Bobby Jones - Clearing The Left Side

The "Snapping" of the Kinetic Chain

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[rojm]

the sound they add in for hitting the ball is timeless hah

[Vazquez71]

damn.. bobby jones had small ass feet! LOL

[fradaja]

priceless



[emncaity]

You didn't. I did, as part of the response to your post regarding the possibility of holding a tournament with only the old equipment. Point was--I think you'll see it below--that the Tour would never allow it, because it would tarnish their product, because the players are _not_ as flawless as the Tour makes them out to be, and game-improvement equipment is part of what helps create that illusion.

[smithersandburns]

@emncaity When did I say they didn't miss shots?

[emncaity]

@smithersandburns

They miss shots; they didn't make a "good play" by aiming at a tiny area to the right of the green and getting a good bounce (despite what TV announcers say); etc. But they do save par all the time when they miss a green, hardly ever incur penalty strokes, rarely make more than a one-stroke mistake, and rarely three-putt. But that truth is too boring for public consumption, so the Tour and its sponsors play into the myth of near-perfection, nowhere more so than with Tiger.

[emncaity]

@smithersandburns

I'd pay to see it, but the PGA Tour would never allow it. They have too much invested in the perpetual "these guys are good" campaign. I mean, those guys _are_ good, but not for the typical reasons most amateurs think.

[muddywater661]

@emncaity Too true.

[smithersandburns]

@emncaity Yeah, there is a lot to be said for how equipment effects the game. To be fair, a player is going to make his swing fit the current technology so when they get a swing to perform with lightweight oversized high moi clubs it will not be as optimum for a heavy steel shafted little wooden head. But I liked the old equipment better in a lot of ways since it's unforgiving and may require more skill. They should play one tournament a year with old equipment. That would be fun to watch.

[emncaity]

@dschultz6072

Welllll...not _just_ on the weekends, but your point is still right. There are multiple milllions of dollars to be made in complicating the swing and the game, you know. "Follow the money" is a good principle in this matter, as in so many others.