Swango1980
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My last comment was simply a short response to your brief last comment on your post.I honestly don't know how you get any of this from what I wrote.
My comment explicitly compared people in peak condition to older, weaker and unfit versions of the same people.
The main bulk of my post was to simply try and explain why the guys we see on the TV are hitting it so much longer. Equipment will be a large part, if we are comparing to Ben Hogan's era. However, if we are comparing to 20 odd years ago, I suspect equipment is a much smaller difference. A bigger reason is that there is a lot more competition and talent coming through into golf, and the training regimes are so much more intense and focused.
So, I don't see how the equipment plays a hugely negative role in golf. At amateur level, it helps, whilst I don't know of any local courses that are having to make any substantial changes to their layouts. And, at elite pro level, it adds to the excitement (in my view). There may be talk about these vert small fraction of elite level golf courses that have lengthened their courses over the years. However, if the equipment was changed to hit the ball shorter, would those changes become redundant? the course would need to be redesigned again, bunkers moved, etc, to account for such a change to equipment?