KEEGAN BRADLEY AND RICKIE FOWLER TEAR INTO ‘MONSTEROUS’ EXPECTED GOLF RULE CHANGE –
KEEGAN BRADLEY AND RICKIE FOWLER TEAR INTO ‘MONSTEROUS’ EXPECTED GOLF RULE CHANGE
Rickie Fowler and Keegan Bradley are the latest PGA Tour stars to voice their opinions regarding the anticipated announcement of the golf ball.
The group that opposes the anticipated announcement to roll back the golf ball includes Keegan Bradley and Rickie Fowler.
Golf’s administrative bodies have been discussing the troublesome subject of distance for a really long time, and it seems to be a choice about how to deal with it is close to 100%.
According to a comprehensive report that was published in Golf Digest, the R&A and the USGA are anticipated to declare a complete reversal of golf ball technology.
The initial plan called for using a Model Local Rule to keep the best players out of elite competitions starting in 2026.
GD was informed by R&A CEO Martin Slumbers that “the game was not happy with the Model Local Rule.”
He was referring to the opposition from equipment manufacturers, the PGA of America, the PGA Tour, and even the game’s most famous players.
He stated that it presented the governing bodies with three choices.
Either alter the ball throughout the entire game, divide the field, and develop model local rules, or do nothing. He stated, “Doing nothing is not an option.”
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods have already voiced their opinions on the matter.
Woods, 47, gave his opinion after playing his first 72 holes since withdrawing from the 2023 Masters.
The decision to use social media in his argument was made by McIlroy. In this game, money talks again,” he said with rage.
In the wake of contending in the Legend World Test in the Bahamas, Fowler and Bradley attacked the plans.
As per Fowler, rolling out this improvement right now would be a “stupendous” step back on the grounds that the game is as of now in the “best spot” it has at any point been.
Bradley portrayed the plans as gigantic.
Keegan Bradley: “I think the USGA does everything in a reactionary way.”
They can’t come up with a solution.
They simply believe that we will have an effect on 100% of golfers worldwide.
It is monstrous that amateur players hit the ball shorter.
That is the most stupid thing I can think of.
“I don’t think it’s very smart at all, especially when golf is literally growing in popularity because of COVID,”
Fowler, Rickie:
“I don’t want to see it as the golf ball being necessarily the right move to take the game and knock it back when it’s in the best position it’s ever been in.
“I don’t understand how, when we are in the best position the game has ever been, we can say, “Oh, you love the game? Yeah. Hey, I appreciate your attendance at COVID.
“Presently we will make you hit it 20 yards more limited. ‘ Have fun!
“I can relate to both sides. However, considering the game and everyone’s talk of expanding the game, I believe it will be a significant setback.