That year, he was more than 30 yards longer than the average Tour player. In 1997, John Daly became the first golfer on the PGA Tour to average more than 300 yards per drive. Over the weekend, the USGA finally admitted that equipment needs to be reined in, a stance Max Behr, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods have agreed with for some time. The sport of Baseball is probably the closest to Golf, of the major sports in that its outfield lines vary just like that of individual golf courses, however, Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle in their prime would have been comfortable playing in 2020 since the equipment hasn’t forced individual stadiums to extend the height or length of outfield walls. And Tennis: 78 feet long by 27 feet wide. Basketball: 94 feet long by 54 feet wide. Watching the 2020 edition of the Phoenix open, followed by the Super Bowl offers casual fans a bird’s eye view of just how out of touch the game of Golf is compared with other major sports.įootball has had the same playing field dimensions since the game’s inception: 100 yards long by 53.33 yards wide. Much like every course in America built before 2000, my home club Holston Hills CC, has been ravaged by golf equipment “advances” for nearly 100 years.
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