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"College kids hit it so much further then we do on tour, its scary, there are all just pounding it like we all did, I did, Davis Love did, Fred Couples did, we all did back in college. But on tour the rough is high the fairways are narrow"

Just an interseting comment from Tiger.

its. true. the college kids just pound on driver, find it, and hit a wedge. in the pros its much more strategic. the pins are tougher, rough higher, and holes are longer. college is a power game where the pros play more of a finess game

Of course, one of the complaints about the tour these days is the "bomb and gouge" mentality--pound it, find it, and wedge it in close...

When I was in college (1958 - 1962) the same comments applied. Sports reporters also observed that the touring pros played many tournaments by bombing it off the tee and hitting wedges in tight to every pin.

I suspect the Bomb and Gouge style of play has been around for a long time. Certainly Seve was a practitioner in his day, Arnie, earlier than that. And having recently read Mark Frost's The Greatest Game Ever Played, the likes of Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, as well.