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Golf clubs promise impossible distance gains yearly

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Hope springs eternal on the fairway. Equipment manufacturers release new drivers every single spring, mathematically promising an extra ten yards of distance. If these claims were cumulatively true over the last decade, amateurs would be hitting balls into low orbit.

Golf clubs promise impossible distance gains yearly
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