Again, we can perhaps have a little dig at distancemeasuring technology here. But in recent years golfers have become obsessed with how far they hit their 7-iron. There are two problems with this:
■ Inevitably, the figure they come up with is based on their finest, purest effort. And on the basis of that mythical strike, every other iron is assigned a yardage, plus or minus 10 yards… giving equally unrealistic ambitions through the bag. No wonder coming up short is approaching routine for the nation's golfers.
■ Golfers become accustomed to thinking they hit their 7-iron one distance, and one distance only. The facts are, however, that depending on wind, slope, temperature and your timing on any given day, a 140-yard 7-iron could fly anything from 120 to 160…
