Here's my agrument guys as witnessed by last weeks tournament. Bubba Watson was -16 on the par 5's so in reality he was even par on the 3's and par 4's hardly a cry for pure ball striking! The days of shotmaking are long gone due to equipment and the golf ball. But lets face it TV loves it, you love it, kids love it and $ 500 drivers will sell forever.Back to Bubba one of the longest drivers and irons players i think hits wedges over 160yds but is close to dead last from 125yds in? So what do we teach are youngsters today. Hit the ball as far as you can? Forget accuracy? A young man today dosent have a chance if he dosent hit it far unless its the US Open where the rough is a measely 4in high. The game has changed forever! It is what it is.
Onlythe USGA, PGA members, etc etc can protest and protect and put the game back to to levels before why so TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN ABILITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On a funny note the great John Madden football coach and analyst said in one telecast if you enjoy wayching football then watch it but football will never be the same as it was in the 60's and 70's where they had unprotected hard hits.players played offense and defense, there was no oxygen after a player ran 100yds etc etc
So now the state of Golf is offsets, upright clubs, lightweight, sweetspots a 5yr old cant miss with, every way to make a player better instead of teaching him how to strike a golf ball.
Bubba will probably win a few more in his career kinda hard not to when your longest club in is a 7 iron to any green but he wont go done in history as a great ball striker no way no way talented yes. I'll take Corey Pavi from 200 yds behind a tree everyday of the week. Bar none.
So enjoy the state of golf i love to watch it just like everyone else but its a different game.
