We aren't part of the problem, because non of us have figured out the game yet...
It's true that new tech in clubs and balls have changed the way we hit the ball, and the results we see, but I really don't know many people that I play with that actually can take advantage of the change.
I think that to score well in golf one has to have several things going for them, a repeatable swing, a steady and competitive attitude, and a thinking mind to get them around the shot, hole and course...without those basics, which are NOT delivered by the equipment the game is still tough and unsolvable.
Yes, our strategies have changed a bit, more bomb & gouge, but I still haven't seen many bomb & gougers figure out the green yet. I think that putting hasn't improved at all, and the giant mallets that most people have are a terrific waste money, and most are pretty darned UGLY.
I'm more purist for sure, my clubs make me remember my Staff Blades and Persimmon woods that I played until the late 90's, in fact I played with the blades until about 2002. I decided to give them up not because I couldn't hit them, but I didn't play as much and needed a few more yards and forgiveness, so my micro-cavity backs give me feel and security...so what?
My point is that the pros have figured out how to run 4 competitive rounds in the mid-60's, and can trounce the local TPC if the rough isn't up and the green's aren't East Lake oversaturated, but that is really not the rest of us is it?
I hate to see technology eliminate or destroy the competitive nature of the great courses, but I haven't seen many players that can take on the 6200 yard classics with as much scoring finesse as the 7500 yard modern venues....
I believe that many get lost in believing the myth that just because you can change your course routing with distance on 3 of 18 holes, that the course is obsolete. Grow and water the rough and I don't care if you have a rusted Vokey or CG14, or some new Callaway (Roger Cleveland) creation, you will still be lucky to get to par!