Crossfield again

[patricks148]

Used to like his club tests, but got stuck behind him around my home course a few years ago when was up covering the Scottish Open at CS. He was terrible, in loads of bunkers and couldn't get out of any of them, tbh he looked a worse played than me so never watched him again

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Used to like his club tests, but got stuck behind him around my home course a few years ago when was up covering the Scottish Open at CS. He was terrible, in loads of bunkers and couldn't get out of any of them, tbh he looked a worse played than me so never watched him again

His mate Lockey looks like he can't break 85....

 

[Papas1982]

I do think honestly they’re all a bit rubbish. I only watch NLU & Eric Anderson Lang now, used to like Carter, but he has less content now.
Rick shields & Pete finch seem like nice fellas but are really a little bit wet, crossfield is a major knob.
He can be ok on his solo course vlogs but with his mates it’s painful to watch. The golf is rubbish & the bants is terrible, repetitive nonsense. He surrounds himself with sycophantic simpletons! Can’t believe people lap it up.

Me & a couple of fellas at my place would be loads funnier 🤣🤣 and there’s definitely some fellas on here who would make better viewing for differing reasons.

What they all do seems a bit old now imo

Tbf he was the first to start it all up really, the guys who’ve joined him are all paid a wage, so must make more now than they did as just club pros. They also get to go play top quality courses all year. I’d put up with him for the opportunity.

I tend to watch any of them when they’re playing courses I’m due to visit, and Crossfield has played more courses than the others. I saw something on his Twitter the other day referencing Sunningdale. If they’ll let him on, it explains why they’ll take us all 😂😂

 

[Papas1982]

His mate Lockey looks like he can't break 85....

I reckon on a normal course, not of the longest tees (which they usually play). He’d give most a good game. He blatantly plays the jester for the camera.

 

[Bxm Foxy]

I tend to watch them for Dan Hendriksen. Good bloke, pro at Torquay.

 

[Qwerty]

Ive never really watched any youtubers to be educated just entertained, the only 2 that do it for me now are NLU and Erik Anders Lang, the others are just going round in circles..

 

[Dogma]

I tend to watch them for Dan Hendriksen. Good bloke, pro at Torquay.

Seems a top bloke, does Dan.

I’ve recently found Erik Anders Lang and his stuff is up there with NLU.

His course video for Bethpage Black is a great watch

 

[User20205]

I reckon on a normal course, not of the longest tees (which they usually play). He’d give most a good game. He blatantly plays the jester for the camera.

I’m not having that, he can’t get off the tee , he and Rory are rubbish

 

[User20205]

I tend to watch them for Dan Hendriksen. Good bloke, pro at Torquay.

Yep he’s seems ok. Give it a while and he’ll either sack crossfield off, like others have done, or become some kind of clone

 

[Papas1982]

I’m not having that, he can’t get off the tee , he and Rory are rubbish

How much of that is for the camera though? When He was first on cameras years ago he was the better player. He obviously got to a decent standard to become a pro. Give him a fortnight on the range, not just jumping from plane to plane and I reckon he’d beat all those that aren’t single figures easy enough.

 

[User20205]

How much of that is for the camera though? When He was first on cameras years ago he was the better player. He obviously got to a decent standard to become a pro. Give him a fortnight on the range, not just jumping from plane to plane and I reckon he’d beat all those that aren’t single figures easy enough.

maybe. There’s something fundamentally wrong with his game, he’s a pro and he can’t sort himself out. Not practicing may affect touch, wedge game etc but not being able to get off the tee is fundamental, watching some vids recently he’s hitting irons 50 yards off line, that’s not down to fine tuning that’s a major swing flaw.

 

[Wolf]

I’m not having that, he can’t get off the tee , he and Rory are rubbish

Rory isn't a pro though he's a 7 Handcap am that works for YGT, he's probably just your average single figure player that doesn't practice that hard and make a most of what he's got.

maybe. There’s something fundamentally wrong with his game, he’s a pro and he can’t sort himself out. Not practicing may affect touch, wedge game etc but not being able to get off the tee is fundamental, watching some vids recently he’s hitting irons 50 yards off line, that’s not down to fine tuning that’s a major swing flaw.

That doesn't equate though does it, how many guys on tour are have swing coaches because they can't sort themselves out to so say Crosfield should be able to is a little odd, yes he is a PGA pro who gives lessons so sorts out other people so we assume he should sort himself out out but it doesn't work like that in the real world, maybe he needs to see a swing coach, maybe he needs a head doctor instead. How many great players down the years have we seen go from being good to bad be cause they can't get it off the tee or lose the ability to putt when they've been great before that.

 

[kevingopher]

I’m not having that, he can’t get off the tee , he and Rory are rubbish

I’m pretty sure he got to plus 1 as an am, so can’t be all bad. He used to be assistant pro at East Devon, heard others say he has always sprayed it a bit

They also play off of the tips on some pretty tough courses. Bearing that in mind, I think crossfield is actually a decent player, I would imagine he would be playing to scratch at your average 6500 yard course. Dan would easily be playing off a plus handicap if he kept one (see pga website for score evidence)

 

[User20205]

Can’t quote all of the above; the argument that pros can’t self diagnose is nonsense. If I’m spraying irons 40 yards right and hitting snap hooks with a driver, I can diagnose that, and I’m no pro. He seems like a decent fella tho. Rory is perhaps the worst 7 handicapper I’ve ever seen, he may be decent matchplayer but he’d struggle to break 100 in a medal. They both can’t get off the tee which makes the length of course a misnomer, the fairways aren’t 80 yards wider if the tees are 50 yards further forward 😱 Dan is a solid player but they’re all toe curlingly sycophantic. I’ve tried to like it, but given up. If I wanted to watch rubbish golf & terrible banter I go and watch a seniors role up at my place 🤣🤣

 

[Dan2501]

He doesn't struggle to break 100 in a medal though. He's been off 7 for a few years and is an active member of a golf club, he's a legit 7 handicap. Rory is playing at Championship golf courses, often with little sleep, no chance to warm up as they're travelling between multiple venues in a short period of time, always off the back tees and always being filmed. He's not meant to play to his handicap off those tees on those golf courses, but on occasion he's done it. He's also forced to hit the worst club in his bag, his driver, often due to playing off the back tees, if he was playing off the tees he should be playing off he has the speed to hit irons and FWs off tees instead of driver, so would be able to keep it in play much better. Rory's wild, but when he's good, he's really good.

 

[User20205]

You can regurgitate the crossfield nonsense re Rory if you want, if he’s a 7 handicapper I’m off scratch. Long courses don’t make you consistently knife chips 😱.
You could make the point that you don’t watch for quality of the golf but the quality of the bants but that’s rank also

 

[Papas1982]

You can regurgitate the crossfield nonsense re Rory if you want, if he’s a 7 handicapper I’m off scratch. Long courses don’t make you consistently knife chips 😱.
You could make the point that you don’t watch for quality of the golf but the quality of the bants but that’s rank also

How does someone blag an official handicap of 7 then? Does he have something over the guys at his club and/or congu?

 

[Dan2501]

I'd like to see how well you played to your handicap when being filmed for a video to be watched by thousands, with a group of people stood around waiting to ridicule every poor shot you make, as you try and make it round a course you've never played before off the Pro tees.

 

[Wolf]

I never said he can't self diagnose, I just said it's not that simple. You've also ignored the point if it is that simple why do Pros have swing coaches.

Maybe he can self diagnose or maybe he can't some people have mental blocks when it comes to self analysis, maybe he knows what it is but doesn't care, maybe he simply can't diagnose it.

Wasn't it Hank Haney himself who could train and teach Tiger and thousand of amateurs but said of himself he had driver Yips and couldn't get the ball off the tee for a good decade or more until he instilled a swing process he would hate to teach to someone just so he could play golf himself again.

Just because someone is a pro and diagnose themselves doesn't always mean they can fix themselves and that can be a mental flaw.

I don't particularly like the videos of them all but the courses they're playing but does the quality of golf particularly important as they're not on their for that reason more for the course the review and entertainment whether any of that is any good that's a whole other story

 

[User20205]

How does someone blag an official handicap of 7 then? Does he have something over the guys at his club and/or congu?

you can play off 7 for 3 years with the bare min of qualifiers. You lot are so defensive🤣🤣🤣 the banter is poor, the golf is terrible 2 of the 4 regular players can’t get the ball in play...those are facts. Keep watching if you want to brah 🤣🤣🤣