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Message: [QUOTE="rugbymate, post: 2387400, member: 5285"] Interesting topic....I'm one who believes that driving distance makes a huge difference in scores relative to the short game. PGA men in the top 10 average almost 50 yards farther than the top 10 women on the LPGA. There is no man in the top 125 that is outdriven by an LPGA player on average. That becomes a 3-5 club difference per hole and that will add up to a lot of strokes over the course of a round. Its not just the yardage difference it is carries and angles that can make a bigger difference. At our club we have a tournament from the tips (7600) each year and the average score is about 12 strokes higher than the normal yardage (6450). If women want to play in men's tourneys using the men's tees then why not? The reverse could also work where men can play in women's tourneys if they used the men's tees. Highly impractical but fair. Ditto to the other posters who pointed out the sportsmanship of the runner up. Given all the bad news that we hear everyday its nice to have a positive story. [/QUOTE]