The clays fly straight at a constant speed. Doves don't do that at all. Bridges busted 122 of 125 in the Olympic skeet finals under immense pressure Oct. 23 at Sydney, Australia. He hit the last 50 in a row the day before for a score of 123 just to make the final round. Watching him shoot skeet, which he did in an exhibition Monday at the Capitol Gun Club, is like watching PGA Tour golfers hit balls on the range.
Every shot has the same swinging motion and rhythm.
The difference between the two is that in golf you can win by getting wedge shots close to the target. Skeet requires direct hits. Time after time Monday, clays came high from the right and low from the left. Time after time, he'd shatter both. Bridges, born in Ruston, La., but raised in Laurel, compares shooting with golf, his second favorite sport.