Anyone who thinks the USGA and R&A has any credibility just needs to look back several years. Mike Davis was on the Golf Channel saying they had no intention to do anything regarding long putters. That didn’t last long.
Shortly after Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson, Ernie Els and Adam Scott won Majors using long putters they quickly did a 180. So anyone who believes anything they say is naive.
They don’t care about the recreational golfer. It’s all about protecting the USGA’s and R&A’s golden goose the U.S. Open and The Open. So when they say they’ll look at driver forgiveness next. It’s not with the recreational golfer in mind.