The GolfWRX forums exist so golfers have access to the latest equipment releases, hottest discussions, real equipment reviews, best instruction, new technologies and everything golf you can imagine. So if you love golf, the GolfWRX forums are your sanctuary.
In the From the Forums weekly feature, we bring you the hottest, most buzz-worthy topics from our forums for your convenience. I’ll be your trusty tour guide to navigate the latest buzz. Here’s a peek behind the curtain into golf’s sanctuary.
Moore on Tour: Questions for GolfWRX’s Tour photographer
Greg Moore has been on-tour and inside-the-ropes at the vast majority of PGA Tour events for the past 10 years taking equipment photos and making a lot of friends along the way. His perspective is always appreciated in the forums, and now, there’s a thread for WRXers to ask Greg questions. Awesome thread.
Today’s drivers vs. drivers from 10 years ago
User EmperorPenguin poses an interesting question based on a debate that often goes on in the forums: How much better are today’s drivers than models from 10 years ago? In other words, what’s the net gain for the average player from the period of COR and CC limits until the present.
He offered an interesting anecdote
“I was thinking about meeting Tom Lehman at Poppy Hills when he was playing for The First Tee Open two years ago. I was looking at the driver he was practicing with, and to my surprise it was the TaylorMade R7 Superquad. Superquad? That driver was released in 2007. I asked him why he was using that driver instead of a newer driver like the SLDR or the R11s and he answered,quite simply, “I tried the new stuff and I couldn’t find anything better.” This implies that today’s drivers are at least to some extent overrated.”
Hot takes on Oakmont
The U.S. Open hasn’t even started yet and the hot takes are rolling in. Jimbonecrusher mentioned Gary Woodland saying that in many places on the course, you can’t see your ball in the rough when standing right next to it. Then he asked: “Does the USGA secretly get enjoyment out of watching the best players in the world make bogey or shoot numbers that the governing body usually shoots in their Saturday group?”
What do you think about U.S. Open venues and set-up philosophy?
WRXer playing in a pro tournament!
Richard, aka Forged4Ever (who should have some special reverential status in the forums) started a thread bringing this to our attention: User Goobers80 (Samantha Perrotta) played in her first professional event at the Symetra Tour’s Fuccillo KIA Capital Championship at Capital Hills last week. She didn’t make the cut, but the experience was a positive one, and she offers her perspective in the forums.
See the thread for all the details.
Who’s the best at his best: Day, Spieth, or McIlroy?
Pretty self-explanatory thread here from the Tour Talk forum: Relative to each player’s best stretches or “A” game, who’s No. 1 of the Big-Three. Great debate!