Are equipment differences in the last nine years going to make a darn bit of difference, clubs, ball?
TOM LEHMAN: Well, length always makes a difference, especially with some of the issues with the golf ball, it does go further, but it doesn’t spin quite as much, either. So if you’re hitting — if I hit a Tour balata 10 years ago with a 5 iron versus a ball today with a 5 iron, that balata was spinning more. If I’m hitting the same clubs, that’s great, but my ball is not spinning as much today and it makes it harder to control. To me that’s always the issue with the added length is that the the whole spin issue. Q. The other thing about the balls not spinning as much is it’s more difficult to work it in either direction. I’m sure you had to make that adjustment to the new technology. How difficult was that? TOM LEHMAN: I’m still making it. My eye always wants to see the ball draw. That’s my shot, right to left. So the starting spot is almost the same today as it was 15 or 20 years ago; it starts to the right. But now it doesn’t hook. It starts to the right and stays there. I started ai
