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Nate Golomb

Best Invention in Modern Golf
« on: July 10, 2005, 03:37:05 PM »
To add to Sean Reehoorn's post of the worst inventions in golf...what are some of the positive inventions/ideas we've seen come out in the last 25 or so years?

Of course we could say some of the great new course designs such as Sand Hills, Bandon, etc. but I'm curious to hear what people like about what's happened in golf and where it is headed...

~The New Guy (Nate)
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Steve Lang

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2005, 05:25:16 PM »
 8)
re movable weights.. The Hardware store.. where one can buy a metric machine screw, some flat washers, lock nut washer and nut for $0.60+ 0.09 +0.09 +0.09 + 0.17 = $1.04 for an alternative r7 weight which they'd charge $18 for !!!
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Sean_A

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2005, 05:29:32 PM »
Softspikes

Ciao

Sean
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Kevin_Reilly

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2005, 05:51:21 PM »
Double strap (Izzo was the first) that holds a bag with a stand.
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Ken Fry

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2005, 05:52:13 PM »
Double strap carry bags

Light weight push carts (for those that can't carry)

Buffalo Turbine Debris Blower
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cary lichtenstein

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2005, 05:54:18 PM »
Lob Wedge
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Live Jupiter, Fl, was  4 handicap, played top 100 US, top 75 World. Great memories, no longer play, 4 back surgeries. I don't miss a lot of things about golf, life is simpler with out it. I miss my 60 degree wedge shots, don't miss nasty weather, icing, back spasms. Last course I played was Augusta

Dan Herrmann

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2005, 07:51:57 PM »
Solid golf balls with feel and stand bags.

I have an old bag in my garage from my days at Nike - a very, very light bag, and I forgot what a pain it was to drop it on the ground and keep picking it up.  Of course when you shoot anywhere from 82-102, that can be a lot of picking up  :)
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Craig Disher

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2005, 08:08:26 PM »
Golf cart with headlights and side panels to keep out the rain.

Seriously, big headed drivers or double-strap stand bags - can't decide.
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Andrew Summerell

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2005, 08:41:41 PM »
I have to go with Double-Strap Stand Bags as well
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A_Clay_Man

Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2005, 12:36:21 AM »
Why it's GCA.com, of course.
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John_Conley

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2005, 12:48:28 AM »
I can't stand double-strappers.  I guess it is just me.

No question that steel shafts and hardcover balls are up there.  My dad used to but severe smiles in his in the 70s.  That's unheard of now.
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Mike Benham

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2005, 01:16:41 AM »
I vote for the modern rubber grips ... I never was a fan of leather grips (I am always fearful of leting one of my hickories slip out of my hands on the follow through ...) ...
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Kris Kerr

Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2005, 01:25:10 AM »
ladies tees.  ;)

The New Girl.
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John_Conley

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2005, 01:31:11 AM »
Kris, I thought fishing WAS standing on the shore like an idiot.
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Kris Kerr

Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2005, 01:33:57 AM »
ah well yes, just so not idiotic with a fresh trout on the end of the line...and not much more idiotic than smashing a little white ball around for 3 hrs...
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James Bennett

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #15 on: July 11, 2005, 04:14:54 AM »
Quote from: John_Conley on July 11, 2005, 01:31:11 AM
Kris, I thought fishing WAS standing on the shore like an idiot.


John

I note that Kris Kerr heralds from New Zealand.  Fishing for carp around an English pond WOULD be standing on the shore like an idiot.  But, seeking a trout on the rivers and streams of NZ would probably be as close an experience to a Doak 6+ as you can get without a golf course.

I have only done it once (in Austalia's Snowy River area) but I will always remember it.  You see a lot of stream in one day.
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RJ_Daley

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #16 on: July 11, 2005, 11:07:46 AM »
While not a modern invention anymore, Tillie thought the flask was a terrific aid to his design efforts, and TomPaul agrees... ;D
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Kirk Gill

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #17 on: July 11, 2005, 12:09:16 PM »
"Fuzzy Zoeller and K-Mart introducing golf to Joe Sixpack and his buddies." (Although I somehow managed an introduction to golf before being introduced to either Fuzzy or K-Mart. Not sure how that happened.)
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Allan Hutton

Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #18 on: July 11, 2005, 12:15:42 PM »
18 holes as opposed to 22.

Otherwise we would now be looking at 9000 yard golf courses...
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Mike Nuzzo

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #19 on: July 11, 2005, 12:43:08 PM »
A double edged sword - GPS, for the designer, not the player - in that case it should be placed on the worst thread....
« Last Edit: July 11, 2005, 12:43:44 PM by Mike_Nuzzo »
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Ted Kramer

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #20 on: July 11, 2005, 12:52:34 PM »
Carry bags.
Good water-proof gear, and those rain gloves.

-Ted
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Michael Plunkett

Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #21 on: July 12, 2005, 10:37:59 AM »
Tiger Woods
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Jim Nugent

Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #22 on: July 12, 2005, 11:11:46 AM »
Not sure if 38 years ago qualifies as modern, but...the golf cart filled with two Playboy bunnies serving players around the course during the club tournament.  I was only a caddie -- damn! -- but those images are etched in my memory.  
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Sean Remington (SBR)

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #23 on: July 12, 2005, 11:12:47 AM »
Pete Dye

Plant Growth Regulators
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Michael Wharton-Palmer

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Re:Best Invention in Modern Golf
« Reply #24 on: July 12, 2005, 12:43:32 PM »
Waterproofs that actually allow you to play

Steel woods???to bring golf more to the masses, although I still wish we were hitting persimmons
Cavity backs for the same reason and same self preference

The emergence of one Tiger Woods..also golf to the masses

A new generation of architects who seem to "get it"
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