Golf's powers-that-be to disuss distance control....
Feb 13, 2018 12:02:34 GMT
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Post by WullieFort on Feb 13, 2018 12:02:34 GMT
.....about 10 years after they should have.
There are now over 70 players who regularly exceed 300 yards off the tee and most of the top courses have responded to this by lengthening holes and throwing the finesse of the game under the proverbial bus/golf buggy.
But....if a guy is long is it right to restrain him/her ? The fastest sprinters/swimmers/hurdlers are not handicapped, so why should a golfer who is blessed with length have to let the others catch up ?
Obvious solutions are to muck around with balls and equipment or to introduce a handicapping system to professional golf. That works pretty well in amateur golf, as far as I know and horseracing
Perhaps the real problem is that many clubs simply don't have the acreage to continue lengthening their couses.
There are now over 70 players who regularly exceed 300 yards off the tee and most of the top courses have responded to this by lengthening holes and throwing the finesse of the game under the proverbial bus/golf buggy.
But....if a guy is long is it right to restrain him/her ? The fastest sprinters/swimmers/hurdlers are not handicapped, so why should a golfer who is blessed with length have to let the others catch up ?
Obvious solutions are to muck around with balls and equipment or to introduce a handicapping system to professional golf. That works pretty well in amateur golf, as far as I know and horseracing
Perhaps the real problem is that many clubs simply don't have the acreage to continue lengthening their couses.
