By: Peter Finch Golf | Duration: 00:29:38
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This was real gut punch after a full year of trying to be the best golfer I could. Back to the drawing board
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They ARE that good in regards to pro golf whereas your good but not even close..thus your brilliant at you tube
This series was awesome to watch. Including both the ups and downs. It was really good seeing you reflect on your experience at qualifying. I know I definitely relate. Thank you for being you, your content and personality are one of a kind and we all support you.
HA, Love the dramatic buildup to that first tee shot! 😀
Wow, this really encapsulates the game of golf. The video was incredibly well done! Look at all the sweet touchy chip shots you executed along the way. Your mental fortitude was impressive, the way you were able to work towards a positive mental space for the final holes. That can be harder than executing golf shots. Would love to see you attempt this again, after having had this experience.
I'm a random viewer who has watched various videos of yours down the years, but I was concerned with this. Have you consulted a sports psychologist after this experience? If not, can I suggest you do as, if not, when you stand on that 1st tee in Open Qualifying next year, all of "this" will come back to you.
So, please consult someone in "the trade" in order to rationalise, and park, this experience.
Remember, you are an exceptional golfer, despite this experience. You had one bad round, unfortunately, in Open qualifying, but that should never, ever, define you as a golfer. So, please, go and get some advice, and return to Open Qualifying next year, and show the world how good you really are!!!
So sad for you – you know that you can do it <3 I enjoy following you. Don't you dare stop !!! As said you know you can. Kind regards from Denmark
A difficult day Peter. Sad to see you struggling so much on the day.
Peter, please continue with serie. At least i enjoy your struggle good and bad. Your feelings and experience is known by all of us. Keep up the good work
Yep, been there too.
It's not always about the destination… enjoy the journey!
That was a bit of a hard watch,seriously gutted for you Peter, I knew what had happened before I've watched it, I just wanted to see how you coped with that day and score. You we're obviously very disappointed in yourself. I'm still extremely happy for you to go again all the hard work you put in looked like it would lead to a successful day obviously not to be. But don't let that one day stop you trying again.
#golfishard
I felt ill as you waited to tee off!!! So I can only imagine how you felt!! Looked like terror! 😂😂👍🏻
I get way more out of watching you handle adversity….i know you don’t like it, I don’t either, but this is what amateurs need to see how good amateur players handle difficult days.
The greens looked rock-hard. The fact that you can play through a bad round like you did has inspired me. Next time will probably be completely different, we all know that golf is just like that, so keep it going.
Well done Peter, maybe next year.
If you see the hcp of the amateurs on the open they are -6. This is almost pro level.
Don't know what yours is at the moment but -6 is insane. 🤯
Even if you are 0 or -1, going to -6 is a looooong way.
Background music for this video is amazing. Where do you get stuff like this?
Which course?
It doesn't seem like you are having fun. Why aren't you talking to your self?. You need to do more eventes. Ei. Charity, channel events where ur surrounded by your fans.
Man thats first tee shot is my fear/ usual outcome …or usually more hackers style right miss with a fade /slice …but though it must’ve pissed you off im glad to hear you get nerves like us normal duffers.. nice chip to erase the memory of the drive 👍🏼✌️
Have to say your technical and statistical analysis is superb. Keep your head up mate and if you do one next year, I’ll be here to watch and cheer you on from my couch! Enjoy mate!
Get a grip welcome to the world of most weekend golfers
thanks for sharing… the reality between good golfers and pro's is so hugh, for most tv golfers not understandable
Definitely keep the quest for the open series going next year, the warm up comps are brilliant to watch, next year you could introduce a sports psychologist into the process?
You played really good golf in the lead up, that qualifying round could have gone very differently and didn’t reflect your overall golf. Try and enjoy it for what it is, an extremely difficult feat even if you play your best on the day. The content is easily the best golfing series on YouTube
Fantastic series! Please try again next year.
Hey Pete, 5h1t happens! Loved the series and content you bring, and sometimes that's just golf. Keep going as I and I'm sure others are 110% behind you.
Take your worst shots that’s what tourney play with nerves. Big difference between YouTube golfers and those dedicated playing golf.
Chin up Pete, keep going. 👍
NEVER GIVE UP, PETE!
Your short game is great ………if yr hitting 500 balls a day … double down 1000…. out of the ashes of despair comes courage and vision and more courage and vision …. continued success ⛳
Could literally feel the anger, disappointment, heartbreak in this video, also great editing on this. Felt so bad for you Peter 😢
I know this video has been out for a while now. I really respect you putting this video out and really showing the ups and downs that come with this silly game we all love. It takes A LOT of courage to walk us through something like this and I thank you for it. PLEASE KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING THE WAY YOU ARE DOING IT. You have a huge fan and supporter in TEXAS.
I think you should change the title of this video to 'I took on Open Qualifying…it didn't work out'. I think you became too results focussed and forgot about your skillset. It certainly was not a disaster. Stay out of your head when things aren't going to plan, those inner voices are not proper golfers! A solid caddie is defs your 15th club, but you need to trust them which can be a hard thing to do. I would suggest a YouTuber called Reev. He's practically a qualified caddie. At the very least keep swinging. We'll keep watching.
Pete, you sharing the emotions you’re going through your head as you hit a driver OB, really resonates with the average golfer. Thanks for sharing your thoughts as you played this qualifying. You make for a very relatable person and this keeps us coming back for more. Cheers.
Pete is the GOAT, because of his channel is huge reason why I’m all about golf
Pressure will defeat just about anyone, only a few can channel it into anger and use it to win. We know people like that, Jokovich and Ronaldo, they win but are usually alone in their victory
I know I’m about six months late to this series, but have been going back and watching it all through and it’s honestly super inspiring. I can only imagine how tough of a loss this is for you but I’ve learned so much watching you specifically Pete out of all the YouTube golfers. Keep the series going, it’s my favorite one you do. I hope I can take the things I’ve learned watching you and can continue to improve my own game. Cheers Pete on a hard fought season.
Your sort of round Peter was the reason I gave up golf off a 2 handicap its mind bending
That putt on 14 sums it up! tough after all your hard work, but its another year now, and maybe it's the year we see you in the open!
Don’t complain
About anything
Not even to yourself.
Ultimately, our mind has the potential to be as big as the universe. The more open our mind, the bigger it is. The more consumed by worry and petty concerns, the smaller it is.
While playing well in a tournament, we might think to ourselves, “Well, you’ve gotten away with it so far, but you’ll screw up before too long.” Believing in this thought gives it power. It creates feelings of doubt and anxiety, which interfere with our swing and produce errant shots. That makes us believe the thought even more, amplifying it in our mind.
[from the book zengolf]
Hi Pete, we've all struggled on a golf course pal, but watching you being "sad" on a golf course was a seriously hard watch! Please please keep this quest alive, the content is fantastic!! Going forward, I would love to help you, caddy and keep on course mood a lot more fun and positive. I have caddied for some pro friends before, in their pro quests, and feel I could be of benefit. I started playing on Wythenshawe Park pitch and putt, it was magical. Just remember, and try to keep the fun element of our wonderful sport. ⛳️
Common round for me mate!!!😅😅 Get after it!!! All is good.
Everyone has bad days mate. You took your medicine. Now give em hell the next go round.
good to watch
..The 18th was a classic…..we all can be hackers, although not all can televise !
It was a bad day, but you are a good golfer. Recently I read The Bogey Man by George Plimpton, a book about him playing in USA pro-ams. When I play badly I read this again about his play in the Bob Hope pro-am to cheer me up "13th hole: Drive off heel of club into Bob Hope cart … quickly played second shot with three wood, and again off heel of club. Moaned. No reaction from crowd. Ball bounced across 14th fairway into parking lot. Disappeared from view. Called out loudly after caddy who was hurrying after shot "Lay it leave!" Meant to say "Leave it lay," or better "Don't bother about it, I'm picking up." But in confusion words came out, "Lay it leave." Heard Diller whisper "Lay it leave?" Hope said "Who is that guy" Hurried off. 14th hole: Still shaken. Tee shot hopped off heel of club – went no more than 30 yards. Feel like throwing in towel. Sloughed gloomily through grass towards ball. Good eight iron over tree back into fairway. Fine brassie to green, but it's all too late. Team bogeyed hole. No one looks at me, not even caddy. Approaches sidelong, like a crab, to hand me next club. 15th hole: a short little par 3. Shanked three shots in a row! Utterly lost. Caddy offers condolences. "It'll come" he says, referring to the return of my skills. His conviction is not particularly strong. The strange cry "Lay it leave" haunts me. What must they have thought? 16th hole: Hit tree! Let out strange cry. Ball playable. Hit a fine recovery, then a good approach, but the team did not need my putt. About an 88-footer anyway. 17th hole: Sliced drive under tree. Hunched over ball like a mushroom collector and punched out a three iron, Lobbed seven iron into clump of trees. Popped ball into trap next to green, Blasted out of trap and damned if my ball didn't hit the pro's ball lyng on the green. Apologied and picked up. Doctor annoyed. 18th hole: Large rockslide on right. Drove into rocks. Fortuitously, ball ricocheted out. Not a bad lie. Good piece of work. Handed brassie. Gave up. Long walk to green. Spectator. Watched everyone hole out.
Keep it going Pete we all have days like this true reflection on golf it can be so hard
Come on this after qualifying 2025. So happy for Pete, after this video he deserved today
It just goes to show how you can spend hours and days weeks years of your life trying to play the game well, the money and travel and some Joe Blow guy could blow the doors off and win.I think you either got it or you don't . I'm curious if you were ever a Junior Golfer? They are the ones who are gifted because they've done it all their lives. Look at Rory or Scotty. Even Grant H.