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Bob Pegram

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About Bob Pegram

  • Birthday 01/01/1950

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Campbell, CA, USA
  • Interests
    Golf, running, physical fitness, Christian, computers, current events.
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    nobody

Player Profile

  • Age
    60 and over
  • Swing Speed
    101-110 mph
  • Handicap
    4
  • Frequency of Play/Practice
    Multiple times per week
  • Player Type
    Competitive
  • Biggest Strength
    Driver/Off the Tee
  • Biggest Weakness
    Approach
  • Fitted for Clubs
    Yes

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  1. Done! It was interesting how big the effect was, especially for the minor scuffs. I can understand how a ball that ducks left is going to roll more. However, I was referring to the more than 30 yards roll on the baseline shot which, I assume, was with a new ball.
  2. I hope there is a "defacto coup against the USGA and the R&A".
  3. Narrowing the hash marks actually made pro football easier as did getting the goal post out of the way.
  4. Why do you assume they can adjust their machines to make the "new" balls? The specs of any new ball may not be within the tolerances of their machines. That would mean spending millions to design and have built all new machines.
  5. What kind of course has a roll of over 30 yards?! Courses I play with normal watering have a roll of closer to 10 yards or 15 yards max. With a 248 yard carry I would have trouble getting the total distance to 265 yards.
  6. As many others have said, driving the ball farther demands more accuracy which can easily be countered with narrower fairways or longer rough, or both. This ball change is unnecessary as long as a little greenskeeper creativity or more punitive design takes place.
  7. I agree that the most important reason for moving the goal posts was to reduce the number of severe (brain and other) injuries that were taking place. To some degree this ball change is like the kid who doesn't like how the game is progressing and so takes his ball and goes home. It is somewhat juvenile. If the limits had been put on BEFORE the increased distances we now see, it would be better, but, at this point, it would penalize equipment companies for their continuing advancing club engineering improvements and ball construction improvements. It is a stick in the eye.
  8. I am against the new ball, but, for clarity, it should be pointed out that the new ball is supposed to lose decreasing percentages of distance with less powerful swings. In other words, a golfer who now hits his drives about 200 yards will not only lose way less distance than the pros or other long hitters, but will lose a smaller percentage of his distance. The amount of distance he loses will be negligible. Long hitters will lose quite a bit of distance. I am 74, 6 feet tall, use a 46 inch driver and can hit the ball 270 to 280 on good days. I swing a very heavy leaded club 40 or 50 times every day for strength and flexibility. I will be penalized more for my work to stay in good condition and to stay strong than an average golfer will. That is what we get when amateurs make the rules for the pros (and everybody else) - penalties for hard work.
  9. How could rules for a game be copyrighted? Many predate the USGA as does the game of golf (by centuries). In addition, rules seem like they would be public domain by definition. If I want to play any game I can use any rules I want to use whether with permission or not. The fact that many tournaments, professional and amateur, use the same rules without remuneration to the USGA nor R and A seems to indicate they are, in effect, in the public domain. The USGA and R and A can certainly require adherance by affiliated organizations, but have no power over independent organizations who can make alterations such as local rules not included in the USGA rules. A local golf club could be formed with many, but not all, rules the same as USGA rules. What could the USGA do and why would they bother? Their legal fees are already killing them. In addition, it makes no sense for a bunch of amateurs to make the rules for professional golf.
  10. The lower lofts on irons has a detrimental effect if it causes more half shots at the wedge end of the bag. Those shots are more difficult due to trying to get the distance right. In reality, most golfers, including many tour pros, have ditched the longest iron and added a wedge. In effect the only change is the numbers on the clubs being off by one from years ago.
  11. If you do the math (the ratio of club length to height), with the optional 46 inch maximum club length it is impossible for a 6 footer to swing the same as a 5'9" golfer using a 45 inch driver. The same ratio of 5'9" (69 inches) in height to a 45 inch driver is 6 feet (72 inches) to a 46.96 inch driver. That is probably why a 47 inch driver fits me so well. I don't have an upright swing. My swing plane is relatively standard as far as tilt is concerned.
  12. Parks don't generate income for a city. Golf courses do. Houses sell for more when near (especially facing) a golf course. The difference may be less (or non-existent) than you think.
  13. I agree that the large head size and head weighting adjustments it allows in manufacturing make a big difference. I took a long time experimenting with long drivers. I ended up with a 47 inch driver that I hit no farther than a shorter driver, but I hit it much more accurately because it fit my swing better. I could use my natural swing and was more consistent. My swing is not upright. It also eliminated any back issues because I was turning somewhat more horizontally like the back is designed to perform. My average drive is longer only because I hit more fairways with it and so the roll is more than landing in the rough. I haven't been playing much lately and it is becoming harder to hit straight. It requires regular play and/or practice. A 46 inch driver I made is easier to hit straight. I can't go shorter than that without accuracy and back problems.
  14. The equipment manufacturers, ball manufacturers, pro tours and anybody else interested need to get together and adopt their own set of rules, most likely the current USGA rules, but without the new ball, and possibly without the optional 46 inch club length limit. Drivers longer than 48 inches tend to spray the ball so badly that even that limit could be abolished. In real golf (not long drive competitions) drivers over 48 inches are more of a liability. They would work only for extremely tall golfers - 6'6" or more.
  15. It's time for the ball manufacturers, club manufacturers, the PGA and other tours to tell the USGA where to go. They should adopt the USGA rules, but exclude the ball distance reduction as well as the 46 inch optional club limit while they are at it. I don't know of any other sport where amateurs control the rules for the professionals.
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