"B------t. It's today's ball more than the composite clubhead, the graphite shaft, the pushups and weight lifting."
/This week's Golf World features the Backspin issue, an opportunity to see how cruel the aging process is to catch up with legends and other fascinating figures.
I really enjoyed Al Barkow's cover story catching up with Tom Weiskopf, whose forthright nature is sorely missing from today's game. Thankfully, along with many great insights, Barkow included this Weiskopf rant on the ball.
"You know, awhile ago I got one of those chewing gum cards to autograph and the stat of my average drive was 275.3," he continues. "That was from my last three years on tour, which is when they started taking those statistics. I was in my prime then, and one of the longest hitters out there. Now, you're telling me that today's players are 40 or 50 yards longer than I was. B------t. It's today's ball more than the composite clubhead, the graphite shaft, the pushups and weight lifting. And something should be done about it. Slow it down, make it so it curves more, doesn't correct itself in flight, and have everybody on tour use the same ball."
This marks Tom Weiskopf's addition to The List. You go Tom!