Tadd Fujikawa driving distance

[Ghostwedge]

12 hours ago, oikos1 said:

Well, here ya go.  Ian Woosnam's Power Game.  The intro music is fantastic and worth the price of admission:

 

 

That intro music reminds me of a game show. Was expecting Queen, Black Crowes, Lead Zep.... something.

 

 

 

 

[Go Cougs]

10 hours ago, Ferguson said:

 

And 300-yarders are now commonplace here at WRX.   

 

 

 

We begin finding our men.  We found them sometimes without their gloves... and sometimes much, much worst.

"El que hace trofeos de los compo de golf" means "the demon who makes trophies of golf courses". 

We call them "tres hundos." 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 hours ago, DON SVO said:

 

The tall guy would be a Tyrannosaurus.

 

[m d g]

3 hours ago, jobin said:

I've always thought that a trained Orangutan would make an excellent driver of the golf ball.  Really long and immensely strong arms.

But you would need to do the putting.

What about an elephant? 

 

They're really strong, and he could grip the club with his trunk and really smash the ball.

 

As a bonus, he'd work for peanuts...

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I'll be here all week.

[bladehunter]

Go watch some 13 year old boys golf tournaments.   You’ll find plenty of 5-1 to 5-6 boys hitting it 265-280.  

[oikos1]

3 hours ago, bladehunter said:

Go watch some 13 year old boys golf tournaments.   You’ll find plenty of 5-1 to 5-6 boys hitting it 265-280.  

So true.  There are more "kids" now who can hit it 270+ off the tee yet still can't break 90.  Kinda puts the USGA's definition that "A male scratch golfer, for rating purposes, can hit tee shots an average of 250 yards and can reach a 470-yard hole in two shots at sea level"  in perspective.  You still have to be sharp with the wedges, able to scramble when not, and make short (3'-8') putts.

[bladehunter]

16 minutes ago, oikos1 said:

So true.  There are more "kids" now who can hit it 270+ off the tee yet still can't break 90.  Kinda puts the USGA's definition that "A male scratch golfer, for rating purposes, can hit tee shots an average of 250 yards and can reach a 470-yard hole in two shots at sea level"  in perspective.  You still have to be sharp with the wedges, able to scramble when not, and make short (3'-8') putts.

I’m telling ya.  There’s an army of them coming.    Just watch the drive chip putt. There’s 10 year olds on there flying it 230. 
 

very true.  You need the rest to do anything.  But this idea that you need to be big to launch a modern driver is wrong.  
 

heck look at the Korda sisters. Would they weigh 200 lbs together ?  Maybe. Barely. Lol. 

Edited October 20, 2021 by bladehunter

[karl1111]

18 hours ago, jobin said:

I've always thought that a trained Orangutan would make an excellent driver of the golf ball.  Really long and immensely strong arms.

But you would need to do the putting.

Sounds like youre talking about Ben Hogan 😅

[SlickT73]

On 10/20/2021 at 8:31 AM, oikos1 said:

So true.  There are more "kids" now who can hit it 270+ off the tee yet still can't break 90.  Kinda puts the USGA's definition that "A male scratch golfer, for rating purposes, can hit tee shots an average of 250 yards and can reach a 470-yard hole in two shots at sea level"  in perspective.  You still have to be sharp with the wedges, able to scramble when not, and make short (3'-8') putts.

 

It's not just a "now" thing though.

 

I'll never forget - we were at a random junior tournament when I was 17. Most of the decent players in the area were there. After the tournament they had a fun LD competition on one of the holes for a $50 gift certificate.

 

One guy had recently tried to play more with this group - but he started out thinking he was a long driver and had competed in it before taking on tournament golf. He thought he was a big deal because he'd made a couple more regional competitions. He talked a lot of random junk despite not having won anything and not having played with or against many of us. So he of course thought he was going to win the LD competition.

 

About 20 of us competed. He hit one hard for him, was pretty pleased...and finished in the bottom third. Wasn't even close. Everyone who was a high level tournament player knocked it past him. There are always kids who can smash it. And a ton more than people realize. Part of the reason everyone thinks this is such an exceptional thing or a big issue now is that the videos and forums and social posts just weren't a thing then. It was just word of mouth mostly. And better players didn't do long drive back then - they just won the LD hole in the Junior Open - or the Men's Open.

[bscinstnct]

On 10/19/2021 at 11:47 PM, Go Cougs said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Predator!

That’s one you watch whenever it’s on ; )

[Go Cougs]

34 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

 

 

 

 

Predator!

That’s one you watch whenever it’s on ; )

It just never gets old my man!

[ThinkingPlus]

4 minutes ago, Go Cougs said:

It just never gets old my man!

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

[bscinstnct]

5 minutes ago, ThinkingPlus said:

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

 

Should have won the Academy Award!

 

Film making at its finest. 

 

[ThinkingPlus]

14 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Should have won the Academy Award!

 

Film making at its finest. 

 

Arnold's films are always fun, but never too deep.  He might get the cult classic lifetime achievement award Oscar one day.

[Go Cougs]

30 minutes ago, ThinkingPlus said:

Arnold's films are always fun, but never too deep.  He might get the cult classic lifetime achievement award Oscar one day.

How dare you

[NRJyzr]

A discussion on Schwarzeneggerian cinema is not what I expected when I clicked on this thread...

 

🙂

 

Edited October 27, 2021 by NRJyzr

[Shilgy]

On 10/22/2021 at 2:39 PM, ThinkingPlus said:

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

Laughing because for some reason I never pictured you as an Arnold fan.

[TiScape]

On 10/27/2021 at 8:19 AM, NRJyzr said:

A discussion on Schwarzeneggerian cinema is not what I expected when I clicked on this thread…

 

🙂

 

This can be said said for 25% of the threads here! 😝 
Actually 25% is probably too low! Haha

Edited October 31, 2021 by TiScape

[ThinkingPlus]

4 hours ago, Shilgy said:

Laughing because for some reason I never pictured you as an Arnold fan.

Sci-fi fan.  Lots of Arnold's films fall into that genre and who doesn't like a mindless action flick every now and again.

[Hankshank]

On 10/20/2021 at 5:38 AM, Go Cougs said:

I don't know man, that sounds a little off base to me.

 

If you can teach him to hit driver I'd think you could teach him to putt as well.

is the gorilla golf joke a uniquely Scandinavian one?

[Go Cougs]

14 hours ago, Hankshank said:

is the gorilla golf joke a uniquely Scandinavian one?

We're talking orangutans.  

 

But trying to teach a gorilla to golf?  That's just crazy.

[Hankshank]

9 hours ago, Go Cougs said:

We're talking orangutans.  

 

But trying to teach a gorilla to golf?  That's just crazy.

Thats the motor of that story.

[Go Cougs]

On 11/1/2021 at 10:18 PM, Hankshank said:

Thats the motor of that story.

Don't even get me started on chimpanzees. 

 

People assume since they're great at tennis it's likely they have a natural aptitude for golf.  No sir.

[Hankshank]

The  joke stats with two guys, one have a domestic gorilla. Both guys plays golf and they make a bet…

 

But I’m an awful joke presenter, does anyone have the story?