Jeremy,
Joe's superior skill is not negated because he can hit a
3-wood, 2 or 3-iron far more accurately than Bob, hence he is better able to position his tee shot in the ideal location than Bob, and, if the wind conditions are right he can take the risk/ reward of carrying the cross bunker.
Pine Valley, NGLA and GCGC don't seem to have suffered architectually by the existence of cross bunkers.
Super Balls have been manufactured for years, and declared illegal by the USGA. It is only a matter of time before that technology results in a legal ball that will perform in a similar manner. Married with technologically improved drivers,
350-400 yard drives will no longer be rare.
Now that one eye has been fixed as of four weeks ago,
the stitches finally out of my back as of two weeks ago,
and my thalium stress test normal as of two weeks ago,
I intend to get back into PLAYING golf, which I haven't been able to do on a serious basis since July 5, 2001, and take dead aim on your 350 challenge, assisted of course, by the latest in balls and equipment.
When guys have been starting to hit the 666-670 yard 16th green at Pine Tree in TWO, something is awry.
Imagine if you will, that someone crushes a drive 370 yards,
now that's impressive, but now, they have to hit a 300 yard
3-wood off the fairway to reach the green, and they do it.
Tell me, ten, twenty, thirty or forty years ago, if you ever heard of an accomplishment like that.
Now Plainfield has a few, neat cross bunkers on their par 5's, but you say you don't agree with Donald Ross's theory on this issue. Should they take them out, to cease penalizing the better player, as you claim ?
Robert Walker,
No, but we might be getting closer.