How to Break 75 off the Pro Tees Without Driver
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I played Gary Player Country Club at Sun City with Didi and his family. It's a tough track that they play the Nedbank Golf Challenge on. Long, unforgiving and filled with optical illusions, it's quite a challenge.
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The focus on golf for 2019 and my future how to break 80 and how to break 90, how to break 100 series will be focused on reducing the stress and pressure you place on yourself to break these made up barriers.
There will be a big emphasis on selecting the right shots, leaving the right shot into greens, leaving a decent chip and more instruction on the short game. You're either on this train or you're off it because it's moving forward, stomping ass and taking names.
Handicaps are dropping this year. Don't get left behind with another mediocre season of the same scores you've shot for the last 5 years. Take my advice, try it out and then report back. Adapt it to your own game and shoot the lights out.
LOL, here is a disclaimer because I am expecting the following issues to be brought up:
1. Yes the Gary Player Country Club easiest course in the world and I know already, I must come to Japan for a real test of golf.
2. I teed off the white on hole 1 because the starter didn't want me teeing off the back. I teed off on 14 off the whites because my caddie forgot to tell me to walk another way. It was 60 yards back and I couldn't be bothered to walk all the way around again (200 yard walk to hold up play)
3. My short game sucked today because I left myself impossible shots.
4. The rough, according to my caddie, Happy, was longer than at the Nedbank Challenge held 5 weeks prior.
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Please keep posting these Vids Matt you fo a great job. I watch these in the mornings on weekends until my family gets up sipping coffee.
Very touching comment. I like it
Have to say a few quarantine weeks not even putting or chipping and watching you..... strait up balling now.
Positive attitude and stress free golf ✅
Course management/safe landing zones✅
Cut the b.s - no flop shots/hit sensible ✅
I am 35 and a 22 handicap. Never had a lesson but played most of my life. Dont hit handicap ever. Play once a week normally and dont practice at all.
Since starting again a few days ago, 4 rounds 4 days nothing for the 8 weeks .....
Hit handicap 3 times out of 4!!!!
Mental attitude is 80% of golf you have definitely Improved me by 10 shots.
Cant really believe it!
Way of the player!
Birdie music starts playing and you know fist pumping is coming next 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Unreal birdies in this round. I left two or three really easy ones out there and made some really pathetic drops. Should have been a 70 or so!
I've started hearing this music when i am closing in on a birdie now :-)
I always get pumped when the music comes on! Hell yeah!
Golf Sidekick you holed a couple of monsters though so not all bad. I agree you should have broken par which is impressive on a championship course.
Matt Guyer i think about the music when make a bird as a little reward 🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥
This has become my favorite channel to watch golf on, you make fantastic content
Brett Gratz
You have great taste!
I've knocked 3 strokes off my score by following your advice, and I'm enjoying golf much more. Keep the videos coming, Matt. I, too, wish to follow the Way Of The Playa.
Idk why but this is like planet earth for golf vlogs. 😂
definitely the accent
I LOVE your editing of this video with the satellite image with tracer from behind and above along with the PGA style hole info/score at the top right. Well done, Sir!
Really happy I found this channel. My head game has been costing me 10 strokes a round
Went from 90 to 80 in a matter of weeks
if your a single digit and hit your 3 iron 230 probably not an issue. I can't hit my driver 230.
Thats why I play off 7200 yard tees. Just play off club tees at 6000-6500
nothing wrong with 230 as long as it's in play
I used to be plus but now can;t hit a 3 iron...period!!! hit a hybrid about 190 now...sucks!!!
You do as you say. Your swing looks stress free and you’re getting results. Most players can use these tips. Keep these videos coming very entertaining. Good luck 👍
Wadda channel.
U are teaching me a lot about golf. And I've been playing for over 20yrs. But never new how to manage my game.m - as well as other things. I've been thru so many golfing vids and even a lessons here and there but urs are the only ones that have helped me tremendously. Thank you so so much. I even raged quit this game for a time coz it became so frustrating. And u have given me new perspective on my return. Once again, Thank you so so much
Thanks, I can't watch any other TH-cam channels on golf now. Yours is too polished. The shot tracer, the nice quick pace, the great commentary, the map of each hole with tracer on every shot, distance, tips, advice...YOU'VE SPOILED US ALL.
Apologies for spoiling all that other boring stuff for you playa!
Drained 3 big bastards for birdies! Putter was on fire. Thats a great round on a tough course from the hardest tees. You have talked about stress free rounds forever, but it never really sinks in. This time, for some reason, I "understood" what you mean. It's not playing well that removes the stress, it's removing the stress that helps you play well. That involves letting go of the wheel and stop trying to steer every last detail. Very difficult to do and no doubt a product of years of effort. When you feel that theres no reason you can't go out and shoot par today, your expectations become unreasonable and disaster is usually waiting. Great video bro.
You complete me
@@GolfSidekick Does the weather ever change there? Damn. Its always shorts weather. It's been a long, wet winter here so far and more to come. Every time you go play, you're trying to hit a shot off a wet sponge with frozen hands. Can't wait for Spring.
OurHouse
south african summer is bloody brilliant. Thailand is always hot except now where I am in the north. Gone on a road trip with my dad to some mountains here. Omg its not shorts weather. We arent used to cold so when its 17 degrees celcius at night we die a little death!
@@GolfSidekick I live in North Carolina. We have hot and humid Summers, but the Winters are not usually that bad. I am in Missouri for the week with my wife's family and it is a crazy week. -5 Fahrenheit for the low. Screw this.
Matt. I like how your videos are simple. You don't get technical. It's all about attitude, state of mind and making clear decisions. So many times I wipe holes due to poor decision making. I'd love to see you continue to focus on this most important aspect of the game.
Played last week with those things in mind , like playing short of hazards or bunkers and 'boom' shot my best ever a (+3) 74. It was a great feeling and the simplicity of it, and it annoyed the hell out of my playing partners to boot. Great video as always Matt.
Michael Harte
Thats what I like to see playa!
learning so much from this channel ...brilliant
Waddaplaya and waddateacher! These vids have drastically improved my game. Hcap dropped from 11.0 to 8.1 on ten weeks 😊 Long ambition of mine to make single figure. Thanks Matt. Keep up the good work
This was a great round. Enjoy your channel. Told a guy to check you out and he came back and said he broke 80 after watching your videos.
Took your stress free approach to the course while reading "Every Shot Must Have a Purpose" and finally broke through 70 for the first time in years. Then did it again two weeks later. Thanks!
Rick Buechel
Sickening! Well done playa!
Im very glad I saw this video. I have a competition this weekend I hope this thoughts can help me to get my best golf. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE CHANNEL!!!!!
PS How you shot an 8 iron from 180!!!!
Altitude is 3500 feet!
You have incredible short game and exceptional putting. You truly show why most golfers should be more strategic with shot selection and having the ability to get up and down. Well done!
Thanks sir
Putting was never a strong suit so it just shows if you put in the work, it can improve drastically.
THAT PUT WAS SICK
My favorite is when he hits a good putt and goes “MUST BE! MUST BE!” Great Channel Matt, you’ve changed the way I look at Golf. My scoring has improved a little but I’m enjoying golf more than ever
Jacob Brokaw
Thats what its all about. More fun. More relaxation. More golf. Less stress. Less giving up. More happiness!
Everytime the birdie tune begins i’m waiting for a ‘gotcha’
Nice one playa⛳️
ieldepiel
There will surely be a gotcha soon just for you
Your videos have helped me reduce my scores by a lot last you! Thanks 💪
Excellent news my good man!
When the music cues. It’s like are you kidding me!? I can’t believe the putts you make!
I love your commentary, very insightful
Played there 2 weeks ago, 76!!
Conditions are absolutely PURE...
Best greens I have ever played on. Unreal how pure they rolled. Fantastic! DId you get the baking sun? I had overcast for 2 days
@@GolfSidekick You were lucky, we caught the heat, 36°C. But from KZN so used to it😎
I recently discovered your channel and absolutely love your videos! Keep them coming and the simple advice is, well, so simple I can’t believe I’m just now realizing it.
“Jeez man you almost killed that bird”
“Dinner time!”
Haha best part of the whole video!
Drew Smith
Love playing with these guys. Best in the world
Your idea of seeing your shot before you shoot, and executing it well, is exemplified at 12:00. You looked at the small bird crossing the tee box right before you swung, and you hit a stinger right at it! Haha, love your videos! Keep up the great work!
Been trying out some of the breaking 100 tips with much success! Cheers from Oklahoma!
Daniel Moran
Excellent news sir!
Great tip on using your shoulders to putt. I'll try that on my round tomorrow!
Also helps when you can hit a 7-iron 190 yards...
Like the accent Matt, I caddied for a South African this summer and he was a chilled dude, stress free golf 👍
We are known to be superb that is true
Great round, thanks for the video! Your ability to recover from bad shots is off the charts!
LeftyGolf
Thank you sir. Thats something that has improved the last little while. There was a time where I would just fall into the death spiral of double double double double trouble! But in the end, all we have to really do is get the ball in the hole in as few as possible.
whoa!!! your videos have improved so much. excellent golfer too. cheers
Your new swing is looking effortless! buttery smooth and a very comfortable follow through! wadddddaplaya
Nicholas Leon
Its a work in progress and sometimes still go back to the old way because of pressure or uncertainty over a shot like the drivers!!
The birdie music INSTANTLY puts me in a good mood Bru. Waddasoundtrack! The bit about playing your shot shape to entrance of green but not flying it over hazards I think is a great tip or thought.
Corey L
Thank you sir. Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn!
Awesome video again sir! And waddaround! You are helping many of us live vicariously through you to get past the snow/winter weather! My last two rounds of 2018 the driver never came out of the bag and I played better, sometimes it works but ego has to be in parking lot.
Norm I'm looking forward to an email about it all as the season goes on. You've got the thinking. You've got the strategy. You've got the ideas. Now it's about releasing the stress of expectations and play the WADDAPLAYA STRESS FREE GOLF 2019 TECHNIQUE. Lol that looks like the name of a dodgy Chinese company. Just needs a co.,LTD at the end
@@GolfSidekick and I have the shots! I've made all of them before, just stress free! Maybe I should take up smoking pot on the course, it's legal here in Canada now! Nah, I'll lose focus and be thirsty, I can be stress free without that! :)
Thank you for posting these videos...learning a lot!
Matt seriously you’re voice is so smooth and sophisticated! Record a book or something bc Damn if golf doesn’t work your voice could
Luke
Hahaha its not even mine. Its my mate BMax in south africa! He is great!
When the Disco music plays, it's sports center time
haha, I get totally geared up
Matt!! Play in a pro-am ???? you might not win but you would be in the mix for sure!! Thanks, Birdies from Texas.
Star Fox
Will try so something like that this year. Not sure how stuff works here in Thailand. Will check the amateur scene out
I'am already like a pavlov dog. Every time the music (beat) starts playing, I know something great is going to happen... :-)
How does this comment not have more likes haha
Thanks to your videos, simplify my game, I don't even carry a 460cc in my bag, just a mini driver, even that gets barely used
Anthony Nelson if you want to shoot even better, work in that driver more and your score will go down even more. But simplifying your game with just irons is a good way to have a safe reliable game
I would love to get my hands on a mini driver. I love the idea and i reckon more playas should be trying out high lofted shorter shafted drivers for maximum benefit.
David, I'm slowly working that big puppy in, but after 20 years still scoring high 90s, I'm going to the root of the problem, putts n chips. Too many birthday holes were caused by this lol
And Matt I'd love to send you an extra mini driver I had, but I'm a lefty, cheers playa
Like the tip about lefting the chin in the fairway bunker!! Will definitely have to remember that and try it out!! Cool video!! Loving these!!
You’re content is so bloody brilliant 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Topbloke Golf Vlogs
Thank you my good man.
Your yoga is paying off obviously in the putting. That's crazy distance and slopes!
Myself recorded new distance of 237 meters for driver (additional 40 meters) and additional 20 meters for my 50° wedge
Going to play this Tuesday
Living up the stress free and enjoy the game mantra
Waddaplaya!!!
That's my main Johorian!
Interesting tip about the metronome putting. Going to give that a go next week when i get back home! Waddatip
Sean Miller tried to include it in a video from playing a course today. Will upload it this week or so
@@GolfSidekick Look forward to it mate. Keep up the great work :)
If I were able to play like you, I would be stress free, too!
Nice round playa. Sinking those downtowners would certainly lift ya spirits. Bloody nice looking course too!
Higgo
Well done on the recent round sir. Get those three putts under control!
thought I was the only one who planted feathers! ha ha ha ha ha. some lovely putts there man. done the same at a pro am, used 3 wood of the tee as bunkers/trouble in range with driver. then 5 wood onto the green away from trouble.
Petter emberson
Thats the way of the playa! I love it and yes feather planter for the last 15 years!
Great vid Matt! Solid round of golf. Loving the birdie music ^^ 4.1 hcp is looking good, on the way down! That's my target for this season, to get sub 4,5. Keep up the good work!
I'm sitting at 4.8 at the moment. We will need to get better at the same time then. My issue is hole 10-15. That's where I lose all my handicap strokes otherwise I would be a scratch. Need to figure out WTF happens then!
@@GolfSidekickHi Matt, yes we will! ;-) I've been practising so hard in the off season I'm dead excited for spring to arrive! If you don't mind (and maybe it helps to have another view), this is my opinion on 10-15: 10 was a lovely up and down. 11 beautifully played (that six iron baby!). 12 unlucky bogie. 13 the mishit flop cost a bogie (but not really many other options so this is fine). 14 nice. 15 - possibly not enough length off the tee leaving a really long approach? -- So actually, I feel that was a great performance, even on the holes you didn't like so much. It just happens that even very good golfers have a few awkward holes. And you are certainly a very good golfer. All the best from Germany!
I am 33 handicap and flop shots are probably the strongest part of my game :-) But this is because I was learning golf on a short par 3 course, and I was taking to that only 60-degree wedge.
Waddaplaya, awesome sauce! Love the sarcastic overdubs!!
I have two chips in my game a bump and run similar to yours and a dead hand flop shot that's super easy to hit ima 4-8 hcp the dead hand has no spin but lands soft and really helps on shots over bunkers and onto down hill slopes
Lots of birdie music in this one. i love it it gets me pumped!
Michael Libert
Me too! Love it!!!
Wadda round. You're doing well rotating that left side correctly that's a big change, nice job. I'd Love to buy one of those waddaplaya Polos.
Ray Martinez
Will make new ones at 20k subs playa! Be sure to stick around a couple months they will go up for order
@@GolfSidekick polos ordered. Thanks
I shoot high 70s consistently because I hit my hybrid any direction I want 215-230 yards 90% of the time, I do just as you said and aim for the green and play stress free. I am in high school and always place in tournaments and never ever hit driver people don’t understand 2 good 200 -250 yard shots and you are around the green in 2 on any par 5, unless you plan on going pro if you have a bad driver don’t use it in tournaments until you’ve got it mastered never feel like you have to
You sir, are way ahead of your time. A wise man indeed. Waddahighschooler
Beauty course Playa!! Great round of stress free golf! Awesome as usual! Waddaplaya!
3 great birdie putts! Thanks for keeping up your channel.
Thanks for watching my good German
I would love to see you play from the Championship tees (7100 metres)(approx 7850 yards).
For 60$ that's a great deal for a tour level course
Christopher DeLaughter
Unreal really. South Africa has the best value for money golf. Besides Fancourt, everything else is well priced and in good condition
@@GolfSidekick you should come to Argentina, here you can play tour level courses for 30$ to 40$
Martin Turano
Will one day return there my friend. I have played Llao Llao only in Bariloche. I enjoyed argentina but didnt get any ither golf in because I stayed in Zapala in the desert
@@GolfSidekick llao llao is very nice but is a hotel course, you should play Chapelco, is near Bariloche, is a Nicklaus Course, and in front of it is El Desafio a new course made by Greg Norman.
Martin Turano
Hopefully get there soon my man!!!
Important lesson #3 is a definite yes! Thanks for the video!
great putt on 4. man, you knew that was in right off the putter. pretty impressive from 40 feet
its shake me to my core - when I miss a 2 footer, ya you got that right, my nemesis
This guy is real good, he's got that 200 yd shot down. I got to get that going more often. I'm getting to the mid 70s at my local course, but not always. Which is a lot easier than this course he's playing. But I really like his attitude. Though, he doesn't have swing flaws, and his ball flight is nice. This is going to help, he makes it simple.
LOL, dude thanks for the compliments, but I have some bad swing flaws. I flip the ball up in the air which is okay on this course, but if there is any wind, I am screwed. At this point, I was also at the beginning of changing that problem in my swing. But you're right, it's all about attitude! Thanks for watching playa
@@GolfSidekick ...Oh I see, but your swing looks good, and simple, and your ball flight got that nice trajectory and power. I notice I play well when I'm hitting that 200 yard shot well, golf turns easy. Thanks playa.... I'll check out your other vids !
Wadda (Gary) Playa! Very cool course!
Lars Vieluf
Waddaperfectuseofplaya!
I feel your channel doesn’t get the deserved recognition that it should, as I believe you’ve helped your 13,000 subs more through promoting positive ideas for course play the the 100s of thousands of subscribers to golf channels that have a new swing change every week , keep up the good work you soon be among the big league golf you tubers!
Thank you sir. We learn in Africa when we are young, the only way to eat the elephant is one bite at a time.
Swing changes and picking up game-crippling swing tips from strangers on TH-cam who are just as lost as we are will end in disaster. These people will find their way to the light and we will share in the world's collective handicap.
Until then, one video at a time, one sub at a time and we will take over with stuff that actually helps!
I agree Joel, great channel. More about the thoughts behind the shots than the shots themselves, few others show this side of the game.
Didi’s comments are the best. Geez you almost killed that bird. Didi “dinner time!”🤣😂
Awesome video! Love the course management you teach!
at 17th you hit 19 degree rescue 280 yards, and 8 iron 180 yards. Is that your normal distance? or is the course is somewhere 3000 feet above sea level. Your channel made me happy and can do course management better than before. Waddaplayaaa....
I think 4000 feet playa
you really good at short game, that makes me want to train my short game even more. I hit driver and 3 wood better than you but my putter and short games sucks... thats why i have difficulties break 80 more often. Thank you for all the post, that I believed will make me better golfer. Greeting from Indonesia.
Love these videos, keep em coming!
"there are no bad swings, just bad thoughts" "changing your swing thought on the course is golf suicide" great quotes!!!!!!
If you fall apart mid round id suggest taking an "Indezone" Nootropic pill to help ya finish strong on the back nine!
Your videos are great fun and of breath of fresh air.
Im working through hosel rocket shanks. Being positive is the only way to go!!
Paul Krug don’t over rotate your hands on the way back to much especially on those short ones
I'm really late but what eva! You guys are some great playas!
Great video Matt, I love SA, course looked superb. You obviously don’t carry a 3 wood? Your tee shots with the hybrid are outstanding. Great putting also. Coming inside the ball with hybrids & woods is my nemesis, fine with irons. Love your shape, given me a lot to work on over the coming months! Cheers Matt
Paul Houghton
I always played a 5 wood then decided to lower it to 17 degree. I dont see much use for amateurs and 15 degree clubs i might try one but since I bought this srixon 2 iron, I dont see myself stocking up on too many woods. I may look at a 16 degree.
Ive kicked the hybrid and fairway wood out. May put one back when I can get something to go 250.
Nice videos sir! Is there a video where you go into how you go about hitting your long iron's so well? That is my biggest struggle currently and it is such a huge advantage to have if you can have confidence like you do. Thanks!
No video about it yet sir because I find I am not thaat great at them! I need to do more discovery so I can share secrets with yiu
@@GolfSidekick I would respectfully disagree sir seeing you hit that 2 iron! Thank you though, keep up the good work
First I thought: what an awesome 30, 40 feet putting. Then he even reveals the technique behind... waddaninput again!
Quality video, great editing WADDA PLAYA
Thank sir. Great win at augusta in 1991 btw
Nice. Enjoyed this. Noticed now that the teng tengxxx wooo only happens when you hole a long putt ... whaddasong
Lol... we know what you were really trying to do at 12:00 . trying to hit another birdie XD
Just get better,your playing some great golf.long may it continue,best on youtube...
Really surprised that you're not happy with your Srixon driver. Since I got my z785 my driving is so much more consistent, longer and straighter. Hope you get used to it soon.
I love it. I just hadnt had a chance to hit it. This was the second round with it after getting it and with that bushveld, I was really nervous over the ball. Its coming right now though! Superb club
Great to hear - I've had a few Srixon drivers but this is the best by far. Would be great to catch up for a game when we get back to Thailand later in the year.
Lomolagi Boy Shepherdson
Let me know!
That was a great round after missing so many fairways. Some miraculous putts holds though ;)
I love your channel, great commentary :)
Love your vlogs mate keep them coming
Charles Melaisis
I will do!
Can’t believe you holes those two long putts! Wadda putta!
This is my goal this year is to play stress-free golf. Hit the middle of the greens and take less club off the tee and on par 5's.
Matt S
Now youre talking playa!!
KILLER. Keep 'em comin'.
Great video, love the birdie music!
Interesting that you need to use the bigger muscles exclusively in putting. I find that I need to involve my wrists in the long game if I want power but they are a liability for putting. It's true in tennis too...the serve involves the pronation of the wrist, but wristy volleys (when you are close to the net and taking the ball out of the air) are a no no.
Depends on the green speed. Often the slow greens below 8 on the stimp meter, you can putt with almost any style as long as it gets to the hole cutting out a lot of break because of the power needed. On faster pure greens, it’s easier to develop a solid technique
Great putting and iron play Matt
Tony Middlehurst
Thank you my good mon
Definitely thought your index would be lower with how well you play in some of these videos!
Great putt on the 4th hole