Buttermaker
Well-known member
How much has equipment effected the game? Was watching the Golf Channel's replay of the 1991 PGA Championship that Daly won, they showed that he led the tour in driving distance that year with an average of 289.9 yards. In 2016 that would rank 101st in driving distance and John Daly is leading the Champions Tour this year in driving distance at 303.5. So, 25 years older, fat and out of shape (Daly was actually pretty trim in 1991), John Daly averages 13.6 yards longer off tee. Makes you wonder how much more the manufacturers can push the limits of the ball, clubheads and shafts, and if at some point the governing bodies will really have to step in and limit the technology.
Measured only for drivers or all drives on par 4s/5s regardless of club?