re: Golfer cards 3 aces (2 on par 4s) en route to 57

lord, if you're talking average "straight" drives then every amateur can add about 25-30 yards to their average drive.

My average drive is probably 255 but that takes into account the 20% of my drives that slice like a sumbitch. My average "straight" drives are probably 270-280. A better question would be, "what percentage of your drives are straight?"

Good God there's so much bullshite in this thread.

I don't believe the guy got three aces including two on par 4s. I suspect it was a joke the others played on him. But I don't doubt a +4 could score a 59 on a 6000 yd course.

There are not "a lot" of people that can hit a 300 yd drive, but I can almost assure you that pretty much every +4 handicap hits at least 1/3 or 1/4 driver shots at least 300. If this guy is a true +4 then he absolutely can hit a 3W 270+.

The difference between a +4 and just a scratch golfer is much more than the average person realizes. These golfers are on a whole other level of ability that is hard to understand until you play a round with one.

And as said before there is a big difference between golf and tournament golf. The greatest determinant of low scores is actually distance off the tee remaining in play (no penalty). The shorter club you have going into the green increases dramatically your ability to hit GIR, which is the highest correlation to low scores.

But I'm sure there's a ton of uninformed people around here that think otherwise.