Tournament Practice Round with Our Coach

[Music] now hey what's up welcome back to the channel welcome to Riviera Country Club here in Ormond Beach Florida out here with Dan with Fletcher and with Devon why are we here well we are playing the Riviera open in about three weeks so we're all coming out for practice around and today's video I'm going to basically show you what we're looking for when we're playing practice rounds and you'll have my perspective you have our coaches perspective Devon's perspective and then Fletcher is an amateur who wants to turn pro kind of in the new year so he's getting some taste of professional golf as an amateur down here in Florida I really hope this video will give you an insight into what goes through our heads when we're scoping out of course Riviera short short golf course with small funky funky greens so uh so be fine like it basically it's reachable with a short iron regardless of what you hit off it's a 460 yard par 5 it's right at that yeah a little left of that but yeah like that's where I would make that kind of the middle uh I'll give you hit driver on that line that's true yeah yeah so this is kind of what I was saying over on the putty green this is the second whole year 160 our part 3 look how small that green is we look over here at one it was 460 yard Par 5 with a very small kind of kidney shaped green you just need to be in the right spot greens are very firm and very quick only defense and that's called for so it's just about really solid iron play and like this overcoming oyster mattress is for you look like mill the green is close to the hole like it doesn't matter I don't care where the flag is middle of the green is a makeable putt yeah here's that second green up close very very small and you heard Dan say on the TV middle the green out here is gonna be a close putt no matter what so yeah I came up a club short has the wind easy chip right up and face of it so inside yourself on these smaller is going to be a problem right Devon yes sir small greens my coach said middle the greens all girls are green you'll be in good shape absolutely okay Fletcher so coming out and playing a practice round what are you looking for like what are you trying to figure out right now about a golf course start lines K yeah flexor hit the golf ball really far and hits it really hard so yeah coach there makes dumb mistakes I've played one tournament round with Fletcher and I can agree so for me it's figuring out kind of what clubs to head off the tee where I can be aggressive where I need to look back and from there if I can put the ball in play and have like comp don't mind they used to pretty good to go yield the first hole being conservative with another yeah he listened to his coach on the first tee inmate Eagle so for you Dan that's more I mean it's cool like we're buddies we get to play golf when we can but to be out with three players are you really like concerned about how we're swinging it or hitting it or like the decisions were making yeah that's if it's coming up before a tournament the swing work should be done yeah kind of fire for the most part and so you might be working on something where you're working on the that you've always been working on yeah like it's nothing new so at this point it's just kind of figuring out the best way to attack the golf course which depending on your strengths is gonna be a little different and that would be the same approach like if you're over in Europe with Julian yeah yeah it's very little new things the only exception was a guy like Julian would be if he's playing eight nine events in ten weeks and hasn't had a chance to come home we might sprinkle some stuff in there knowing that it's probably not going to be great for that week yeah but it's kind of setting up the run of the next five events oh yeah like that's a little different strategy because of how many events he can play in a short period of time whereas but as a general we'd like him to take some time off actually every month and kind of actually have time to kind of work to work on the stuff anyway they're doing the FedEx Cup and Race to Dubai and kind of bunching up the schedule at the end of the year that can be hard so for us today and we don't play this tournament for like three weeks I don't think so it's just get a feel for the course and if we can still work on things if we're working on things but it's more what let's feel courses Corky yeah see how this course plays but yeah we knock it not get bogged down by technical stuff today like wall through the fairway yeah and then there's water left it's like I mean well it's in the last yeah around the corner so you can kind of see see the top of that little like what looks black like right through the middle of the fairway yeah where you see a white thing and then you see like what looks black yeah that's actually a water hazard so like 320s probably in the hazard so like there's no reason like that's in play off the tee and any of water look like to me the same goes one it's a short Bowl like something 270 280 off the tee is going to leave you a lob wedge in like yeah why thank you girls three eight active like why would you like you don't need to bang like that so a driver is a slightly shorter lob wedge but it's still a lob wedge regardless of what you hit officer whose number is 280 because that allows you to go dead straight down the middle and that's whatever club that is except for me [Music] all right come on in here yes sir we're making the turn now up on the 10th hole you've played this golf course before yeah you played the tournament here last year yes so is this practice round what do you what do you what are you looking to do today I'm just trying to find out what clubs I need to be hitting off the tee I mean it's a short golf course you know it if you're out of position you can definitely make some big numbers pretty easily yeah so that's kind of my main focus also kind of just practicing chip shops around the Greens the turf is pretty soft and grainy condition-wise greens pretty firm like this last year were they I think they were firmer laughs okay so I'll probably be a little quicker so you kind of got to play smart golf even though it's a very short court I think it's what like 6,500 here are 62 yeah so not even so then with it being like three weeks from now are you still working a little bit on some technique stuff today as well as get a feel for the golf course yeah definitely working on some technique stuff and then I'm gonna make sure I practice my wedges before the tournament I think jobs inside 120 yards because that's gonna be it's gonna be a lot of a lot of that and making putts that'll be the difference so so yeah basically we'll get an idea of what we need to be strong at we know typically tennis under par will win this tournament in two days so making five six birdies out here a day is some solid wedge plays and some good putt in yep and it's smart he shots really you don't have to bite off too much that's kind of we're on the same page here I think Dan and flash were having more of a argument argument right now but no like more like lesson work but all so get fudge to feel out here rolling with the big boys we're talking sports all over the world professional amateur so this is kind of what else happens when you play practice runs when you're walking everybody gets to have their opinion boys yes Devin except for me except for Devin Devin is a strong silent type okay we're coming up here on the 14th hole now giving a little bit inside of what Dan's thinking what Fletch is thinking with Devon's thinking kind of peppering my thoughts in there as well I'm on about the 7th hole 6th or 7th hole Dan and I had a little chat about just my action just was making some poor swings with the irons driving it really well I'm getting a feel for the golf course what clubs to hit where I want to miss but right now because the tournaments a few weeks away and I haven't really practiced in a couple weeks and I'm kind of ramping up my practice at the moment it's nice to have my coach with me because just said hey one simple thing with your irons you're kind of you're slowing down essentially maybe a little hesitant on the wet turf or hesitant with my elbow whatever it is it's we're working on shallowing me out and it's working really great with driver because I can rotate hard through it and not have any kind of concern about impact whereas the irons it's just the body slows down a little bit go steep it heavy so since the 7th hole I've had one thought technical thought just really cranking the turn through it the rotation through it and it's been really fun I've been hitting it quite well so this is a day for me that is technical work along with some scattering of the course and then when I'm done I will probably pencil down a few notes have some visualization and just be ready to play this tournament come December 7th and 8th I think that's a good little insight into our practice round we have four holes left gonna put the camera away and just ride it out here have some fun with boys and then we have an hour drive home I'm sure will the course talk about the swings and and all that fun stuff I hope you enjoyed this video I hope you got a nice little insight into what a coconut players are working on when we scouted a golf course give it a thumbs up subscribe if you haven't and I'll see you in a couple days [Music]