igolfer
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According to the USGA, a scratch golfer is defined as "a player who can play to a Course Handicap of zero on any and all rated golf courses. A male scratch golfer, for rating purposes, can hit tee shots an average of 250 yards and can reach a 470-yard hole in two shots at sea level. A female scratch golfer, for rating purposes, can hit tee shots an average of 210 yards and can reach a 400-yard hole in two shots at sea level."
So what you say isn't exactly accurate, but who am I to question someone with such a high swing speed... lol What they are saying is generally a scratch golfer can average 250 yards off the tee and reach 470 yard par 4's in 2 because that is what it would take in order to consistently play to the course handicap of zero. Thanks for the laughs if this is all a big joke, if this is your real personality, then I feel sorry for anyone who has to deal with you on a daily basis... :wtf:
as I said, you can't play scratch unless you can do 250 yard drives and that means 100MPH swing speed with a solid strike
sure you need skill in many areas, but you won't find legit male scratch players swinging 90mph
show me one male scratch golfer swinging 90mph, I'll show you a liar
so IF you want to get into that not so exclusive club of playing scratch (it's not really that big of a deal IMO and I've played at scratch since early 80's) you can't get into the club unless you have 100MPH
then you need ball compression or solid strikes, a short game, course management, etc
it takes lots of time playing and practicing to get to scratch but if you can't swing the broom 100mph YOU WILL NEVER GET THERE
you can have swing faults and get there, you can be a bad putter and hit laser irons, you can miss drivers some, scratch means you have flaws and are not perfect
when ELITE golfers are way better than scratch, SCRATCH IS NO BIG DEAL, sure you are good at many things but not really a master of any, masters in golf are deep plus golfers, scratch is just a guy who can swing AT LEAST 100MPH and has some basic skill, he needs lots of work, he may need major work on the most valuable 6 inches in golf BETWEEN THE EARS, he may need to fix some flaws or learn more of the short game, scratch golf is NOT a big deal, it's a FLAWED GAME
what did Hogan say, when a guy can make 18 birdies THEY PLAYED PERFECT GOLF
scratch is no big deal