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playing off 18hcp l had 5 birdie opportunities this morning and 3 puttes all of them and some more, very frustrating. l know where l have to start.

Where are you now with this swing ???

Good stuff, GTD. A couple of questions. I KNOW you probablty commented on this stuff but I can't find it in your videos. Have you tried these: 1) Reverse the Loop (clockwise loop) method (Jess Frank) 2)OTT Miracle Swing (Counter-clockwise loop) (Christo Garcia) 3) Vertical, inline swing (Todd Kolb and Swing Surgeon?) 4) I call it PTH= Point The Handle= focus on where the handle points during the swing I can make a lot of these things work but they don't stick. Like Johnny Miller said, they are WOOD keys = Works Only One Day. lol I'm going back and forth from clockwise loop to Jimmy V. If I break 80 I stay with it - when I start to shoot higher I switch! This OTT Miracle stuff seems logical because that seems to be what the right side wants to do and maybe it does provide more leverage but I just can't drag the club inside like that and not come WAY over the address plane. Thanks, buddy. Also: I heard Marcus was very sick and took time off for surgery, I think. Hope he has a full recovery. A very cool guy. Get well, Marcus. And: That pinched nerve you have - have you tried medical cannabis? Could help from what I read...

Good Video. ...sorry did not get your name. Did u find the Golf Pad Tag necessary ? Is that worth it for additional $120

You have a pretty swing. I took instruction from both Angel and Manuel. Today I look at pro golfers... all I see is back surgery in 10 years. You said it: It is simple. It is easy. It is repeatable. SWING AT YOUR TARGET! Move the club from 'here' over to 'here' at your target. Some day I will have a negative handicap. My stupid putting. :)

I just got my first lesson from a golf test dummy

1. I suck at golf 2. I suck at golf 3. I am a loser

If my approach game was better I’d be scratch, I’m a good scramble, good putter, down the middle drive, just not close enough to make more birdies.

Enjoy hearing your wisdom about amateur golfers. But for wisdom in achieving an easy and acutely accurate golf swing I turn to Bobby Jones. Bobby Jones simple golf instruction was to start the up swing the fast twitch trail side of the hip muscles and then start the downswing with a the fast twitch lead side of the hip muscles. This one tip has made me feel like a professional golfer. I hope you try it for yourself Cheers 🥂😊👍

3 Reasons why I'm not a scratch golfer 1 I was shit 2 I'm still shit 3 there's a good chance I will get more shit. but I love playing golf and always will.

In play off the tee, hit it pin high, have good speed on the greens.

Where's Your Caddy? ?? XD

That's the problem with my course. We have a range with beat up balls, a really small putting green but nothing else. If we had a short game area I would live there.

Love your content. I am not opposed to "regular" golfers looking in pros bags, the problem is that we should be looking at the LPGA rather than the PGA. EGO and golf is not a recipe for low scores.

best thing I did was to get fitted for new wedges and got a really good putter for me. Now I practice like crazy and it has shaved strokes. I take two welcome mats (Thick and soft) and chip in the back yard when I can't get to the range. figure out how to chip and putt properly and work on good ball strikes without over swinging on all of your clubs. And finally, Course mgt. Stay out of trouble! Great vid! thanks!

Great advice, Chad. Hank Haney always says avoid penalty shots, two-chips, and 3-putts. Maybe you could do a how-to follow up video. Just a thought.

This is amazing, you seemed to hit all the positions and looked spot on.

You’re a rich man! Leasons! Likely more than o e!

My 3 reasons - my cerebrum, my cerebellum, and my medulla. I've had 3 PGA pros watch at me on the range , the short-game area, the putting green, and the course, and all have told me I have the technical skill and course strategy to be scratch, but the gremlins in my head prevent it from coming out on the course, relegating me to low double digits. All of Bob Rotella's books have made me an externally calmer golfer, but one that internally fumes over watching less-technically-skilled players score better than me.

I have been using “shot by shot” to track my stats for the past year. They got bought out by SwingU. Does anyone use this particular app? If not, which one do you use? I’m looking for recommendations. Fairways and greens, y’all!!!

I'm 68 and have been at it regularly for 20 months. I got fitted for all my clubs, took lessons immediately, practice all facets of the game 2 and 3 times a week. I play at least 2 days a week. Retirement is great because I finally have the time to work on it. I used to be in Triple digits. I'm in the 80's consistently. I'm moving up in my league flight with 7 1st place wins. I still have a lot of work to do with my pro and I'm heading out to the course right now. Oh....and it's Hot in Vegas right now at 7:20 am

I dedicate a lot of time to work on my game. I started playing a year and a half ago and I got pretty good. Broke 80 a few months ago and 77 2 weeks ago, I took 2 weeks off and came back and shot an 90, I felt like I couldn’t hit a golf ball to save my life on the front 9. It felt like my usual feels didn’t work, the sequencing was off and I knew it but I couldn’t fix it. I salvaged the round on the back 9 but I left feeling lost. I went through my normal shot routine but I was so yippy and got frozen over the ball a few times. Is there anything that you use to quickly lock back in on the fly? I know my golf memory isn’t what it will be in the future but I feel like it’s so crucial to be able to match a good mental with mechanics.

My 3 reasons. My drive Carries 260-270 and goes everywhere. I can shape my irons lots of different ways, just don’t know when. Read greens like Biden reads a teleprompter. So a 14 handicap it is

Talent, age and dedication. And I’m too lazy to fix the last.

For me, playing the game might help.

All we need is looong drives. 😂

Once you get used to that putter you will never go back to “conventional”. Practice a bit without your thumbs on the grip to gain confidence in the putter and lose the habit of manipulating the face from the other type of putters you had before. I have had one of these for 3.5 years (and counting) and since getting it I have changed most of the other clubs multiple times, and the putter hasn’t gone anywhere - it’s not even a consideration because I know that with this putter it’s all about speed and read, the start line is almost guaranteed. In case you don’t do that yet, go learn aimpoint or other systematic green reading approach and your putting will go through the roof!

Great advice!

Every single point is an excellent one. One you didn't really mention is belief and for me it was the X factor as I got closer and closer to par, breaking it, and scratch and beyond. I had a "governor" in my mind that really held me back. I had so idolized those low scores, and the people that shot them, that I felt like some wall of privilege stood between me and them. It's hard to describe but I felt like maybe I wasn't allowed in some sense to get into the "elite" territory and I was waiting for someone to open the door for me, like getting the key to the executive washroom. After hanging around just above par for a long time, I finally realized that I had to let myself in by taking the limits off in my own mind since I was finding ways to undermine myself. The truth is that par and below is a target, and just like a flag you're not oging to get it stiff, except by extreme luck, unless you really narrow your focus and believe that you can; and it can't be maybe, it has to be definitely. In general, you can't get to any significant next level achievement, unless you begin to believe that you can without having yet seen the result. In golf, in particular, all of the compiexity and details of the game can easily begin to be the "forest for the trees" that stops you from realizing what you're capable of. This kind of empowered mindset is a very special skill in itself and is definitely the province of high level players. Less skilled players say that they have an empowered mindset because they have the skills to "back it up" but I believe that the opposite is also very true. You can literally feel this when you watch really good players, like some kind of cosmic certainty that they can and will play well. Cheers.

Let's freaking go 🏌️

Always great insight from you.

Very well done video. Thank you for your inspirational content.

Excellent video, Chad. Yes, golf is difficult and, as you rightly said, most won’t get to scratch, let alone single digits. I used to be one of this guys who would go to the driving range and just pound balls for a couple of hours. Then I met a guy who is a plus handicap and asked him how he practices and reduced his handicap. The first thing he said was, that he doesn’t go to the range and just pound balls. He has a practice plan, keeps track of how he’s progressing with his plan and keeps stats with Arccos when he plays. He said most practices take less than 45 min and he hits a max of 40 balls. He was kind enough to help me put a plan together that I’ve been using for almost 3 years now. It has helped me focus on my weakness, keep my strengths sharp, and saves me time and money, since I spend less time practicing and less money on range balls. I can proudly say that it has helped my game, as I went from an 11 handicap down to a 4, since I met him. He did tell me that the closer you get to scratch the harder it is drop your handicap and I can say, he’s spot on. You definitely need time and money to play this game, and a strong desire to improve. Ignore most of the YT garbage, find a club fitter that you trust (tall order, since most are trying to upsell you), figure out a practice plan or ask a good coach for one tailored to where you are currently, and stop going to the driving range and pounding balls mindlessly. Like anything else in life, you have to plan in order to get better. Cheers.

I think the other big factor, playing the game on the course. The range is great, so is the virtual golf, but playing on the course is so key to understanding your game. My game improved when I played almost everyday in the summer, sometimes with two balls, but that really propelled my growth as a player. So I guess time is the ultimate factor.🤔

Alarm clock video. Tks. Any review of BombTech irons possible?

All is right with the world when a new episode of Golf Test Dummy shows up on my notifications 🙂

Couldn’t argue with your words of wisdom …spot on my friend Being hard on ourselves after a bad day can set one back also…why did i have a bad day well it could be in what I call my Triangle One side is the Head…did we play with a hangover or bad head ache or did we carry our personal problems onto the course and was talking to us One side is the Body…did we play with a pain or pains in joints muscles or bones One side is the Conditions…was it to cold or to hot for me or was the wind just too strong…the course it self was not in the best condition These things can possibly cause a bad round but at times we pick our bones to find fault in ourselves when it wasn’t Blame is not good … look for the good that day and keep chasing the dream to be that scratch golfer Another winner video Chad 👍⛳️👍

AJ is a wizard. He deconstructs everything wrong and unhelpful about learning to play good golf and teaches you to use the tool correctly. He simplifies and demystifies golf and gives the true secret, which is to use the tool as it was designed to be used. I went out to see him in California and spent three days with him getting private lessons. Those days were gold and I will never forget the timeless lessons I learned. His lessons made me a 4 handicap. I don’t play as much as I used to because of my work but because of AJ’s lessons I don’t need to play a lot to score well. I can still break 80 even after not having picked up a club for weeks and weeks. His approach is unconventional to say the least because he doesn’t believe in the way golf is traditionally taught. Don’t swing the club. Hit the ball, downhill, top over bottom!

Not cool using pics of handicapped individuals …

Love the way u give ur reason of not recording as much lately in the beginning of the video. Nicely said👏. Also like your explanation on how this putter works.

I recently started using Jim's method and found that I was using s traditional shoulder turn, which does not work for this method. You have to keep your back shoulder back so it does not rotate forward like a traditional swing. Feels strange at first like you can't get your hands through but it works, it just takes practice.

I owned and played a full set of those Cobra Mild Steel blades (3-SW), plus the matching Cobra persimmon woods (1, 3, 5), that I purchased second-hand from a trainee pro (and friend) in Sydney, around 1988. Nothing but love for those clubs!!! I believe the irons were cast, not forged, but felt amazing and looked better, with the cleanest lines and the sexiest, boxiest toes! I played A LOT of golf in my teens (late 1980s) and then only played a small handful of rounds per year (including 3 years in Colorado) through the 1990s and early 2000s. But only ever with those Cobras. Playing persimmon woods into the 21st century certainly attracted attention! In 2002, I started playing frequently again and got fit for a more contemporary set ... and I sold my beloved Cobras. Now in 2024, I have an even newer, better performing set of golf clubs. But I wish I had never sold those Cobras -- I doubt I'd still want to play with them today, but I'd love to just look at them and hold them in my hands again.

Thanks for doing this. I know its an old video now but i was looking at buying a r10 to do this as i struggle to see the ball in flight in real life so cant play in my own really

Do it make the noise when you over extend with the core version?

Mmmmmm. Nothing much here

I enjoyed all of your content on the different swing techniques very much. If you decide to do it again I would be really interested in a series on the Scotty grip. It seems so bizarre.

Interesting! I use part of the Jim Veneto method, this looks totally opposite of his method. I will give it a try if it works to or me I will stay with it as rotation is an issue, as I have foot drop on my right foot. Iam left handed so its my front foot. I like the Jim Veneto method so this will have to work well for me from the start.

Can I ask you a question that is related to your video about rating the different instruction? Do you see a problem in combining Marcus Eblad and Shawn Clement’s teaching. Or would you just pick one and stick to it. I love them both. I am narrowing my focus down to either both of them or one of them. Thanks for all your help

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