Are big hitters ruining golf?

[Region3]

Most of the longer hitters are so obsessed with distance all they want to do is smack driver and then tell everyone over every available medium how far they hit their one drive in play today. What the deluded dears cant grasp given that most of them only have a handful of brain cells, is that the really great thing about having distance in your armoury is that you can hit safer clubs off the tee on harder holes without really compromising the ability to score.

What a ridiculously sweeping generalisation.

What would you call a long hitter?

 

[Region3]

Thing is, surely the distance you hit the ball off the tee defines which iron you predominantly use for your approach and therefore which irons you hit better. Let's say for instance one guy hits it miles usually leaving him a wedge to the green and another fella, not hitting it quite as far usually has an 8i. It stands to reason that the longer hitter would be better with his wedge than the shorter hitter and vice versa with the 8i. But does that mean the longer hitter's wedge is more accurate than the shorter hitter's 8i?

Interesting.

Given 2 players, A and B, who both have the same handicap but A is shorter off the tee and the 8i in your scenario. Assume the short games are as good as each other.

I'd say player B's wedge will be slightly more accurate than player A's 8 iron, just by the nature of (imo) the shorter the club the easier it is to be accurate with it (think triginometry and the angle representing the degree of error available to still hit the green at different distances).

I'd say that player A will be more accurate at the same distance out (regardless of club) than player B, because player A will have to be slightly better with his irons than player B to maintain the same handicap with less distance off the tee.

 

[znuffzz]

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