{"id":7189,"date":"2025-05-22T13:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/golf-tips-for-seniors-pga-championship-weekend\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T13:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:21:07","slug":"golf-tips-for-seniors-pga-championship-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/golf-tips-for-seniors-pga-championship-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Tips for Seniors: PGA Championship Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"42\"><em data-start=\"28\" data-end=\"42\">By Robin All<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"44\" data-end=\"306\">I spent a lot of time watching the final two rounds at Quail Hollow Golf Club in Charlotte this past weekend. Having played tournaments there years ago, I wanted to see how the course would hold up against today&rsquo;s top players and modern, high-tech equipment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"567\">What struck me most was club selection. Watching pros use a 6-iron on a 212-yard par 3 and land it softly on the green is remarkable. For most of us seniors, using a 6-iron from that distance might leave us 50 yards short&mdash;and that&rsquo;s on a good day.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"569\" data-end=\"1020\">Or how about watching someone tap in for an eagle 2 on a driveable par 4? That&rsquo;s a whole different level. Even reaching the green in two shots on a 600-yard par 5 is common for these elite athletes. Add to that bunker shots that seem effortless and putts holed from all corners on lightning-fast greens with undulations like mountain roads&mdash;it&rsquo;s no wonder Bobby Jones once said, <em data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"1020\">&ldquo;They are playing a game with which I am not familiar.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Robin All I spent a lot of time watching the final two rounds at Quail Hollow Golf Club in Charlotte this past weekend. Having played tournaments there years ago, I wanted to see how the course would hold up against today&rsquo;s top players and modern, high-tech equipment. What struck<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/golf-tips-for-seniors-pga-championship-weekend\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[52],"tags":[992,955],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-7189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-golf-tips-for-seniors","tag-robin-all"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/All-6-Irmo_2025_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}