 Today I am travelling to a part of the country that I have never visited before let alone play golf. Alongside me is my good pal Lewis. Seaton Carew is on the north east of England and has a unique 22 holes. The good news is the sun is shining and as this is a lynx golf course it should be dry. I will be unveiling a new match play format I created that is about to take the golfing world by storm. This 48 hour road trip will see us staying in the grounds of a medieval castle. Lewis will bring along with him his majestic swing and I will bring a face that continually looks like it has been sentenced to a public hanging. Although this could be described as a smile but following a 3 hour journey we need to get our priorities in order and for me and Lewis that generally means food. So with breakfast done and considered to be the warm up of choice it was time for these two athletes to hit the first tee. So Seaton Carew has a unique layout of 22 holes which allows them the luxury of a winter and a summer course with the rotation of certain golf holes. What you see today is the bishops course which is their winter layout. The Miclum is the main season course and will be home to the English amateur championship later this year. This is clearly a lynx course of some pedigree. Right Lou, we're back on our travels and Seaton Carew, two holes in, give me one word how would you have two words to describe what we've seen so far? Classic lynx. Two? I'd say I'd agree, classic lynx. Lynxing, I like it. Did you start par par? Yeah, love it. The design of the golf course can largely be attributed to the legendary Dr Alastair McKenzie and this year it celebrates its 150th anniversary. As with many lynx courses the layout can see many holes be played continuously in the same direction which means a wind direction that can help and also hinder. A number of the opening holes play out to the far end of the course with the imposing skyline that is dominated by industrial chimneys and cranes. A glance to the opposite horizon and the more recent developments of wind farms peer above the high dunes that separate the course from the beach in the North Sea. Off the beaten track is sponsored by PXG. They have stepped up and supported this series which has allowed me to make this style of content for which I am very grateful. I am also indebted to all of you who have given incredible support to this series and as ever I'm asking you to continue to provide comments and feedback especially on this new match play format. That's okay. That's okay. Did you do that course? It's hard. But I think I just assumed cos we're playing mats. I thought you were just aiming for the first cut now. Cos I know you don't miss fairways. See how I saved you there. You don't miss fairways on purpose do you? Not too far away from your little line. A whole number eight last, well I've got two more warm-up holes and it's the time to reveal the biggest, I think the biggest move in match play golf for the last 100 years. Wow, yeah, yeah. It's a big reveal, isn't it? It is a big reveal. First played. Looking forward to playing it. It's going to be an interesting format. Is it going to work? You think it is. I can't wait to share with you what this game is all about and it's a real twist on match play. So there is a way to sabotage and negate that good shot and we'll get to it very, very shortly. Hang on a second. Here we go. Yeah, on that basis I think that this whole, the sabotage card as I'm going to call it for now before the big reveal would have been just used. Yeah, great shot. So before I introduce you to our new match play format that will revolutionise the game, it's time to sit back, chill out and take a close look at Seton Karoo Golf Course. I also want to give a shout out to James McNeely who is the supporter of the channel and designed the Stymie graphics that you're seeing in today's video in super quick time. James can be fined at nidesigner.com. I'll be taking on Lewis on the back nine in the very first time this game has been played on camera and I'd love to know your thoughts and better still, give it a go for yourselves. Here are the rules of the game. Stymie is a new form of match play where you will require both skill and strategy to be victorious. This is a nine or 18 hole match play, but with a twist toss a coin to decide the order of play. First to play holds a huge advantage. The player to tee off first will declare whether the hole is in play, but only after they have played their tee shot and determined if they perceive to hold an advantage. If they declare the hole is not in play, they will have to declare Stymie. When a hole is declared in play, the opponent has two options, except the challenge and play out the hole or they can also declare Stymie, which is your chance to sabotage and the hole becomes void. Important to know that player two must declare Stymie before they play their shot. If the hole is declared void, the hole is still played in accordance with match play rules to determine who has the all-important honor on the next tee. Each player gets two opportunities to declare Stymie over the nine holes and must choose wisely. Maybe it sounds a little bit complicated, but it'll all become very clear very, very quickly. This is the first hole of our match. It's the 10th and we're going to play the back nine in the first ever recorded game of Stymie. Basically, we chose to play, well, I had the honor, I won the toss. All important because I chose a good shot and I chose that the hole was to be in play. And Lewis had two options. Yeah, the player's a Stymie card very early on or he chooses to take on the challenge. It wasn't his best tee shot, if I'm honest with you, they've been playing really good all afternoon. And as you can see, made a good effort at getting up and down. But ultimately, that puts me one up after one. The good news is, both Stymie cards are intact. So there's a long way to go yet. Nice shot. That's decent. Stugging the X-10. No shot. I'm going to say it's in play. Okay. Now, whether that's a wise decision or not, because maybe I should play, are you playing? Yeah, yeah, let's play. There's no shot, so. Yeah, good solid drive. So the decision is whether or not I've made a bad call there. Maybe I should have kept it for a shot hole and negated that one, but we'll see. Good shot. I'm going to get up and down. This could backfire on me. Already, my own strategy has backfired. Sit down. I thought it was quite nicer first, to be honest with you. There's a little bit in this as well, isn't there? Because there's no shot to this hole. So I could just roll this up, couldn't I? I lost the hole, it was a bad call on my part, and I should have cried Stymie. This is where I think we'll get the benefit, isn't it? Yeah. So this is Strog 2. I won the last hole, so we're all square. Borg still got two Stymies. So this is where I'm going to hit the shot. I've got to make a decision, but you're on a shot. So this is where it comes into play, because normally you just say, I need a shot. If it's a good drive, I'll just play a Stymie, but because I've got the honour, I've got to make the call. So, nope, I'm going to play a Stymie there. There's no chance. There is no chance you're having a shot. And basically that's not your best drive. No, I've been up the left. So just explain then, so you're two Stymie, you can use one now at this point to locate the hole. Yeah, so I'm just going to completely, just null and void this hole. So we're just going to continue to play the hole to see who, you with your shot, to see who got the honour on the next tee. But the idea is, I've had a nightmare, even though I don't care where yours goes, I'm playing it, we're not playing this up, no sense. And it seemed a wise decision because this drive was as good as I've got to offer. I've played on. So with Lewis on the green, all I need to do is find anywhere on that dance floor and hopefully two put for a par. Lewis had left himself a long put up the green for a birdie, which comes up short. So two from here should be enough to win back the honour and ready myself for the next tee. Right, next hole is par five, four 67, stroke 14. So again, no shot in play. On the last hole, I've managed to get the honour back for you very much right to play a stymie. It was a good decision, otherwise it would have been whole lost. It's a big swing over to left to right. I'm not sure how, yeah, quite severe that dog leg is. Yeah, that should be good. Yeah, position eight. The decision is now, you see, this is where the game becomes really clever, is because I'm not getting a shot, do I gamble, do I wait a little while and declare that not in play, for that would mean using a stymie. But I'm not going to, I'm happy with the drive, I'm going to see this hole is in play and it's over to you, Lou. Yeah, I think it was a right shot, especially with that wind that way. Yeah, yeah, it's not moved an inch, has it? Yeah, it's okay. Yeah, not too bad. Lewis left himself put 275. He's going to go drive off the deck, which is, yeah, worth a like and a subscribe in itself. I believe it stayed, that's always going to squeeze to the right and it stayed straight. Yeah, the wind's off the left and that generally would squeeze to that way, wouldn't it? Yeah, get up. Yeah, stay. I don't know where it is, it's on the green anyway and it's a puffer eagle mate, I've got to be happy with that. That's two decent digs. No, that's all right, I've got to put it, haven't I? I've got a whole list of birdie at best for a half. It's not how I intended this part of five to go. So come on then, how many eagles do you have? Two putts for the win. Oh, very good. I thought it was going to turn, but... Very good. Did you do some birdie? Yeah, good enough for the win. Yeah. So this is interesting because I'm now on a shot. And you're one up. And I'm one up, so it's... You've got six times. Yeah, yeah. It's really important for me to try and get that fair way and get this one in play if I can. It would really switch the pressure up, I think. It's just kicking in nice. Well, this hole's in play from my liking. Yeah. You're playing? Or Stymie? I'm going to Stymie this one. You're going to Stymie it? Yeah, you've hit miles down there. You're going to Stymie it? Yeah, yeah. I need to get rid of this. Super swing, that is. There's super drive. So I'd left myself a nine iron and a low happy with the strike. The wind drifted the ball to the right of the flag and run off into the swale. I chose to put up the rise and get close enough to have a chance of making par. The putter duly obliged, but Lewis's decision to play Stymie means I only retain the honour on the next tee. What's happening is a good decision by you to play Stymie because I parted it on a shot, so it would have been two up, so it still keeps the game at one all. There's no shot on this all, and what was just debating was I could effectively choose to play Stymie on the next two, which would lose both my options and then take it down the last couple, or do I try and, you know, take it on? That's the whole point of the game, isn't it? It's very much a... It's 170 right into it. No. I can almost feel the word Stymie coming out of my mouth before I fit the tee shot. Just right of the bunker. It was okay. Yeah, I'm going to have to play my Stymie. That's my first Stymie gone. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. So we're playing for the honour, which is really important. There's a real thing to having it on the tee, but it's a tough hole, I'll tell you. An all-right strike, an all-right's not enough on this. It needs to be solid. Well, that's a proper golf shot. It's fantastic. Yeah, very nice indeed. So there's a chance to get the honour back. That's not going to get there either. Although not the best first effort from Lewis, he stepped up and drained a 12-footer for par. And although I'm not sure what happened to the footage of my putt, I can tell you I missed it. You are one-up. I have no Stymies. You have one Stymie. Yeah, absolutely. This is a stroke hole. This is stroke four, isn't it? Yeah, it's a stroke hole, but it's 4-3-3. So, you know, I'm only one down. I feel as though I'm getting batted, but I'm only one down. Yeah, I'm feeling good. I'm feeling good now. Yeah, a little up the left, but you're OK. Yeah, scoot with the bunker. Perfect, that. That's OK, though. See that? It did get a good bounce. Well, it's going to be the back end. It's going to be off the green, but it'll be the back end if it is probably too big of a club as well. Got to start playing some good golf eventually, haven't I? So, good shot. Come on. Yeah, I'm all right with that. Not too bad. So, what are you thinking there? What am I thinking? Same as you. How the heck is your ball finished here? I probably said it didn't drop one. There. Didn't look like that, did it? You've got to know the consoles, please. Yeah, 100%. I thought I'd taught you that over the years. You know nothing. I was always going to leave that short after that, wasn't I? What am I doing? Over par. Yours is for the win. That was really unlucky. I think that was a bit of a... There was a lot of unexpected there. One that my ball was in such good, Nick. I can see how happy you were. Right. So, you've got a stymie left. Do you want to use it now? I've got to make that decision now, haven't I? Well, yeah. I've got a shot. I'm going to play this hole. OK. Yeah. So far, I'm happy with the call to play the hole. The drive was... I've left 140 in. When I get this on the dance floor, I can close it out. That's what I'm thinking. That's what I'm hoping. Come on, then. Looking good, Lou. Oh, it's short. It's on the front of the green, I'm happy. But, yeah, as opposed to it's a good play. Right, business end of things. Lou, what are you playing in? What are your hardage? 143. 143 for Lou. Coming in with nothing in his way. Again, good position on the fairway. Yeah, it's super ballless if it's the right club. If it's the right club, going ball. Yeah, it's a super shot, Lou. Well played. We're still playing. We're playing. Let's play terms. I'll probably take where the shot's finished. I'm way short of the flag. I've got the wind wrong a bit. It's a great... Having said that, it's not a massive target this green. Anywhere near in that bin lid would be an absolute... result. It's a good line, yeah. It just did need that extra hoof, which is always hard to give, isn't it? I mean, how much you know that that last bit of the port is uphill? Still committing. Well, very much still in play. Over to you. Nice. Lou's got this for the birdie three. Oh, that's a real good roll as well. Super effort, that is, but take it away. I think it helps, you know, you give me a line on that. Of all the things, I was literally right behind you. Right over my line, so... Wonderful. First game of Stymie. Let's have a chat off the green. We've got someone behind us and we'll talk about our first thoughts on this new creation. No logs, mate. No logs? Right, so we've just had a quick stop-off, so I opted for a little. You went to... Home bargains. Home bargain, where have you gone? Yeah, no, thanks. Can's a Coke. And I've got... Bollard wine, pistachios and donuts. Healthy all the way, this. No trip, you know. What's what? Enjoy that in a bit. You're a red wine connoisseur, aren't you? Yeah, I'll tell you what. That's what you're connoisseur on. Yeah, I've got a chocolate donut. Yeah? I'm starving. I don't need a chocolate donut. No, no, no, no. Oh, don't have a chocolate donut. Why? Don't like the chocolate. Don't like the chocolate donuts. You've never had any. Do you want pistachios? Are you suggesting pistachio not to love people? Just on the chocolate donut thing. You like chocolate? Yeah. You like donuts? Yeah. But you don't like chocolate donuts? No. And I'm very left-field. You've been wearing them for snacks and you've come out with pistachio nuts. That's a snack. That's left-field. I've got wine. Wine and pistachios. I've just cut it against your logs. Anyway. I'm happy with meat, cherry, chocolate, orange, so when early there, that was... I need to set that back on. That was... I was drive because basically it leads us into where we're going tomorrow because this is part of, like, two episodes. You'll see hopefully in continuous weeks. And I haven't revealed yet to Lewis where we're playing tomorrow. So this is Barnard Castle. Yeah. It's very nice, isn't it? It reminds me of... What's the time we go to when you go to Edinburgh? Oh, my God, I was going to say, you've got it. It's bigger. Yeah, yeah. That's exactly what it is. It's very much, like, bigger. But smaller. It's very nice. Like, you know, old market town, isn't it? Really nice. So I haven't told you where we're staying, but we are in the grounds of a castle. You're going to like it. But that's the castle there. That castle dates, well, do a quick history lesson, I think, that castle dates back to well, pre-Battle of Hastings. You didn't really respond to that, did you, in any way? There was no kind of, like... You just had another square, Chris. What it was. It'll never be what it seemed before, will it? No. It'll never be famous for being a castle again, will it? No. There's the unicorn. Is that open? I found that place after I bumped this. Did we? Yeah, it was. Straight over? Yeah. Left here, or...? That's right. You sure it's down here? Yeah. Oh, yeah. That's it. No. Yeah, that's it. I've got a question for you before I go, before I start. What is your order? Give me your order in Hickory's. My order in Hickory is a double burger. Double patty. Yeah. Cheese. Yeah. The sauce, the cheese and sauce, like, come on, eh? Yeah. No salad. Zero salad. Add bacon. Add bull pork. Bacon and bull pork. That's why I have it. Yeah. What sort of bun? Do you know what sort of bun it is? Eh, I think it's like a briochey thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've got a... I've got, seriously, I'm in the kitchen here. I might have better off staying down here. By the way, it's Lewis down there. I'm better off staying down here. You stay down there. Yeah. I've got the wine. I've been told not to get involved. I've got the wine. I've got, I've got, I've got double patties. I'm off to wait and see what happens for the rest of it. Are you any good at the symbols on cookers, what they mean? Yeah, the green light means it's on. The new chips in KFC are amazing, aren't they? Do you want a can? Eh, I'm going to have a can with my, with my food, if that's all right. You comfy? You comfy? Yeah. I'm really comfy, I, uh, yeah. Really comfy. I've been all good over there, anyway. I could say, oh, do you want a hand? And you'd be like, in 30 seconds, you'd tell me to piss off anyway, so. Do you want to see me? Let's do this for you. Eh, no, no, no, no. She knows I don't like red. I think the manage could be off, you know. Who's married? It was. What? You've been proposing to me. Yeah, yeah. Thank you, man. It was the first to call out Mr. Hester. Yeah. He took a bit of a bash. All right, so it all be, are you, um, I've done a little, look at this. Stop it. That's the lens I've gone through, mate. What's that? Peri peri barbecue sauce. You're a barbecue sauce man, aren't you? I am. And you're a Nando's man. That is wonderful behaviour. Right up your street, there's a fatty there. Absolutely brilliant. What have you got there? What's that? What is it? What did you ask for? You haven't. Yeah. Are you going to go and get pulled pork? So you go? What's that? Pull pork? No, you haven't. Yeah. Closer with that, mate. Yeah, let's go with that. It's pulled pork. Do you want to forgot? What's the complaint? No complaints. Yeah, but what is the complaint? I mean, it's mission picking, isn't it? But... No complaints. This is absolutely wonderful, isn't it? Because I've not had a burger with pulled pork on. You're kidding me? No. I was going to blow your head off this. But you know what's good? The fries. Well, you're all for trying new things. I mean, it's probably not... Oh, I'll eat. It's probably not going to broaden your horizons. I'll eat anything, mate. Oh, do you want to... Do you see you don't need sauce now, do you? Not really, no. No, I won't. I've got some sauce for the fries now, don't you? Here we go. Break off your bone as well. That's the reason. That? Pull pork's had to it, doesn't it? Yeah. Definitely has to it. Yeah, for this. I can't believe you went and done pull pork. Pull pork's went away, don't they? I think what we'll do, I don't even know if I'm on shot, but we'll call it a day there. I hope you enjoyed playing Stymie. It's... We loved it. It's going to need a bit of a tweak in terms of filming, but in terms of the gameplay and the match play, it was really... Did you think so? I think we really did, don't we? Did exactly what... We did exactly what you intended to do. Integrated sort of... Bad play or... Yeah, you get away with a few. Yeah, yeah, that's exactly it. But it was good fun at the same time. Yeah. Adds a bit of banter on the tee. Yeah. Adds a load, adds a completely different element to a game that can just seem like it takes three, four, five hours from times, which is... We loved it, and I'd love nothing more than if you go out and if you're in a pair or a, you know, four ball, go out and give it a go. We've seen the rules. Don't forget, if you play off 18 holes, you double up those stymies, but essentially the gameplay is very simple once you get your head around it. And we're going to play again tomorrow. So when we get up tomorrow morning, it'll be the start of next week's episode. And we're heading another hour to the west coast, close down, to be honest with you. And we've got another interesting golf course to play. So thanks for watching. And in all these videos, I was going to ask you to... We're going to try and get as many likes as possible as we can to help these grow. So do your bit and just hit that like button. That's all I ask. And thanks for watching. Thanks to Lou. Thanks to Seton Karoo. And we'll see you next week. But what I can tell you is, pulled pork on a burger. It's winter, isn't it? Chicken dinner. We're doing this again next week. I'm going to do that again. I'm making your breakfast back. It's really good though. It is, isn't it? I'll tell you what, but pulled pork is winter.