Dude not last week but the weekend before that I played in a tournament (Netto strokeplay 14 handicapper) so I started off with 2 triple bogeys, after 2 holes I basically gave up already. Then I played 16 holes extremely solid without making more than bogey, shot my lowest back nine ever 39, and ended up winning the tournament. Golf is actually insane sometimes
I can relate man. Played the club championship 2 weeks ago with a course handicap 24. Started with a triple, lost myself and was +8 after 5 holes. Somehow flipped the switch and stayed in the present, played 1 over par on holes 6-18 and my best ever round (81) to win the tournament.
Man, those first 3 tee shots!! I feel this so hard :( I've been practicing soooo much, felt so dailed at the range sessions and finally had confidence to go shoot a low round. Been trying to break 80 forever. Played the Falls in Chilliwack and COULD NOT hit the ball whatsoever. Snap hooks, tops all day, blocks. Lost 14 balls and shot a 104 (I'm a 14 handicap -.-) It completely destroyed my confidence that I can even hit a golf ball. How did you get your confidence back while playing? I feel like once it snowballs for me it's over. Any tips greatly appreciated
Hey, Nick! I think I've just played enough rounds to know that I'm going to lose a lot of strokes at some point during the day. Sometimes they're frontloaded, sometimes they're backloaded, and sometimes they're evenly spread. So I just try to refocus over every shot and always think, "the next shot could be my best of the day" and it's almost never too late for a turnaround. With that said, there are definitely times that my round starts poorly and only gets worse. I feature as many of those rounds on the channel as I can. I don't want to give the impression that I always turn it on :p Also, what was the course conditioning at The Falls? I played it once a few years ago and it was an embarrassment. I hope it's improved!
@@NotAScratchGolfer Thx for the reply. I need to keep that mindset in my head when it goes poorly. I know the course went bankrupt a few years ago and then the Aquilini group bought it and it was in rough shape due to being closed for a year. The conditions last week were a 7/10 I'd say. Tee boxes were a bit beat up and the greens were decent, but full of ball marks and scars. I would say though that the greens were almost impossible with the setup they had. The pins were borderline illegal clown pins, and if I had to guess, they were running at a 12. The combo of undulation, pin placement, and speed made it impossible. I prefer fast greens but it was a joke. That being said, my ball striking was so poor, I was gonna be high 90's regardless of where I played that day :P
Hey, glad to hear you're making the trip North! BC is pretty damn big. Vancouver Island + the city of Vancouver have year round golf. The rest of the province has a much shorter season. I've highlighted some favorites below: My favorite public course in BC is probably Sagebrush in Merritt (I've featured it twice on the channel). Tobiano (in this video) is about an hour away from Sagebrush and would be worth visiting if you go to Sagebrush. The Kelowna/Vernon area also has a ton of great golf, highlighted by Predator Ridge (36 holes) & Tower Ranch; their season also ends soon. An hour or so south of Kelowna is Fairview Mountain. It's a great course that not too many people seem to visit for some reason. Not too far away in Salmon Arm you'll find Talking Rock that I like as much as any of the courses in Kelowna. Salmon Arm Champions Course is also great. On Vancouver Island, Bear Mountain is another fantastic 36-hole resort facility. There are a ton of other great tracks on the island, but I haven't played them. In Vancouver, the best conditioned public course is Morgan Creek. Right at the Peace Arch border crossing there's a course called The Hills at Portal (formerly called Peace Portal) that's a cool old layout. Close to Vancouver (in Surrey) is a 36-hole facility called Northview - the Ridge Course is great and used to host a PGA event. In North Vancouver, there is a beautiful private course called Seymour that is open to the public on Mondays. Vancouver also has some great public courses/munis, most notably Fraserview & UBC. About 30 minutes south of Vancouver (in Richmond) there is a great semi-private course called Mayfair Lakes that's always in good shape. Kings Links (not far away, in Delta) is the closest you'll find to true seaside links golf in BC. Finally, the two municipal courses in Burnaby (Burnaby Mountain and Riverway) are nice little tracks that are maintained pretty well year round. In Whistler, Nicklaus North is a great layout. I haven't played Chateau Whistler, but it's supposed to be pretty albeit a bit gimmicky/target golf. En route to Whistler (in Squamish) there's a course called Squamish Valley that's a great, tight, parkland layout. Further up the road from Whistler (in Pemberton) is a course called Big Sky that is fantastic. If you make it all the way over to the Invermere area, Greywolf is a must-play. Eagle Ranch and Copper Point are also great.
@@NotAScratchGolfer damn bro. Thanks for the detailed explanation. Youre suvh a great guy. Definitely will tune into your futurr videos. It's a great help for someone who plays 90s and am struggling to break 80s
Its so funny watching someone with same handicap as me, but a completely different game. Your bad and your good rounds seem to be within 5 or so shots, mine are all over the place. After seeing how you can play 6500 yard courses with 220 drives, makes me realize how badly i need to work on my putting. I'm just too streaky. I'll make at least one 15-20' a round, but i'll butcher some leading to 3 putts. Also i'll miss easy 5 footers for par (push or pull like i forgot how to putt). How much time do you spend practicing putting?
love your videos, i find myself narrating my gmes in like yourself in your videos now and this has helped me a bit, about thinking what is the next step and planning.
Is the difference in distance due to environment really that dramatic? I'm also from Vancouver and my 9iron also goes about 125. I couldn't imagine it going 150! That's insane...
Yeah, that was my (/a lot of fitters') first experiment with me. For whatever reason it never helped much. My previous driver was 11.25°. Current one is 10.5°.
Can’t wait to play Tobiano. Was supposed to this year but had to push the trip back a year so something to look forward to next summer. The shot tracer on your bump and run was cool.
I played Tobiano for the first time last Saturday, amazing course and an experience of lifetime. I'm around a 22-23 handicap and shot 105. I kept thinking about goldfish memory and getting to a pitch and putt distance you've mentioned in the past and it probably kept me from shooting even higher on an unfamiliar tough course. Thank you so much for your content.
No real routine these days. When I get to course, I drop a ball ~15 ft. from the edge of the practice green and try to stop a ball as close as possible to where the green meets the fringe. This helps me get my speed down. I focus a lot on green reading (see: th-cam.com/video/3zWXJ4sR3pA/w-d-xo.html). I don't do much work on my stroke and I should. I tend to pull a lot of putts.
I grew up in Kelowna and always heard rumours about this course being built. I moved out to the prairies a few years before it opened, but it's at the top of my list of courses to take my Dad for a round. I'd love to see you play Tower Ranch and Predator Ridge. Heck, any of the courses in and around the Okanagan would be great so I can live vicariously through you from the prairies 😂 Keep putting out the great videos!
@@krm7559 Wow I never knew this, and I get told I look like him lol. I love Tobiano. Not sure if I'd have it ranked as my favorite in Canada, but I do love it!
@@NotAScratchGolfer dude. I've been getting fisted by the corporate world so badly I haven't had a chance to catch up. I have like six videos I need to edit. Let's shoot for next week?
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Nice work Adam. Thanks for visiting and come back soon.
Thanks for having us :) We had a great time and will be back...until next season!
Dude not last week but the weekend before that I played in a tournament (Netto strokeplay 14 handicapper) so I started off with 2 triple bogeys, after 2 holes I basically gave up already. Then I played 16 holes extremely solid without making more than bogey, shot my lowest back nine ever 39, and ended up winning the tournament. Golf is actually insane sometimes
I have done the same except I started out +2 thru 9 and then went +9 on the back 😂
I can relate man. Played the club championship 2 weeks ago with a course handicap 24. Started with a triple, lost myself and was +8 after 5 holes. Somehow flipped the switch and stayed in the present, played 1 over par on holes 6-18 and my best ever round (81) to win the tournament.
Love it man, congrats!!
Great turnaround, impressive to see. Backdrops for this video legit look like they were greenscreened in, place looks phenomenal.
Had you not hit the triple.. you would have shot an insanely great round. Not that it already wasn't.
Thanks. Indeed, if I were good, I'd be good! :p
I’ve been in NASG withdrawal for a while now…thanks for getting these videos out, appointment viewing!
Thanks for sticking around! Lots more coming!
The views on that golf course look phenomenal. Thanks again for sharing a great golf day, Adam. Cheers.
Thanks! And indeed the views there are stunning. Difficult to capture on a phone. Wish I'd had my drone!
Your mental game is definitely your biggest strength. Amazing.
Thanks!
Great video. That course looks just unbelievable. The backdrop when you were hitting your 2nd on 14 was amazing.
Thanks bud. Yeah, that's a stunning hole...as are many at Tobiano. It's hard to effectively capture it on an iPhone.
After starting with a triple, what a score. Great round
Man what a comeback! Would have been so easy to slip into negative-nancy mode after that start.
Thanks, Curtis.
Nothing wrong with the bump n run. It's truly one of the first and oldest shot types in the game.
Agreed
Man, those first 3 tee shots!! I feel this so hard :( I've been practicing soooo much, felt so dailed at the range sessions and finally had confidence to go shoot a low round. Been trying to break 80 forever. Played the Falls in Chilliwack and COULD NOT hit the ball whatsoever. Snap hooks, tops all day, blocks. Lost 14 balls and shot a 104 (I'm a 14 handicap -.-) It completely destroyed my confidence that I can even hit a golf ball. How did you get your confidence back while playing? I feel like once it snowballs for me it's over. Any tips greatly appreciated
Hey, Nick! I think I've just played enough rounds to know that I'm going to lose a lot of strokes at some point during the day. Sometimes they're frontloaded, sometimes they're backloaded, and sometimes they're evenly spread. So I just try to refocus over every shot and always think, "the next shot could be my best of the day" and it's almost never too late for a turnaround. With that said, there are definitely times that my round starts poorly and only gets worse. I feature as many of those rounds on the channel as I can. I don't want to give the impression that I always turn it on :p
Also, what was the course conditioning at The Falls? I played it once a few years ago and it was an embarrassment. I hope it's improved!
@@NotAScratchGolfer Thx for the reply. I need to keep that mindset in my head when it goes poorly.
I know the course went bankrupt a few years ago and then the Aquilini group bought it and it was in rough shape due to being closed for a year. The conditions last week were a 7/10 I'd say. Tee boxes were a bit beat up and the greens were decent, but full of ball marks and scars.
I would say though that the greens were almost impossible with the setup they had. The pins were borderline illegal clown pins, and if I had to guess, they were running at a 12. The combo of undulation, pin placement, and speed made it impossible. I prefer fast greens but it was a joke. That being said, my ball striking was so poor, I was gonna be high 90's regardless of where I played that day :P
Definitely a scratch golfer from 5-18 that day👏Looks like there are some nice vacation properties on site.
Thanks, Lindsay! Yeah, some behemoths for houses along the course. I'd settle for some of their guest houses :p
Hey Adam. When are you going to review your new sticks? Love the videos!
Thanks, Ray! I've been meaning to get around to it. Maybe in the doldrums of the Winter when I'm not playing as much...
what is your favorite public course to play? a buddy and i want to travel to BC from seattle. Any recommendations? love the video.
Hey, glad to hear you're making the trip North!
BC is pretty damn big. Vancouver Island + the city of Vancouver have year round golf. The rest of the province has a much shorter season. I've highlighted some favorites below:
My favorite public course in BC is probably Sagebrush in Merritt (I've featured it twice on the channel).
Tobiano (in this video) is about an hour away from Sagebrush and would be worth visiting if you go to Sagebrush.
The Kelowna/Vernon area also has a ton of great golf, highlighted by Predator Ridge (36 holes) & Tower Ranch; their season also ends soon.
An hour or so south of Kelowna is Fairview Mountain. It's a great course that not too many people seem to visit for some reason.
Not too far away in Salmon Arm you'll find Talking Rock that I like as much as any of the courses in Kelowna. Salmon Arm Champions Course is also great.
On Vancouver Island, Bear Mountain is another fantastic 36-hole resort facility. There are a ton of other great tracks on the island, but I haven't played them.
In Vancouver, the best conditioned public course is Morgan Creek.
Right at the Peace Arch border crossing there's a course called The Hills at Portal (formerly called Peace Portal) that's a cool old layout.
Close to Vancouver (in Surrey) is a 36-hole facility called Northview - the Ridge Course is great and used to host a PGA event.
In North Vancouver, there is a beautiful private course called Seymour that is open to the public on Mondays.
Vancouver also has some great public courses/munis, most notably Fraserview & UBC.
About 30 minutes south of Vancouver (in Richmond) there is a great semi-private course called Mayfair Lakes that's always in good shape.
Kings Links (not far away, in Delta) is the closest you'll find to true seaside links golf in BC.
Finally, the two municipal courses in Burnaby (Burnaby Mountain and Riverway) are nice little tracks that are maintained pretty well year round.
In Whistler, Nicklaus North is a great layout. I haven't played Chateau Whistler, but it's supposed to be pretty albeit a bit gimmicky/target golf.
En route to Whistler (in Squamish) there's a course called Squamish Valley that's a great, tight, parkland layout.
Further up the road from Whistler (in Pemberton) is a course called Big Sky that is fantastic.
If you make it all the way over to the Invermere area, Greywolf is a must-play. Eagle Ranch and Copper Point are also great.
@@NotAScratchGolfer damn bro. Thanks for the detailed explanation. Youre suvh a great guy. Definitely will tune into your futurr videos. It's a great help for someone who plays 90s and am struggling to break 80s
Your putting is very impressive. Saved your entire round
haha thanks Geoff.
Its so funny watching someone with same handicap as me, but a completely different game. Your bad and your good rounds seem to be within 5 or so shots, mine are all over the place.
After seeing how you can play 6500 yard courses with 220 drives, makes me realize how badly i need to work on my putting. I'm just too streaky. I'll make at least one 15-20' a round, but i'll butcher some leading to 3 putts. Also i'll miss easy 5 footers for par (push or pull like i forgot how to putt).
How much time do you spend practicing putting?
love your videos, i find myself narrating my gmes in like yourself in your videos now and this has helped me a bit, about thinking what is the next step and planning.
haha love this. Has it helped you lower your scores?
Is the difference in distance due to environment really that dramatic? I'm also from Vancouver and my 9iron also goes about 125. I couldn't imagine it going 150! That's insane...
I think there were three things working in combination: elevation, heat (it was 40° that day) and I was compressing the ball a bit better than normal.
Way to hang in there! That was one hell of a comeback.
Thanks!
Those views are awesome!
So happy the videos are back
Glad you like em, Nick!
Love em’!
Loft up the driver 11-12 degrees?................. Just thought for your swingspeed.
12.5 minimum with a senior flex shaft.
Yeah, that was my (/a lot of fitters') first experiment with me. For whatever reason it never helped much. My previous driver was 11.25°. Current one is 10.5°.
Can you take and give gimmies in comps ?
@@af5235 I wasn’t sure, I thought he was playing a course comp and a friendly as well.
Played this course on a trip last fall. Had to wear five layers and used rented clubs, shot my highest score of the year and had the most fun.
Haha I hear you. I played this course on the channel last year, got hailed on, and shot a million.
Great job! Keeping the game to what you can control.
Cheers
Keep on keepin on!
Thanks, Shel-Z!
tobiano, what a golf course🥰
Love it there.
Man, I'm hitting lake balls on this course. Can't even imagine how many I would lose here.
Lol yeah it's easy to lose them out there. I've done it before.
Awesome video again, cheers
Thanks!
Can’t wait to play Tobiano. Was supposed to this year but had to push the trip back a year so something to look forward to next summer. The shot tracer on your bump and run was cool.
Thanks, Hayden! Tobiano is definitely worth the trek!
I played Tobiano for the first time last Saturday, amazing course and an experience of lifetime. I'm around a 22-23 handicap and shot 105. I kept thinking about goldfish memory and getting to a pitch and putt distance you've mentioned in the past and it probably kept me from shooting even higher on an unfamiliar tough course. Thank you so much for your content.
Love it, and glad this stuff has been helpful!
Gnarly dude, what’s your putting practice routine like? Or are you just an au naturale talent with the flat stick?
No real routine these days. When I get to course, I drop a ball ~15 ft. from the edge of the practice green and try to stop a ball as close as possible to where the green meets the fringe. This helps me get my speed down. I focus a lot on green reading (see: th-cam.com/video/3zWXJ4sR3pA/w-d-xo.html). I don't do much work on my stroke and I should. I tend to pull a lot of putts.
Just what I needed right now.
Glad you enjoyed!
I grew up in Kelowna and always heard rumours about this course being built. I moved out to the prairies a few years before it opened, but it's at the top of my list of courses to take my Dad for a round.
I'd love to see you play Tower Ranch and Predator Ridge. Heck, any of the courses in and around the Okanagan would be great so I can live vicariously through you from the prairies 😂
Keep putting out the great videos!
Thanks! I've played both on the channel before and actually recorded a match yesterday against a +3HC at Predator. Video coming soon!
@@NotAScratchGolfer awesome, I will watch those videos, thanks!
Way to hang in there!
Thanks, James.
Love tobiano, actually played one of my better rounds(net 3 under) there in early september
Nice! Do you live in the area?
@@NotAScratchGolfer live in hope.
@@scarletfever92 Cool. What courses are worth playing in or near Hope? I drive through a lot!
@@NotAScratchGolfer would recommend the falls, sandpiper, and the one course in hope(but wait until next year as there was some flood damage)
as a resident of Kamloops, it's really cool to see one of my favourite youtubers play golf somewhere familiar!!
Thanks, Tian! I still haven't played Rivershore in Kamloops. Worth the trek?
@@NotAScratchGolfer 100%! Rivershore, bighorn and tobiano are my favourites in Kamloops!
What a great game man!
Thanks, Jedidiah!
what does "giving up the hole" mean?
This is a brilliant example of why you shouldn't panic on hole one after a double or triple ...
Good round, Toby can be conquered when the wind is down…looked like a great day
Louie Oosthuizen called Tobiano his #5 course in the world (limit one course per country in his list)
@@krm7559 Wow I never knew this, and I get told I look like him lol. I love Tobiano. Not sure if I'd have it ranked as my favorite in Canada, but I do love it!
Great round! Just what I needed to see before my round tomorrow
Glad you enjoyed!
What is the yardage you are playing?
I relate so hard to that "Oh s***" at 4:53
Golf is hard
What is your method/key for hitting that beautiful draw off the tee ?
The extremely flat laid off swing demands it unless the face is wide open
@@TheChainChasers Pretty much this
That's awesome bro. Congrats on that back 9!
Thanks!
So that is what Kamloops looks like in summer!
Yes!
Bump N’ Run!
Yeah bud
Seems to be how I play always finish well but start poorly, I need to warm up first but never seem to get to the course early enough :-).
Haha same here.
Great way to bounce back
Quad on the first just saying.
:p
Way to roll the rock!
Also great shot on 14.
@@OffBrandGolf Thanks, Walker! Don't we have a video to release? ... :D
@@NotAScratchGolfer dude. I've been getting fisted by the corporate world so badly I haven't had a chance to catch up. I have like six videos I need to edit. Let's shoot for next week?
waddapolo
Well played young man!
Thanks, Albert!
Let’s go. Now I gotta go hit the range
Why not play a round instead? :p
@@NotAScratchGolfer well I didn’t have time that day but did end up hitting some balls
Tobiano is EPIC.
Agreed
Great recovery!
Thanks, Jason!
Way to turn it around.
Thanks, Sean!
Adam nice back 9 but like you said your started to play good on the last 5 holes on the front!! 😀🏌♂
Thanks bud
Getting better at golf is inches even if you know your swing. I would knock off 2 shots a year. Until I got to a solid 9. And playing a lot.
Hard game :p