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August 11, 2005
Too Much of a Backlash?
Posted by Nick
Could the course backlash against technology gains be going too far? Depends on the venue, but Monty thinks so:
The Baltusrol course where the USPGA will be played is 7392 yards long, helped by the par-five 17th which measures 650 yards.
Colin Montgomerie has never been a massive hitter and is not a fan of the fad that to make a course more of a test, tournament organisers have to put back tees...
...He said: 'Length is becoming a big issue. Every course we go back to seems to be lengthened. We haven't been here at Baltusrol for 12 years and I don't remember this course being as long as it is.
'I do think the length is outdoing technology. Over 18 holes I'm probably 100 yards longer than I used to be but this is course is 300 yards longer than it was so I've lost 200 yards somewhere.
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Nick Schulz is the Editor of Tech Central Station and has worked in media circles and the ideas industry as a writer, editor, television producer and policy analyst. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The National Post of Canada, The Baltimore Sun, Investor's Business Daily, The Washington Times, National Review, Reason, Policy Review, and several other publications. He is also, it should be said, a rabid sports fan whose fandom is inversely proportional to his overall athletic ability.
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