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Although both are difficult Barry Hearn has made sure they are much easier these days.The reds split so much easier on these super fast cloths and have a look on Youtube in the Bristow era ,I swear the trebles were smaller , wires thicker.
147 more difficult for me , balls are never in the same position.Darts is identical every time , unless there is a breeze in the arena. |
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I'm sure there have been technological changes in snooker, as frames (!!!) says. Not just cloths, the balls too, and presumably even the chalk as referees aren't having to clean the balls every second shot like they used to.
But the other big change in snooker may have been sociological. There was a big improvement in players after the Steve Davis era, but it seems to have peaked some time back so that today's top players almost qualify for free bus passes because they've not been pushed out by more young'uns. Only one of the world's top ten is under 30, and he's 29. The only young player in the top 20 is Si Jiahui at 22 years old. |
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A 59 in golf is far more difficult, and nowhere near being a perfect round
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Kim Jong-il, the former leader of North Korea, claimed to have shot 38 under par in his first round of golf at the Pyongyang Golf Course in 1994. He also claimed to have had 11 holes-in-one. However, some say the story is a journalistic mistake or propaganda.
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Idi Amin claimed to have hit a 9 darter , hole in one and a 147 break in a 20 minute spell on his 50th birthday whilst in the presence of 4 witnesses , anyone have news of this as it seems a remarkable achievement.
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Unless anyone has evidence to the contrary I guess it must be true. If I lived in their countries I'd certainly believe it!
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The greatest golfer in history is gone.
North Korean dictator/superstar golfer Kim Jong-Il has died at 69 -- a fitting age, because 69 is under par on every regulation golf course. Kim Jong-Il never needed a swing coach to master the sport of golf. Kim shot 38 under, including 11 holes-in-one, at the 7,700-yard championship course at Pyongyang in the VERY FIRST golf round of his life, according to North Korean state media. This was in 1994, when Kim was 52 years old. Even more impressive, Kim stood just 5-foot-3, yet he was able to overpower a course as long as any ever played in major championship history. Who knows how good Kim could have been if he had taken up the sport earlier? Who knows how many times he bested 38 under in the 17 years since his first round? What we do know is that no matter how many more majors Tiger Woods does or doesn't win, the debate of Tiger vs. Jack is really an argument about who is the second-best golfer in history. More than his undisputed greatness on the course, it's probably Kim's simple approach to the game that will be his enduring legacy. While other great golfers have written books full of tips, tricks and swing thoughts, Kim had the best approach to conquering the sport of golf: Have your national propaganda department lie for you. |