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Oakmont Adds Clarity To Distance Debate

Oakmont Adds Clarity To Distance Debate

It's time to pucker up and praise today's mega-athletes for their superior intelligence. And then make some long overdue equipment rules changes.

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Aug 17, 2021
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Above Oakmont’s 10th and 11th (below) parallel holes (Google Earth)


We’ve been going about this distance debate all wrong.

Instead of insisting that leaps in distance are fueled by high tech launch monitors, featherweight fitted shafts and softer Pinnacles, this year’s U.S. Amateur at Oakmont made one thing clear. We need to stop stating the obvious.

We …

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