Course Vlog: Playing Smart & Patient

three more holes on the golf course today maybe we can talk through some [Music] birdies season two of the Vlog episode 1 we're back in Action going to do something never done in the Vlog before so why not do it in episode one of season 2 we're going to do an unboxing today my new putter showed up from Sailor made the same putter that was given away in the giveaway so James over in Halifax expect yours very very soon but here we go this is a little little unboxing action so let's do this boom boom all right I don't think there's anything like fancy or cool that comes in any packaging not pretty pretty basic have a look guys there we go little bit of little bit of foam wrap there's the bad boy there's the TP red Ardmore 2 L neck take this off this is gorgeous wow look at that this is my first look at it m that is so nice look at that bad boy look at that oh my gosh if you can't tell I'm pretty excited to put this into play so let's go to the golf course [Music] first few Impressions quite good face is a little firmer than uh the insert on the spider but it's pretty much the same face feel as the ghost which I used for 5 years so this is a pretty sexy mix between the ghost I was using in terms of the neck and the alignment and spider I was using in terms of kind of the feel of it and the of it so far so good going to keep putting here another thing we have new in the bag you saw me use it in the Sam video the season finale from season 1 this is the uh Vio putting mat Dan put me on this this is the smallest Arc and I've used it for a couple days now since getting it and it's amazing so now I'm going to get a lot of work done with it the new putter this mat there's a lot of cool things you can do with it obviously you need to unroll it Pin It to the Ground because of the thing that we were noticing with my stroke High I was kind of cutting across it we can put T's all along here that are essentially going to stop me from cutting across it cuz I'll know if I do it I'm going to hit the I'm going to hit the te's right after impact and you can set up a little gate here it's just an awesome awesome visual aid and I mean it's instant feedback if you hit a bad pot versus a good pot [Music] I'm going to do a 100 of these I've done 20 you just saw that in the time lapse and there's a couple times where you hit the pegs it's not necessarily about making all of these putts right now I just want to get a feel for what I'm working on in my stroke we're working on my stroke this offseason putting a new putter into the bag obviously that helps a little bit give you that fresh kind of take on things going up to a 35in putter I've a 34-in putter for 5 years so this is going to help get my hands a little bit higher and putting on this thing it's instant feedback so it's stroke work it's not about making all of these putts if the putts go in it means I did something right if it doesn't go in that means I hit the pegs basically so it's more the stroke work not necessarily about making all of these putts I'm concerning myself with whether or not I made a good stroke and I accomplished what I wanted to accomplish [Music] all right guys rolled all those putts that putter is so good going to go out on the golf course now switching my routine my my my usual yeah routine up usually I'll hit a few balls first if I want to go play but it's beautiful day there's no one out here let's go play some holes there's been a lot of requests for you guys from you guys so I'm going to show you three more holes on the golf course today three holes you haven't seen it Northampton and we'll just kind of talk my way through it not very windy pretty scorable out here so maybe we can talk through some birdies let's [Music] go here we are the fifth hole at Northampton played the first four warmed up for you guys I'm actually one under par birdi three fifth hole it's about a 380 yard hole if you can see out in the distance right there there's a bunker that Bunker's 290 from the te so that's kind of where I aim because I hit less than driver over here there's a bunker that's about 260 to carry the wind's typically going this way a little helping off the right so I aim with three-wood basically right at the edge of that left side of that bunker and just let it kind of come back into the Fairway and even if I hit it straight 3-wood won't reach that bunker so I just take a club that takes that bunker out of play that bunker out of play and will still give me a sand wedge or lob wedge in I pulled that thing a little bit but as you can see I covered this bunker and I wouldn't have had enough to reach that bunker so I've got 83 yards to that front pin pretty soft green so go right at it okay that thing jumped a little bit out of the rough but still pretty good looks like it's about 12 ft past the hole so make it little birdie P it was actually about 18 ft straight downhill it was a pretty easy putt I just nearly missed it on the low side pretty good example of potentially letting one get away from you that's a hole where a lot of guys would be making a birdie didn't hit a great t-shot so I'm in the rough harder to control it out of this Bermuda rough this time of year here jumped a little bit on me still had a chance at birdie but we're coming up to a par five very getable par five it's one of those ones where you stand up on this te and go make sure you get it in play because if you do you're going to have a mid toong iron to reach this green too so as I was saying here's the next toll it's a Gable par five these bunkers here on the right they're not in play they're coverable I can carry that over here that bunker on the left is in play if I do pull it but that's quite a bit offline the Green's just around the corner so ultimately if you can see where the tree is here on the Left End I'm just aiming at that and let the golf ball cut back if I get it on the right side of this Fairway there is a bit of a down slope that lets it chase out a little bit more and I'll have around 200 yards in I believe this hole is about 540 from back here maybe a little less you can get a lot out of your drive if you hit it on the right side of this faway so let's do it so I hung it out to the right just a little bit but I'm just a couple feet into the rough here uh the hole is about 515 520 not 540 so if you can see the flag got a little bit of tree issues for my visual but not for the actual shot I only have 195 the wind's a little into off the right which actually makes it a great five iron there is water like this is a risk reward hole if you were a little further back but this is something where you've got to go for it you have a five iron in your hands you have enough Club to cover the water which would probably only be about 170 and if you do hit it a little bit left into that bunker or a little long left you've got a pretty easy chip and up and down look at birdie so 195 just going to smooth a five iron and try to float it in there to that flag that's really good guys I uh couldn't hit a better shot I think that might be like 5T 5T how about 5 in holy crap look at this thing that's a kick in Eagle so all of a sudden we're three under through six holes there's a perfect example of not getting frustrated or not kind of pushing when you feel like you let a birdie opportunity pass you by by not making birdie from 80 yards just hit two good shots nothing fancy nothing great and all of a sudden you make an eagle and now you're three under through six holes it's just because of attitude it's just because of patience and it's just because of sticking to a game plan and not pushing unnecessarily there's no reason to push just because you don't make the the birdie you're supposed to make or the par you're supposed to make whatever level you're at there's no reason to push patience is everything this is the last toll I'll show you guys for this little session of three holes it's basically our signature all out here beautiful beautiful par three this is the seventh hole really really lovely Par 3 it's playing 197 to that flag that flag I don't even care about it if you look right in the middle of the green the kind of biggest bank of rocks that's 166 so I'm 170 to cover the water online with the middle of the green and the way that this green is it's shaped this way so if I take enough club to go pin high and mishit it or pull it or push it I'm in that bunker or I'm in the water that bunker guaranteed bogey because it's just such a difficult shot the way the green slopes I'm basically looking at 185 to 190 is the yardage I want to hit it right the middle of the green the wind's a little into the face off the left this is just a smooth six iron don't have to get too uh greedy with it just want to hit a good shot give myself a putt get par get the heck out of here didn't hit a very good shot kind of floated it out to the front right of the green so now I just have a pretty good task ahead of me to tput this so I can't be too disappointed wasn't an awesome shot but but it's good enough so I hit that about 45 ft it was still a difficult pot I just had to get the speed right and I did cozy it up there 2 and 1/2 ft so a nice easy par so seven holes three under par and didn't really do anything fancy made one good 15-footer and hit a second shot in a par five too inside a foot this is a round where I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing I'm not going to get fancy I'm not going to push there's birdies to be made like if I were playing the full 18 holes there's two reachable par fives left a driveable par 4 wedges into par fours as well this is a round that could be a 5 six 7 8 under par round but that's not what I'm thinking just want to keep hitting good shots keep myself in play and give myself opportunities these three holes are far far different than the three holes we did a few weeks ago up in the wind there's not really a breath out here played Seven holes hit 100 putts I'm going to go work out on the Range one good thing about doing this first playing some holes first is you you just get your mind in a golf and you can kind of of take note of the things you were doing well and the things you weren't doing so well and then go to the range and put some work in on that so that's what I'm going to do I think I'm going to end this here though I think this is a pretty cool first episode back I've got just a Renewed Energy for the Vlog taking two weeks off vlogging has been really really good for me I've had a time to to sit and think about some cool ideas to do upcoming I've been taking note of a lot of the questions that have been coming up on the comments below yes I answer them and there's a few that have been really prominent and sticking out and I think they would be good to to answer like this in a couple days time I'm going to film a Q&A going to try to maybe do a monthly Q&A that'd be a really cool thing if you'd like to do a monthly Q&A let me know let me know down below it'd be really fun just to keep things current and try to get as many answers out there in case you have a question that someone else asked in the comments and you didn't see that answer having it here would be a really cool thing to do so let me know let me know if you'd think a monthly Q&A is something worth doing make sure you give this video a thumbs up subscribe if you haven't I can't thank you guys enough for coming along this journey season 2 I'm pumped I'm ready to rock I'm ready to do this so I'll see you guys in a couple days peace [Music]