Robert1893:
I sold back a 3-wood that was longer than my current one because I couldn't deal with its lack of forgiveness. When I hit the ding, it was a beautiful club. But if I didn't, not so much. I gave up that club for a 3-wood that had a little less distance but a lot more forgiveness.
Would that be Old Bertha by any chance? I heard they were sold with a free backpack, compass and pair of hiking boots for a while due to the excessive amount of time golfers were spending hiking around in the rough.
Since distance vs forgiveness has been mentioned I'll use this thread as my soap box to ask, once more, for WGT to change the meter and have any shot over 90% power much less forgiving towards a missed ding. Any real life golfer knows it's much harder to hit a full power shot accurately. Most of us play within ourselves in order to have a better chance of playing our next shot from the fairway.
Have clubs behave normally up to 90% power, after that the meter turns red and forgiveness goes out the window. This wouldn't apply to putters of course since we cn just use a longer scale.
Risk/reward. It's what makes life entertaining.