Best course to design the answer to the remote golf debate

golf’s distance debate and it doesn’t have anything to do with high-tech golf balls or clubheads, Bryson DeChambeau’s diet or gym memberships." data-reactid="19">MEMPHIS, Lt. – Webb Simpson has an answer for the remote golf debate and has nothing to do with high-tech golf balls or club heads, Bryson DeChambeau’s diet or gym memberships.

golf course design." data-reactid="20">For Simpson, which should be noted is not among the longest hitters on the PGA Tour, the answer is clear: better golf course design.

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“You would solve many problems on this length issue if the architects got a little more creative on the doglegs, where they place these bunkers, tighten the fairways, make the greens smaller,” Simpson said Wednesday at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. “We play too many courses where we get to a hole and, hey, there are 290 of them [yards] bring a bunker. Well, guess what, 30 guys from the PGA Tour now, they’re not even thinking about that bunker while 20 years ago it was really at stake. “

golf course design, and not more rules and regulations, is the answer to increasing driving distances." data-reactid="27">Simpson used next week’s PGA championship at TPC Harding Park as an example of how better golf course design, and no more rules and regulations, is the answer to increasing driving distances.

golf course like [TPC] Southwind is, where you miss your target, it's very penal. It's more of just tree-lined rough, kind of old-school.”" data-reactid="28">“I can’t wait for next week, the rough will be ready, I’m sure, it’s an important championship,” he said. “There will be a fairway prize, but it’s not necessarily a golf course from point A to point B. [TPC] Southwind is, where your goal is missing, is very penalizing. It is more than a rough tree, a kind of old school. “