Daz

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[Daz @dazunderscore]

Cool story bro

You got hammered 2 zip

[SEN 1116 @1116sen]

"We dominated today."

Turkey's captain - who trashed talked the Socceroos before the Aussie's 2-0 win - has doubled down on his dominance claims.

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G’day #Socceroos fans, how we feeling? 😀😤🇦🇺

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[Stanley Johnson @BrandDNA]

Roy Keane on Australia at the World Cup. #Socceroos

[Robert Lusetich @RobertLusetich]

Turkish captain Çalhanoğlu predicted "we will dominate the game because we have more qualities and a more talented team". He does not understand Australians. The way to get an Aussie to do anything is to tell them they can't. A defensive masterclass, and so much heart. #WorldCup

[CommBank Socceroos @Socceroos]

Our first opening #FIFAWorldCup match win since 2006 💚💛

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[TSN @TSN_Sports]

AUSTRALIA OPEN THE SCORING IN VANCOUVER! 🇦🇺

Nestory Irankunda brings it down and finishes it! #FIFAWorldCup

[CommBank Socceroos @Socceroos]

The 10th #Socceroo to score at the #FIFAWorldCup 🌟

Nestory Irankunda 🥶

[CommBank Socceroos @Socceroos]

Tony Popovic makes history 👏

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[CommBank Socceroos @Socceroos]

THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE 😤🚧🧱

HARRY SOUTTAR WE LOVE YOU 😍

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The Aussies are back! 🇦🇺

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[Daz @dazunderscore]

#Socceroos

[Daz @dazunderscore]

Let's go #Socceroos !! #FIFAWorldCup

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All eyes on the Toronto night sky for the #FIFAWorldCup ✨

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[Bradley Hughes Golf @bhughesgolf]

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The increase in driving distance over the last 35–40 years has fundamentally changed professional golf, and not always in ways that many believe have improved the game.

On the PGA Tour, average driving distance has increased from roughly:

About 260–265 yards in the early 1980s
Around 270–275 yards in the 1990s
Around 285 yards by the mid-2000s
Around 300 yards today

The biggest jump occurred after the introduction of:

Large titanium drivers
Multi-layer solid-core golf balls
Lightweight graphite shafts
Launch monitor optimization
Modern athletic training

Many classic courses were simply not designed for modern distances.

Courses that once measured:

6,800–7,000 yards
have often been stretched to:

7,400–7,800 yards
Many courses have purchased adjacent land simply to move tees farther back.

The cost has been enormous:
More land
More irrigation
More maintenance
Higher operating costs

Perhaps the biggest change isn’t distance itself—it’s what distance has done to strategy.

Then
A player might hit:
Driver/3-iron or 4-iron into a long par 4.

Missing the fairway carried significant penalties because long irons were difficult to control.

Today Many players hit:
Driver- Wedge or short iron into the same hole. The penalty for missing a fairway has decreased because:

Modern wedges generate tremendous spin Rough is easier to escape with lofted clubs Short clubs are inherently more accurate

As a result: Distance often outweighs accuracy

Modern golf increasingly rewards:
Hit driver as far as possible
Find the ball
Hit a wedge from the rough

This style would have been far less effective during the persimmon-and-balata era.

Effect On Shotmaking

One of the unintended consequences has been a reduction in shot variety.

Historically players routinely hit:

1-irons
2-irons
Knockdowns
Curving long irons
Running approaches

Great shotmakers faced a much wider range of approach shots throughout a tournament.

Today, players frequently attack with wedges from distances where previous generations used middle or long irons.

Accuracy?

A common misconception is that today’s players are dramatically straighter. They are not necessarily straighter. In fact many players hit it:

Farther Higher With more spin
But not always more accurately

What has changed is modern equipment makes mishits more playable. A toe strike with a persimmon driver could cost 30–40 yards and curve severely.

A toe strike with a modern 460cc driver often remains in play.

Architects now struggle to defend courses.

Classic hazards designed to influence decisions Fairway bunkers
Cross bunkers Doglegs are flown completely over.

A bunker placed at 260 yards in 1975 needs to be 320+ yards today to affect elite professionals.

Many architects argue this has neutralized much of the strategic genius of older designs.

Has Scoring Improved? Professionals today hit it much farther, but:

Greens are faster
Rough is thicker
Pin positions are more demanding
Courses are longer

Scoring averages have improved, but not in proportion to the distance increase.

There are essentially two viewpoints:
Today;

Players are stronger and more skilled.
Equipment evolution is natural.
Fans enjoy watching long drives.

Traditional view;

Distance has overwhelmed architecture.
Accuracy/strategy have been devalued.
Too many holes play similarly: driver and wedge.

The modern equipment era has made professional golfers substantially longer without requiring courses to become substantially more interesting. The biggest change isn’t that players hit the ball farther it’s that many strategic decisions that once defined championship golf have disappeared.

Where a player of the past had to solve a hole with a variety of clubs and trajectories, today’s elite player can frequently solve the same hole with driver and a wedge. That shift has changed course design, tournament setup, and the strategic character of professional golf more than any other development in the modern era.

[Daz @dazunderscore]

YYZ ✈️ YVR 🇦🇺 🇹🇷 ⚽️ 🏆 #FIFAWorldCup

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Australia at the #FIFAWorldCup 🇦🇺

[Daz @dazunderscore]

@Socceroos See ya tomoz

[Daz @dazunderscore]

@FOS So what, no one is selling to that freak

[Daz @dazunderscore]

World Cup opener in Toronto. G'day Mike! #FIFAWorldCup 🇨🇦