Everyone and his brother is trying to tell you that in order to play decent golf you have to hit the ball further. Heck, you could be hitting it three fifty, and I bet my next 6 birdies against your next bogey that on any given day I can find you out at the range, swinging with all four feet off the ground, trying to squeeze that last 1/4 mile per hour clubhead speed out of your new Sasquash driver, trying to reach 351. Am I right? Of course, thats a sucker bet. My next three birdies may not come until my next life. If golf is all about and only about distance, then how do you explain Jim Furyk? Huh? Gotcha there! But forget the pros more then likely youre not one; and if you are, what the heck are you reading this dribble for? Get your butt out to the range and hit some balls, I got nothing for you! Recently, I had the pleasure of playing in club tournament with a gal that never missed the fairway. Not off the tee, not off the fairway never! Talk about boring! But what a lesson! Incidentally, she never hit over 200 yards either. But she was the low score in the foursome and thanks to her, we ended up winning the tournament! If youre an average golfer, a lowly hacker like yours truly, go out to your local club on Ladies Day. Now wait a minute, before I lose all you Neanderthals that still think women have no place on a golf course. Give me a chance here. You just might learn something. Go look at the handicap list of the womens club and get the names of top women players, and, no doubt, you will see a number of gals with indexes under 10. Go out to the range and have some one point out these players to you and watch and learn. Now unless you have the reincarnation of Babe Zaharias, more then likely none, or certainly not many of these gals are pounding the ball off the back of the range. But what they are doing is hitting it straight (and, yes, long for gals, but not 350 yards). Now before you start whining about the womens tees and all that BS, watch where they are hitting it, not just how far. Now if you dont get one other thing out of my ranting here, remember, 225 down the middle even from the tips, is worth more than 350 yards into the drink no matter how you slice it! Now, if I havent totally emasculated you and youre still reading, step up and ask one of these gals to play a round of golf. If you want to further embarrass yourself, ask her to hit form the same tees, the ones you usually hit from. Now, you have to approach this with an open mind and not some sort of threat to your manhood. Remember, I said ask her, not challenge her. Dont go all Rambo on me here, just play your normal round. But watch and learn! My guess, again assuming you are the average duffer, shes going to shoot a lower score. But youll see first had that you can play decent golf without entering into the hernia danger zone on every drive. How do short hitters post low scores? Accuracy and consistency. Impressed, right? Not!! I didnt really think you would be and youd still want to hit it 350 and rip the center core right out of the cover! Right!! Okay, try this:
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