Ernie Els

[Gordon McTavish]

Originally Posted by Deryck Griffith

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Originally Posted by Smyth

Ernie has a 140 odd mph clubhead speed. Looks easy, but he smacks the thing.

140 mph swing????  Where did you get this information?  The higest swing on tour was either Bubba Watson or JB Holmes and I think they were around 121-122.

Must be confusing him with those 20+ handicappers who average 340 yards off the tee (but suck at putting).

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by Gordon McTavish

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Originally Posted by Deryck Griffith

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Originally Posted by Smyth

Ernie has a 140 odd mph clubhead speed. Looks easy, but he smacks the thing.

140 mph swing????  Where did you get this information?  The higest swing on tour was either Bubba Watson or JB Holmes and I think they were around 121-122.

Must be confusing him with those 20+ handicappers who average 340 yards off the tee (but suck at putting).

I golf with lots of people who have a driver clubhead speed of at least 140. Then again, we switch to the metric system quite a while ago. How many 20+ guys are averaging 340? Is it as many as the 20+ cappers who can't hit the ball out of their shadow but still claim to be a good ball striker and putter? Must be all those penalty strokes.

Anyway, Ernie makes everything look so easty that when it doesn't go his way, he seems to be hardly even trying to right the ship. He seems like a proud guy, so I bet he's trying - maybe too hard.