Orikoru
Tour Winner
He explained it in a recent video on the HIT channel, and we discussed it in this thread on the previous page, I think. Essentially he just waffled some excuses though. The explanation wasn't anything we didn't expect.
YouTubers.
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Beezerk
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Clinton Morrison takes that crown surely.
HomerJSimpson
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Think there is a whole pantheon of crap earning a crust as a pundit
road2ruin
Q-School Graduate
Apologies for taking this thread off track however the answer to this question is Gabby Agbonlahor. I will not accept that there is an ex-footballer who is worse that he as a pundit.
Arthur Wedge
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Orikoru
Tour Winner
Genuinely one of the funniest golf vids I've watched.
ExRabbit
Club Champion
Toss up between which is the most annoying - Rick laughing or Ron clapping!
Genuinely one of the funniest golf vids I've watched.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Both are equally annoyingToss up between which is the most annoying - Rick laughing or Ron clapping!
Ye Olde Boomer
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I watch quite a lot of golf from the UK on YouTube,
and one thing stands out to me.
I love the look of most of the UK courses that I see...they're really visually stunning.
The greens, however, seemed to be carved from green marble.
NOTHING checks up on them.
EVERYTHING releases BIG.
If you actually land your ball on the green, you're very lucky if it holds the back edge.
As for a ball backing up, forget about it entirely.
It's an entirely different way of playing golf.
My short game technique would be less than useless.
Don't balls spin in the UK atmosphere,
or are your greens mineral rather than organic?
and one thing stands out to me.
I love the look of most of the UK courses that I see...they're really visually stunning.
The greens, however, seemed to be carved from green marble.
NOTHING checks up on them.
EVERYTHING releases BIG.
If you actually land your ball on the green, you're very lucky if it holds the back edge.
As for a ball backing up, forget about it entirely.
It's an entirely different way of playing golf.
My short game technique would be less than useless.
Don't balls spin in the UK atmosphere,
or are your greens mineral rather than organic?
SteveW86
Head Pro
Are the people you are watching good enough to get the spin? I can’t say I’ve noticed a lack of “action” on the ball when watching the better players on YouTube
Crow
Crow Person
American greens are heavily watered and so balls will stop.
Sadly this is being demanded by many UK golfers now and so our greens are also becoming soft puddings that will hold any ball hit with a modicum of spin or a high descent angle.
Ye Olde Boomer
Well-known member
I'll put it this way.
On most greens in my area, it takes less skill to hold greens hit on the fly.
The grooves rule changed about fifteen years ago, and the USGA, even more so than the R&A,
claimed that average recreational players wouldn't even notice.
That was a bald-faced lie.
I could spin less expensive surlyn/ionomer-covered balls with the box grooves.
Now, only premium urethane-covered balls give adequate green holding spin.
And not always in Britain, it seems.
Of course, now they're saying that the new ball restrictions won't be noticed by recreational players either.
This time, we'll know enough not to believe them.
But I've strayed off topic.
To me, on television, at least, the UK greens are harder,
and even the pitch marks don't look as deep as the ones I make at my own club.
When I was younger, Brits played with a smaller, 1.62" diameter ball.
That was a better ball for windy links conditions, and I wonder how it would work in the modern, non-wound ball era.
But I imagine that a smaller ball like that would be harder to spin,
so Brits didn't play lawn dart golf for multiple reasons.
Not just harder greens come into to play, but more wind and smaller ball being factors as well.
Still, it's hard to imagine that a place with more rain would have harder greens.
Maybe it's the sandier soil, but you have lovely parkland courses as well..
Ye Olde Boomer
Well-known member
Americans like to play the ball up in the air more than UK players seem to do.
Bump and run is definitely a classic skill,
but playing darts right at the stick is also a skill.
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harpo_72
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Watching Grant Horavats best kids in age group video. 9,10,11,12,14,15 years old .. it’s impressive! His teeth are like Mr Ed’s after a trip to Turkey .. scary!?!
VVega
Assistant Pro
Get your popcorn
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Like the old days except both are caricatures of their original youtube personas
Get your popcorn
Crow
Crow Person
I think the main difference is that the early ones were more spontaneous, just two blokes and a camera and focus mainly on the golf.
Now it all seems a bit scripted, sideways glances at camera, not quite off the cuff remarks, a big crew getting all the angles, and probably taking an age to film and edit the whole thing.
I still enjoyed this one though.
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HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Even when we filmed at H4H it was all camera down, press the button and go. As you say like mini-movies these days
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
So much better now than shakey cameras and missed outcomes of shots.
I enjoyed this one alot. Tough conditions.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I never followed Seb on Golf before but he's put together some epic content here, it has to be said.
Watched it last night - it's a long one though! Quite literally movie-length. The two f0rebr0thers lads having to get the train was a highlight.
Watched it last night - it's a long one though! Quite literally movie-length. The two f0rebr0thers lads having to get the train was a highlight.
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