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The Masters' honorary starters -- Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson -- said they feel strongly that professional golf should roll back ball distances for the good of the game.
Our tour-level golfer (Conrad Shindler) played elite golf professionally for more than a decade (including a win on the Korn Ferry Tour) and still hits it today at competitive PGA Tour driver speeds (116 mile per hour clubhead speed). He tested our two prototype rollback balls and found very different results.
One day after Fred Ridley made it clear where the Masters stands on the idea of rollback, Gary Player called for an even bigger change. The post ‘It’s a tragedy:’ Gary Player calls for extreme ball rollback at the Masters appeared first on Golf.
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Masters chairman supports move to rein in driving distances: ‘The game has become one-dimensional’
Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley insists "failure is not an option" when it comes to reining in golf ball distances. The subject has been taxing the sport's governing bodies, the R&A and USGA, for a number of years in the face of significant pushback from manufacturers in particular.
PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp says the Tour has not made a decision on the USGA and R&A plan to roll back golf ball distance starting in 2028.
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