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RIP last Mr. Big

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@dp_4518 Do you think some of the GOP candidates are phony? I’d say if a candidate has a trump endorsement they’re probably not very honest with themselves.

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@JimHHartsell @Top100golfquest The drive is half the fun!!

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@bamabearcat He’s not an Alabamian

[Thwack Nicklaus @thwacknicklaus]

Why a ROLL BACK?

Imagine a hole.

450yd par 4. Straight.

Bunkers on each side — 275 carry from the tee.

Medium rough.

EVERY SINGLE MODERN TOUR PLAYER

Will send it over those bunkers with driver.

EVERY TIME.

LEAVING SAND WEDGE IN.

Now for the roll back… (read on)

Imagine a reduced-sized driver head.

200CC—similar to the size of a persimmon driver.

Can/will players still be able to hit it 300 yards?

Sure.

And they should!

The difference is this:

THEY CAN’T ALL DO IT EVERY TIME.

It’s a harder shot, mostly because the penalty for missing just slightly (with a head that size) is:

A) fairway bunker from 175 out

or

B) rough from the same distance

SOME PLAYERS WILL STILL GO FOR IT for the following reasons:

1) they are just really good ball strikers and trust that they consistently have that shot in the bag (Rory/Scottie).

2) they’re under the gun trying to make a cut or chase someone down on Sunday and want to apply pressure.

BUT

MANY PLAYERS WILL LAY BACK!

Why?

1) They don’t want to hit a 175 yard bunker shot or 175 shot from the rough

2) They’re more comfortable hitting a mid iron from the fairway

3) They’re just not feeling it that day. Swing is a little off (wouldn’t matter with modern driver—they’d still send it…)

ESSENTIALLY,

Rolling the ball back takes a simple hole and introduces many different outcomes and complexities that are essentially gone from the game right now.

If Rory ships one over that bunker with a tiny club head to keep the gas pedal down on Sunday, that’s a brave and admirable shot!

(b/c we now know what could happen if he misses)

If another player chooses to hit 3 wood to keep it in the fairway and flags a 5 iron and makes birdie, we know what a remarkable play that was (b/c it’s more difficult that hitting a lob wedge from 103 yds out of medium rough!)

To close, golf a the professional level is better when there are more outcomes, not fewer.

The better players will rise to the top—those who hit the ball better or (AND THIS IS KEY) those who make better decisions.

The modern game has taken most of the strategy out of professional golf.

It can easily be brought back!

But you have to reduce club head size to do it.

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@TheShotgunStart Everyone looks the same. We’ve gotta do something about generic golf clothing.

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@thwacknicklaus daily thwack

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@thwacknicklaus This lie is fine. Easy to hit the back of the ball.

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@EnakFlavors Actually, the logo shows more of Canada than the United States.

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@EnakFlavors @BamaHistory Why do you have a photo of the world on your logo?

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@thwacknicklaus I play persimmon and love the bxs. Everything else feels like a rock.

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@SEC do you like watching this?

[Evan Miyakawa @EvanMiya]

The 62 combined fouls in the Vanderbilt Alabama game is the most fouls in any D1 game this season. Yikes.

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@GoodmanHoops Easily one of the worst games to watch all year. The refs took all the flow out of it.

[ENAK Flavors @EnakFlavors]

We would like to congratulate the officials of tonight’s game.

They knew we all tuned into to the most important game of the SEC regular season to watch them, and they boldly took center stage and made the game about themselves.

Well done, sirs.

[National Links Trust @links_national]

Thoughtful piece by ⁦@garrett_TFE⁩ ⁦@fried_egg_golf⁩ - National Links Trust, Trump Administration Battle Explained https://t.co/qkB8jsbxj2

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@BurritoBrosShit @AndyTFE @jonathanrwall Show them the data. If you swing a driver <100 mph then a rollback won’t be felt too bad. Also ask the consumer if they’d rather pay $100k for an acre of land so they can add a tee box.

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@KylePorterNS The masters has hurt golf in America more than it has helped. Every course looks to Augusta for inspiration. The difference is that nobody else has that kind of money so we ended up spending all our money on the wrong things. Perfect conditions and presentation.

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@dp_4518 Republican politicians love to “spike the football” when there’s a robbing in San Francisco or a gunshot victim in Chicago.

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

@dp_4518 Politicians shouldn’t be celebrating teslas dip in the market but this is an example of what happens when major companies get involved in politics. For Elon to think this wasn’t going to happen is incredibly naive. Everybody just wants to dunk on somebody. He opened the lane.

[BOG @The_Real_Cheeto]

Kisner looks like a guy who won five club championships ten years ago at a 6200 yard course. @TheShotgunStart