Kolek planning to go pro
Tiger ecstatic about where he is at in his return to golf. https://www.sbnation.com/golf/2023/12/3/23986618/tiger-woods-ecstatic-golf-return-hero-world-challenge
The golf ball rollback requires a 15 yard rollback at 127 mph swing speed. Now, how many here have a 127 mph ball speed? Yeah. Me neither. Mr. 95 mph raises his hand sheepishly. However, the technology of golf balls has evolved to where golf ball manufacturers make different golf balls for different swing speeds. Callaway, Wilson, Srixon, Taylor Made, most on-line only brands, etc., have golf balls designed to maximize distance for those with 90 mph swings. They also will tell you that gain is minimized if you swing 105 mph. Fast swingers won't see the same gains with a low compression golf ball as slow swingers do. Or so the manufacturers say. What I think this means is that manufacturers are still going to be making balls that don't adversely affect slow swingers as much as the players who swing as the professionals. The pros will see a 15 yard drop, I predict that the 95 yard swinger will see a 5 yard drop. And that may be able to be mitigated with loft and shaft choices. If it goes through. I think the blowback will be too intense and chicks still dig the long ball. (90's MLB reference)
Tiger and Rory are for it. Done deal
Beyond tired of hearing Rory's opinions.
The golf ball rollback requires a 15 yard rollback at 127 mph swing speed. Now, how many here have a 127 mph swing speed? Yeah. Me neither. Mr. 95 mph raises his hand sheepishly. However, the technology of golf balls has evolved to where golf ball manufacturers make different golf balls for different swing speeds. Callaway, Wilson, Srixon, Taylor Made, most on-line only brands, etc., have golf balls designed to maximize distance for those with 90 mph swings. They also will tell you that gain is minimized if you swing 105 mph. Fast swingers won't see the same gains with a low compression golf ball as slow swingers do. Or so the manufacturers say. What I think this means is that manufacturers are still going to be making balls that don't adversely affect slow swingers as much as the players who swing as the professionals. The pros will see a 15 yard drop, I predict that the 95 yard swinger will see a 5 yard drop. And that may be able to be mitigated with loft and shaft choices. If it goes through. I think the blowback will be too intense and chicks still dig the long ball. (90's MLB reference)
If I remember correctly, you play the Wilson Staff Duo, right? If so, both the past and current models are likely to conform to the new rule without any changes. I'm no fan of the ruling. In the world of recreation golf (which is played by 98% of all golfers), distance is nowhere near the game's leading issues. Between this ball rollback and the utter cluster occurring with the pro tours, the game's "leaders" seem to be hellbent on significantly denting golf's popularity in the next 5-10 years.
Could’ve just bifurcated, but we can’t have nice things.
Lot of people feel that way, but his opinion still carries a lot of weight
Nope. The stewards of the game seem hell bent on making poor decisions and alienating people. Oh well.
Which is good. We need to shrink the game
Father time was going to do that anyway with the end of the boomers.
I'm guessing he's ecstatic just to be walking.
He ecstatic his ex wife missed when she swung the 9 iron.
Jon Rahm off to LIV in a deal worth $450-$600 million.Good money, if you can get it.https://www.wsj.com/sports/golf/jon-rahm-liv-pga-tour-2341016e
Men’s professional golf outside the majors is going the way of tennis and IRL/Cart before it.Niche sport going to become an albatross to show on TV. Arnold Palmer, where have you gone?
Yep. The majors and the Ryder Cup. Beyond sad what has happened in the pro game. I haven't watch a second of men's golf since The British Open. Good chance I will not watch until The Masters. How Jay Monahan still has a job is quite something.