[black knight]

2 things that haven't been brought up.

1) People's perception of what numbers of people around them are doing 'x' are often poor. So, I suspect that people overestimate how many people around them claim to avg >300yds.

Also this forum isn't going to be representative...if we polled all of 2p2 for anyone who plays at least 1 round/yr, you'd get a MUCH more representative sample with only a VERY small % being scratch or close.

For ex, of the 50+ people who've responded to the handicap thread, 12 are <2 handicap. Sure that sounds high, but it's obviously skewed - ask all of 2p2 and that number would likely stay the same, but the relative % of the population would PLUMMET.

So, since at least 1/4 of people who frequent this forum AND added their handicap to that thread are v good players, it shouldn't be surprising to find that a fair number of players here can also bomb the ball. Again, it's a highly biased sample. Include all 2p2 people who have golfed, and that % will plummet as well.

2) WHO CARES?! If someone says they can hit it that far...so what? If you don't believe them, don't say they can't without playing with them...