I went from 30 HANDICAP to 13 in 12 Months - HERE'S HOW 

I’ve gone from a 30 handicap to 29 handicap in a year. I needed this video 😂

wow, to go from a 30 to a 13 in one year plus having the time to create a youtube channel that gives others tips. i'm impressed!

I love the relaxed feel of this video and that you're a real amateur. I'm taking golf seriously for the first time in my life and this is exactly what I need to see. By the way, your swing looks great for only a year in!

Great tip on not focusing on power. I see a lot of new golfers trying to absolutely smash the ball as hard as possible when actually a nice easy swing is best until you feel confident applying the power. Accuracy is key!

I normally don’t leave comments but so glad I stumbled on this channel , im a high handicap who started playing golf 8 months ago. Excellent video with brilliant tips and a demo, much more relatable to the normal person than all the so called ‘bigger’ channels with pga pros. I really think this RU-vid channel will grow, seems like a real genuine person and really well produced and thoughtful content - wishing you the best of luck with it and of course the golf ⛳️ game!

Love the video! Can’t wait to try your tips next season :) Cheers mate!

Excellent solid advice .I really enjoyed the aim point idea .

Very enjoyable video, thanks for sharing your tips and great stuff with your birdie putt at the end 👍

Super mature course management, thumbs up!

Standing Ovation... 30-HC to 13-HC in a year is OUTSTANDING!!! Use every tip you get, and learn from the mistakes you make, and before you know it, you'll be a single digit golfer!!!

Very good, sensible tips.

Brilliant video!

I’m a total beginner. Loved this video, subscribed mate nice one.

Super video and great advice. I lopped my handicap in half this summer by working on mainly my short game and putting. By using a PW, 9i and 8i around the greens, gripping down the shaft a bit and using a simple short swing (same swing for each club) my PW goes 30yds, 9i 40 yds, 8i 40yds - ball flies 1/3 then rolls remaining 2/3rds - it works like a charm and must be saving me 5 shots a round. As for Aimpoint, I have found this to have removed most of the mystery of trying to ready greens - once you have your line (plenty of videos on internet) you just have to work out the putt weight to get the ball to the hole, it removes 80% of effort of trying to gauge breaks.

I feel like having one swing thought on something that I’m doing very well in my swing. Helps keep positive and re-enforces good behaviour

the swing left thought helps me too. i enjoyed the show, thnx.

Good video. A 13 handicapper comfortable with 4 iron! I suppose teed up it's not so bad, but off the fairway - difficult.

Great video!

AWESOME VIDEO!! love the tips

Fantastic improvement 🎉

Interesting video mate, I'm sure this will be very helpful for a lot of people! Great to see you've managed to get your handicap down so much in just one year! Keep it going!

That is actually the greatest tip think 80% I am a 30+ handicap golfer a true double bogey master. I played with my uncle a round on a private course and said I’m just going to slow my swing down & trust in the club doing the work. I shot an 89. The following months later found myself trying to crush every shot and was shooting 104&110? It’s ridiculous that I couldn’t remind myself to just slow the swing down and trust that the club will do the majority of the work. And worse case not as much distance but will likely be more in play. But even as you said the majority of the time you’ll actually strike it better and farther cause your contacting the ball better. Awesome to hear this again. Off to the range 👍🏼

I’m 49 and took up golf in November just passed so as to not make a tit out of myself at a corporate event. After 3 weeks of practice, I survived but realised how interesting and addictive the challenge happens to be. So far RU-vid has taught me plenty including this gem. Thanks a bunch, Hicksy. I love practicing but need to be careful to not overdo it because the old skeleton isn’t really up for 700 balls a week 😅

Just subscribed. Brilliant video and such good ideas. Great job.

Great video. I love that it comes from an amateur. Thanks for sharing such value of course management and lowering scores

Mate that is awesome….. great work….

this needs to be seen by every high handicappa , well done

Bump and run with a hybrid 🤩💪🏻

Great video mate. Anyone starting out can learn a lot from the advice given. I play at Rushmore and you hit the nail on the head re the 3rd hole, and many on the course, the position is more important than distance

great video mate

great video. thanks

great content, keep it coming! Very true with the 80% swing ✅

sound advice here. Good Course management, types of shot to play around the green, putting. Excellent video

The quality of your video was quite nice. Even in the more talkative parts it was super informative and still etertaining.

Excellent.

I’m a mid handicapper. I choose two holes a side to use driver. Don’t pick holes with low handicap indexes. No one hits 80% GIR! Even pros hit like 1/2. Great tips

MyGolfSpy did a little test and found that swinging hard with driver is usually better according to the data. But please practice this on the range first and warm up before the round. I found that getting fit for my putter on a camera-based system helped a lot.

Enjoyed that. Nice swing. Like the putting.

Great advice, especially from someone that has been playing for such a short time. I play with many guys who have played for a very long time....and have failed to grasp some of those points of golfing wisdom. Biggest point that I agree with.....driving is fun and important, but mastering the short game is the key low scores.

Really great video and thank you! I also started this year after a 10 year hiatus from golf and began hitting around 100 to 110 and now I’m more around 85 to 90. You hit a lot of really good points that I stand by as well like when we’re not to use a 58° Lobwedge also with Aim Point. I have always read greens in part by using my feet to decipher slope left to right and front to back. But I never correlated it to a visual aid like my fingertips and the hole I was putting to but now I see the great value in being able to use this aim point system more fully. By the way, I found a correlation that blew my mind the other day: Pace out or in my case measure 10, 20, 30 and 40 feet from the hole and note the relative size of the hole to one of your finger tips. In my case, at 10 feet my index finger nail tip width matches the size of the hole when holding it visually to the edge of the cup, 20 feet is double the size, 30 feet is three times the size and 40 feet is 4 times the size. I was shocked at how accurate that was.

Awesome video. Some really good common sense stuff here that often gets left out by the pros.

Nice tips man! I dropped a lot (36 to 20 in 8 months and now started to get high again (24 now). I will try your tips and see how they go! Ciao

Great video. I’m 51 and just started playing golf at the end of September and I found this fantastic advice. Keep up the good work.

Amazing how few golf tip videos mention the humble 7/8 iron bump n run…..it’s one of the simplest and most reliable shots you can play and so much less risky than using a lofted wedge! Good work man!

He is so correct about chipping and putting. I spend 10 hrs a week at the range and 8hrs pitching, chipping and putting.Two hrs driving and hybrid work and irons. Handicap 15

Holy crap!! Thank you..

Actually an amazing video. I hardly leave comments but every single point in this video is 100% accurate, especially swing 80% part. I improved my handicap so so quickly over the past few months and literally, every single point in this video I would vouch for.

good vi and all the points are very sound

Nice work my friend. +30 handicapper here and I can use some of this to improve my scoring.

This May, I've been playing for 2 years, I went from a beginner to my current HCP at 13,5 in about a year and a half, and the secret, short and simple really, is putting and short game. Even now, my irons and off the tees are probably at least 15+ HCP, but my putting is a single digit and pitching/chipping high single digit low double HCP. My goal for the year is becomming a single digit player :D

Beautiful golden hour colors on this course!

I really like your smooth swing bruv

over the year, what has been your weekly or monthly schedule of playing rounds (9 or 18), practicing (driving, approach, short game) and lessons?

Great video, do more, nice coming from an amateur, can relate

Good solid advice. As you say, for chipping, get a favourite club, I use a 46 deg wedge mostly. Off the tee I often use a 5 wood which goes nearly as far as a driver. You’re correct in saying that most amateurs just pull their driver out without considering a different club. Your lag putting is good but I recommend anyone with poor distance control to try looking at the hole, not the ball…..difficult at first but you quickly improve. After all if you throw a ball to someone, you don’t look at your hand - just the person !

Makings of a future Rick Shiels right there. Well done 👍🏻

I am also new to the game. started earlier in 2022. shot on average a 130 for 18 holes. i have gotten to within 6 strokes to break 100 a few times. i actually learned something from this vidio and hopefully can apply it. Thanks...

Great video I'm a 29 handicapper been playing for a year and the mental part is the hardest part of golf for me, I can out drive my friends and hit some really nice shots but when I stand over the ball It's like I'm having a fight in my own head when I'm about to take a shot

I played my 1st ever round of golf start of June and hut 102 on par 70 with in my first 1 month I hit a 97 then I got a hand injury torn ligaments that the doctor said would keep me from playing 4 to 6 weeks, I stopped playing for almost 4 weeks, now it's been almost 4 months since I started but with 1 month out the game and my handicap is +22 and my lowest score is 86 which I've now scored 3 times

Nice video - and yes - great advice! Quick question - saw the Ping covers what irons are you playing - same as when you started?

Great video, just love the swing thoughts comparing to driving a car!

I spoke to an English pro golfer at a pro-am, can’t remember his name but Jack Nicklaus had commented about how good a prospect he was (had back problems later though) and his one swing thought was to keep the butt of the club a constant distance from his sternum, which I think is a very simple and repeatable thought, as long as your swing is somewhat sound. Feels don’t last because you get used to the movement as the muscle memory develops, and then the same feel would cause you to overdo it.

Useful video, good job! You know, your actual swing is a lot better than your practice swings. You're quite severely over-plane in your practice swings but then not so much when you hit the ball. Opposite to most people!

For me it's the putting. I've improved my short game dramatically, but when I get to the green, I often 3 putt. My last round, I could have taken about 18 strokes off if I could have 1 putted easier ones.

Very good stuff and sound. One thing is your swing is not your typical high handicap swing. You’re ether a natural or have spent a ton of time with a swing coach. It’s a great swing and your are crushing it at impact. That’s why the rest of us struggle to break 90. Fat and thin second and third shots are a plague. Keep it up my friend

Great "driving a car" analogy!

Great stuff. Handicap coming down very quickly as well. I have subscribed. Would love to come down and play sometime...although I am still at 19.3

This is how i went from 24 to 14. I started using my 42° pitching wedge around the green and strokes have been falling off like crazy

Went from a firty handicap to a firteen very quickly!

i would probably hit a fade too but i have always set up with a bit of a closed club face and that's why my misses are pulled left if i don't allow for it. i mean i can hit fades if i set up for it.

What a hole at the end....especially the putt!

Is this based on playing the same course? What is your average score when playing at visiting courses?

I've been playing almost a year and my handicap has come down from 25 to 9.6, wish I'd of filmed my journey.

Excellent video. Course management is an excellent way to lower your handicap and make the game a lot more fun. My self I’m a little hard headed. Took me little longer to figure this out. I must say playing from the rough and the woods a lot makes you pretty versatile and when you do start staying on the fairway then it feels so simple

I carry a 64 degree wedge. 60 percent of the time, it works, every time

Thanks. What irons do you like for your skill level.

why play a choked down 4 iron instead of a full 5 or even a full hybrid?

Nice video, try and hold your finish on each shot, this will do wonder's for building up balance and tempo.

Half way through the video I realised I've played at this course hahaha

I went from 54 (completely new to the game) to 15 hcp in 8 months.. My wife went from 54 to 21hcp...

👀🔥

this is MONEY! im hcp 19,1 last year from 22.6,. yes, one good club, mine is PW, to play tour short game almost all the time and you get some routine.

4 iron seemed to go a long with with what looked like a 3/4 back swing.

🤙🏾😎

i've been a 13 for 30 years and can't get it down. like i hit a wall, but always tryin.

Do you play your irons toe up? If so why?

I chip more with a PW and 8i than any wedge I have.

I went from 54 to 4 in 2 years. ggwp

The irony of golf, is, when you try to close the face down like you are, you are actually coming over the top, and so you will keep on hitting the cut. If that's your thing and it work, great, but just to illustrate how this is impacting your shape, looking at the last hole that you played, you are set op for the draw and still you had the ball cutting. Its severe over the top swing path that does that. squaring the face has nothing to do with swing path, its a wrist function. Most armatures start golf by cutting, and to fix that they aim left causing the over the top swing path making it worse. Going against intuition and swinging to the right will actually promote a draw and even if you struggle to square up the face and leave it open , you will hit it a bit straighter.

When it comes to reading putts, always trust your feet over your eyes

I’m a 15 currently. Where’s all your chunked shots?! 😮

Also get loads of coaching, and play very often, he forgot to mention.

Getting to a 13 is easy if you have some talent. Now it's going to get much harder

I won’t play par 5’s safe until I get my first eagle

Worlds shortest back swing 😂

nice content but get a new intro song

Well it's like a tutorial on how to transform yourself from the worst golfer to a bad golfer 😂

I just watched you "play" and I don't even think you're an honest 30 handi, let alone a 13, lol...

I am 51 and started in beginning of septemper with 52 hcp, when golf course closed here in north Sweden in beginning of November i was on 25,3 hcp. Cant wait for May to come so i can play golf again and see how low i can go 🏌‍♂️⛳️

Nice video well presented - good luck going forward 👍🏌️⛳️