa.
I like a 6, 7, 8 or 9 iron approach to a green and I have become efficient with a chipper, but I am less effective with a 50 or 55° wedge. I also hate bunkers ... So I aim away from bunkers, try to give myself a line between rather than over bunkers and I am prepared to land a 9-iron short of bunkers and back my chipper to save me a putt...
I also attempt to follow a strategy of taking one hazard at a time. Facing water, get over the water, but don't attempt to clear the bunkers as well. Dogleg left or right, get to the middle of the corner, don't try to fade or hook it round. Leave avoiding the next hazards for the next shot. We have a par 4 where you hit over a ditch to a plateau, then the hole doglegs left across a water hazard to the next hill to a green protected by three bunkers, which you have to fade onto to get it to stick. 1 clear the ditch, 2 cross the water to the left of the green well away from the bunkers, chip on the green. Take a bogie on the toughest hole on the course any day....
Hilarious and so true. The why system is a gold standard in health and safety and production work. Toyota uses this system internally for all incident investigations. Brilliant idea.
5w/7w gang
Same gang.
@@nathaniverson6828 what club does the 7 wood take place.
Gang banging granny killers
@@larrytaylor580 3/4 iron but it’s the most versatile club in the bag . I hit it 200-245 depending on type of shot. 200 is my 5i for reference
@@larrytaylor580 also my 5w is really more a 4w and it’s my 240-265 club
Agree with you Matty: I have a 4 Wood 16,5°
and a 7 Wood 21,0° in my bag. No 3 wood. Despite my low swing speed and age (86 mph, 54 y), I am able to hit my 4 Wood pretty consistently: 185m from the Tee and 180m from the Fairway with lower than 3° lateral dispersion. It was a hint from my Pro and fitter, Mike McFadden, to not buy a W3 but a W4 and the W7. Fully in line with what you say: get your ego out of the way and get a W4 /W5 and a W7. There are no pictures on the scorecard...
Thank you so much for calling out the Arccos marketing scam. Worst thing I have ever paid for in golf, hands down.
I like the camo… sneak up on the golf course under the radar and shoot a low score before it puts its defenses up.
Beast mode
Love these videos! However I’m missing your left handed journey and videos with those ultra smooth, ‘way of the playa’ lady pros!
I choose the 100 yard shot so I don't have to walk past the cart markers. Great videos MBB
Mate, I understand your advice on YT swing videos, but for someone like me who doesn't have the time or money to drive the hour to my nearest course for a 40/50 euro lesson, some of the videos giving basic advice on taming a slice (Danny Maude for instance), or keeping the short game simple and basic (yourself included with the toe down technique), are invaluable to me.
I play 10 times a year maximum, I'm a 16 handicap who shoots in the 80's majority of the time, but never broken 80,. But with your vids on course management and mindset, I know I'm going to.
Cheers.
Use the app and video your swing. A pga pro will send you a lesson based on your video and it's only like 12-15$
@@thomastrain7311have you tried it yourself?
I love my 7 wood. I didn’t even play it in place of my 3 wood. My swing speed is slow, my 7 wood replaced my 2 iron. My 3 wood still goes longer.
Nice work ❤🎉