After years of discussion and investigation, golf’s ruling bodies have finally spoken. A detailed plan (including an implementation schedule) designed to curtail the distance of the world’s longest hitters was revealed on December 6. Since then, I have, like many of you, been trying to make sense of what it all means.
Firstly, I have sympathy with those at The R&A and USGA tasked with navigating this complex issue. There are arguments on both sides of the debate that are hard, if not impossible, to ignore.
On one side, you have the inescapable fact that those at the highest level of the men’s game are consistently hitting the ball further. This is fundamentally changing the challenge posed by many of golf’s greatest courses, and some people understandably believe this is…
