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Is today's golf ball flying too far or courses getting shorter?

It doesn’t help that Rory Mcllroy drove the green last week at the World Golf Championship in Mexico with a massive 421yard drive. Granted, the air up there is thin, 7,000 yards above sea level. But, the number still stands.

Hands up, if you think that golf balls today fly too far! Just as I thought, only three hands went up; Dismas Indiza, Brian Njoroge. Certainly, this holds no truth for the rest of us. 

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