dorseymatt
Eagle Member
Ken Climo will be turning 48 years old in a couple weeks. After two rounds at the Memorial, he's shooting -17, which would be good for 12th place in the Open division. His PDGA rating is 1023.
Let me just mention this again: Ken Climo is about to turn 48 years old.
There has been some debate about how good Climo truly was in his prime. Yes, he was insanely dominant, but how good was his competition? Surely, McBeth is better than Climo ever was... right?
Well, I don't know. Will Paul McBeth have a rating over 1020 20 (!) years from now?
I've recently hit my mid-30s. Three years ago, I don't think I could appreciate the physical decline that happens to our bodies as we age. I figured, I work out all the time, stay in good shape -- I'm always going to be getting more and more fit, even if I lose a little speed.
Well, the decline is significant once you pass your physical prime. I see this now. And, again, Climo is, charitably, 15 years PAST his prime, PAST the point where he likely was already starting to experience physical deterioration. And, yet, he is still performing at a world class level, in a sport that is absolutely BRUTAL (over time) to the joints. This is incredible.
Given current disc technology and better competitors to push him to excel, how good would Ken Climo have been in his prime? Impossible to say. But -- damn. What the guy is doing NOW should make you wonder. And at the very least, his current performance should suggest he'd have been significantly better than he is now.
Let me just mention this again: Ken Climo is about to turn 48 years old.
There has been some debate about how good Climo truly was in his prime. Yes, he was insanely dominant, but how good was his competition? Surely, McBeth is better than Climo ever was... right?
Well, I don't know. Will Paul McBeth have a rating over 1020 20 (!) years from now?
I've recently hit my mid-30s. Three years ago, I don't think I could appreciate the physical decline that happens to our bodies as we age. I figured, I work out all the time, stay in good shape -- I'm always going to be getting more and more fit, even if I lose a little speed.
Well, the decline is significant once you pass your physical prime. I see this now. And, again, Climo is, charitably, 15 years PAST his prime, PAST the point where he likely was already starting to experience physical deterioration. And, yet, he is still performing at a world class level, in a sport that is absolutely BRUTAL (over time) to the joints. This is incredible.
Given current disc technology and better competitors to push him to excel, how good would Ken Climo have been in his prime? Impossible to say. But -- damn. What the guy is doing NOW should make you wonder. And at the very least, his current performance should suggest he'd have been significantly better than he is now.