In a leaked memo from the PGA Tour Commissioner yesterday the PGA Tour are not supporting reducing ball distance.

So, this isn’t such a surprise because nearly all the PGA Tour players were against rollback. Justin Thomas was particularly vocal about it. Strong words “it is not wanted and not in the best interests of the game”, It means that the R&A and the USGA are now in disagreement with the PGA Tour. Bit they will be protecting the interests of equipment manufacturers who wont want to make a sprcisl ball they can’t also sell to consumers. What is surprising is the hard hitting and dismissive language. The tone of the whole memo shows a lot about how Jay Monahan communicates. It’s like this is a solution to a problem which doesn’t exist.

However, it was Jack icklaus, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy who were all more open to the idea of ball rollback.

This spring at Augusta Tiger said ” I think this should have happened a long time ago”.

Jack has previously said “I don’t think the rukes are right about the golf ball. The game has changed so much because of the golf ball”.

A new distance control ball would bring back sourses like asunningdale that are obsolete for championship golf.

This decision just throws more conflict into the path of PGA Tour officials and dismisses years of research.