Does YouTube Get In The Way?

[Music] what's going on guys welcome back to the channel my name's Andrew and I'm as you can see just like out here exploring I'm trying to take some time off that last week in in Brownwood was as anyone who's watched videos was kind of shitty and moving a little bit of burnout the most break I've taken all year was like three four days away from the golf clubs last time I golf would have been Saturday with the googan squad in Dallas and I'm basically taking eight days off so I'll I'll get to practicing on Monday and then have a full week of prep for my next event which is a Florida elite Golf Tour event it's November 1st you can see the the Movember stache starting to grow I've uploaded a video about November why I'm doing Movember so that's gonna be linked you can check that out if you want to join my age A's Mo Bros my Movember team please do so but I've posted on Instagram what I do every first of the month which is a Q&A so a woman to find a place to like sit and then tackle these things so let's let's go exploring [Music] seems like a decent enough place to stop for for a hot minute and tackle some questions so let's do it if possible how can I shave 10 strokes off my game in two months an eraser but don't bunk 10 strokes off your game in two months I say this in a lot of Q&A is just avoid compounding mistakes if you hit it in the trees ship it out you're short-sighted play to the the fat part of the green like you make one mistake don't follow it with another mistaken a bogey is much better than a double bogey or a triple bogey and that's gonna really stop the score from piling up so avoid and compounding mistakes how many wins do I have I've won five programs maybe and then a Great Lakes towards maybe like six wins but I'll work a part-time job YouTube basically all the work I put into this YouTube channel does help offset some of my living expenses and my travel expenses I do public speaking that's something else and I do freelance video editing so yes I do a lot of side work and this kind of goes so question that I get all the time like how's meaning to our golf sustainable and this and that get a real job and this and that a lot of us hundreds of us do whatever it takes to get the job done to pay the bills we know the mini-tour golf doesn't pay the bills you have a good event sure it's it can be a few thousand dollars ten thousand dollars that helps but we do what it takes we work side jobs we hustle to make it work so I think that is it question for a lot of people that want to criticize myself or criticize other players that we don't that were dummies and we don't play for enough money that make a living we do what it takes but I'm not gonna bore you on my youtube channel of showing you my part-time work so I think that's the side hustles that a lot of us do and that's why you see other YouTube channels that are guys playing they can sell coaching they can sell course management like we try to do whatever we can to pay the bill so that we can keep playing golf try to get to the level we believe we can get to I'm gonna keep walking and keep exploring this area in Atlantic Beach let's go [Music] this is a really cool area if you've ever are out in Atlantic Beach this is right near the Country Club I think which is where they had the web.com Tour Championship chill out here get a coffee bring a book this is how you're supposed to spend your time on you're supposed to relax I have a hard time relaxing I just always want to produce I've been working all morning editing or sending emails helping Kelly with the wedding I'm not here to chill out this favorite one word swing thought rhythm or like breathe relax big thing I use my putt it's three words let's hit your line tension another one just let the tension go kind of changes I think any golfer out there knows it changes from day to day hold a hole even but one word is a nice little trigger before I cross the decision line and get into the play box I think it's rhythm yeah how did I end up linking with the googan googan squad and lunker's they actually reached out to me in like March Rob sent me a message on Instagram I thought it was like a fake account because he's such a huge accountant huge channel and we've been you know messaging and math we saw in a video we've been talking a lot over the over the summer and yeah it was awesome to finally have our schedules work and me get out to Texas and I look forward to some more fun with the googan squad when is it the time to turn pro that's a tricky one because a lot of people want to turn pro when they're ready if you're always waiting until you're ready you'll never be ready I think the proper time the pragmatics the logical the smart time to turn pro is when your self belief is high your amateur career has been successful you have money in the bank you have a schedule set out and you have emotional support behind you from your friends and family that's when it's time to turn pro what's my best finish on the Canadian tour maybe like in the forties type the best I mean I've been inside the top 20 on the weekend but I've screwed it up I think yeah my best finish it's probably like a 40th on the Canadian tour my three years in the Canadian tour in a a nine and 10 were very lackluster and to say the least what's the best putting drill when you can't find the hole from five turn yeah good drop my camera went dumb I'll just tackle this one like this and what's the best putting drill from when you can't find a hole from five feet an alignment stick a gate get that ball started online because if you're missing short putts it means you're not starting the ball online I think that's what you need to focus on when you can't find the hole from five feet starting the ball online [Music] I'm at the end of the line here the path has ended and it's a park so let's let's finish up on this cue a best drill to ensure crisp strike on chips I mentioned this a little bit back in the Bermuda grass video I think not being flat-footed and that's a problem a lot of people get into chipping is your flat footed and you're just chipping only with your arms that varies kind of where the bottom of the arc is the strike on the chip and I don't mean you know really be busy with your feet but just feeling that slight weight transfer to the left side in your chips and your pitch is really gonna help with that consistent strike and Christmas strike yeah letting that weight subtly transfer even if it's already on the left side just letting it feel like it transfers a little bit more the left side I think that's gonna help with the crispness of your chips what's my favorite part about being a professional golfer honestly I think my favorite part about this gig is being able to help people with their golf game or grow the game of golf and I know obviously through YouTube that's been a huge opportunity but there's just something about being a professional golfer and whether you're you're successful or not a lot of people like look up to you and respect what you have to say when it comes to the improvement or their game or whatever and honestly that's the best part is meeting people that want to learn and become better golfers and are willing to ask you I get super gratifying it's very very humbling I think of my years on tour where playing pro amps every week people that are just picking your brain to learn like that's the best part and so this monthly Q&A it's they're not really high viewed videos but they're really deep in terms of content and that's why I love doing them because for some reason you guys want to ask me and you appreciate and respect my opinion and help and that I think that's the best part being able to help people ultimately love the game of golf more because golf done so much for me that if I can help other people fall in love with this game because I'm a professional and they want to listen to me that's the best part that's how do you start on mini tours find out the costs find out what tours there are in your area then straight up the way to get on a mini tour is just sign up you just sign up to play so I'll be playing Florida elite events all winter if you wanted to play a Florida elite event on their website and you sign up it's the best way to get started but like I said earlier having enough money in the bank to go about it the proper way the most important things that's part of getting started but if you want to know where it is and all of that you'll be able to find kind of wearing it going on once around your area I think I've done all these let's see if there's any new ones up here well I've been blabbering around here do you think fitness is a necessity yes for playing professional golf yeah absolutely physically fit allows you to be mentally fit terms of endurance stamina and all of that and like discipline the discipline it takes to go to the gym every day is really important and that affects your mental and for me at 34 my physical fitness is incredibly important because I don't have the same recovery rates as I did when I was 24 so I need to be strong I need to be flexible I need to be aware of my diet and all those things so fitness is incredibly important to play competitive golf and not to mention trap throw the travel on top of that and if you look back like when I went to Mississippi and I got dehydrated and had to withdraw if I was physically more prepared for that I wouldn't have struggled with my game my body and yeah so physical fitness is really really important that's why this whole time off I'm still in the gym and I'm working a little harder in the gym this week on some of my my core flexibility in my cardio stamina because being sharp this next stretch event I play do you feel distracted by your social media outlets in YouTube that take time away from it doesn't really the whole question so like maybe my practice or my work no I don't I don't feel this draft at all I get this question a lot I choose what to film and when to film and at the end of the day filming never takes precedence or priority over practice or over tournament preparation or over anything filming is a little bit of an outlet so sure I film some stuff when I when I am preparing I fly the drone and film some b-roll and I set the camera up and hit some shots that just takes 5-10 minutes like it doesn't take as long as a lot of people think so if I'm to film a vlog of a day of practice I film 10% of it so it never distracts and if it does become distracting I wouldn't do it and I've had times where I can hold myself accountable on me like you know what I am putting a little too much effort into YouTube and it's taken away from my practice so even like the two weeks on tour like it never got in the way of Ben and I preparing for our stuff or decompressing from anything and I thought was one thing that he said to me he's like it was interesting and eye-opening to see you do this because I thought maybe it took a lot more of your time but it didn't it was really quick and get it done in the long term or you edit and faster you become an editing so yeah it never really gets in the way but should you film golfing day instruction with Kelly yeah I'd love to film something with Kelly like me teaching her how to golf or like just on the course with her you guys saw our pot a little bit this question is from Kelly of course you guys like that give this video a thumbs up if you want to see Kelly and I he tried to golf together or me trying to teach Kelly how to golf a little bit better and don't forget we are getting married in six months so we want to make sure that still happens but if you want to see Kelly learn a little more golf tips and some lesson type stuff give this video a thumbs up let me know down below and I'm gonna leave it at that and hope that our engagement sustain equals guys I enjoyed this a lot just talking to the camera walking around here I hope you did give it a thumbs up I'll see you next week then [Music]