mnshiner:
You Folks are forgetting something in your debate. When Jack played the clubs and balls were a whole lot different than the ones they use today.
nah...forgetting would be rude..ala Morris (young & old) Vardon, Hagen, Jones, Sarazen, Nelson, Hogen, Palmer, Player and so forth in terms of equiptment evolution and to realize that because of it, Vardon developed and used special shots for his circumstances, unknown to a Palmer and unheard of by any of the golfers of today. A small example is that Sarazen invented the sand wedge ;-}