Jack Nicklaus Reveals His Thoughts On The Modern Golf Ball ✅
You think you would have hit it a lot further with today’s equipment? About 50 50 yards. 50 yards further. Yeah, I think that’s difference with the golf ball is about 50 yards where it was when I put You think it’s more the golf ball and less of the club? Uh well, I think that the golf ball if you ever tried to take that old golf that golf club that I used and hit today’s golf ball with it and hit it about 150 yards. That’s there’s no trampoline effect or anything else. So the combination once they changed the composite golf the golf ball from 1930 let’s say till 19 till 1995 increased about 5 to seven yards because of the quality of how a manufacturer made it from 1995 to 2005 before they finally put some kind of a line in the sand is went increased another 50 yards.
Jack Nicklaus reveals his thoughts on the modern golf ball and its impact on today’s game. The 18-time major champion shares his perspective on how golf ball technology has changed distance, strategy, and the way professionals approach the sport compared to his era. From added distance to debates about equipment, Nicklaus gives honest insight into one of the hottest topics in golf.
If you’re a fan of golf legends, golf history, or want to understand the debate around the modern golf ball, this video is a must-watch!
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⛳ Topic: Modern Golf Ball Debate & Technology in Golf
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Yeah 100% his 341 Yards at the PGA Champs to win the US title shows you what a freak he was. I'm 62 and have played what Jack did; Titleist balata 100 compression balls with a 43 in steel shafted Persimmon driver and that thing spins so much it doesn't go very far the rock LD balls back then went easy 20 yards further.
Another difference is shaft length. The average golfer has gained distance with the 46 inch shaft. But because it's difficult to time such a long shaft they have gained that distance into the trees.
What a wonderful and humble human being. Great to see Mr Jack in good health.
Jack could hit 3-340 with crap balls thus "plays a game I'm not familiar with"
It’s not so much the fact that the ball goes so much further as much as there is so much less spin on the ball from a perspective of control. Players today can take enormous rips at the ball with very forgiving gear and aren’t penalized all that much if they miss a shot.
When you watch a shot on a shot tracer, notice how the shape of the shot peaks and then falls pretty much straight down. A Balata doesn’t do that. It keeps drawing or cutting.
There were plenty of guys who could hit it 300+ in Jacks day but most couldn’t control the ball so they couldn’t make cuts.
Golf used to be a game that rewarded precision more than distance, but Jack figured out how to do both with a high spinning ball.