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Nicklaus Could Have Driven Close To 400 Yard With Modern Equipment

I’m not talking about average drives here, but Jack Nicklaus has made a solid case that he’d likely have been able to drive the ball close to 400 yards with today’s equipment.

It’s not just the clubs that would make the difference, but the balls they use in the Modern Golf era.

I began to play golf in the mid-90’s, so I remember when ball technology really took off.

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I Don’t Play Golf But… A 600 Yard Par 5 In Two?

If you think today’s pro tour players are good and that the longer ones among them hit it far (both accurate assessments, because I’m not saying they aren’t or that they don’t), then let me tell you something about my day yesterday and let you wonder what they could do with mechanically-sound and properly leveraged Classic Golf Swings.

Yesterday, I enjoyed a great day on the course out at Royal Ashburn G.C. with David D. 

This track is the former Fall Q School venue of the former Canadian Tour, and the ironic thing is that I actually worked there as a locker room attendant for a summer coming out of high school – and never once saw the course!

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