Tiger Woods seriously injured

[GPK]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

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]

Originally Posted by GPK

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!

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

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

You are stronger than the average woman. You need steel shaft irons.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

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

I know what you mean. I was so used to heavier clubs that it took me a while to get used to the new irons. The Hogan Apex irons were much heavier than Callaway irons. Although, I think it was more the blade of the iron that was heavier, rather than the shaft. It took me a while to feel like I could hit the lighter irons as far as the heavier ones.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by GPK

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.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

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 a 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.

Even with the new technology, the guy is still an 18 handicap, so it isn't helping his game a lick. I know of very few people that used to be a 25 handicap and now are an 18 because of equipment. And I don't know and 10 handicappers that used to be 18-20 handicappers before changing equipment. Until 18 handicappers start spending 80-85% of their practice time chipping and putting, they will remain 18 handicaps for life, I don't care how great the technology is.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by GPK

Even with the new technology, the guy is still an 18 handicap, so it isn't helping his game a lick. I know of very few people that used to be a 25 handicap and now are an 18 because of equipment. And I don't know and 10 handicappers that used to be 18-20 handicappers before changing equipment. Until 18 handicappers start spending 80-85% of their practice time chipping and putting, they will remain 18 handicaps for life, I don't care how great the technology is.

Let's just say hypothetically that you have a guy who is an 18 handicap right now and he is using Hogan Apex irons from the 1980s and a wood driver. If he got a new set of Calloways, don't you think he might be able to get down to a 14 handicap?

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

Let's just say hypothetically that you have a guy who is an 18 handicap right now and he is using Hogan Apex irons from the 1980s and a wood driver. If he got a new set of Calloways, don't you think he might be able to get down to a 14 handicap?

No. I don't know of any 18 handicap that can chip or putt with any consistency. If they could, they wouldn't be 18 handicaps. New equipment alone isn't gonna drop their handicap.

[Sightseek]

Leno has been rolling out some pretty funny Tiger jokes tonight.

[Sightseek]

What is the difference between Santa and Tiger?

































Santa stops at 3 "Hos"

[Crown@club]

Even Little Johnny is getting in on this.


It is near the Christmas break of the school year. The students have turned in all their work and there is really nothing more to do. All the
children are restless and the teacher decides to have an early dismissal.

Teacher: "Whoever answers the questions I ask, first and correctly can leave early today."

Little Johnny says to himself "Good, I want to get outta here. I'm smart and will answer the question."

Teacher: "Who said 'Four Score and Seven Years Ago'?"

Before Johnny can open his mouth, Susie says, "Abraham Lincoln."

Teacher: "That's right Susie, you can go home."

Johnny is mad that Susie answered the question first.

Teacher: "Who said 'I Have a Dream'?"

Before Johnny can open his mouth, Mary says, "Martin Luther King."

Teacher: "That's right Mary, you can go."

Johnny is even madder than before.

Teacher: "Who said 'Ask not, what your country can do for you'?"

Before Johnny can open his mouth, Nancy says, "John F. Kennedy."

Teacher: "That's right Nancy, you may also leave."

Johnny is boiling mad that he has not been able to answer to any of the questions.

When the teacher turns her back Johnny says, "I wish these bitches would keep their mouths shut!"

The teacher turns around: "NOW WHO SAID THAT?"

Johnny: "TIGER WOODS. CAN I GO NOW?"

[GPK]

AT&T gives him a nice belated birthday present. Dropped him like a bad habit.

[golfer]

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