Why does everyone hate so called big hitters?

[USER1999]

Inevitably there must be some monster hitters out there. Guys who compete at long driving for instance. But there are very few of them. A mate of my golfing partner plays at Brookmans park, and he competes at long driving. Hits it miles, genuinely. Plays off 8.

He is pretty rare though.

Back to the original question though. There are way too many deluded people on golf forums (particularly GolfWRX) who think they are up there with Bubba, when they wouldn't even make the stats table.

Personally, yes, I would like to hit it longer. I have a fairly solid short game, and hence a bit more off the tee wold make a big difference. Being able to go for the par 5s in two would be nice. Sadly, it isn't going to happen.

Thing I don't get though is why someone who hits it long doesn't practice their short game. I don't have the option of adding length (at my age and decrepitude that is never going to be an option), but the short game is easy to improve at. If that is the limiting factor, get out and improve it.

 

[Owen_Thomas_14]

At the end of the day, who cares who hits it the furthest? Most people that i know who can put it past me play off double digits. Figure it out, its not rocket science. Personally i would trade 50 yards for more accuracy around 150 yards and in. It also depends on what your wanting from the game as well

 

[300yard3wood]

Well I CONTACTED golf monthly, this is always a topic that causes a stir on any forum.

Rather than speculation and disagreement, lets try and get some proof!

 

[USER1999]

What is it going to prove? That you can hit over 300? Not sure what the issue is, or why you feel GM would be interested.

Most over estimate how far they hit. It doesn't need proving. It's a given.

 

[Screwback]

Screwback,


Why would a low handicap club golfer not be able to hit the ball as far as a pga pro?

The reason the guys are pros is because they score well and have pretty much mastered all aspects of golf. Tour pros are ridiculous with wedges, putters, bunker shots, iron shots, strategy and driving all aspects.

There is nothing to prevent say a 2 handicap golfer hitting the ball 300yards ON AVERAGE whilst not being quite pga standard with, irons, wedge and putter.

Surely you must agree?

Or

Is it the case that this 2 handicap example averages 250 sharpens up all other areas to the point required to hit the tour and automatically gets longer as he is now a pro?

I agree with you there is no reason for a club golf not to be able to average like a tour pro. although i would say there is no chance of it.

Do you realise how far 300 yards plus is? do you realise that the tour guys very rarely do it? do you realise that someone with a handicap of even +3 is in reality not good enough for the tour?

So comparing top amatuers to these exceptional golfers is quite un fair never mind your average club chopper that thinks hes bubba.

As i said 240 - 245 big hitting in club golf!!

Surely you must agree?

 

[pokerjoke]

Well I CONTACTED golf monthly, this is always a topic that causes a stir on any forum.

Rather than speculation and disagreement, lets try and get some proof!

Where do you play,what is your handicap?

 

[300yard3wood]

Murph,

You do not see me saying that I can hit 300 yards.


"What is it going to prove?"

It is the most debated topic on internet golf forums, every thread is guaranteed way more comments and views than other threads, so a magazine writing a properly researched article on this topic would have a lot of keen readers!

You will see if you read my posts, I agree that most over estimate.

HEADLINE

INTERNET GOLFERS AVERAGE 300 YARDS!

Then an article on whether they do! Tell me people will not read that


REPLIES TO OTHER REMARKS

MY handicap is not really relevant here, I am not claiming THAT I hit this far, I do not play golf often any longer.

I know where plus 3 is in relative terms to the PGA.
I am fully aware of how far 300 yards is.

I assure you that I am pretty well informed having witnessed the mystical 300yard amateur first hand.

 

[Philm]

I assure you that I am pretty well informed having witnessed the mystical 300yard amateur first hand.

one question, if he mishits one to 270 and then one too 260 and then maybe 295 can he find the 350/305/330yards to even it out?

if he can thats some hitting!

Phil

 

[Lawrence22]

I'd be happy if I could hit it 250. Driving and 3 wood have went to the dogs again in the last couple of weeks so I've had to resort to 3 hybrid off the tee, I'm doing well if I hit it 180

 

[300yard3wood]

I assure you that I am pretty well informed having witnessed the mystical 300yard amateur first hand.

one question, if he mishits one to 270 and then one too 260 and then maybe 295 can he find the 350/305/330yards to even it out?

if he can thats some hitting!

Phil

I think so.

This kind of proves why an article would be interesting!
To see if it happens!

 

[Bacardibatman]

i have to say having read alot of forum post form other places aswell as here about big hitters and their claims,

while not all ppl seem to hate so called big hitters

alot of ppl do have an attitude towards ppl that say they are thinking that their claims must be taken with a pinch of salt

while im sure there are some/plenty that exaggerate how long they actually are

some truly do hit it it along way.
especially as equipment gets better and better


ppl shouldnt be judgemental about others claims unless they are obviously fake or so remarkable even the person making the claim must find it hard to believe themselves and would understand ppls scepticism

ppl shouldnt nescesarily judge others by their own standards (or length) tho

 

[Aztecs27]

AW i wouldn't worry about it i think that the custom fitting machine was cranked right up to make it look good.

I made that comment as i've seen it before ,where i was on one and the distances i was being told i was hitting were alot of crap as i know i dont hit it that far.

Wined your neck in fella and stop biting, anyone can come on here and say they hit over 300 yards the proof is actually doing it every time.Guys that hit it that far let there clubs do the talking i've played with one guy on here who can do it cmk ,he doesn't boast about it he does it.The only way to prove it is play in one of the meets and let everyone see you hit it that far.

I think you and others have missed the point completely this was not a thread for massaging my ego, I asked why people hated anyone who stated they cud do it. Niether this or my last thread was about boasting mate, read properly.

I wud look forward to playing these "meets" just so I can see wat some of you are like without the computer to hide

It doesn't bother me how far people hit it to be honest mate it really doesn't ,good luck to you ,what annoys me is peolpe who say i hit it 300 yards all the time ,as i said i've seen how these launch monitors can be adjusted.

I don't have to hide behind my computer mate as i've played with alot of the guys on here and they'll tell you how short a hitter i am and how bad .If you hit it that far well good luck mate keep at it.

Perhaps we're testing drivers next week and we can see how long we all aren't!

 

[JustOne]

I'd say I'm in the top 10% of longer hitters but nowhere near the top. Not many people consistently blast it 60yds past me but i seem to do that to others quite frequently.

Played yesterday with the forum boys, put one out at 285yds (12th) and one at 275yds (14th) into an upslope, both GPS'd, not bad for Winter as both would have made it past the 300yds in the Summer.

On the flip side I hit one off the heel that flew 20feet off the ground straight into a bunker at 210yds (11th) and one off the toe that went 240yds (16th)

If I average those yardages it comes in at 252yds, the duffed ones really knock back your average!!!

In this country (soft courses and bad weather) I think we are fooling ourselves if we think someone can CONSISTENTLY average 300yds but there's definitely people out there who can MURDER THE BALL in the right conditions.

Really good players don't duff their tee shots so I expect there are a lot out there who can average 270, 280 or even possibly 290yds. In the USA where conditions appear more favourable most of the year I expect there's loads of them.

 

[medwayjon]

I can hit the ball a long way

But so what???

I always tend to end up imploding with the big-stick as my confidence grows, I try to put too much power in and it all goes wrong.

When I was playing well (when I won that princes day & a few other GM forum things where I played well) I was controlling it and putting 80% of power into drives, finding fairways and then getting decent scores.

Yes it does help to have it in your locker when needed, but accuracy is to me, far more important than power.

 

[Leftie]

Really good players don't duff their tee shots so I expect there are a lot out there who can average 270, 280 or even possibly 290yds. In the USA where conditions appear more favourable most of the year I expect there's loads of them.

You're right. They are on the tour. Just had a quick look at the PGA Tour site (assumed 2010) and the average was 287.3 with average of 63.24% of FIR. Those who hit longer usually missed more fairways - e.g. TW 295.8 with only 57.21% FIR. Bubba Watson was 309.8 and 55.67%.

It's heart warming to know that in this country we have so many amateurs who can consistently out drive TW and BW

 

[golfstick]

AT no point ever did i say i consistantly average 300 off the tee. AT no point ever did i say i was a big hitter. Where has this chinese whisper come from?

 

[percy_layer]

AT no point ever did i say i consistantly average 300 off the tee. AT no point ever did i say i was a big hitter. Where has this chinese whisper come from?

Just what i was thinking, your earlier post was about how different drivers performed for you and you quoted the launch monitor results to illustrate the differences.........

 

[Ronnoc1980]

I drove our 13th par4 414yrds hole in the summer and just as quick as it got round the club what I had done so to it did that I had 5 stabed it for a 6!!

This of course was a nasty lie strated by one of my so called mates I 2 putted for a 3, but I still get ribbed for the 5 stab which never happend.

 

[Dodger]

AT no point ever did i say i consistantly average 300 off the tee. AT no point ever did i say i was a big hitter. Where has this chinese whisper come from?

Did you not tho tell us you had allegedly whapped out 15 at 306......carry?

 

[golfstick]

AT no point ever did i say i consistantly average 300 off the tee. AT no point ever did i say i was a big hitter. Where has this chinese whisper come from?

Did you not tho tell us you had allegedly whapped out 15 at 306......carry?

i think if u take the time to review my post again at the bottom I state that i believed it was total distance not carry cos i wasnt certain! and i stated it was done by launch monitor which no one trusts! and it was only 15 balls! hardly enuff to class an accurate game average.

I have to say this post has really started a crazy debate chaps!