Rick Smith's Tragically Inconsistent Views On Technology
/Speaking in his native Michigan and contradicting himself sentence by sentence, pro-technology instructor and course designer Rick Smith is all over the map.
“I love new technology,” Smith said. “So the ball is hot.
That's right, so what if it's juiced!
You look at the PGA Tour pros and they still hit it all over the place.
Oh, well, if you want to put it like that, okay...
I think we need to preserve tradition, and I think the driver and ball are maxed out (per USGA limits).
So if it's maxed out, then why not reel things in a tad for "tradition" purposes of using classic courses and having players play a game we can relate to?
So if technology helps people play the game, I don't see anything wrong with that.”
Now that is some good stuff! It helps people. The pros hit it all over the place. The ball is hot. We should preserve tradition and the distance is maxed out. Now that's "all over the place."
