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Originally Posted by Antitrust32
I would expect almost all of the change has to do with better equipment. the balls and the driver head are so different today than even in 1995. I felt so dirty writing that last sentence..
When 55 year old men can drive the ball 20 yards further than they could as 40 year old men something is going on!
Have you looked up the stats on the average drive length per year in the PGA tour during that same period? I havent but would suspect similar rises.
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You make good points. I bet you are right that the average drive length has increased during that period.
I'm the only guy that the new equipment hasn't helped. When I was 20 years old, I was a 3 handicap and I weighed about 123 pounds. I had Hogan blade irons and a wood driver. I hit the ball further then than I do now even though I'm stronger now. And I was 10x more accurate with my blade irons than with the fancy new irons. The problem is that I lost my swing and I've never been able to get it back. I couldn't even break 80 right now.