Ron Sirak on why women's golf is better than men's
Someone once said great minds think alike. Well, here's what Ron Sirak of Golf World wrote this week: "As for women's golf being more fun to watch than men's, it is sort of like the comparison of men's tennis to women's tennis. Men's tennis has been overpowered by power. It's all about the speed of the serve. Women's tennis has points that last longer than a tenth of a second. Men's golf also has become a power game, while the women have a more complete examination of shot making. . . . At Newport, Sorenstam and Pat Hurst and even Michelle Wie had to play mid and long irons into par-4s. They had to hit 4-woods into par-3s and had fairway-wood approach shots to par-4s. Precious few par-5 greens were hit in two shots. Go to an LPGA event and you will see every club in the bag hit at one point or another. Most PGA Tour events now can be played with a handful of clubs."
Well, back on August 23 of last year, TGB's Douglas wrote: "But, in the end, I think I enjoy the LPGA event so much because it inspires me to improve my golf game more so than the PGA event. When I watch the PGA pros, on a course measuring 7200 yards, bashing their drives 300 yards and hitting 6-irons from 200 yards away, I come away feeling that I will never be able to play golf the way it is played by the pros. But when I watch the LPGA pros, on a course measuring 6600 yards, driving about 250 yards and hitting 7-irons from 150 yards away, I come away feeling that I can play like a pro. I also come to see the little things a pro does to average rounds of 70 (instead of the rounds of 80 that I average)."
5 Comments:
Very good points. As an 11 handicapper, I enjoy watching the tempo of the womens' golf swings. The men are so strong and have such superior timing, it appears on TV like they are overswinging. Of course, overswinging is just about every mid and high handicappers primary swing fault.
In my mind, what is making womens' golf very interesting is the abundance of young phenom talent like Wie, Creamer and Pressel. It helps that they don't look like men either. Now if the Korean girls could just smile a couple of times a round.............
I think that there is much more to learn from an examination of women's technique than the man's 'grip it and rip it' style.
That's not to say that they are not technically proficient because clearly they are it's just that, to get to the green, women need a bigger arsenal of shots.
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I have to disagree. I think there's more to learn from the men in terms of the short game. That's what people should be watching because that's what separates the great players from the good ones. Despite the bombers' atmosphere that seems to dominate the tour, the reason guys win tournaments is, ultimately, the short game. So I think there's just as much to be learned from the men's tour in terms of the short game than anyone can learn from the women.
Also, you can learn from Phil Mickelson how NOT to play down the stretch in an important match. Or watch Tiger and learn the RIGHT way to play when it comes down to crunch time.
I'll take a tight pink top on Christina Kim any day over tight pink trousers on Ian Poulter.
There's no denying that there's much to be learned by studying Pat Hurst's pure move. She's a hottie as well! Bonus!
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