sdandrea1 This should kill any plans that the USGA has to roll back distance........
"The governing bodies’ original golf ball rollback plan would have bifurcated the rules over golf balls, allowing amateurs to continue using their preferred balls while creating a separate rolled-back ball for pro tournaments. But under the new plan, there will be no bifurcation, and instead pros and amateurs alike will eventually be forced to play a shorter ball."
Chamblee is spot on. The USGA is so out of touch with the average golfer.
"I appreciate the governing bodies and what they mean to the game, but on the roll back issue they are not only out of touch with the game they govern, but the people that play it. It is a very small number of people that are in favor of a roll back. Golf course architects of which there are what, maybe a hundred or so? Golf course architect geeks of which there are maybe a few thousand? And a very few tour players and former tour players, compared to 50 million global golfers against it and 28,000 PGA of America members against it and most every single touring professional against it.
The average LPGA tour player flies the ball 220 yards, the average male amateur carries the ball 215 yards, the average female amateur carries the ball 147 yards, (all numbers courtesy of a USGA report btw) but because a few tour players through years of practice, thousands of hours in the gym, and yes, advances in tech, can carry the ball 283.8 yards (tour average for 2023) they want to penalize 50 million golfers. Please. Appreciate the athleticism of the best, but don’t punish the only people in the game that will feel the sting of this decision."
