In The Golf Bag HUGE MISTAKES Golfers Keep Making 

If you play on a course with a lot of trees, long irons are critical. I play a Mizuno Fli-Hi 2 iron. 200 metres without getting up in the branches is worth plenty of shots a round. Hybrids are also more prone to hooking. Long utility irons have much of the benefit of hybrid forgiveness with more shot control.

When I go to club fitting all they wanted was to sell me the most expensive clubs

Agreed on the set up of clubs in the bag, that just made sense to me when I started playing to put the longer clubs at the top. I have a 4 hybrid but am comfortable with the other irons. I agree on the balls but I’ve only started this recently as like a lot of amateurs I have a tendency to lose balls. I’ve gone round the last few rounds though with 1 ball so starting to buy one brand at a time to see how they perform for me

I caddied years ago, we were ALWAYS taught to set the clubs as you said, woods at the top, short irons progressively at the bottom. This helps not only to protect the clubs themselves, you are not constantly searching for a club as well as knowing instantly if you are missing one.

Totally agree with your long iron advice, I carry a 5 iron, but only use it for getting out from under a tree, if my 6 iron is not enough, I reach for my 4 hybrid.

Great vid, Defo agree with everything you say, I spent thousands over the years finally decided to lose the ego and get full bag fit and now my game has improved massively I.e hybrids woods etc etc. Good learning curve for you avid golfers get rid of the EGO!!!!

I’ve gone the opposite. I play a 4-u (i230s) and totally ditched the hybrids. Today I picked up an iCrossover 2i, and dialed the g430 5w down to 4w loft. I am a 17.9 currently. Irons for me are more reliable, as I tend to hook hybrids. My driver ball speed is right around 148; I’m 50 years old.

"Calm down everyone". This guy is hilarious. At 67, I'm not sure about my clubhead speed, but my bag is organized and I don't wear "cargo" shorts or "hoodies". I know, that's a whole different subject but I saw Scottie Scheffler wearing what looked like his Mom's hooded sweatshirt a few weeks ago. That alone should be a two stroke penalty! 😉

Excellent mistakes most amateurs make, especially the golf ball.I use to make that mistake but no longer and it has helped my game. I played with a friend recently, he had no food and had to stop because he had no energy to continue. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent video and very entertaining! The two I am guilty of is not eating enough on the course but that is mainly on hot days. I always have water but on hot days I just don't have an appetite. I am also guilty of club set-up in my bag so I will have to try that one. 😁

I’m guilty of 3, using different balls effect putts, using a long iron when I have a slow swing speed and not eating. Walking around tires the body.

Thanks Coach. I agree with what your said here.

Agree with all your tips - been playing regularly since Feb now WHS 6.7 and just turning 55 - I’ve just purchased my third hybrid replacing irons 4 and 3 (and 5/4 wood) Incredibly forgiving clubs. In the winter I play any old gash YELLOW ball it really doesn’t matter IMO (yellow means you can find them so much easier when mud splattered) maybe I need to try and play just one ball type in summer as you suggest. Food and drink always (at least 1 litre of water in those summer heat waves)….what about glove types and condition?

This is a great video and a good reminder that factors outside of "swing dynamics" can take it's toll.

Agree to all the tips except the first one. If $500 shafts aren’t gonna make a difference, then playing the same ball is also not going to make a big difference. If I’m a 3 handicap cap maybe it’s true but then maybe and expensive shaft and long irons are better. If the message is for the average golfer then play whatever ball you find. Maybe stick to a common type, like spin vs distance but not the exact same ball. Great video! Thanks

Thank you. Some of your tips are really helpful. I totally agree. 😊😊😊

Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful tips. I used to play fifteen years ago and completely forgot about these things. I’m about to return to the game just now and really needed those reminders. I managed to get a set of tailor made Rac os iron’s for my return. They are not too expensive and based on the reviews I got, they are considered to be really forgiving clubs. Still not sure if I made the best choice but they are what I could afford just now. Thanks again for a great update John.

Just started watching your channel the other day. Great content. Fan of your channel. And I was at one time guilty of playing different golf balls during a round once I lost one. Only use one golf ball now (Calloway). Shaved 6 strokes off my game. Keep up the great work!!!

Great channel coach btw! This kind of vlog is invaluable, never touched on elsewhere but some great tips

I like how organized you are. I agree completely. My bag is optimized I feel unfortunately so improving is on me with the possible exception being my current driver. Thanks

I have a 90 SS and love my Srixon Utility irons... when on the Links course I play on , the Ping 4 Hybrid rules in the parkland. Great vid Lockey and my low bullet on the links rules.

One thing I've learned is to keep the carrybag as light as possible, it makes a big difference for my game during the last holes if I carry my ultralight bag with 9-10 clubs, just enough balls and 33cl waterbottle, compared to carrying my full size carry bag with 14 clubs, big water bottle, 12 extra balls and other stuff from previous rounds. My full carry bag makes me exhausted during the last four five holes and it affects my precision and concentration making me do silly unessesary mistakes. Keep your carrybag light, play better golf despite leaving out your longer clubs at home. It's kind of a sport in itself deciding which clubs, and how many, you're going to put in the ultralight bag. :)

LOL… The food thing is so essential. It’s always the little things for sure… In terms of my bag set up, I actually really like it as it is now. I’ve got two fairway woods and a hybrid. Those are some of the most clutch clubs I have in my bag outside the putter. Love the PSA Coach! Always good to take another look at these things…

Great video. Agree on the crazy expensive shafts. The stock shaft selection is usually good enough for the amateur to find one that will deliver good strikes. Shafts are so player dependent that we need to find the shaft that minimizes our bad strikes, no shaft will correct a bad swing. All these shafts are tested on robots...enough said. Have never been able to hit a hybrid, but the 7 wood has been great.

Having my Irons fitted, made me go from a 25+ handicap to an 18 almost instantly. It was amazing to find out why it hurt every time I hurt with my old clubs, because they were too small, and it helped to try so many different types of Irons. I got the Ping G400, and it actually helped me improve my swing!

Nice video, I agree with you on the fact that not many golfers drink or eat anything around the course, I usually drink at least a litre of water over the course of a round and usually have a couple pieces of fruit and a snack bar also. And I also see a lot of players spend lots of money on their driver and then they have a cheap nasty putter that is probably bent, makes no sense when the putter is the most used club in the bag at least once or twice every hole.

THANK YOU !! I made all these changes three years ago - seriously took (10) TEN strokes off my game !! TRUTH !!

Some great tips , thanks !

Changed my Hybrids out for fairways woods as I kept pulling the Hybrids and the woods fly high and stop. Use long irons in the wind when I need to keep the shots low. I set the bag up for the conditions rather than just having same bag for every round.

Totally agree with you on all 5 tips Coach. And they all are so simple. Come on people.

I am brand new to golf, and my mentor has shown me the difference between different brands of clubs, to balls and I’ll tell you what So far using one ball has made an extreme difference in what I can do

I recently bought a $50 shaft (Accuflex Vision) and have never hit so straight and long in my life. My golf buddies were astonished. Now I'm looking to sell all my expensive shafts.

as an old caddy...I already do most of these (the exception is the hybrids-I have high club speed). Great video though, love the attention to details.

Tip 3 spot on!!! Invest in lessons or coaching. I like what you did with the golf towel.

Thx. Getting in to golf now I know I play better using the same brand n model of ball. I Al know I play better when I sip often n eat something every few holes. The bag set up just works better overall. Thx

I'm only guilty of carrying different balls. Though generally I start the round with 3 brand new ones (currently Srixon Z-star XV) & then if I loose all 3 of those I grab a Kirkland outta the bag to replace it. Always have at least 1L of water, a couple Cliff protein bars, bug spray & usually a couple pints in the cooler pocket as well 🤣

Great video

Tip number 6. Bounce on your wedges is a good thing. Getting out of the green side rough is easier with 14 degrees then 4 degrees.

Great tips..👍

bought a set of "majek" hybrid irons - 4 through PW, on Amazon! Took TEN STROKES off my round!! I could NOT hit irons with the desired "divot"!! NOW, NO divot, but much more control and distance!!! NOW I am breaking 90, not struggling to break 100!!!

Yep!!! Started playing again (but not playing regulary.. so tried to BUY a game.. nearly ALL PING clubs.. didnt get checked out just bought OFF the rack Ping G430 irons based on my swing (20 years ago)standard loft/ lie. Realised after a while i was struggling with the irons .. got measured up .. recommended 2 degrees upright and half inch longer ..got Dynapowers coming.. slightly less offset than pings and were hitting them closer to the middle as opposed to out of the toe with the pings. Dropped 5 iron got Dynapower 5 hybrid. 6-pw . Funny enough though Ping G425 5 AND 7 wood are fine. So now have mixture of Pings and Wilson

Great tips. 👍

Can’t agree more on all your points, I left my ego at home a few years ago and bought clubs to help me, my handicap has got lower and lower.

Good stuff. Recently learned about choosing the right ball. Not sure of my swing speed but I know it’s in the 90s tops. Buying tour golf balls is a waste of money for me

1. Guilty of using a variety of premium balls from different brands. Too curious for my own good when it comes to ball performance, so I buy 5-10 dozen at a time and spend the season with that ball (provided that they LAST the entire season). 2. Got rid of long irons AND hybrids. Never warmed up to the "wood-like" hybrids of recent years, so just goiung back to high-lofted fairway woods. 3. I certainly HAVE been accused of confusing golf with shopping. 4. Plenty of granola and bars and graham crackers in the bag... for the squirrels! They come running when I'm on the course! 5. The ONLY way to put clubs in a stand bag is short clubs at the bottom. But when the stand bag is on a motor cart, the positions have to be reversed so the short clubs are closer to you when the bag is mounted and strapped in.

My confidence is knowing i have 200 golf balls in my arsenal (donated to me by friends/family). Hopefully by the end I'll have an idea of what brand (literally) stuck with me the most. With what remains I'll frame and keep being too afraid to loose my favourite ones😆

I just went to stiff shafts in my woods since I was hitting a lot of pulls and hooks. I liked the ball flight of the 3H so much, I went with a 4H as well and shelved my 4 iron. Also, add some tape, band-aids and ibuprofin to your personal bag in case you get cut or hurt your hand. I've given these things out more than I've used them.

Tip number 3 is ridiculous. I'm just another pay day away from single figures. I can feel it!

Sorted. Around the time this video was released, although I wasn't part of the Lockey army yet back then. Started using just one ball type after I got fitted for new irons last July (the big reset of my golf journey) around 70 compression fits my swing well. started on the AD333, but then Urethane skin feels just a bit nicer with putting: enter the TM Tour Response. Shortly after I got a second hand hybrid 5 - but not for the 'proper' reason but because a frozen shoulder prevented be from getting enough distance on the old 5 iron. I'm glad I did though, because it's a wonderful thing, much more forgiving, so the end result is the same. Got stock shafts too. No drink is still the odd mistake occasionally (but no issue either on 9 winter holes) but food-wise I'm totally bananas too. On the bonus tip: I have the Ogio silencer to immobilize my clubs.

Have the Sim2 irons and the 4-5 iron hit beautifully with my 95mph swing.. actually took my hybrids out to make room for another wedge :D

I’ve been on the fence about trading my 5-iron for a hybrid for a while. I’ve never really been consistent with it, and I’m not getting any better as I get older. More often than not, I’ll take an easy shot with my 4-hybrid before I’ll reach for the 5-iron. This video may be the kick in the pants I needed to make the switch. 😂

Bloody good video...just listed my driving irons for sale after watching this. Will buy hybrids instead...cheers

Loved this video and a sly dig at your mate mark about his chipper 😂😂

great content, made my day!

One big Callaway commercial this. Don't buy a good shaft, but do buy a bag full of headcover hybrids and game improvement irons with jacked lofts so you can trot around the course looking like Lydia Ko. The absolute state of it

Great video. The only thing I’m guilty of is not having a hybrid in my bag. As far as food and drink, I always have water with me and we stop at the turn and have lunch.

Definitely the food and drink. Also for years and years the golf ball thing. I'm better now. Also those CP2 grips are my absolute favorite. Have those on all my clubs as well. So nice

Great video! I have to comment on the "having a sip" every three holes tip, This has to be taken in context. Having a sip every three holes from my flask did make the game enjoyable, I'm not sure it really helped my score much :).

I am lucky. I did club fitting and club repairs for years. I put my own equipment together to suit me. What did I learn for all those years? Most people have no clue why they have this or that set of clubs and no clue if their clubs suit their capabilities. In my youth, late teens and early 20s I could hit the ball well, long, and straight, mostly and had a 6 handicap. My Dad taught me club making. I did attend a club builder's course. I just wanted to know more. 28yrs in the Army, infantry, a family, deployments, the golf went on hold. I'm 65 now, retired, completely, and fairly beat up physically. Three lower back surgeries will reduce your game in a way you cannot imagine. My sticks now? 13 degree 3W (as a driver), 5W, 7W, 9W, Ping Zing 2 irons, 6-PW, wide soled 52, 56, and 60 degree wedges. Senior shafts in everything except the lower three wedges, which are R- flex, and everything is graphite shafted. Yes, game improvement clubs are essential. Last year, I got my handicap to 12 and I can live with that. My rule #1? Hit it in the short grass, no matter which club you must use to get it there. Rule #2? Practice chipping and putting a LOT. Rule #3? No hero shots. If in trouble get it to the short grass. I have tried to simplify the game. Loved your analysis in this video. Spot on.

I’m 62 and carry a 4 iron. I still hit it well and carry about 185 with it. Replaced the 3 iron with a hybrid, still getting used to it.

You are spot on. Number 5 drives me crazy!!!

Great tips, I'm sure at some point, I was guilty of all of these. Not having clubs organized also slows pace of play.

Thanks and subscribed!

I have an insane mix of golf balls lol from bad to good, i keep meaning to buy the same ones and end up seeing a sale on another brand and go for them haha good video, cheers

I was using one ball, TaylorMade Soft Response, love them but went through my supply and started using whatever I pulled out of my bag, what a difference, not happy. Guy Canada 🇨🇦

For tip number 3 I've heard from a more season player " its not the wand, its the wizard".

Best advice I've seen on YT. Spending money on expensive golf equipment to fix a bad swing would be better spent for lessons to improve your swing.

For Driver & 3 wood I always put these new type shorty head covers in a drawer, and buy a long sock type to save shaft wear

I play whatever balls I find. Sunday I found 13 balls in the thick rough and at the edge of the pond. It takes a lot of balls to play golf the way I do.

I learnt so much from this video and lightened it so much...common sense 🎉

Good point, always surprises me when I see someone who goes to purchase a custom shaft who hasn't been fitted yet?!

Coach,great advice. My advice is to never spend a dime on any club fittings before you learn how to swing a club. Also, never buy expensive gb unless you have a game. Golf bags, if for some reason you intend on working out during a round of golf and stressing your shoulders out.Never purchase a carrie bag, unless you want to play a par 3 coarse. A cart bag will be better for organization and have a place for your putter. Don't be convinced you'll be able to walk and carry all that wait and maintain a solid round of golf.There's a reason for caddies. Good luck everyone!

I have been using the q starvtours and z stars. Gonna go back to the xv and see if I can gain a few more yards.

Low handicapper here and I already do all your suggestions. But I will point out a lot of players put their clubs in the bag opposite your suggestion because it makes them easier to access when riding in a cart.

Wish I could follow some of these tips. However in SA the club prices are so high I can simply not afford to change and get fit. Thus, I am stuck with a 15 year old set that does not have the right stiffness of shaft etc for my game

Good video 👍

In a friendly game with my mates, I use a rubbish ball off the tee and a Pro V 1 for the approach shots and around the greens. This way I don’t waste to many quality balls. This does not apply to a comp.

You'll smash it! Those windows are absolute quality 😍

I throw the OG lynx chip in the bag sometimes..love a full swing chipper swing

What about your handcrafted? Very guilty of using any old ball, but I do tend to stick with premium across the brands. Like how you drape the towel between the irons and woods; I’m going to do that. I’ve tried various hybrids but tend to hook them massively.

Great video Coach! I am a low single digit hcp with a 115+ SS and irons are the best part of my game. I play 2 hybrids instead of long irons unless I'm playing links, because it makes scoring easier from long approaches/Par 3's. It boggles my mind when I see slow players using long irons. Play what you like for sure. I support that, but don't understand playing a club you physically can't. I see it multiple times every time I play. 4,5,6 irons that only get 20-30 feet off the ground and can't hold a green. Just don't understand it.

4:53 ... wise words!

Just removed my 4 iron thanks. Replaced it with a chipper! Too late for the expensive shafts. Money spent. Noted for next set. Thanks👍

Finally watched one of your tip videos where I am NOT guilty of anything! My scores are bound to go down now!

Oh yes coach. Guilty. Can't hit my 3 wood every time but it still is in my bag tempting me. 5 iron sitting laughing at me. I've just got straight out after watching your vid on TV and those to naughty clubs are now out of my back and living in a very dark place. 😂😂😂 Cracking video ❤❤

I bought a set of taylormade m6 swapping out the 3i and 4i for hybrids., because the hybrids give versatility

Great video. Balls matter. I tried soft balls and the spin dropped by as much as half, something I don’t want when playing strong lofted clubs. Aftermarket shafts… just watch RU-vid comparisons: the differences are more often than not negligible, and far less important than the right shaft (moving from light graphite shafts in my irons to 105 steel shafts cut about 4-5 off my handicap (9). Hybrids… I play 3: a 2 (lofted down to almost 1, as a ‘driving iron’/3-ish wood), a 4 & 5, with 6-PW, 50 & 60, driver & putter, so 12 clubs. What else do I need?

Had 3 offset game improvement sets of irons (including Pings) i hit them late or early.. going back to a bladed set

Good video, not guilty of any of them including food and drink but handicap still rising!

I'm also guilty of playing with any golf balls I've found..! When I get my nice expensive new ones out, guess what, I lose them.. 🤣😂😅!!

Ive put a bit of tape around my shafts where it makes contact with my bag so it stops rubbing against it and wearing the shaft down.

Yes long clubs should be on top but when you’re riding in a cart should be the other way around. Your 9 iron will smack your graphite shafts no matter which way you have it and much easier to get your wedges out

We have a great system at my club. We swap pickup balls in the bar so we all get to play only our favourites. We often get our lost balls back this way. Nobody tells where they have been found😅

Guilty of the 1st one, to a point, I won't put any ball I find in my bag, but a pro v1/x I will. The 2nd point I do not like hybrids, bought 1 which I was fitted for, it lasted a few rounds but get better results from my 3 or 4 iron. That said, I have replaced the 3i with a 7 wood as it is more forgiving and also carries the same sort of distance as the 3i. Totally agree with point 3, my irons are mp30's still love them'

Just love this vid, this is the first you have popped up for me and i really enjoy your chatting, tips and most of all the way you draw the ball, beautiful to watch, will now subscribe, cheers mate.

I do and I know better but get out of the habit of doing it. Thanks because you've convinced me to move up on my fairway woods. I carry the same driver you have and Ping 3 and 4 fairways. Great clubs but a few years old now. I do hit them well. But when I fitted up to my latest set of ping cavity backs, I dumped the 3 iron but kept the 4 which I only use to punch out from under problems. I do still use my 5 because I like it. My intentions are to replace the ping 3 and 4 with a the match to the paradym in the 3 and 5 as they don't make a 4 wood or rescue as best I can tell. My worst set ups in my bag is having too many balls. All top quality but different. Today that stops. Stops too is picking up every found ball and putting it in the bag rather that taking it out for your own shag bag. I used to have a ball I'd use on courses that needed distance and a different ball for putting. I know the best ball for me and how it reacts but it got to be what new sleeves do I have in the bag and marking and using those. It takes a few holes to figure out what small differences and that's not good. Thanks. That was a very cool video. Well produced with silly graphics and explanations that aren't needed. One of the best channels I've found lately that I like and get. I just keep so many channels subbed that I feel are a benefit. So, I think yours, so far, is that good so another of my subbed channels has to go. That's the one thing I'd add to a channel like yours is to remind people to not have 50 golf tip channels you watch. Worst game killer I know. Look forward to watching past vids and new post. Well done

I shot better with blades 4-pw than long distance irons. Accuracy over distance for me. My 4 iron is between 195-210. My 3 hybrid brings me between 200-230. 3 wood 220-250 and anything more, the big stick comes out. Everything 4 back to my gap wedge is dialed in 10-15 yards apart. I don’t understand by everyone is so afraid of blades or consider them an ego thing. I absolutely love them. Yeah, a miss hit sucks but 8/10 times I’m hitting them well. And I’ve only been golfing 3 years. This season being my 4th. I’ll definitely be breaking 80 this year when my putting gets better haha. But yeah, all videos that go on about ego when it comes to blades just confuses me.

I only use one kind of golf ball but once or twice a year I will try a different one just to see if I like it. Club head speed: wish I saw this video 3 years ago. Had to figure out for myself to get rid of long irons and get hybrids. Getting old sucks

22hc with Sim2 Max D 10.5 reg flex W/S D9 5wood W/S 4-5-6 hybrids 7-8-9-pw callaway apex irons Cleveland 50° 58° wedges Ping Chipr Odyssey marksman putter As much help and forgiveness as I can cram in there "Sugar" golfballs cheap 3 piece and they perform great love them.

I find it funny but I hit blades the best. I’m most consistent with them and they give me the most confidence. I also like knowing how I miss striked my irons as well. Even tho every fitter I’ve been to has told me to get the biggest and fattest game improvement irons