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Tour Star...Layin' Up!
With my recent thread on fittings and some of the responses, it has gotten me thinking. Is golf getting overly complicated? Do we as golfers get caught up in trying to chase the "optimal" numbers? The talk in my previous thread discussed fittings and levels of fittings and the general consensus was that the lie, length, and loft was pretty much the only things that would make an immediate difference good or bad. The other night I was watching "Golf's Greatest Rounds" on the Golf Channel and it was the 99 US Open. Looking at their equipment it really made me wonder what kind of "fittings" the players back then went through. They didn't have things like "Trackman" or "FlightScope" or launch monitors to my knowledge, did they go all by just feel? Whatever felt good they went with? Did they go by just seeing things from themselves? Meaning head to the range with "Manufacturer X" and hit their different offerings and say "I liked the ball flight on this club the best I'm going to game this one."
Sometimes I definitely catch myself over thinking numbers and wondering about what different clubs would do for me and my game...or lack of! lol!
I guess just a few questions I have is are we making the game overly complicated? Should we focus more on just going out and playing/practicing to get better vs trying to find the perfect equipment? What are your thoughts THP?
Sometimes I definitely catch myself over thinking numbers and wondering about what different clubs would do for me and my game...or lack of! lol!
I guess just a few questions I have is are we making the game overly complicated? Should we focus more on just going out and playing/practicing to get better vs trying to find the perfect equipment? What are your thoughts THP?