Re: Champions are playing graphite and OS clubheads

On Wed, 31 May 2006 10:39:22 -0500, Bobby Knight <bknight@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Wed, 31 May 2006 07:50:29 -0700, larry <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Tue, 30 May 2006 19:04:36 -0500, Bobby Knight <bknight@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Tue, 30 May 2006 23:54:19 GMT, Carbon <nobrac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

You're such a pathetically obvious troll. The same stupid tricks over and
over. Don't you get bored? You must be very lonely.

The Southern California Mid-Amateur champion is obviously a really
good player. However, the odds are that he probably couldn't make a
living on any of the tours. Certainly not the PGA.

Could that be primarily because he is a full time electrical
contractor? No telling how good such top amateurs could be if they
did what touring pros do- almost live on the courses and practice or
play all day every day.

I know several who were as good as any future touring pro when both
graduated college. They were offered support from 'backers," but
decided the vagabond life of travel and motel rooms was not for them.
Now some play in top amateur events like the SCGA Mid-AM. But
instead of practicing and playing before teeing off--they were at
work, their real job.

Larry

Since you said The trend among good players is away from stiff steel
shafts and forged blade clubheads, we just have to understand that you
meant amateurs. That's a fair assumption.

As far as those great amateurs playing on any of the tours, it is far,
far more difficult than it seems. We had a son of a member who just
ripped all of the surrounding courses up. He did get on the Hooter's
tour, but I don't think he ever made a living. He still shoots in
the mid-low -sixties at our course, where the record is held by Rod
Pampling at 60 (par 71). Those tours are another animal.

The difference is 12 foot putts. Go to any gathering of young
touring pros and their amateur friends who were just as good before
they chose those different career paths. They stand around the
wedding receptions, etc. and discuss who is thriving and who has just
lost his card, who is not cutting it, who just got his card, etc. They
all hit fairways, they all hit it 290+, they hit about the same number
of greens, the difference boils down to putting and rolling in a half
dozen long putts per round --enough to win or place high and get a
check.

They say we know Alan Doyle and Dana Quiggley's name because they are
great putters, not because of their full swing.

So when an amateur who is a full time electrical contractor wins an
event like the SCGA Mid-AM, it means he is a great putter (and likely
has always been such!) He doesn't lose that when he takes weeks off
between rounds.

He chooses his irons because they are imminently functional and do not
require him to beat balls for hours to maintain an edge-- and
increasingly they are choosing graphite shafts and forgiving OS cavity
back clubheads.

larry
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