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John,

Hope you are well! I was listening to Jack Nicklaus talking with Peter Kessler dude on the radio. Jack said "I think today's game 80% about POWER where as in my day it was 80% precision." He went on to say that Hogan and Player wouldn't be able to compete today . . .and maybe even he couldn't. He said that the top 5 money winners weren't in the top 100 in driving accuracy and had chosen Power over Accuracy because it benefited them.

What do you think about that? Do you think courses should be set up different or left the same? Does a short to medium length hitter have a chance out there?

Thanks man!

B

Gary Player held a clinic at a local course after the The Open and was asked if the old time greats Hogan, Trevino, Snead , Player etc) would have been able to compete with today's power hitting top players. He said without a doubt they would be a force to be reckoned with. He felt that the differences in equipment would have influenced their games and a Champion in one era would be a Champion in another. He said Nicklaus would have been as long as Tiger if he had modern equipment in his hands when in his prime and when he played against him he was hitting it way past him but still managed to compete.. Having played with the greats from several eras he felt could answer this question with authority. The real question as far as he was concerned was how the modern players would cope with playing with Persimmon , balata balls and poor quality by modern standards steel shafts against the former greats on the old set ups. He felt it would be easier going from old to modern than the other way round . The biggest difference is the modern ball in his opinion.