This test is meaningless if they used modern balls with persimmon woods. The ball changed more than anything else, the two piece and later 3 piece ball construction will not compress properly unless you're using a modern club.
Luke Adams exactly I mean he hit a few 250+ yards, got a few within a few feet with irons. Improvement on his putting he becomes a 10 or less handicap.
Not really. They only focused on the differences between clubs throughout the years. With changing balls they couldn't have compared the different eras with each other
@@alexle2785 you two are both idiots. him for not getting that it is a club comparison and you for not getting that the balls are just as much a factor of player performance over time as the clubs are. Probably even more so.
touristguy87 yeh I agree lol, golf balls are probably equal to clubs. But, no one talks about shafts which are equally if not more important than the club head.
1:02, Lee hits one 236 yards and the arrow goes halfway through the valley that runs through the fairway on the map in the corner. 1:14, Lee hits one 256 yards and the arrow goes just shy of the valley that runs through the fairway on the map in the corner, finishing slightly shorter than the previous shot. 1:25, Lee hits one 188 yards that goes well past the valley that runs through the fairway on the map in the corner. Do these stats and numbers mean anything when they aren't being correctly represented?
Same thing with any of the chip shots to the greens. If you watch the guy on the left, his distances are often less than 10ft. But the green tracker in the corner of his window is all over the place. It’s pretty frustrating because now I’m not sure if any of the data is accurate or even real.
I am 58 years old. When I started out,m all the drivers were WOOD. The first metal woods were still the exact same size as a persimmon driver head, so I hit those well. The larger the club head got, the worse I got. I used to be a 10 Handicap, but am now a 25, with all new equipment. Wow I feel lucky. The only good thing I have found is the ball technology, and I can hit forged blades better than a cavity back, which is awesome. I just cannot drive the ball like I used to. I have lost about 75 yards with the driver, and cannot find the fairway. So new technology is not always the best, especially when you played with old wooden clubs what back in the day. I could hit the ball dead straight and about 280 yards back in the 1970's. Today, with the same swing speed I had as a kid, I am lucky to get a total roll out of 215 with my 460CC driver. I also lose about 6-10 balls a round. My swing speed is not as much as younger guys, but at almost 60 years old, I still have a 94-98MPH driver swing speed, and my drives are only going 215 yards. So tell me that technology is better now and i will tell you NOT FOR ME. Not with any of the woods anyway. All of the guys in this test was not alive when the smaller drivers were still being used, so this is not a fair test. Give me a persimmon driver and a steel shaft and i will probably do much better than with todays equipment. And the main problem with todays super sized drivers, is nobody knows when they hit the screws, so to speak. WE have people like, Tiger getting away with tons of miss hits and could never keep up with Jack and the wooden drivers. You have to hit the middle. You have to be more precise. Todays clubs just tell everyone, you can be lazy and miss hit and you will still be OK.
Just FYI: The Louisville Golf Club Company can make you brand new Persimmon woods. They also will give you the option of which shaft and grip! Same age as you. I am pretty sure that the ball back then was better matched to the wood clubhead and today’s balls do not react as well to wood. As to your only getting 215 or so on your drives: sounds like the flex point is wrong on your driver shaft. With your swing speed you should be closer to 250 or so..... Good luck. Hope you get this message
Total misrepresentation. Bob Jones could hit a hickory shafted brassie 240 using a Haskell ball. Technology may have made things easier but it will never make up for poor technique.
(PLS. READ) To be Honest. Putter doesn't have any technology to improve your game. It only makes trampoline effect, softer feel and design.... But in the end if you're crap at putting, you are crap (I just use Maruman Cessi Blade Putter)... I'm 17 yrs old and I love my Mizuno Pro (MS-801) Iron Blades, it's stiff, heaver than graphite and Less forgiving shots(Hurts when hit the ground or ball). But the good thing is It helps you to become a better golfer, you need to improve your swing and the Impact on the club face should be on the center to make if further, and it have more feedback! (When I say FEEDBACK it means you felt every single shot and you know if you done it right) and I sold my Taylormade Burner. BUY OLD BLADE so it will test and improve your skills and cheaper. My dad bought Honma FE-700 because he was jealous of my blades😂.... The Modern Woods is very important!
You clearly picked a putt on a ridge. They miss an inch left it moves left, miss an inch right, it moves right. I think you could have picked a less exacting putt to get a more accurate result.
I am super new to golf. Only played about 5-8 rounds. What is a handicap? I thought it was a number you took off your score at the end if you were bad or something. But after watching this series I’m not sure lol
A golf handicap is the average number of strokes a person has to take off their score to reach par for the course. If the average 18 hole course is a par 72 and you shoot on average 75 then you have a handicap of -3 because you have to take off 3 strokes to get to that 72. A scratch golfer means that you have a handicap of 0 and you shoot a par 72 on average. If you shoot better than par on average then you actually get a positive handicap. Shooting 1 under par on average means you have +1 handicap. The average PGA golf handicap is +5.4 which is insanely good. To put this into perspective, if you can reach a -4.5 handicap you are better than about 90% of all golfers and PGA players are still 10 strokes better than you on average which doesn't take into consideration the top players. Rickie Fowler at one point reached an 8.4 handicap which is the lowest of all time. So yes you are right, if you are bad you take off score if you have a negative handicap and add score if you are a positive handicap.
My handicap has not improved with modern technology, I used to play 9 and 10 with no practice playing once a week 35 years ago, 12 and 13 now with modern equipment, no practice, my length has improved slightly though. Lots of other factors probably but interesting none the less
Now I understand why there is so much misinformation about "The Golf Swing". No CEO would want all his money going to a Golf pro that can teach a simple effective swing in two lessons when he can sell clubs that will help as advertised much more.
This is a great testimonial to our message that clubs have changed in their physics components at every level except putting. there putting performance in this video was 4 for 15 with the newest putters, 4 for 15 with an earlier model, and 6 for 15 with the old hickory shaft putter. They saw a dramatic difference in the results using the newest driver and iron versus the oldest ones, but not with the putters.Putter physics technology has not changed in over 100 years. www.L2putters.com
I played with someone that chooses to use a hickory putter over the modern equipment. It looks like an old broom stick with a butter knife attached to it
Entertainment but no real data. Sample size is too small, giving inconsistent results. Viewers want to justify new clubs so they go with the general tone of "newer is better." Spend the money on training and range time, there are no shortcuts.
Point proven...but IMO, barely. These guys were all over the place no matter what clubs they were using. Wow that was a hot mess. I think the actual point proven was that across 100 years, yeah - technology matters - particularly with driver - I'll grant that. But when it comes to irons and especially putter, not as much as you'd think...and certainly not as much as golf club manufacturers would like you to think. Sheesh, if golf club manufacturer advertising over the last 20yrs was accurate, 18 handicappers then would be playing pro level now. Decent set of golf clubs with no trade-in is about equal to a dozen golf lessons. Moral of the story: A dozen golf lessons gonna do a heck of a lot more for your game then a new set of clubs.
