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In this short game challenge video, Tour player and YouTuber Fredrik Lindblom takes on fellow pro, Paul Henderson. They have a go at 5 different scenarios around the green to see who has the better short game skillset.
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00:00Hi guys, my name is Frederik Lindblom and I'm here with my boy Paul Henderson.
00:04We both played together on the Latin America Tour, the PGA Tour Latin America in 2019.
00:09And both of us struggled with the ball striking that year and played pretty horrendous.
00:14But we had to develop a pretty good short game, so we're going to see if I can take
00:18him on today.
00:19We're going to play five holes.
00:20You down?
00:21I'm ready.
00:22The closest to the pin, we're going to hit two shots on each location.
00:25Closest get two points, second closer get one.
00:27If you make it, you get three points.
00:30Perfect.
00:31Simple as that.
00:32See if I can, well, I'm going to be Paul.
00:34So let's do it.
00:35All right.
00:36First location here, about 20 yards, little bit into the wind.
00:40This is like a proper sauce opportunity.
00:43Yeah.
00:44This should be a spinner and don't worry about the four cameras here, Paul.
00:48I know you're not really used to this.
00:50Yeah.
00:51You got Michael in the background there.
00:52That's perfect for a little top.
00:54All right.
00:56Let's see if I can do this.
01:00Okay.
01:01Not bad.
01:02Yeah.
01:03Yeah.
01:04Yeah.
01:05I mean, respectable.
01:06Let me see your hands.
01:07Straight hand.
01:08Only a little nervous.
01:09All right.
01:10Okay.
01:11That was respectable to a foot on the first one.
01:13Okay.
01:14Not bad.
01:15It's good.
01:16She's not good enough, Paul.
01:17She's not good enough.
01:18Sorry.
01:19I'm proud of you there.
01:20Yeah.
01:21We got time.
01:22You guys notice how quiet he got.
01:23Yeah.
01:24Oh God.
01:25All right.
01:26All right.
01:27Okay.
01:28All right.
01:29All right.
01:30All right.
01:31All right.
01:32I'm going to take three points on the first one.
01:34Sit.
01:35Oh, okay.
01:36That might be a little long.
01:37No, no, no, no, no.
01:38Nice clip though.
01:39All right.
01:40You sure you wanted that open?
01:41No, no, no.
01:42No, no, no.
01:43Nice clip though.
01:44All right.
01:45You sure you wanted that open?
01:46No, no, no, no.
01:47Nice clip though.
01:49All right.
01:50Okay.
01:51That's going to be close.
01:52Let's see it.
01:53Oh, okay.
01:54That might be a little long.
01:55No, no, no, no.
01:56Nice clip though.
01:57All right.
01:58You sure you wanted that open?
02:03That's how I hit my shots.
02:06Okay.
02:07Okay.
02:08You just watch and learn.
02:09All right.
02:10Oh, okay.
02:15That's going to be close.
02:18We're going to see it.
02:20Nah, dude.
02:21What are we thinking, Mike?
02:23Do we have to measure this one?
02:25I think you've got to measure it.
02:26Oh, you've got to measure it?
02:28Let me do it.
02:29Let me see.
02:31All right.
02:32Hold on.
02:33What are we doing here?
02:34No, no, you do with the flag.
02:35What's the kind of deal with this?
02:37I got you all day.
02:38No, you didn't.
02:39Did you really?
02:40Oh, look.
02:41Wait, wait, wait.
02:42We need a second opinion.
02:43I mean, it's not even close.
02:46I got you by three inches.
02:48Okay.
02:49All right.
02:50Well, he showed up.
02:51All right.
02:52So two points to Paul, one for Fred.
02:54Two to the coach?
02:56That's not what I wanted.
02:57All right, Frederick.
02:58Second shot here.
02:59About a 20-yard bunker shot.
03:01Got the green slope left to right.
03:03How do you feel being down 2-1 to a coach?
03:06I mean, get on with this.
03:08I mean, you chunked and run that one.
03:10You can't chunk it in the bunker here.
03:11So let's see.
03:12All right.
03:19Oh, there it is.
03:20Did you see?
03:21Paul.
03:22Don't Paul crash and follow up with that.
03:24Okay?
03:25That was not my best.
03:26The whole world is going to see that.
03:27Not my best.
03:28I know.
03:29That's unfortunate.
03:30Okay, so you just need to hit the green.
03:31I'm going to hit it close.
03:32Maybe I'm going to get a three-pointer here.
03:39Or go.
03:40Oh.
03:42Well, that was unfortunate.
03:43Wait a minute.
03:44That was unfortunate.
03:45A lot more sand than we anticipated here.
03:48So both of us missed the green.
03:50I think that's just, okay.
03:52Let's play.
03:53Both of those don't count.
03:54You have to hit the green, yeah?
03:55Okay.
03:56So we're playing for the two-pointer now.
03:58Two and one-pointer.
04:00Sure.
04:01Yeah.
04:02We will be.
04:03Yeah.
04:04That didn't really make sense.
04:07No.
04:08No.
04:09There's so much sand.
04:10Did you pick these shots?
04:12You're supposed to look good in this challenge, Paul.
04:15All right.
04:16Last one.
04:17A little harder.
04:18It's what I've learned.
04:23Was that sauce?
04:25That was sauce.
04:26That was sauce.
04:27All right.
04:28So I'll stand in that bunker.
04:29No one got the single point.
04:32So that's two point for me, but zero for you.
04:34All right.
04:35Fine.
04:36Yeah.
04:37I can get all three if you want to.
04:38No.
04:39Okay.
04:40All right.
04:41All right.
04:42So that means two, three, one.
04:44Yeah.
04:45Three.
04:46No, I have two.
04:47Oh, you have three.
04:48Yeah.
04:49Okay.
04:50Three, three, three, two, three, two.
04:51All right.
04:52Third shot.
04:53Yeah.
04:54Not ideal.
04:55Yeah.
04:5620 yards.
04:57We need a massive flop shot to be able to stop this one.
04:59So, you know what I did last week?
05:01Yeah.
05:02I'll be the only concern is that I'm in a pitch off.
05:04So I don't know what the heck you did, but you're in a tough spot here, man.
05:08Let's see if I can do it.
05:09Big old flopper here.
05:12Try to intimidate you a little bit.
05:13You got that teed up pretty good.
05:14Yeah.
05:15I got it.
05:16I got it.
05:17Yes.
05:18Don't go under it.
05:23Not bad.
05:24Yeah.
05:25Now that's pretty good.
05:26That's a pretty good start right there.
05:27Paul.
05:28Yeah.
05:29Not too shabby.
05:32How are you feeling?
05:33A little nervous, but I'm okay.
05:35I don't like being down, but you know, see what we can do.
05:43Oh no.
05:47Dude, it's supposed to go up, not forward.
05:52For sure right now, I gotta get my mojo back.
05:56Oh God.
05:57A little practice swings over here.
05:58I figure it was a fluke on the first hole when you brought in.
06:02All right.
06:03This is used to it.
06:04I'm not used to these flop shots.
06:05I don't hit it this bad.
06:06I do.
06:07I do.
06:08I'm too good at this.
06:09Let's see.
06:13Oh, pretty good too.
06:17A little bit left maybe.
06:18Yeah, not bad.
06:19Not bad.
06:20All right.
06:21I need this shot here.
06:22Yeah, you do.
06:23Otherwise, that's three points for Fred.
06:25I just gotta keep rotating a little bit.
06:27That was...
06:28How do you hit it?
06:29In serious though, like what's your thought here now when you're a coach?
06:32Well, I just gotta keep my pivot up.
06:34Before, didn't pivot.
06:36Club hit the ground.
06:37I just gotta rotate through here.
06:39Open the face.
06:40Not a lot of shaft, Wayne.
06:45Sit ball.
06:46No, no, no, no.
06:47Don't get all the way on the green there.
06:49No way.
06:51What a shot that is.
06:53He's back, folks.
06:54He's back.
06:55Oh my gosh.
06:56I don't know, man.
06:57We might have to call the refs there.
06:59Was that actually a flop shot?
07:00That looked like a chunk and run to me.
07:02I mean, you were all the way in the rough.
07:04Hey, you got the job done.
07:05My ball landed here.
07:06All right.
07:07So, after my first one, we'll forget about that.
07:11I got the two.
07:12Okay.
07:13All right.
07:14Dang it.
07:15We're all square.
07:16All right, Frederick.
07:17Fourth hole here.
07:18I brought you behind a tree.
07:19Yeah.
07:20Sure you're comfortable with a spot like this.
07:21Yeah, I'm very used to it.
07:22Yeah.
07:23Well, we have a small gap.
07:24Yeah.
07:25A small, small gap.
07:26We're about 45 yards.
07:27You see the flag in the distance.
07:29Let's try not to kill each other and see if we can get on the green.
07:33I think two possible outcomes.
07:35We hole it out.
07:36YouTube famous straight away.
07:38We nail the tree and hit ourself in the head.
07:41YouTube famous either way.
07:42So, let's see what we do here.
07:44Win-win.
07:45All square, right?
07:46All square.
07:47Four-four.
07:48It's a big hole.
07:49Big hole.
07:50I'm going pitching wedge.
07:52I think I just need this for, so it doesn't climb too high.
07:56Okay.
08:01Oh.
08:02Oh!
08:03Paul Henderson!
08:04No, what a shot!
08:05You know, I'm really not used to punching out like this, but I think that was pretty good.
08:10Wow, you would have made ClubPro guy happy there.
08:13Oh my gosh.
08:14What a shot to start out with.
08:17All right.
08:18Try not to hit the tree, please.
08:19I have to hold it now.
08:21Should I stand back?
08:22That was wedge, yeah?
08:23Yeah.
08:24I'm going gap wedge.
08:2550 degrees.
08:26Mmm.
08:27Don't know about that.
08:28Little bit more sauce.
08:29Don't know about that.
08:30Let's see.
08:31Might climb a little too high.
08:32I think it's going to be fun.
08:35Ooh.
08:36No!
08:37It hit the last.
08:38Stay!
08:39Oh.
08:40Dude, you got so lucky.
08:41I think I got you.
08:42The last branch is still on the green.
08:43That was way better than I thought you would do.
08:44Two out of two on the green.
08:45I'm not going to lie.
08:46Way better than I thought you would do.
08:47Okay, okay.
08:48I think I have the perfect club there.
08:49Oh, yeah.
08:50Okay.
08:51Okay.
08:52I think I have the perfect club there.
08:54Oh, do you?
08:55Oh.
08:56We have two shots on the green from this light here.
08:59Yeah, that's pretty good.
09:00That's pretty darn good.
09:01Now we just need a solid hidden tree here.
09:05Okay.
09:06Oh, man.
09:10Oh, sure about that?
09:11Yeah, it moved on me.
09:12Okay.
09:13That was, I would have squirted right on me.
09:14Yeah.
09:15We don't want that.
09:16Oh, dear.
09:17Oh!
09:18Almost took your ankle out.
09:19It's all right.
09:20I got the closest.
09:21I got the closest.
09:22So far.
09:23I mean.
09:24It's a big so far.
09:25It's a big so far.
09:26It's a big so far.
09:27Okay.
09:28I got a little bit better angle.
09:29I'm going to have a little more left.
09:30Because I'm good like that, Paul.
09:31Okay.
09:32Let's see it.
09:33It's a big shot there.
09:34I'm about 12 feet away.
09:35Yeah.
09:36That's pretty impressive.
09:37You're going to need a miracle.
09:38Happens every day, man.
09:39There's a leaf right behind your ball.
09:40Be careful.
09:41I told you gap wedge was too high.
09:42All right.
09:43I'm going to have a little bit more.
09:44I'm going to have a little bit more angle.
09:45I'm going to have a little bit more left.
09:46Because I'm good like that, Paul.
09:47Okay.
09:48Let's see it.
09:49It's a big shot there.
09:50I'm about 12 feet away.
09:51So.
09:52Yeah.
09:53That's pretty impressive.
09:54You're going to need a miracle.
09:55Happens every day, man.
09:56There's a leaf right behind your ball.
09:57Be careful.
09:58Freaking red.
09:59I told you.
10:00I told you gap wedge was too high.
10:01All right.
10:02Woo-hoo!
10:03Come on up, Paul.
10:04The coach takes the lead.
10:05All right, Paul.
10:06Back to where it all began.
10:08Last time, you did win this hole.
10:10I did.
10:11With a chunk and run.
10:12And we're going to have none of that now.
10:13Because I put two golf clubs over there.
10:15Okay.
10:16And you have to carry it past them to be able to get the points.
10:20Okay.
10:21If you hit it short, no points.
10:22All right.
10:23All right.
10:24So we have to hit a little spinner here.
10:25A little medium flight spinner.
10:27Okay.
10:28And I don't know if you have that in the back.
10:29I don't know.
10:30But you're going to need something because you're down.
10:31Yeah.
10:32One down.
10:33Six to five.
10:34Big hole.
10:35Big, big, big hole here.
10:37All right.
10:38I'm going to just go straight into here.
10:39Also, you know, I play the Tiger Woods golf ball.
10:43So it's got definitely more sauce than yours.
10:46You're not Tiger Woods, so.
10:48Oh, dang it.
10:49Yeah.
10:50Not yet.
10:51Maybe never, but.
10:52Okay.
10:53Let's do it.
10:54High spin.
11:00Travel.
11:01Oh my God.
11:02Paul Henderson golf.
11:03Was that short?
11:04Nope.
11:05That was perfect.
11:06That was perfect.
11:07Oh.
11:08I don't know what that laugh was.
11:12Okay.
11:14Okay.
11:15So that's a foot.
11:17Didn't spin too much, but I carried it just perfect.
11:20What's your thought on these shots?
11:23Like, what do you do as an instructor?
11:24Do you try to like swing it left?
11:26Cut across it?
11:27No, not really for me.
11:28I am more about opening the face.
11:30So just increasing the loft on this 60 degree.
11:33So increasing the loft, not too much shaft lean,
11:36because this is going to be a medium one.
11:38And, uh, I'm just going to rotate around my body.
11:41Okay.
11:42All right.
11:43See if I can put in any other swing thoughts in your head
11:44before this one.
11:45Yeah.
11:48Oh, that's got nipped.
11:49Oh my gosh.
11:50No, you didn't.
11:51What a gosh.
11:52That's a free lesson for you right there.
11:54Oh, that is absolutely soft.
11:58Okay.
11:59Here it is.
12:00I am close.
12:01No.
12:02Oh, I thought.
12:03Oh.
12:04Wait.
12:05With a devastating.
12:06I thought that was.
12:07Oh, that was.
12:08Oh.
12:09Boy, that was a pretty shot, Paul.
12:10Not pretty enough though.
12:13Okay.
12:14So if I hit this close enough, I could actually go from
12:15last to first.
12:16Yeah.
12:17Yeah.
12:18It's going to be the sauce.
12:20You should do it.
12:26Oh, I jumped it.
12:27Go.
12:28Oh.
12:29Well, that's no points.
12:30Oh, that was very good.
12:31Okay.
12:32All right.
12:33Well, it's up to you.
12:34If you want to win it, you have to hit it closer than mine.
12:36This is for the win.
12:37Yeah.
12:38It is for the win.
12:39That's a nice lie here.
12:40It's going to maximize the spin.
12:43If not, it's playoff straight away.
12:45Take one more practice with me.
12:49Oh.
12:50Yeah, it is.
12:51Try it for the super spinner.
12:52Playoff, Paul.
12:53You almost had me.
12:54Almost had me.
12:55I cannot believe yours is closer.
12:56All right.
12:57We've gone to a playoff and I brought out some fans here.
12:58The pretty one is my girlfriend because she saw me chip once and she's like, yeah, that's
12:59my guy.
13:00All right.
13:01That's exactly what happened.
13:02That's exactly what happened.
13:03Yeah.
13:04First one who makes it wins.
13:05So if you make the first one, I have to make it on top of you to tie.
13:06But that's it.
13:07First one who makes it wins in order.
13:08You go first.
13:09Let me see.
13:10All right.
13:11Nope.
13:12I honestly thought it was going to break a little bit.
13:13You gave me.
13:14Yeah.
13:15What do you expect there, Paul?
13:16It doesn't break.
13:17You didn't go straight at home.
13:18You're giving me tips?
13:19Yeah.
13:20No.
13:21No.
13:22You're giving me tips?
13:23Yeah.
13:24No.
13:25No.
13:26No.
13:27No.
13:28No.
13:29No.
13:30No.
13:31No.
13:32No.
13:33No.
13:34No.
13:35No.
13:36No.
13:37No.
13:38No.
13:39No.
13:40No.
13:41No.
13:42No.
13:43No.
13:44No, no, no.
13:45No.
13:46Yeah.
13:47This is definitely a little toedown take off the leading edge.
13:51Straight on it.
13:53I told you didn't break.
13:55Kicked.
13:56Right.
13:57I told you it didn't break.
13:58OK.
13:59Why don't you listen?
14:00Yeah.
14:01I gave you another three less.
14:02Yeah.
14:03Push this.
14:04Not different.
14:05You go back foot.
14:06I always go stab.
14:07Okay, so just get it enough left of the hole and it's in.
14:16A little chunk, a little chunk.
14:22Chunk and run!
14:26Okay.
14:27Wow.
14:28We keep on going.
14:29All right, Frederick.
14:30Face is very open.
14:31You're missing everything.
14:32Right.
14:33Hate to do this to you.
14:34Okay.
14:35Nope.
14:36No, it did not.
14:37Stop missing it right, Paul.
14:39None of us.
14:40Yeah.
14:41Someone please miss it left.
14:42It looks like it's going to go that way.
14:44Yeah.
14:45Hey, Fred, you said you were going to do it guaranteed in three.
14:47Yep.
14:48Guaranteed.
14:49Guaranteed.
14:50Well, at least you missed the left.
14:56Getting dark, they're saying.
15:01Okay.
15:02Come on.
15:03You're going to be here all day.
15:04With the insults again.
15:05Yeah.
15:06Bug.
15:07I just can't like.
15:08You can't do it.
15:09I can't do it.
15:10You can't do it.
15:11You can't do it.
15:12That's exactly how you need to think.
15:13That's exactly how you need to think.
15:14That's exactly how you need to think.
15:17That's exactly how you need to think.
15:21Geez, you got a 12 footer there.
15:24We're making it.
15:25To the ring.
15:26Oh.
15:27All right, Paul.
15:28If I don't make this one, one shot from the front piece closest to the hole is going to
15:46determine it.
15:47It can't be all day.
15:48I'm already bored.
15:49This is it right here.
15:50Come on.
15:51Do it.
15:52Go!
15:53It's never a doubt, dude.
15:54Where are you going?
15:55Yeah, there you go.
15:56Yeah.
15:57I'll buy you beer.
15:58I'll buy you beer.
15:59Come on.
16:00Come on.
16:01Come on.
16:02Get it to me.
16:03Yeah.
16:04Yeah.
16:05Yeah.
16:06Yeah.
16:07Yeah.
16:08Yeah.
16:09Yeah.
16:10Yeah.
16:11Yeah.
16:12Yeah.
16:13Yeah.
16:14Yeah.
16:15Yeah.
16:16Yeah.
16:17Yeah.
16:18Yeah.
16:19Yeah.
16:20Yeah.
16:21Yeah.
16:22Yeah.
16:23Hey, I'm proud of you for sticking in.
16:24Oh, thanks, pal.
16:25Yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:26You did good.
16:27Absolute pleasure.
16:28I thought it was going to be just an absolute clubbing a baby seal, but like, that's it.
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