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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Jack Nicklaus used a persimmon driver and a wound balata ball and hit one 341 in 1961 at the Long Drive at the PGA. The athletes are better, yes, but it's mostly the equipment. Give current players in baseball shaved aluminum bats and see what would happen.
That's why I don't understand the furor over rolling the ball back. Does anyone's beer league team use wood bats?
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Yeah, it's probably correct that in golf the advances in equipment are more responsible than the players being stronger/more fit. Baseball and football are the two sports where I think the quality of athlete has changed immensely compared to the previous eras.