Tiger Woods seriously injured

Rupert Pupkin · #1 12-16-2009, 08:28 PM

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Not really. I mean, every club company is taking advantage of all the max limits that the USGA has set, .830 COR being the main factor. 460CC clubheads maybe play a small part. 5900 MOI isn't playing much part in ball speed (that is more for less twisting of the clubhead at impact). People were raving when the 07 Taylor Made Burner came out about how far they were hitting it...well no ****, its anywhere from 3/4"-1" longer in the shaft than most drivers that people were hitting and that equates to greater clubhead speed, hence more distance.

The golf ball plays the biggest part in the distance explosion. Lighter, more consistent shafts help as well, but mainly the ball.

I know the technology has improved but do you personally hit the ball 20 yards longer now than you did in 1997?

GPK · #2 12-16-2009, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I know the technology has improved but do you personally hit the ball 20 yards longer now than you did in 1997?

Not a chance

gales0678 · #3 12-16-2009, 08:39 PM

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Not a chance

and neither does tiger

Rupert Pupkin · #4 12-16-2009, 09:57 PM

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Not a chance

Antitrust32 says that guys who are 55 years old are hitting the ball 20 yards further than they when they were 40 due to the new equipment. I have heard other golfers make similar comments. I can't belive that the new equipment of the last 10-15 years has added that much distance.

If you had to guess for a good player such as yourself, how much further do you hit it today compared to 10-15 years ago. Have you gained 5 yards or so? That would seem more reasonable to me.

GPK · #5 12-16-2009, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

Antitrust32 says that guys who are 55 years old are hitting the ball 20 yards further than they when they were 40 due to the new equipment. I have heard other golfers make similar comments. I can't belive that the new equipment of the last 10-15 years has added that much distance.

If you had to guess for a good player such as yourself, how much further do you hit it today compared to 10-15 years ago. Have you gained 5 yards or so? That would seem more reasonable to me.

I think the advanced technology has helped the professionals of the game much more than your average golfer. Guys like Kenny Perry and others of the same mold are more apt to notice a huge difference in distance. Your average Joe Golfer sucks way too bad to notice much difference in a regulat basis. They will have a good round every now and then, but for the most part, their swings are way too inconsistent to take advantage of the technology today. Classic example is the R9 driver with the MWT and adjustable clubhead. Peoples swings on average suck way too much to spend that kind of money. Your really good players with consisent swings can go from hitting a slight fade to a slight draw. But your 18 handicap hits a bunch of slices, pulls, tops etc in the course of one round to move the clubhead and weights to a given position and expect great results.

Its useless to gauge my lack of increase in distance, as I now use a 10 degree loft driver vs an 8.5 degree driver I used to hit. I played with such a low loft driver because I lived at the beach and played in the wind constantly, so it was needed for me to keep my ball flight down. I hit it much straighter and consistent than I did back 10-15 years ago. Some of that is new technology, a lot of it is more knowledge of my swing. I'm probably on average 10 yards longer than I was then, but its the accuracy that has made the biggest difference for me. My short game sucks now. I used to be able to get up and down from anywhere. Now that I hit it straighter, I hit more greens, so I quit practicing my short game.

hockey2315 · #6 12-17-2009, 12:37 AM

I'm surprised you said that technology has helped the better players more than the weaker ones. I would think it would be the opposite. Most new technologies in golf nowadays are geared towards added forgiveness, higher MOI, etc. which obviously benefit the weaker players who have more trouble hitting the ball cleanly. Most pros still use blades because they'd rather have workability/versatility/feedback and they don't have issues with contact. I read something recently in one of the golf magazines where someone said the new groove rule will simply make the gap between the top few and the rest of the pros greater because it'll put more emphasis on skill and less on technology.

I guess balls are an area where extra technology is more important to pros. Most amateurs just aren't good enough to take advantage of or feel the difference between a Pro V1 or Z-Star and a Top Flite.

gales0678 · #7 12-17-2009, 07:16 AM

if every one remembers right when tiger first came out he was the longest on tour save john daly and 1 other guy

then the new tech came out , 460cc's , new balls and all of a sudden guys that tiger was banging it bye now all of a sudden were out driving tiger

eventually tiger made the switch to the big driver as well

GPK · #8 12-17-2009, 07:56 AM

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I'm surprised you said that technology has helped the better players more than the weaker ones. I would think it would be the opposite. Most new technologies in golf nowadays are geared towards added forgiveness, higher MOI, etc. which obviously benefit the weaker players who have more trouble hitting the ball cleanly. Most pros still use blades because they'd rather have workability/versatility/feedback and they don't have issues with contact. I read something recently in one of the golf magazines where someone said the new groove rule will simply make the gap between the top few and the rest of the pros greater because it'll put more emphasis on skill and less on technology.

I guess balls are an area where extra technology is more important to pros. Most amateurs just aren't good enough to take advantage of or feel the difference between a Pro V1 or Z-Star and a Top Flite.

Yeah, you would think it would help weaker players, but I'm a huge believer that the hotter drivers, better golf balls and more consistent shafts are of greater benefit to the better players. The more consistent you swing, the more advantage you can take of the new technology.

Antitrust32 · #9 12-17-2009, 08:04 AM

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Yeah, you would think it would help weaker players, but I'm a huge believer that the hotter drivers, better golf balls and more consistent shafts are of greater benefit to the better players. The more consistent you swing, the more advantage you can take of the new technology.

I only like steel shafted irons... grafite driver. I dont like the grafite irons, they are too light, need some weight!

Rupert Pupkin · #10 12-17-2009, 06:47 PM

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Yeah, you would think it would help weaker players, but I'm a huge believer that the hotter drivers, better golf balls and more consistent shafts are of greater benefit to the better players. The more consistent you swing, the more advantage you can take of the new technology.

With the old equipment you really needed to hit the ball in the center of the club face. With the new equipment (especially the drivers with the bigger faces) you don't have to quite hit it square in the center of the club. The new equipment is more forgiving. In that way, I think the new equipment could help a guy who is an 18 handicap more than it would help a pro. The pros are almost always hitting the ball square in the center of the club face any way. It's the 18 handicaps that are hitting the ball off the toe and that type of thing. The more forgiving equipment is going to really help that type of player. Now if you're talking about a horrendous player that can't break 120, the new equipment probably won't do him much good. But for an 18 handicap who can at least make halfway-solid contact most of the time, I think that being able to get away with hittting one a little off-center could really make a big difference.

philcski · #11 12-17-2009, 08:12 PM

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I know the technology has improved but do you personally hit the ball 20 yards longer now than you did in 1997?

I do and I was a much better golfer in '97 than I am now. Strictly because of the ball, I played the Titleist Professional back then versus the Pro V1 or Maxfli Revolution now, it's simply a better ball.