But there are other points of view. I will admit that my opinion on the coexistence of tradition and technology has changed because of Uihlein. After listening to him on several occasions, I am convinced that technology has not undermined golf. But I am worried about the future. I am worried about new clubhead compounds and new shaft composites that might push the game over the edge.
Nobody wants golf to be a drive and a flip wedge.
I am just as worried about misleading statements from both sides. If this is a war, then mortar shells of hyperbole are being lobbed back and forth. Tour players in the anti-technology crusade have done the same. On the other side of the technology standoff, Uihlein has been allowed to go unchallenged in many of his statements and statistical arguments. I applaud his call for a World Golf Summit in 2000, but let's be sure to invite those with contrary points of view.