How Scratch Golf Looks According to the Stats

I don’t understand the perceived conflict. There are a number of things you need to do to be scratch, amongst them hit the ball a long way AND manage the course.

I feel my stress levels decrease and my confidentiality levels increase with every new Matty boom boom video

I don't care about Strokes Gained, what I want to see is the data on Shirts Gained. If I wore a different WaddaPlaya shirt on each hole, would the birdie music be on loop???

Stinky Pong Pong Big Time...!!! 😄

I LOVE GOLF SIDEKICK !!

Does your wrist hurt or does that thing on your wrist hurt babe

50 years from now this video will be used to instruct AI golfing bots how to think like humans. It will absolutely revolutionize the consequentiality of human evolution. I am confidential of that.

This post is money!

Had to say thx. Had a hole in one today. Used a tip from you on the tee
And broke 80
Had a day. The spirit of the playa was with me today
Thx again

How do you strike your irons so consistently? I am impressed. Feels like every time I try and swing easy the ball is heeled and goes six feet, but every time it’s a hard swing i toe it 6 feet the other way

Where can we get a copy of the data you are using? Would love to use this to plot my way around the course as a 3 handicap. Thanks BAUS!

Matty I wanted to give you a quick shout out. Your channel is excellent, I watch it all the time. You know that song you play when you make a birdie putt? I start humming that when I'm lining up a birdie putt on the course. Makes me more confidential!

Matty what golf app do you use?

The amount of idiots online who get mad when I tell them I track my fringes as “gir” or a “putt” is insane. Like brother…. I got here in the right amount of strokes, I’m using my putter, and I just 2 putted for par why would I not track that as a GIR?

Big Matty the swing is looking great playa. Another great video! Thank you for continuing to produce the truly helpful golf content

I have no idea what you said Matty Boom Boom. I only remembered your point getting 5 on a par 5 is good

Texas confidentiality yehawwww 🤠

What software you using?

wow theres no way i'd ever even begin to care about all this calculation...my goal is hit it as far as i can into play and pray for limited 3 putts

I think distance hurts high handicappers. I can hit somewhere in the region of matty not quite as far but rarely well. If i balls it up im just absolutely in a different postcode. I still do it cos i enjoy slamming a ball every now and then and rolling the dice but i certainly score better when i leave the big guns in the bag

Sir you can take your number mumbo jumbo and git out

Even for pros strokes gained is a skewed number that rarely paints an accurate picture.

I like watching you play golf but I understood none of that. Never mind, onwards we go 😁

gaining negative strokes is also called losing strokes...

I’ve come to realize tour stats can be very misleading, as they represent average tour performance in tour conditions eg. ice-level slick greens. I’ve read somewhere a tour pro is expected to shoot -8 to -12 on their home course in normal conditions, way beyond scratch level.

Regardless the stats do expose amateur’s unreasonable expectations and the same stats can help an amateur towards becoming scratch.

I just started seeing your videos. Great stuff I enjoy your content! What country are you playing in?

Bogey golf and seeing the bar cart at least 3 times per round equals a good day IMHO.

CSB; 3 guys offered straight up $20/hole not knowing my game when I joined up on the back 9 today. I proceeded to shoot a 33 on that side (73 total). No, I didn't accept any money.

Played 9 holes today, and was hitting and scoring poorly. BUT, I improved quite a bit in avoiding the mental death spiral. I could hear you in my head, Matt. So after each poor shot, I just focused on the next, forgetting the previous shot. And I started looking for positives. I had 18 putts in 9 holes, which was a big improvement over the last few rounds. And I improved my pre-shot routine by checking my footing and my clubface alignment. I've been setting up wrong for so long that setting up properly feels awkward. But the results are wonderful.

“I make it or I don’t “ Simple. If I make it, I gain a stroke. If I don’t, I lose a stroke. WHO are these scratch golfers I’m playing against?

Matty, thanks for your channel, as a Golfer who first took up the clubs in late March, your advice and ego checks have been wonderful. Played my affiliate course's Monthly Medal on the weekend after coming last the previous two times with 132 and 126 shots on stroke with my 36 handicap. I had 103 on the weekend and most of the reasons were from your advice on course management, which kept my shots down but also kept the evil thoughts out of my head of launching my 60 degree to the neighbouring town.
GIOTG and the Rule of 12 have helped me come a fair way and the 60 degree hasn't left the bag in a month.

Lol at the pile of papers you have to carry around to play according to strokes gained

I love Matt having golf stat conversations with the caddies. They give zero fucks, but they still smile and laugh at him.

You are the Baus

Great content. Love your approach to the game. You need to buy a new glove. Pretty worn out. Might gain .0145 strokes with new quality leather on the left hand

I have no idea what any of this means but I believe you when you say it’s 34 inches.

Like it that you are incorporating strokes gained. It’s complicated, but I’ve found it helpful, especially tempering my expectations and helping me understand the difference between a kind bad shot (like a not long but mostly straight tee shot) and a really bad shot (like leaving a wedge 35 yards away when you’re at 100).

Hey Matt, I know you're not a believer in the whole 'strokes gained' approach, but Arccos calculates it automatically. I got fitted for some Ping clubs when the G425s came out a few years ago. They came with integrated sensors and a free trial of the software. I like it for the automatic shot tracking, learning my distances / club, and also tips on where I should focus practice time. Maybe reach out to them and see if they want to provide you some sensors to screw into your existing grips and you can use it for more content. You could review it and also get some insight into the strokes gained for your game. I am not playing the G425s anymore, I'm playing Takomo 101s (love them!). I came to rely on the Arccos, so I am a paid subscriber now and am using the screw-in sensors on my grips. It works well on my iPhone and Apple Watch combo.

This video proves just how good Matt really is, absolutely phenominal from the main playya 👍🏻

Do you use a 3 wood? Also, trying to decide what to put in my bag. I can’t decide if I need to drop my 3 wood and go with a 5 wood and same with my hybrid.

This is the first time I have no clue what you are talking about. But I love your channel!

How many hotdogs do you have to feed those caddies during a round?

Yeah!!! Sex-Shuahl ENERGY!!! Love it.

I didn't understand any of this but i liked it!

I'm having anxiety flashbacks of school, trying to read all the stats before the teacher erased the board. I've been doing quite well visualizing the goal posts.