Laker14 |
01-06-2024 10:32 AM |
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Originally Posted by asianthree
(Post 2288390)
That’s funny because look at how many on par 3 executives hit a driver from the green tees. Doesn’t mean they hit it well, but it is the go to club for many in TV. Ya know bigger head must be easier to hit.
My, dad never used a driver, scratch golfer for many years. As a kid he played every morning before and after school. He didn’t own a driver so never had one in his bag.
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I never saw your dad play, but I'd bet money that if he could keep the driver in play, with accuracy, he'd have been happy to use it. He went with something else, shorter, straighter, and more easily controlled, not because the driver was too easy to hit.
For many years I played on a tight, tree lined course that punished severely the wayward tee shot. I played to a low single digit handicap (never quite a scratch), hitting 3 wood off tees because I couldn't keep the driver in the short grass. There were maybe a half-dozen players (one a two-time NY State Amateur Champion and former Walker Cup player) with legitimate chances to win the Club Championship. Sadly, I was not among them. Every one of them was in that class because they could hit the driver and control it. I could chip and putt with them, but they were hitting two clubs( or more) less into every green.
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