Golf on steroids | Chicago Tribune
Golf on steroids Chicago Tribune: "By Eric Rozenman, a titanium driver-equipped duffer in Washington, D.C
Published July 7, 2006
Chicago-area golf fans can witness routine drives at this weekend's Western Open at Cog Hill that would have been impossible barely a decade ago. That's because golf's on steroids. Not the players, the equipment.
In 1990, Tom Purtzer led the Professional Golf Association with drives averaging 279.6 yards. The next year, Callaway Golf Co. introduced its Big Bertha metal driver, all 195 cubic centimeters of it. Other equipment-makers responded, and by 2000, John Daly was leading the pack with drives averaging 301.4. In 2004, it was Hank Kuehne at 314.4 yards.
The pros now wield drivers with volumes of 460 cubic centimeters. These oversize mallets provide larger, springier club faces and permit longer, straighter drives. The new 1-woods--actually 1-metals--make the original Big Bertha seem petite."
Published July 7, 2006
Chicago-area golf fans can witness routine drives at this weekend's Western Open at Cog Hill that would have been impossible barely a decade ago. That's because golf's on steroids. Not the players, the equipment.
In 1990, Tom Purtzer led the Professional Golf Association with drives averaging 279.6 yards. The next year, Callaway Golf Co. introduced its Big Bertha metal driver, all 195 cubic centimeters of it. Other equipment-makers responded, and by 2000, John Daly was leading the pack with drives averaging 301.4. In 2004, it was Hank Kuehne at 314.4 yards.
The pros now wield drivers with volumes of 460 cubic centimeters. These oversize mallets provide larger, springier club faces and permit longer, straighter drives. The new 1-woods--actually 1-metals--make the original Big Bertha seem petite."
posted by Adrian Eyre at 5:40 PM
1 Comments:
Yeah chicago golf and golf in general will never be the same with this new technology...they will have to step in and change this...hey if your a chicago golfer checkout chicagogolfguide.com
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