I agree with monster driver J.B. Holmes, who says the PGA Tour may be taking some of the fun out of the game by setting up golf courses that favor the dinkers of the world.

“A lot of fans go out there to watch somebody hit it a long way,” Holmes told the Sydney Morning Herald. “You get on some golf courses and it just takes the driver out of your hands. You don’t want to disappoint anybody, but then again you’re playing a golf tournament and can’t just whale away on the driver every time…Fans want to see big, great scores and everything, but they want to see people hit the long ball. That’s one of the big draws in golf.”

It’s weird – technology keeps enabling golfers to hit it longer, but officials keep penalizing long hitters by squeezing fairways and putting in bunkers.

Think about it. What’s your favorite facet of the game when you play? I’ll bet the vast majority of everyday golfers would say hitting towering drives.

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