you always seem to be playing with positive people! Maybe you should make a vid on how you playing partner can affect your round. also I love your channel you get my psyched to play golf! Since your scoring and play style are similar to my own, if I really focus on your shots and round Its almost like playing without being on the course if that makes sense. So watching you makes me better at the game! Thanks Adam keep doing what your doing I recommend you to my buddies on my golf team.
I think when you say I don't know what it is at the end of hole 16 it is all mental game. You are good enough to hit that shot on the green (moving the cart may make it an easier chip🤣) Love the content👍
This is the course I grew up with! As a kid before the course was finished I used to sneak on and walk the three ocean holes over and over again before I would get kicked off. Sometimes I’d get 18holes in that way.
Great to watch. Your distances are somewhat same as mine. I also like to putt it when I am around the green. And a fellow Canadian as well! Keep it up. Your story is a real inspiration.
Played this course every year on vacation for a while. Conditions looked a little rough in spots on the collars? I remember the green's fees used to be like $75 and then suddenly one year the St. Regis bought it and they were like $275 the next for the exact same course. I remember wailing at a driver on the signature hole and it bouncing off a tree and the cart path and ending up 5 feet from the hole for eagle.
Great vlog and course! Relatable, and fun to watch, as a I wait for the local courses to finally open. Keeping my head when things aren't going my way is one of my biggest faults. I'm way too hard on myself sometimes.
New subscriber here. This is my 3rd season playing golf. Last season i was all about going for it and not playing it safe. I reacently found your channel and now im trying to play more like you! Keep up the content
Adam. I love your channel. I think you should emphasise that there maybe other seven handicappers that bomb their drives 260-280 yards, but not on the fairway and more particularly they lose one ball per round, so they are back on your radar, and if they lose two balls per round, then you will beat them!
Great round Adam! Curious: Do you ever have issues with recording and the group behind you? I’m just trying to get started on my channel and a lot of the courses I play are pretty busy… I’m a little nervous on recording tomorrow :)
Course looks like a lot of fun!! I like the elevated tee boxes!! There are some holes out there which are really attackable!! Adam nice rouond of golf too!!
Super relatable. Love this channel. Bring that 7 index to Texas (North Dallas) and play with my skins group sometime. Validated skins. Fairest game I’ve ever played in. 😀👍🏻
Man you really spent the day at the beach on this one. 78 is always a good score and if your putter had cooperated it would have been much lower. Another great vlog, keepem comin.
Difficult to say! I've only played in British Columbia, California, and a little bit in Arizona/Nevada. My default answer is Pebble Beach - the 6th to 10th holes (+ 17 & 18) are easily the best stretch I've played. But in California I really enjoyed Spyglass, Pasatiempo, Stanford, The Olympic Club (I only played the Ocean Course, not the Lake which has hosted several US Opens) and Torrey Pines, as well. In BC, my favorites have been Sagebrush, Greywolf, Victoria Golf Club, and Capilano.
You are thoroughly entertaining to watch sir. Keep up the good work and if you were ever to come to the uk it would be an honour to have a round with you.
You always seem to score well even when not playing your best 👏 I think the Waldorf used to be the St Regis? I played this course many years ago when attending a financial conference.
I'm 60 and don't turn in cards anymore so I don't know my actual handicap but I usually shoot 85-87 on 6200 yd courses so I think we're close. I found that when I move up I actually play a bit worse. I let the short yardage get in my head and play way too aggressive which gets me in trouble.
I'd *love* to do a proper trip to the Island this Summer. I've only ever played Victoria Golf Club (an all-time favorite of mine) and a 3-day tournament at Gorge Vale, which I also loved. If you were building a perfect 3-day trip to the Island (not afraid of 36-hole days), what would you recommend, Brandon?
@@NotAScratchGolfer Storey Creek just south of Campbell River is a very fun track. The Bear Mountain courses would also look nice on camera. And if you're ever here in Tofino, come play at Long Beach Golf Club. Probably not one you'd film but it's a tough 9-hole test.
Bear mountain golf course do the valley course and also the mountain course if you can. Olympic view is another good course and I also really like highland pacific all the courses are 15 minutes apart from each other down in the heart of Langford/Victoria! Those are just some of my favourites on the south of the island there’s plenty more up North also. @Not A Scratch Golfer
Haha thanks. Did we chat there on the practice green? If so, nice to see you here! I do hit a low ball but I notice that the shot tracer app tends to make it appear lower and the ball flight time shorter.
Thanks, Bryan! Indeed, for the last couple of months I have been sharing rounds that I played in California over the Winter. Some real gems in the mix!
@@NotAScratchGolferYou're welcome I love the videos. The best golf courses I have played are at Killarney golf and fishing club in Ireland. th-cam.com/video/trQTKKPfHuw/w-d-xo.html 👍⛳
Bud, I love you channel. It really makes me think on how I can help my friends with the same issues (Import ego right here, but honestly.) I think it would be so freaking cool if you took a lesson from Grant Horvat (good good golf). I can’t be the first person to say this, but both of your channels would THRIVE from your collaboration. The traffic of the TH-cam channels is not the main goal, but the over all intention of helping higher handicap play better golf is. Yes the path to hell is paved with good intentions. Think on it, but it’s not a bad idea.
Have you ever thought about trying the other Canadian, golf Swing, Moe Norman single plane? All your punched style shots, with a shorter stiffer swing are the ones that go straighter at the target, the loose full swings (Driver) are the shots that put you in trouble. If you swung single plane style you would shorten and tighten up the swing and maybe get better results. Especially off the tee. Ay?
Good observation, and love the reference to Moe! We spell it, "eh," lol. I do admire Moe Norman. But to quote my friend who's a teaching pro, "any time I've seen you try to divert from your natural swing, you turn from "not a scratch golfer" to "not a golfer!"" Perhaps if I were serious about practicing I could make a change, but I'm pretty content to hit the course with what I have. Inasmuch as I like to challenge myself to shoot the best scores I can, I'm really just out there to enjoy the golf course. Practice feels like work to me. I don't like work :p
that 4th shot on the 16th could not have ended in a different way. Theres no way you could have commited to it properly with the moped parked right in front of you
Love your channel Adam. I play off a similar handicap and also had health issues in the past so can relate. Just one thing on your commentary (and apologies if this sounds rude) but you talk in the "We" a lot, when you really mean "I". For example, "We made a bogey here" or "We get out of this with a par" or "We hit only a third of the greens in reg". Sorry for being a pedant on your use of pronouns - everything else is superb! 👍
Course looks like a lot of fun!! I like the elevated tee boxes!! There are some holes out there which are really attackable!! Adam nice rouond of golf too!!
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Love your channel. I greatly enjoy your dry comments and reflections on the Golf Gods! So refreshing.
Adam spends more time on the beach than David Hasselhoff. - Shooter McGavin
That was an insane number of bunker shots for 1 round.
“Planting good thoughts, growing birdies”
New subscriber here. I've watched several of Adams videos. He makes more putts over 5 feet than anyone else on TH-cam.!!
you always seem to be playing with positive people! Maybe you should make a vid on how you playing partner can affect your round. also I love your channel you get my psyched to play golf! Since your scoring and play style are similar to my own, if I really focus on your shots and round Its almost like playing without being on the course if that makes sense. So watching you makes me better at the game! Thanks Adam keep doing what your doing I recommend you to my buddies on my golf team.
I think when you say I don't know what it is at the end of hole 16 it is all mental game. You are good enough to hit that shot on the green (moving the cart may make it an easier chip🤣) Love the content👍
This is the course I grew up with! As a kid before the course was finished I used to sneak on and walk the three ocean holes over and over again before I would get kicked off. Sometimes I’d get 18holes in that way.
Adam must own at least half of the large-font G-Fore hats in circulation
Nice vlog!!! If I ever get to the left coast it definitely looks worth the play!!! Have a great week!!!! GOB!!!
driving the ball well my man!! already hard to get tee times here back in the lower mainland
Great to watch. Your distances are somewhat same as mine. I also like to putt it when I am around the green. And a fellow Canadian as well! Keep it up. Your story is a real inspiration.
Played this course every year on vacation for a while. Conditions looked a little rough in spots on the collars? I remember the green's fees used to be like $75 and then suddenly one year the St. Regis bought it and they were like $275 the next for the exact same course. I remember wailing at a driver on the signature hole and it bouncing off a tree and the cart path and ending up 5 feet from the hole for eagle.
Great vlog and course! Relatable, and fun to watch, as a I wait for the local courses to finally open. Keeping my head when things aren't going my way is one of my biggest faults. I'm way too hard on myself sometimes.
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New subscriber here. This is my 3rd season playing golf. Last season i was all about going for it and not playing it safe. I reacently found your channel and now im trying to play more like you! Keep up the content
naw screw that always go for it!!
@@CAxALLDAY maby in a few years! I like my ball in the fairway and breaking 90
Your narration style reminds me of the film. " On any Sunday" from the 70's!
You deserve more subs
Adam. I love your channel. I think you should emphasise that there maybe other seven handicappers that bomb their drives 260-280 yards, but not on the fairway and more particularly they lose one ball per round, so they are back on your radar, and if they lose two balls per round, then you will beat them!
when i come down to the LA area I'd love to get a round it with ya
Is this an older round or a new California trip? Don't forget to bring me along next time.
Great round Adam!
Curious: Do you ever have issues with recording and the group behind you?
I’m just trying to get started on my channel and a lot of the courses I play are pretty busy… I’m a little nervous on recording tomorrow :)
Nice looking course. How long is (or was) the California trip in total? You look a little young to be retired already haha
Do you have a Golf travel blog Adam ? It would be nice to read and a great reference for the northen folks like me for planning golf trips.
Crazy to see you at these amazing courses now after a couple months from your first video in vancouver! Keep em coming!
I watch too much TH-cam probably but it does make me an expert. This is a 100k subs channel easy.
Course looks like a lot of fun!! I like the elevated tee boxes!! There are some holes out there which are really attackable!! Adam nice rouond of golf too!!
What a course
Super relatable. Love this channel. Bring that 7 index to Texas (North Dallas) and play with my skins group sometime. Validated skins. Fairest game I’ve ever played in. 😀👍🏻
You were straight up vibin on that golf cart moped 😂 Another good one Adam see you soon!
Man you really spent the day at the beach on this one. 78 is always a good score and if your putter had cooperated it would have been much lower. Another great vlog, keepem comin.
Thanks, Tony!
I could have sworn that good good play here not that long ago
Adam what is your favourite course you have played?
Difficult to say! I've only played in British Columbia, California, and a little bit in Arizona/Nevada.
My default answer is Pebble Beach - the 6th to 10th holes (+ 17 & 18) are easily the best stretch I've played. But in California I really enjoyed Spyglass, Pasatiempo, Stanford, The Olympic Club (I only played the Ocean Course, not the Lake which has hosted several US Opens) and Torrey Pines, as well.
In BC, my favorites have been Sagebrush, Greywolf, Victoria Golf Club, and Capilano.
Can't beat golf sidekick's videos on bunker play. You might've heard of him 😁
Nice We ko pa hat! I live under an hour from that 36 hole beauty.
Love your channel! What shot tracer are you using? Thanks!
Thanks, Stu! I use Shot Tracer Pro on Mac OS.
You are thoroughly entertaining to watch sir. Keep up the good work and if you were ever to come to the uk it would be an honour to have a round with you.
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Is your handicap based off of the tees you play? I played the fronts with my buddy since he's new and my 7 handicap went up after shooting a 76 haha
Its cool seeing you play one of my local courses. Its a really nice place
4sho. I'm jealous that you get to live there year round!
You always seem to score well even when not playing your best 👏
I think the Waldorf used to be the St Regis? I played this course many years ago when attending a financial conference.
6100 yards is the 'forward' tees? then what are the tees at 5800 yards? [the ones i prefer to play to make golf fun as a 16 HCP]
My man
I'm 60 and don't turn in cards anymore so I don't know my actual handicap but I usually shoot 85-87 on 6200 yd courses so I think we're close. I found that when I move up I actually play a bit worse. I let the short yardage get in my head and play way too aggressive which gets me in trouble.
@@TMar1961 I've experienced this, too! It's amazing how much of this game is played between the ears.
@@TMar1961 at 6200+ yards i have a hard time reaching most fairways, hence the more forward tees
@@FatManWalking18 Nothing wrong with that, that's why they make lots of tees.
I’m from Victoria you should take a ferry over from Vancouver we have some tough courses out here you would love
I'd *love* to do a proper trip to the Island this Summer. I've only ever played Victoria Golf Club (an all-time favorite of mine) and a 3-day tournament at Gorge Vale, which I also loved. If you were building a perfect 3-day trip to the Island (not afraid of 36-hole days), what would you recommend, Brandon?
@@NotAScratchGolfer Storey Creek just south of Campbell River is a very fun track. The Bear Mountain courses would also look nice on camera.
And if you're ever here in Tofino, come play at Long Beach Golf Club. Probably not one you'd film but it's a tough 9-hole test.
Bear mountain golf course do the valley course and also the mountain course if you can. Olympic view is another good course and I also really like highland pacific all the courses are 15 minutes apart from each other down in the heart of Langford/Victoria! Those are just some of my favourites on the south of the island there’s plenty more up North also.
@Not A Scratch Golfer
Your ball flight looks much better in person when I saw you at tahquitz!
Haha thanks. Did we chat there on the practice green? If so, nice to see you here! I do hit a low ball but I notice that the shot tracer app tends to make it appear lower and the ball flight time shorter.
@@NotAScratchGolfer yeah that was me! Check your IG I sent you a message . I can get us on some courses while you’re still here in SoCal!
Wow you're so lucky on the quality of the course as you play, absolutely beautiful, and a very good round also 👍⛳
Thanks, Bryan! Indeed, for the last couple of months I have been sharing rounds that I played in California over the Winter. Some real gems in the mix!
@@NotAScratchGolferYou're welcome I love the videos. The best golf courses I have played are at Killarney golf and fishing club in Ireland. th-cam.com/video/trQTKKPfHuw/w-d-xo.html 👍⛳
Bud, I love you channel. It really makes me think on how I can help my friends with the same issues (Import ego right here, but honestly.) I think it would be so freaking cool if you took a lesson from Grant Horvat (good good golf). I can’t be the first person to say this, but both of your channels would THRIVE from your collaboration. The traffic of the TH-cam channels is not the main goal, but the over all intention of helping higher handicap play better golf is. Yes the path to hell is paved with good intentions. Think on it, but it’s not a bad idea.
Love Grant Horvat. Dude really knows what he's talking about for such a young guy. All those guys can play, but grant is phenomenal with instruction
I'd take a round of golf like that anyday good shooting 👍
Have you ever thought about trying the other Canadian, golf Swing, Moe Norman single plane? All your punched style shots, with a shorter stiffer swing are the ones that go straighter at the target, the loose full swings (Driver) are the shots that put you in trouble. If you swung single plane style you would shorten and tighten up the swing and maybe get better results. Especially off the tee. Ay?
Good observation, and love the reference to Moe!
We spell it, "eh," lol.
I do admire Moe Norman. But to quote my friend who's a teaching pro, "any time I've seen you try to divert from your natural swing, you turn from "not a scratch golfer" to "not a golfer!""
Perhaps if I were serious about practicing I could make a change, but I'm pretty content to hit the course with what I have. Inasmuch as I like to challenge myself to shoot the best scores I can, I'm really just out there to enjoy the golf course. Practice feels like work to me. I don't like work :p
This is my home course! I wish we could have played together!
that 4th shot on the 16th could not have ended in a different way.
Theres no way you could have commited to it properly with the moped parked right in front of you
Despite your swing making me want to puke, I really enjoy your videos!
Haha cheers. Are you David McKay of Van? If so, when are we golfing next brotha?
@@NotAScratchGolfer Not the one from Vancouver. Loved the last few vids btw! great scores.
On the 16th you made a bogey not a double
Love your channel Adam. I play off a similar handicap and also had health issues in the past so can relate. Just one thing on your commentary (and apologies if this sounds rude) but you talk in the "We" a lot, when you really mean "I". For example, "We made a bogey here" or "We get out of this with a par" or "We hit only a third of the greens in reg". Sorry for being a pedant on your use of pronouns - everything else is superb! 👍
It's deliberate. Using "we" instead of "I" engages the viewer more. Besides, if he stops saying "we" I'll never break 80 again.
@@JaseDanOliver fair point, makes sense
Course looks like a lot of fun!! I like the elevated tee boxes!! There are some holes out there which are really attackable!! Adam nice rouond of golf too!!