[lagster]

Remember Tom Weiskopf, Seve, and even Mac. When they mis-hit a drive, they would often be way off in the boonies. They were mostly using wood-woods, with steel shafts. Mr. Nicklaus was probably the best LONG and STRAIGHT HITTER.

You still see some long hitters in funny places, but they hit it so far now, that often they can still get to the green.

Long... in the 70's was 270 to 275. Now that is very average. The new LONG seems to be around 300 or more.