Old Guys Playing Golf

Saturday, August 01 2009

I spent much of the morning and a bit of the early afternoon at the Senior US Open at Crooked Stick in Carmel, IN and have a couple thoughts-

-First, many of these guys are in great shape for their age. If I saw most out golfing from 50 feet or more, I'd guess some of them were 35-or-so...It's a lot different than it was 10 or 15 years ago with Trevino, Rodriguez and co. running the old guy circuit.

That said, a few of them have put on some pounds since they were playing with the kidzes.

-The old guys can't putt. This surprised me. I saw a ton of guys nearly-make a lot of putts, but didn't see but one putt of more than 12 feet. That said, I was shocked at how far some of these dudes hit the ball. A couple of them according to the day's program, have been averaging 330+ yards/shot.

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