19 Things Every Beginner Golfer Should Know

I was born at a very young age age…. Shit.. me too bro

Love following this lefty journey. I far that if I tried it, I'd transform from "Not a Scratch Golfer" to "Not a Golfer."

I'm a right-hander and I am not amphibious 🤣

I love the lefthand approach. You’re swinging like a beginner again it is awesome to watch.

8:59 - good advice for all golfers is to make sure you laugh after a not so good shot. A sense of humor is often the best club in your bag. Until you're playing for 7 figures as a pro, golf is about having fun. Also, I am amphibious - I started off as a leftee (dad's clubs), then switched to my natural right handed, and I can slice from both sides of the ball equally well.

I use to play competitively in High School and stopped because it stopped being fun. I felt pressured to make great shots all the time and that I needed to be attacking the pin on every hole. I found your videos last month after my Daughter was born and I watch them while feed her. You have encouraged me to get back into golf and I have been using the way of the Playa for a few rounds and I’m enjoying the game again! I think my daughter also enjoy listening to you just talk through a round of golf, its very peaceful and she usually falls asleep! 😂 Thank you and please keep sharing the way of the Playa!

LOL at 11:11 "... and I'm not amphibious..." Nice.

I'm turning 40 and was looking to start playing golf, and your channel is a massive insperation to get started and to learn the game. Such a great teacher.

I have watched so many of your videos Mat, and i know all of the ways of the playa, and yet i still enjoy watching your beginners stuff. And then to do it playing as lefty, WHATTA PLAYYAAAA, WHATTA BOSSS 😂🙌🌟🇦🇺

Absolute gold Matty. Especially the part about not tying yourself up in knot looking at 1,000’s of YT swing fix videos. Lessons with a pro are much much better

Very good advise!! I totally agree. I did reach a point in my 30s where I had myself twisted up in my mind about how to swing the club, approach the game, etc. I took two years off. I went to a practice facility and started over when I started to play again. A smart pro put the same strategy you described into my thinking. It was not mechanics...it was mental. Golf was fun again and I was scoring better then ever.

Love this series with the lefty. this is the same as financial advice, dating advice, career advice - when it comes from someone in a place of great success (in your case scratch) a lot of the advice is easy to discount , and hard to know which expert to believe. When you say "just play calmly and make smart decisions" and then you pure a 3 iron 250 yards, its hard for me to apply that advice to my game. Watching you preach the same, and then duff your lefty driver or hybrid, its great lead by example. Cant wait to keep watching you on this journey, hope its as fun for you as it is for us to watch.

love the tips about imperfection, they will help me feel more confidential on course next time

This is probably the most encouraging tips for beginners. Good job

Ive been using game improvement irons and recently got the Takomo 101T’s. Great irons and not as forgiving as my previous irons and I also lost some distance but I love that I get to work on my game again.

Dude, you are truly awesome. Your videos are such a breath of fresh air; like I'm at the course with my buddy that is the MOST fun to golf with. Seriously, if you have a podcast where you just talk to me while I'm on the course, I'd be friggin in. Just a couple hours of you shootin the shit and keeping my spirits up. Having a good attitude, being the fun guy that people want to invite back, what incredible advice! For any newbies that are watching this video, that's some of the best advice you'll ever get because the fun, relaxed golfer, not only puts everyone else at ease, they have more fun, they stay more relaxed, and usually end up golfing better because they're enjoying themselves.

Great video, and good tips on keeping it real when playing. When playing as a high handicapper I agree with the suggestions. Someone once said that hitting the ball 150 yards each swing will put you on most greens up to 450 yards. Then maybe a 2 putt and you are playing bogie golf. Not bad if you are not a scratch golfer. Then improving your swing can reduce strokes to the green and you will soon start to make a few pars. Happy days!!!

Another great video. Two things that really resonated with this old fart. I wish I had lessons when I started. The other thing is the old golf digest articles. The tip for fixing a slice was exactly the opposite of the advice the week before.

Been watching the videos a while Matt. Shot a career low 91 today using the whata playa strategy. I can smell the 89 and better coming soon

I was born at a very young age. Gold! 🤣🤣🤣