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Forum Thread of the Day: “Why Adam Scott believes driving is no longer a skill on tour”
Today’s Forum Thread of the Day comes from KrazyTrain18 who created a discussion dedicated to Adam Scott’s comments that the art of driving will disappear unless officials build “smarter golf courses.”
Scott was speaking to the AAP following his third round at the BMW Championship where he stated
“They haven’t figured out yet that long means nothing to us; you can’t build it long enough. I’m not (surprised to see low scores at Medinah); if a golf course is soft we are just going to tear it apart. I’m not challenging (PGA Tour officials and course designers) to build longer golf courses; I’m challenging them to build smarter golf courses. If you require us to shape tee shots to get it in play we’re going to struggle.
“(Now) we just play straight, everything is straight. While there is an option to go over trees and over bunkers, it is just relentless. The driver is the most forgiving club in the bag now; it’s just swing as hard as you can and get it down there far. It’s not a skilful part of the game anymore and it’s really unfair for some guys who are great drivers of the golf ball. I don’t think their talents are showing up as much as they should.”
Here are what some our members have been saying in our forum concerning Scott’s comments, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- JaNelson38: “Been saying it here for a long time – shorter courses with more angles and hazards to make landing areas less accessible and poor shots penalized.”
- imakaveli: “Thanks Adam Scott for telling the truth they don’t want to accept. Apart for some rare exceptions course we see every week are dull and lead to boring tournaments.”
- dlygrisse: “Roll back COR. Huge mistake by USGA, the long hitters picked up 50 yards, the short hitter maybe 1/2 that. Make the ball spin more off the driver. If the ball spun off the driver like it did with balata it would reduce the high flat bombs and make them work the ball and reduce carry and rollout. You used to have to make a decision with the ball. Do I pick a ball with spin, or distance? Now you get both. Playing a soft cover ball should add 1000 rpms to the driver.”
- el_b00t: “Rollback drivers, everyone plays the same ball, and let the rough grow in certain areas to penalize the long hitters that are off-target. I believe they touched on this in the Trap Draw podcast ‘commissioner for a day’.”
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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a Titleist TSR 9-wood.
From the seller: (@RHenderson): “Titleist TSR 9 Wood, Like new. Mint, Custom ordered from Titleist and received it Friday, played 1 round & only hit 4 balls with it, it does not fit my gaping so my loss your gain. Hzrdus Riptide CB 60 Stiff $200.00 Will sell just the head & cover for $175.00.“
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Titleist TSR 9-wood
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set of Miura TC-201 irons
From the seller: (@Vinny Nguyen): “Miura TC 201 5-PW w/ Modus 105X Black shafts. Half inch short of standard, 2 flat, standard loft. $825.“
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Miura TC-201 irons
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In our forums, our members have been discussing TaylorMade’s new Qi10 fairway woods. WRXer ‘ace036’ plans on testing them in the next few weeks, saying: “from how they look from address and frame the ball is much more appealing to my eye versus my current Paradym fairway woods.” And our members have been sharing their positive feedback in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- Edwardsr: “I got fit into the Qi10 core model with Ventus TR Black 8X and it’s absolutely amazing for me.During the fitting with my 12-15 swings with it, it was the most efficient combo I’ve ever tested, tons of 1.48 smash and 3 or 4 1.49 smash (which I don’t think I’ve ever gotten on 3 wood on a launch monitor).”
- MiloMalt: “No complaints and so far only high praise for my Qi10 Tour 3 and 5 wood. I’m getting great numbers and a nice penetrating ball flight with great height whereas with my old TSi2 4 wood it was spinny and ballooning and short because of that.”
- courcy75: “The Qi10 Tour 3 wood I just put in play has been outstanding for me. Finally found something I like as much as the 07 burner tp.”
Entire Thread: “From the Forums: How are you liking TaylorMade’s Qi10 fairway woods?”
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George
Aug 21, 2019 at 3:21 pm
He’s got a point. Make the course as long as you want, but it will be absolutely dominated by players today. People said the 2013 US Open at Merion would be a joke and torn apart by tour players at <7,000 yards. The rough was more than a penalty stroke so actually placing drives with skill was imperative. Angles and shaping were important as well. Obviously the putter is what ultimately wins tournaments, but if a player can just bomb a driver around without a penalty to a bad swing, they'll be looking wedges into the green and so many more makable birdie putts to win tournaments than players who aren't top tier in driving distance.
Johnny thunders
Aug 20, 2019 at 11:07 am
Building more challenging course ain’t going to happen. Cost too much. Rolling back COR for ain’t going to happen as equipment manufactures will not support it and the ruling bodies don’t want to back lash from amateurs. Only chance would be is to come out with a pro only ball that can reduce the distances. Let everyone else play their new $500 drivers and soft distance balls.
Give the pros a challenging ball. And one ball they all would play. Like car racing with spec engines and tires,
Caroline
Aug 20, 2019 at 9:17 am
Very important for the equipment companies that the pros always have a chance to shoot under par. Safe to say any week the winning score is 18 or more under that the course was set up too easy. Both TV and in person viewing would never survive if constant winning scores were more near par. A couple times a year there is the odd course set up (some majors) that are really set up for only the best players, but the powers that be understand it has to be limited.l No one is going to pay $1,000 for a driver, $3,000 for irons, $600 for a putter and $50 a dozen for golf balls if pros can only shoot par with them.
Dan
Aug 19, 2019 at 4:34 pm
0 creativity required to play pro golf anymore. sad
Brandon
Aug 19, 2019 at 3:22 pm
I wonder if Adam thinks putting is a skill… Maybe the problem is he thinks too much.
Acemandrake
Aug 19, 2019 at 12:51 pm
Firm & fast will raise scores.
Scratchscorer
Aug 19, 2019 at 11:09 am
Rolling back equipment only increases the advantage longer players have. Adam Scott is right, you have to create angles where certain shot shapes are required to put the ball in play. We also have to accept that a long player who can find the fairway should have an advantage, and doesn’t need to be mitigated.
Ryan
Aug 19, 2019 at 10:08 am
600 yard par 5s are hit in two, 500 yard par 4s are driver 8 iron, 250 yard Par 3s, are 4 irons. What’s next a 700 yard par 5? 600 yard par 4s? A course that is 9000 yards? When the player just sees the course in front of them they bomb away. Shorten the course, make tricky angles, hazards, etc and those same guys last week would have been lucky to break -10 for the winning score.