8:45 made me a subscriber. Its all about perception. A 2 and a half foot putt is just as important as a long fairway-finding drive. Absolute gold.

I know when one of your videos shows up, the information will be concise, clearly presented, and useful. Thanks for the great tips, I look forward to seeing each and every one.

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Randy appreciate it

There's a lot to be said for course management. So often we want to hit the big stick and don't consider the hazards or ball position.. Great video Matt !!!

So true, after lockdown I started using 5 wood off the shorter par 4s and it made a massive difference to my score

Your first point made me laugh Matt. I always used to tee off with my 3 wood/hybrid/3 iron because i couldnt hit driver to save my life. Then a few months ago i watched your video on how to stop your slice with your driver (id watched loads already but none was working for me), however the coaching points that you gave really helped me and after a bit of work i am now a lot me accurate with driver and dont slice it anywhere near as much as i used to. However, now i am topping my woods fatting my long irons and im not sure why!? 🤣🙈🤦‍♂️

Very nice on the course management

“The 54 deg is my 110 yard club”. Coincidence - it’s my 110 yard club. In fact I can hit all my clubs 110 yards. Or less. Or more. Right or left. Take your pick.

@michelyannakopoulos8924

3 жыл бұрын

😄😄👍

Hi Matt, this is where you are the best: strategic advice and how to avoid traps on the course or in my mind! Thanks a lot and stay safe!

Matt, I really love your course management stuff. Very helpful. Thanks, man!

Just started two months ago and learning a lot from these lessons. Keep up doing te good work Matt. Kind regards from the Netherlands

Yet another great video with wonderfully simple advice that will make a difference to our games! Thank you for sharing this Matt!

Great Vid Matt !!

Excellent video. Simple and to the point. Thanks for the excellent content Matt.

That was a great video helps to play smarter golf.

Good tips. I love the unintuitive help making a smarter club selection!

Took some of your advice from various videos (also one about club changes in different conditions) today and put it into practice, had my best round ever with a 93. Not bad considering the climate at outlane

Thanks Coach! Great tips!

This one got me thinking about how I play every hole on my local course and to be honest there are a few holes where I should be using a 3 or 5 wood instead of driver and going for position rather than distance. Great tips Matt - many thanks. Cheers

Nice video. Good instruction. Pretty course too, by the way. I like the nice, clear way you explain things. Thanks.

Mr Fryer, thanks for all the advice etc you have given in your lessons and vlogs, hope you and yours have a good and safe Christmas and New Year. I hope the best of this year becomes the equivalent of the worst for next year, keep up the good work, cheers from bryan down here in sunny New Zealand.

Great lesson on the mistakes that happen on 4's. I have begun to think about the approach shot to the green and work from there. IF I use this club, I will need that club to get on the green. This has allowed me to better utilize fairways and hybrids off the tee where I used to be driver, driver, driver. Thanks for taking the time to get course management at the front of the game....not just blast it far.

Great advice! I saved a Par 5 the other day by putting not chipping. I was having an absolute nightmare and it took me 6 shots to get to the side of the green, then an absolute worldey of a 20 foot putt straight in for 2 over par!!! Ill take that all day long

When I decide to take 3 wood/hybrid off the tee I always end up topping it and going about 70 yards.

@andrewshelton9720

3 жыл бұрын

Because you think you have to swing harder to compensate the club

@AJ38452

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewshelton9720 think its more the other way. Just don't commit to the shot and have a lazy swing at it.

@omarfarid2409

3 жыл бұрын

Drop the ball back a bit and relax your wrists a bit.

@michelyannakopoulos8924

3 жыл бұрын

Or you are teed up to high that's what i usually do

@theroachden6195

3 жыл бұрын

Swing it like an iron. I can't swing woods like they're supposed to be played, I have to line up like they're irons and I can rip them.

Super video Matt and great advice, putting from the fringe is gold!

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Callum

Good as ever. Cheers Matt

Great advice Matt esp the last putting one - last weekend i did exactly that and 4 putted instead of taking just the bogey i should have got, cheers for the very opportune lesson.

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, remember it next time your out!

It is hard when you see what I normally do are all strategic mistakes. Thank you for making me understand I need to think differently.

why would someone dislike a video when all the chap is doing is trying to help 'normals' play better golf. Guess some peeps just like to see the world burn. Thanks Matt I'll ensure I follow this advice tomorrow morning Gr8 work keep it up and congrats on the 100k

@rossco1986

3 жыл бұрын

some people are just dead inside!

@Soul-Taker

3 жыл бұрын

I often wonder. It only takes something very small for some people to give a thumbs down, also I sometimes assume they do it by accident.

@michelyannakopoulos8924

3 жыл бұрын

So true i alway play with guys that are better then me they usualy help when they see something obvious getting better is way more fun

@DirtySanchez1973

3 жыл бұрын

I always wonder how many are hit by accident when they actually meant to hit like. I've done that before but realized I did it and changed it.

Matt: "You don't need to hit driver on every par 4. Just hit it 230 yards" Me: "230 yards? Driver it is then"

@JayDude003

3 жыл бұрын

You hit your driver 230 yards!?

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Like it

@NineEyeRon

3 жыл бұрын

@@JayDude003 yes, as a baseline. A good one is 280 but i can’t call that my usual shot as it’s probably 1/5 drives.

@annefilippobertozzi7601

3 жыл бұрын

@@JayDude003 the name of the game is not how long: it’s how many.

@roberthall1820

3 жыл бұрын

@@NineEyeRon i know what you mean; a lot of internet golf advice only really applies when your result from each club is reasonably consistent.

Great advice as always. I played 9 holes saturday didn't take my driver out the bag once. 4 hybrid every tee shot on par 4s & 5s. Shot 6 less then the time before and I wasn't playing paticularly great. Same score as a few weeks before when I was really hot with my short game that day. Can't underestimate how important course management is especially for us not so great golfers

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Yep course Management will help you a bunch

That is sooo me! Thanks Matt!

Nice video on positioning yourself. There’s plenty of videos on how to hit a driver long, but not many tell you to put it away and use a hybrid.

Hi Matt. Rick told me to like your stuff. Your reaction to the stingless club convinced me. Nice lesson here.

Great tips, thank you!

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Great video Matt, new subscriber, came over from Rick's channel. Keep up the great work!

That’s a great video! I’m guilty of not taking the putting seriously.

Good advice no.3 I use hybrid like a putt

All the way from australia you have been helping me thanks

Great advice Matt 👍🏻

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks grant

Good course management seems to be the key!

Course management!! I do hit driver a lot as its my most consistent club. I only putt though once in the green, I worked quite hard on the 9i bump and run, that's my "go to" shot around the greens, love a bump and run ❤️🤣

Great advice i find myself making all these mistakes

6:16 i am using an 8 iron doing a bump and run. easier then a putter from there i think, i would use the 8 iron from that distance on the green aswell if i where allowed to. great video as usuall

I have been quite guilty of taking the short putts for granted and missing a few. Thanks for that point. I will try to focus on them today other times moving forward. Seems obvious but it really matters.

Matt you have content coming out every two days! You are killing it right now! Keep it up

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Josh!

@joshberry4813

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mattfryergolf Your youtube lessons are very helpful and very well produced. Finch, Sheils and Carter are afraid of your talents. Keep up the good work

Excellent video. I make these mistakes every round...

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Try just implementing one at a time and you will get there

Love that course and still reasonably priced, 16 is stunning and Slazenger used Seve for a photo on it. Looks in good condition

Great point with the shorter putts, I learned the hard way this summer that I’ve got to take everything outside of about 18 inches seriously or it’ll be another half dozen strokes on the day😂😂 cheers!

Excellent Matt. What do you think about the hybrid to chip from just off the edge of the green?

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea

Keep making these mistakes ! thanks

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

You got it!

Great tips! Play smart not hard.

excellent tips Matt, I am guilty with tip 4 so many times. specially when playing partner might say "go on knock it in" and I miss.

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

Hey Matt. Do you do remote lessons? Would be keen to get some with you if you do. Thanks

Matt simple sound advice as always. Have you changed your putter as well?

Cool

helpful

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was

Matt, for a shot just off the green with a long run: putt or chip with a hybrid?

“Don’t take short putts for granted”! 🎉 ❤

What course is that ? Great tips by the way 👍

My shortest par 4’s are 400 yds .....and I only hit my driver 240yds , so I have to hit driver on them all . 7wood -7wood would be my only other option,which technically doesn’t improve my scoring odds . Great advice to think about probabilities to reduce your score though!

The longest hole on my course is 494m or 540 yards. Last time out I hit a lot of irons off the tee for accuracy, as I had been slicing my driver badly previously, (I'm playing off 24), and had been practising my irons on the range. At this hole I hit 3 iron to the left edge of the fareway, 3 iron in the fareway, and 4 iron into the green. It shows that course management can be as important as length. It is helped by the fact we are in the summer and we are getting good carry and roll.

Good advice. Some golfers only hit their driver 160 yards.

It only took me 20 years to figure that one out even use long iron from time to time way more consistent approach to the green thanks

Well done on 100k.

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Matt what range finder do you use?

I’m a big believer in keeping the ball in play and thinking about where I want to place the ball. Don’t hit it too far off the tee into danger. Look where the flag is on the green and play to the sensible side of the green. And don’t short side it.... 😫🤪⛳️👍🏻

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Good strategy goes a long way

@Soul-Taker

3 жыл бұрын

Same, until I step up to the tee and I can't help but try to absolutely murder it with driver.

Is that OMP on the putting green?

Great content. Only problem is I cannot putt off greens. Lol

I always thin my chip shots up onto the green which is where my game is being let down. Just had a chipping lesson so hopefully those shots will be a thing of the past!

Hey y'all!

On par fours I often use my 4 utility iron or my three wood. Some holes even use 7 wood.

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Good strategy Eric

I usually don't feel comfortable with distance control using a putter from off the green, probably because I don't practice it. What I do instead is choose a club based on distance from the hole, and swing it like a putter. 8-iron is my favorite club for most of those chips. I get it over the taller grass then rolling like a putt pretty quickly. I've even made some of those from upwards of 50 feet. On the flip side, I've played with some guys on my favorite course, which has greenside bunkers that usually don't have a lip, who use putter from the bunkers. Hey, if you're more comfortable with that shot, go for it.

I really don't agree with the hybrid of the tee. In my opinion you should either lay up short of all the bunkers or then just smash driver. If the bunker is in play with the hybrid and I hit a poor shot then I have a long second shot from a pot bunker which doesn't seem ideal at all 😅

I Must say matt , you have a very nice voice.

Ive had more birdies this year with irons off the tee than driver, even if you discount par 3s!

first only for you Matt

I feel more comfortable hitting 7 or 8 from the edge of greens, rather than putting, on longer shots, however my mate can putting from 10 to 15 yards off the green as he can't chip. Suppose each to there own

I would like to know the make of the top that Matt is wearing. Looks really nice.

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

It's mizuno

@emerysnap

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing feels like Matt Fryer

Great advice, although there is nothing worse than messing up the “safe play”

@NineEyeRon

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve played enough golf to know a bad safe one is better than a bad unsafe shot.

I mean the first hole is so short, it is clear that driver is not the right club. Many holes are longer where you are forced to hit driver although there are penaltyareas near the landing zone. Not hitting driver on these holes would result in 230 into the flag which is a pain in the butt on a par 4.

Shotscope case study on millions of golf shots showed no benefit to using a wood of the tee. Fairway % was similar and woods were 20-30 yards shorter which meant more challenging approach shot.

#1 mistake: not warming up prior to 1st tee.....put I regress....you give excellent advice young man 😎

Played par4 yesterday, driver hit 280yds, pw, put. Easy birdie mate

@willyjameshuff

3 жыл бұрын

Well that’s why you’re on tour. Birdies are easy

I would have chose my 7 or 8 iron that close to the green. I like to hit those bump and run shots.

I’m good at playing a safe shot to the middle of the fairway and even better at shanking the second shot into the trees

@callumfriend2523

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha brilliant

Should use the Rule of 12 when chipping? Don't just grab the lob or pitching wedge unless you compute your fly/roll percentage per club loft.

I understand not driving par 4s, but it’s just so much fun to hit driver.

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah you are right! Good scores are fun too though

Hope the divot was repaired? It would be nice for me to hit a ball 230 yards, 200 is good for me!

My 3 and 5 wood is as unpredictable as my driver, maybe I should tee off with my 8 iron! :D

@bogetostart9550

3 жыл бұрын

Second this! If anything my woods are more unpredictable that my driver

Unless there are bunkers, stats prove hitting it longer and, as long as it’s in play, that will be your best option for strokes gained

@sportylarryyt2374

3 жыл бұрын

It’s common sense. STATS lmao

@BrianSWG

3 жыл бұрын

For better players. Not sure where you play but here mid to high handicaps that wouldnt prove true. I dont know any mid or high handicap that is better 20 yards closer to the hole but in 3 inch rough vs fairway. Most just dont know how to handle thick rough from 150-200+

@robfellows9833

3 жыл бұрын

That only works when you have an army of ball spotters and marsahals to find the balls.

Those views! 😍 🤩

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Mega aren't they

All alright, I respect the fact that your the pro, and I am, well very, much NOT. I have my 20-year-old clubs, and the bag that is falling apart, me personally I'd have used my 9 iron on that shot just to get a tad extra speed, and it wouldn't have rolled so far away from the green, up a hill I use the 9-iron, down the hill normally my PW. But since the PW is the only wedge I have....I am really hoping I get new clubs soon.

It is like he plays with me.... I had to go to a putter when just off the green... our course cuts that rough fairly close anyway... no need for that darn wedge. And those short puts... our group the old guys can sink putts like pros except for those 3 footers.. more misses than hits.... thanks

I normal hit a 4wood on 300 -350 yards hole anything over that (taz ) driver ...

@Mattfryergolf

3 жыл бұрын

Good strategy!

I have about a 360 yard drive on average... lol I'm just about/or on the green on most par 4's sooo... I should negate the chip shot and pull out a 7 iron? Lol I think this is geared towards struggling golfers. Most amateurs have big drives but can't putt worth a crap

Chunks it short of the green "Yeah it spun back 50 yards off the green"

Even when I concentrate on three footers, I still miss 50% of them.

Seeing how I just broke my driver this should be easy

Why not aim at the bunkers with driver and hit a draw?

Let me save you some time. How to play a par 4, do some course management which means before and while you play, use apps or the internet to see a map of the course/holes. So If a par 4 is something like 400 yards, hit a club that will leave you a distance that you are comfortable hitting into a green or a certain club. Simple!