With modern equipment (balls and clubs), the golf ball is now travelling alot further. In response to this, modern courses are designed alot longer than their golden age couterparts. (And older courses are being lengthened).
I think this topic has been addressed once or twice on this site.
With modern equipment (balls and clubs), the golf ball is now travelling alot straighter. There has been, as far as I am aware (and I would be happy to be proven wrong), no reaction to this in the design of golf courses. Why not?
Why arent greens on modern courses smaller than those made previously?
Why arent fairways narrower than those made previously?
What is the point of having cool short game options around the green when tour player or the good club player is averaging 15-18 greens in regulation per round?
By the way, when I talk about narrow fairways and small greens, I am not talking about penal design, I love angles but should they be straightened out in modern design to be made compatible with modern equipment?
So in summary: Why the big reaction to the added length that modern equipment gives, but no reaction to the added accuracy?