Laser VS GPS : The Jackie Burke Method

As quoted in Golf Digest (May,04)

Stomping around in search of a sprinkler head that has "162" stamped on it
is a complete waste of time. Before they invented the 150-yard marker, we
used a formula that worked better than numbers. Determine what club you'd
need to use -- with $1,000 riding on it -- to fly the ball over the green.
You have to be honest with yourself: There's $1,000 at stake, so you better
not underclub. If that club is a 6-iron, simply take one club less -- the
7-iron -- and hit it firmly or softly depending on whether the hole is
front, middle or back. The formula never fails. It also teaches you feel,
touch and a sense for wind and elevation. One more thing: It'll cut half an
hour off your round.


I think about this all the time when I look at Lasers and GPS gadgets that
I'd love to have. I love the way these "old guys" approach the game. I think
after reading some stuff from guys like Burke and Ben Hogan that they
were/are just so talented that their advice is almost arrogant to the rest
of us.

Ben Hogan 1957 in FIVE LESSONS

"there's nothing difficult about golf, nothing. I see no reason, truly, why
the average golfer, if he goes about it intelligently, shouldn't play in the
70's- and I mean by playing the type of shots a fine golfer plays."


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