Here’s an article from Mike Clayton that the golf traditionalists won’t like.
Sometimes you’re never going to please everyone but if you want to make an impact you’ve gotta step outside of the box.
With your golf game this means finding a way to hit the ball that suits you. Take Bubba. His swing (or attitude) will please very few gurus. But does it matter? I think not.
Clayton is a great course designer not because he tries to please everyone but because he thinks a bit (maybe a lot) differently from most. He’s not scared to do the stuff that feels important to him and he doesn’t lose focus with the odd naysayer.
This quote could definitely apply to how you play golf, not just course design:
We need to get away from the mentality that is bound by an inflexible handicap system that is ‘anti-elasticity’ as it tries to make an exact science out of something that is anything but an exact science.
Read the full article here.
4 Comments
Ross Baker
July 19, 2012Yes, Great Article by Mike Clayton, & “Bugger the Golf Gurus” They are killing the game!!! Ross Baker
Cameron
July 19, 2012Ross: Thanks for posting. Hope the golf is going well. Cheers,
Cameron
Steady
July 20, 2012Hi Cam,
If 60% of your score is determined from 100m and in why do golf designers want to stretch out courses or make them harder than what they need to be?
Cameron
July 20, 2012Steady: Because the ball goes so far these days. The pros can easily hit it 300m + and this makes most classic courses too short. The easiest solution would be to limit the ball – but the powers that be don’t get it just yet.
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