- Aug 13, 2006
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I finally got around to reading last weeks Golf World. GW is by far my favorite golf mag, ZERO instruction and 90% golf talk. Anyway, that interviewed some big names in golf and there were some interesting insights.
Some of the more interesting:
Jack Burke Jr: "alot of kids on tour hire instructors, so they aren't really thinking for themselves about their technique and how to improve."
Dean Beaman: "Hogan's got tomb rolling over in his grave. Take the top 20 players in the world today, give them the type of clubs Jack Nicklaus used in his prime and a mid 1970's ball-the best made- and.....put them on tour against other players using today's equipment and not one of the top 20 would win a tournament and week to week half would miss the cut"
Dan Jenkins: "if you say Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger woods to me and suggest they were the best ever, I'll say yes to the first 2 and then argue that Bobby Jones, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson should all rank ahead of Tiger. Why, you may ask? Because In my view Tiger's victories in major championships and elsewhere have come against much weaker competition and on easier courses.
I thought there was some good insight, especially from guys like Jenkins. We often talk about who is the best ever. I have always had a bard time with this since I never saw guys like Hogan, Snead and even Nicklaus in their prime. These guys have.
Some of the more interesting:
Jack Burke Jr: "alot of kids on tour hire instructors, so they aren't really thinking for themselves about their technique and how to improve."
Dean Beaman: "Hogan's got tomb rolling over in his grave. Take the top 20 players in the world today, give them the type of clubs Jack Nicklaus used in his prime and a mid 1970's ball-the best made- and.....put them on tour against other players using today's equipment and not one of the top 20 would win a tournament and week to week half would miss the cut"
Dan Jenkins: "if you say Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger woods to me and suggest they were the best ever, I'll say yes to the first 2 and then argue that Bobby Jones, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson should all rank ahead of Tiger. Why, you may ask? Because In my view Tiger's victories in major championships and elsewhere have come against much weaker competition and on easier courses.
I thought there was some good insight, especially from guys like Jenkins. We often talk about who is the best ever. I have always had a bard time with this since I never saw guys like Hogan, Snead and even Nicklaus in their prime. These guys have.