MrDC
Well-known member
Jack just doesn't want to see his courses become obsolete, and that's fair, but I think the game is doing fine as is and no changes are needed, to ball or driver, although I would like to see the broomstick putter outlawed, another discussion.
The big problem is courses can't make more tree/OB trouble to stop the bombers, they need wide open spaces for the galleries, without those areas they cannot be a Tour stop so distance aside many courses us amateurs play are tougher than a PGA course, because our holes are often lined with deep woods on both sides of the FW and the greens surrounded by trouble, it's cheaper to maintain, so a wildly missed tee shot on tour is still often in play, for us it's gone, and those approaches from 200+ are very risky for us where the pros often have huge chipping areas to allow spectators, as well as missed approaches.
I think the only answer I see is deeper rough and smaller fairways, but that gets a little silly so I don't see that going too far, they just have to deal with the length IMO.
The big problem is courses can't make more tree/OB trouble to stop the bombers, they need wide open spaces for the galleries, without those areas they cannot be a Tour stop so distance aside many courses us amateurs play are tougher than a PGA course, because our holes are often lined with deep woods on both sides of the FW and the greens surrounded by trouble, it's cheaper to maintain, so a wildly missed tee shot on tour is still often in play, for us it's gone, and those approaches from 200+ are very risky for us where the pros often have huge chipping areas to allow spectators, as well as missed approaches.
I think the only answer I see is deeper rough and smaller fairways, but that gets a little silly so I don't see that going too far, they just have to deal with the length IMO.