 I continue my quest to find another course off the beaten track and I find myself in Scotland which seems to have hidden gems around every corner. Today I'm in Dunfisha on a James Bray design that is a mix of Lynx and Parkland Golf. A golf course described of one of Golf's best kept secrets is about to be exposed in today's episode and the same could be said about the golf clubs I'll be using today. And just under 6,000 yards I want to find out if I can make golf a little easier for me and many others by using the rather unique concept. A big relief to see one go down the first, I'd hate to have a big audience behind me. And with only 134 yards to the flag you will notice a strange club in hand. It's a hybrid. The question is, can I play better golf with a full bag of hybrids? It takes two holes before the sight of the Solway Firth hits. I simply love playing golf with a view. And I recently read an extract from a book called Golf in the Kingdom by Michael Murphy which read, You're making a great mistake if you think the game is made for shots. The game is meant for walking. I notice you hardly pay any attention to the walking part. You see we all often get preoccupied by the next shot and as I keep saying make sure you take some time to have a good look around between each shot and golf becomes a whole lot more enjoyable. Our third hole or third tee has just got an incredible view. A bit of draft as well. But that is the Solway Firth and tomorrow we can't see it but we're over the other side of this estuary. Right we're going to make our way up to what is going to be a new, I assume, freshly laid turf at least anyway and it's a new fifth tee and it really opens up massive views of the estuary game which is what I love as you know when I look back down four it's just a real good vantage point to see so much of the golf course. Surprisingly good distance control, really good. These things shock me a bit I'll tell you. The shot I just played was a 7 hybrid and I've got to say that I'm shocked as just how much our versatility is in within the whole set but I want to go back to a bit of a question and we're going to get to phone through the week very shortly when I ask for your comments down below. What I want to know, what do you think about playing a bag of hybrids? Is there still too much of a stigma attached to you being able to change your mindset and switch over to something like this? There's been a lot of questions into today's video but I'm really interested to get some feedback on is anybody taking a little bit of time to have a little bit of a browse around them something we've been encouraging every viewer to do. I don't even know you might even be taking a few more photos than you might have usually taken a little bit less time or concern about your score and just enjoying the surroundings so again any feedback welcome then I'd love to think that we're having some kind of impact on you enjoying your game a little bit more and today's typical I mean the weather is pretty horrendous to be honest with you but you can still find so much absolute well just stunning scenery out on a golf course even in these conditions. Okay, wow, I'm in good today you know what I did realize was the camera was still on when I said I was playing God holding me in Oregon but a lesson off Lou last week when we were away and everything seems to be clicking today at least anyway. The course started life as a nine hole layout in 1903 but soon extended to 18 holes in 1911 and the legendary James Bray added his input to the course design in 1923. Like so many golf courses world war two impacted heavily. Powerfoot was reduced to 13 holes and a German bomb left an imprint on the ninth hole which still remains as an unnatural hazard. In 1949 the course was restored back to 18 holes and remains relatively unchanged to the current day. Powerfoot golf club sits on the Scottish side of the border and was a 35 pound green fee at this time of year which rises slightly in the main season. The hybrid concept is from a brand called 11 and they also happen to be the sponsor of today's video so before we go any further a big shout out and a thank you to them for supporting today's episode. I'll be testing a full bag of hybrids and I will let you know my thoughts as we go. A little bit more. It's the same old tale with all these clubs is that this is a 64 degree with a huge wide sole and one of the wedges that are from 11 and it's that same tale like I said it's stigmas that are attached. You look at a club like that and you think I'm better than that. You know what I mean that's not what a golf club is supposed to look like but I've been in multiple bunkers and it just makes life so easy to get out of and then if you want to hit a bit of a flop shot then you just use every bit of bounce the width of the sole and just pop the damn thing up but like I said we like to make golf as hard as we can. I'm not sure I'll feel about putting a head cover on each of my clubs throughout every single shot or after every single shot. I'm going to stop for one second I'll play seven holes and something that's just dawned on me is just how good first of all are the seven holes at Powerfoot and Powerfoot for me is definitely a course that is off the beaten track. I've not heard a great deal about it in the past and I just wondered as a series off the beaten track how much of it is sort of highlighted courses that maybe you've not seen before and it's encouraged you to go out and play them I'd really like to know I mean obviously if it has it would be very encouraging to read. This is why I'm not winning a photo of the week because I am freezing here and she's got me stood still while she's taking photos continuously to keep up a winning streak. So here it is not ideal conditions for photography but take your pick and comment down below. If you recall a few weeks ago I stayed at a place called The Curve in Glencapel and I played golf at Southern S. This week I'll be staying in another property on the Calave Rocker State that sits overlooking the River Nith. More from there later I think it's time we got back to the golf. Sit down. Good distance control again you know. I think the thing is and I mentioned about the sort of stigma idea is that for me two comments really I said about stigma and also mentioned about that I've played well today. And there was actually Tracy Bjarne in the camera who suggested yeah but am I playing well because I'm swinging hybrids and there's half a truth in that because everything becomes a little bit easier because you don't feel as though you need as much effort required. My swing all seemed to synchronise a little bit better and the sort of timing and tempo was better. So yeah unbeknown to me is a really good comment made by Tracy that yeah I mean don't get me wrong it's a great lesson but I think that idea of just calming everything down a little bit and letting the club do the work is actually quite a yeah it's a real valid point. Big break. I've spent a lot of stages around where I am absolutely Baltic to be honest with you and one hole to go. I can't wait to get to our accommodation later which is unfamiliar territory and I've not been there yet but it looks pretty decent so don't go anywhere. Right that is us we've got about a 15 minute drive on to our accommodation. Hot bath is what is needed right now and something nice to eat so and I can't wait to show you around this place as well to be honest with you. I think it's this blue house here. Well that's the view from our property and it is just this place. So it's on part of the Kaleiv rock estate where we stayed in the curve not so long ago and I'll give you more details but bags are unpacked and this is where we're going to be staying for the next couple of nights and that's going to be the view tomorrow morning. It'd be nice if the sun was shining we can't have everything. And we awoke to some of the most challenging weather we have faced so far to film an episode. Right what you've seen so far is I don't know if you know what hole we're on three or four holes of just absolute brutal conditions that flag isn't doing anywhere near because we're hungry down a little bit here it is absolutely horrendous and I just don't know how if we can actually get this one finished.