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Originally Posted by GPK
Richie, I gotta disagree with you here. Trevino would make mince meat out of most of these guys today, especially if he had todays golf ball. See, guys like Lee, they know how to "play golf." A great majority of guys on tour today, especially the young ones, all they know how to do is hit it as far as they can off the tee and then wedge it on. Lee Trevino could hit shots in his prime that most of these kids on tour now couldn't hit in their best wet dream.
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Nowadays, most guys are still close to their prime even at 49 years old. You see guys like Kenny Perry playing as well as ever. Was Lee Trevino still doing well on the big tour when he was 49 years old? That was back in about 1990. If my memory is right, I don't think he was very competitive on the big tour at that point. I think the reason is because the players were getting so much better. And today the fields are much deeper than they were back in 1990.
I disagree with your assessment that the kids today can't hit alot of different types of shots. Some of the shots I see these guys hit are incredible.These guys aren't afraid to open the blade and take a full swing on a 10 yard shot if they need to make the ball stop fast. Trevino may have been an incredible shot maker by 1960s and 1970s standards, but I have to question whether he would be considered an incredible shot maker by today's standards.