The R&A and USGA have confirmed their intention to wind back the distance golf balls can travel. What does it mean for you and your favourite players on tour? Here’s our Dummies Guide To The Rollback.
Amid a tidal wave of scorching hot takes after the R&A and USGA announced a universal golf ball rollback last week, there was Padraig Harrington shining like a beacon in the night.
Tom Mase and Martin Brouilette have spent hundreds of hours studying various scientific areas in golf, but neither can yet say with certainty how the rule change announced overnight by the R&A and USGA will affect golfers, especially those on the recreational side.
Wherever you sit on the matter, it’s increasingly clear that something is going to happen, and probably soon with a rule that will apply eventually to all golfers, not just elite players.