{"id":9235,"date":"2014-02-09T21:55:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T02:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/?p=9235"},"modified":"2014-02-09T22:17:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T03:17:12","slug":"a-flaw-in-the-usgas-us-open-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/a-flaw-in-the-usgas-us-open-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"A Flaw In The USGA&#8217;s US Open Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced this week by the United States Golf Association that Pinehurst #2 will be set up to encourage the men and the women to hit similar clubs into greens. If you&#8217;ve been under a big, sound-proofed umbrella for five years, here&#8217;s some news: the US Opens (women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s) will be contested at Pinehurst #2 over consecutive weeks this June.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p4.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9246\" alt=\"p4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p4.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p4.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p4.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p4.jpg?resize=321%2C214&amp;ssl=1 321w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p4.jpg?resize=140%2C94&amp;ssl=1 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a quote from the USGA press release, the following statement is read:\u00a0&#8220;On a given hole, if the men are hitting drivers, we want to see the women hit drivers. If the men are hitting 6- to 8-irons for approach shots, that&#8217;s what we want to see the women do.&#8221; There is a problem with this and I suspect that you saw it as readily as I did. If you didn&#8217;t catch on, I&#8217;ll wait&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>All right, long enough. The dynamics of a 6-iron in the hands of a professional woman golfer are different from those of a professional male golfer. The ball flights differently and results in a different amount of spin. A female golfer would have to hit 7-iron (or perhaps even 8) to the man&#8217;s 6-iron, in order to replicate trajectory, flight peak and spin. Kudos to the USGA for recognizing that something beyond equal distances was needed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9245\" alt=\"p2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p2.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p2.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p2.jpg?resize=321%2C214&amp;ssl=1 321w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p2.jpg?resize=140%2C94&amp;ssl=1 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s that you say?<\/p>\n<p>All right, here&#8217;s what I mean. If the USGA had said that it wanted men and women coming in from 150 yards, the pundits and experts (not one and the same) would have cried out: Unfair! After all, the men would hit 9-iron to the women&#8217;s 7-iron and the men would control and spin the ball with more authority. In my estimation, not only do you need to go farther than this flawed model, but also a bit beyond the USGA&#8217;s model. In order to replicate a male 9-iron&#8217;s numbers, a female professional would need to come in with a wedge. That is not currently in the plans for this year&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n<p>USGA, are you listening?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9238\" alt=\"p1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p1.jpg?resize=240%2C296\" width=\"240\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p1.jpg?resize=243%2C300&amp;ssl=1 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p5.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p5.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9239\" alt=\"p5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p5.jpg?resize=240%2C360\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p5.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p5.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p6.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9240\" alt=\"p6\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p6.jpg?resize=240%2C360\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p6.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/p6.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced this week by the United States Golf Association that Pinehurst #2 will be set up to encourage the men and the women to hit similar clubs into greens. If you&#8217;ve been under a big, sound-proofed umbrella for five years, here&#8217;s some news: the US Opens (women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s) will be contested at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mo-golf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Flaw In The USGA&#039;s US Open Plans &#062; BuffaloGolfer.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/a-flaw-in-the-usgas-us-open-plans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Flaw In The USGA&#039;s US Open Plans &#062; BuffaloGolfer.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It was announced this week by the United States Golf Association that Pinehurst #2 will be set up to encourage the men and the women to hit similar clubs into greens. 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