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No one has ever broken par (34) (68) Even touring pros having attempted.
I love these kind of stories. I’ve recently seen a video about a course called Askernish that was on Old Tom Morris layout that was “resurrected” on the original site.
Woods off the tee, irons into the green… putt the ball with a putter that is a golf club not a broomstick.
This is the spirit of the game.
USGA Champion Louis Brown is out with me this week in Napa and I had him hit steel shafted 5 irons vs hickory shafted 5 irons. We went out and picked up the balls in field next to the vinyard and there was no difference in the distance of the shots. There was one ball that 10 yards past the others and it was one Louis hit with the hickory. He was completely shocked. I’ll have this up on the YT channel soon. Fun stuff.. but the point is that the move from hickory to steel had nothing to do with distance. Any of these great courses designed prior to 1930 were originally hickory tracks… many still considered the great tracks of the world… and were 100% relevant for pro play into the mid 1990’s.
People are starting to wake up.
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I totally agree. I am thankful that I was able to experience some of the great designs that came from that era and those into the 1980s. There were more dimensions to the game back then it seemed ball striking, shot making, scrambling, putting. Those that excelled in more than one of those were legendary but, really excelling at one of them made you competitive. Thanks for your YT channel and this forum. They have really reminded me why I loved this game!
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