[nighthawk36]

Right Kevin,

all of the young guns around me, they don't care at all about precision with the big stick they just hammer it out, if they're lucky they'll end up in some playable lies.

I wish I could wind my body like the youngster can but on the other hand, I play a totally different game on same holes and we start at the tee and meet at the green.

Tourgolf, besides the US OPEN is in my opinion much easier then amateur weekend golf, considering how often these guys loose a ball out there is a rough, that's quiet seldom the case.

What has become crappy is the length of the golf courses. I remember in 1998 I played teh disney courses in Orlando, right the week after the tour was there. It's truely a difference, what they call a green there (in tour set-up, no clue if it's still that fast) and what shots they do, I rememeber the last whole on the palm course the Par 4 with 440y and the big bunker left in front of the green...I had a good tee shot but still left with at least 190 yards over this bunker to the flag rigfht behind. with today's experience I wouldn't go for this flag and rather play a percentage shot, BUT these guys just use driver wedge for the same whole, the need to carry this big distance is the one that created the power in the game and vice versa.