Nicklaus, Watson, Player favor rolling back golf ball distance - ESPN
This has been an issue I have been saying a long time about rolling back the distances, but I have not said just with the golf ball. I believe some of the advancements in technology have made hitting much longer distances, too easy (Ball, Grooves, Shafts, Driver Heads, putters, etc). But the way golf is driven by equipment manufacturers, it will be very difficult to change.
In sports like Baseball, Football, Basketball, Soccer, etc. The sport regulates much of the equipment already, by supplying the balls and closing regulating the technology allowed and the specs on equipment. At least much more than golf has. Yes, golf does have some regulations on equipment, but we must all agree that the changes in equipment/ball technology have dramatically changed the game from where we were just a few years ago, let alone decades ago.
Overall, baseball, football, basketball and soccer use relatively the same equipment with some distinct changes. But the nfl has not tried to change the football so that players could throw it further in the air. Baseball has even tried to roll things back with baseballs that are less lively. In soccer, they have added some texture and features that have allowed players to bend the ball easier, but I have not seen anything that is a major problem.
In most cases, in the other sports the big technology advances have been with safety or enforcement of rules by using instant replay or new hawkeye technology to call balls & strikes or in or out.
What is your thoughts on rolling the ball back as the article states. I am a fan.
This has been an issue I have been saying a long time about rolling back the distances, but I have not said just with the golf ball. I believe some of the advancements in technology have made hitting much longer distances, too easy (Ball, Grooves, Shafts, Driver Heads, putters, etc). But the way golf is driven by equipment manufacturers, it will be very difficult to change.
In sports like Baseball, Football, Basketball, Soccer, etc. The sport regulates much of the equipment already, by supplying the balls and closing regulating the technology allowed and the specs on equipment. At least much more than golf has. Yes, golf does have some regulations on equipment, but we must all agree that the changes in equipment/ball technology have dramatically changed the game from where we were just a few years ago, let alone decades ago.
Overall, baseball, football, basketball and soccer use relatively the same equipment with some distinct changes. But the nfl has not tried to change the football so that players could throw it further in the air. Baseball has even tried to roll things back with baseballs that are less lively. In soccer, they have added some texture and features that have allowed players to bend the ball easier, but I have not seen anything that is a major problem.
In most cases, in the other sports the big technology advances have been with safety or enforcement of rules by using instant replay or new hawkeye technology to call balls & strikes or in or out.
What is your thoughts on rolling the ball back as the article states. I am a fan.