Join now and get your first month for just $1 ><\/a><\/p>\n\u201cGiven that we really want to keep the 2030 ball on the table, we have to work with some prudency and some urgency, and we will,\u201d USGA chief executive Mike Whan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve taken 2028 off the table. We\u2019re leaving 2030 on the table. So when we talk about other approaches \u2026 we need to know that sooner than later so it creates a sense of urgency for all parties.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bryson DeChambeau of the United States.Source: AFP<\/p>\n
The ODS was agreed upon earlier as a measure to test golf balls. Talks among the tours and governing bodies found distances continue to increase and there was \u201ca concern by the tours that the updated ODS testing approach may not achieve the desired results\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe the ODS change that we\u2019re implementing won\u2019t be significant enough to have the kind of objectives we\u2019ve set out,\u201d Whan said.<\/p>\n
He said worries were from \u201csome of the best elite male golfers and their organisations about whether or not the ODS ball change would be enough to make real change in distance.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement said the groups had a \u201ccollective willingness to reconsider alternative approaches that may more materially impact the pace of future distance increases, while minimising disruption to the overall golf market\u201d.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s going to mean re-examining ideas tossed aside earlier, some seen as impractical to everyday or elite players.<\/p>\n
Bryson DeChambeau of the United States. Photo by Cliff Hawkins\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cWe felt in those meetings a collective willingness to reconsider maybe some of the ideas we moved on with,\u201d Whan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd determine whether or not there could be other ideas that could be more impactful and maybe even less disruptive for the overall game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it would be crazy to not take the time to see if we could come up with something together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Old ideas, such as balls for specific competitions, could have new life.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe realised pretty quickly let\u2019s not kill the how-abouts because maybe there are some ideas here that are getting reopened we looked at in the past and probably closed the door on because of some of the tour\u2019s feedback that feel to be more open today,\u201d Whan said.<\/p>\n
He also noted PGA players understand any solution might hurt them in individual ways.<\/p>\n
Groups will take time \u201cto review, test and implement options that have a meaningful impact on distance at the elite level,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese efforts will ensure the elite game does not become too one-dimensional while continuing to emphasise the importance of shotmaking.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US Golf Association, R&A and the PGA and DP World tours said Wednesday in a joint statement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-743503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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