Bryson Hopes To Get His Muscle-Driven Weight Up To 270 Pounds

Nothing that a 100cc’s off the driver head size couldn’t make someone reconsider!

While I know most of you are watching his Twitch streams—at least he’s doling out tips and not subjecting us to his Peloton plight—but just in case, Zephyr Melton does the Twitching for us and says this very large person is, really, Bryson DeChambeau, world No. 13 and very promising young player.

On a recent Twitch stream from his indoor simulator, DeChambeau shared that he’s gotten even bigger since the fall. Last night he weighed in at 239 pounds. And his “base weight” is now a whopping 235 pounds.

“I’ve upped my size tremendously,” DeChambeau said. “Forearms strength, shoulder strength has gotten crazy strong. I’ve been working hard on that. Leg strength is still there.”

Later on, he defended the decision to get bigger and said players shouldn’t worry about putting on too much weight. He also said he isn’t done trying to bulk up — and 270(!) isn’t even a stretch.

239? That weight sounds familiar.

Naturally, Bryson’s pursuit is his choice and we will all salute him if the speed helps him win tournaments and grow the game.

But is this really what we want golf to turn into? Or for young kids to mimic?

R.I.P. Doug Sanders

I’ll never forget watching Doug Sanders eat a cheeseburger.

The spot was LA’s Apple Pan, a small counter institution just down the street from Rancho Park where Sanders was playing in a Senior Tour event. And there he was after Saturday’s second round in a soft pink, almost mauve ensemble as only you’d expect from modern golf’s most colorful dresser.

Anyhow, it was a joy to watch him play in his later years, to see the outfits and ponder what might have been had it not been for Jack Nicklaus beating him in two Opens.

Doug Ferguson’s AP obituary of the 20-time PGA Tour winner gracefully leaves out a direct mention of the 1970 Open and focuses on Saunders legacy as one of the games’ most colorful players.

Guy Yocom’s My Shot with Sanders for Golf Digest.

Tim Southwell talked to Sanders for 30 minutes and covers everything from the Rat Pack days to his storage of his clothes in various places and even a pair of gloves worn by astronauts who walked on the moon. []

The 1970 Open Highlight film. The Trevino view here says it all.

This 1970 Open telecast portion was posted on YouTube. Featuring the last two holes and playoff highlights, note the announcer calling him out and how much trouble Sanders has pulling the trigger at the Road hole. The faux structure and faux rough lining the hole today are not there either.

An underrated golf swing slowed down, Sanders used a wide stance, had some backswing lag and then ended it abruptly, rare for such a takeway style. But effective!

Doug Sanders- they say he could swing in a phone booth because of his short swing. He may have had the widest swing in golf when you view the footage up clos...

COVID-19: Pro Golfers And Caddies Stepping Up In A Variety Of Ways

Because we know pro golfers are generally the athletes most associated with charity, it’s nice to see the efforts they and some of their caddies are making to help on the COVID-19 front. This is by no means a definitive list, just some of the recent efforts I’ve spotted or that have been shared. (Ryan Ballengee at GolfNewsNet.com is keeping this running page.)

Brooks Koepka donated $100,000 to his foundation that will go to the Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin County’s COVID-19 Response Fund.

This unbylined AFP story explains the efforts for Italy, Germany and Spain respectively by Edoardo Molinari, Martin Kaymer and Sergio Garcia. Molinari’s GoFundMe page, though it’s in Italian.

His EuropeanTour.com blog entry, however is in English.

Ewan Murray at The Guardian reports on the efforts of two of the top bagmen from European, Ian Finnis (Tommy Fleetwood) and Billy Foster (Matt Fitzpatrick).

Finnis distributed 1,000 raffle tickets, at a cost of £10 each, to people who donated. Prizes include signed flags by the European Ryder Cup team and Rory McIlroy, a hat autographed by Fleetwood, tournament caddie bibs and an online golf psychology session. The move was an instant hit with the golf fraternity; £10,000 was collected in just seven hours on Tuesday from around 460 donors. One anonymously contributed £500. “Unreal from the golf world,” tweeted Finnis.

Here is Foster’s Instagram page detailing the items he’s been auctioning to raise money for the NHS. And here was Sergio Garcia:

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I’ve been taking this time to workout, cook for my family and spend time with them as we wait for our baby boy to arrive any day. Show us how you’re staying safe at home with #hometeam. Thanks to my @adidasgolf family for pulling this together!

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"Old-style frugality pays off for PGA pro in uncertain times"

Andrew Both of Reuters checks in with Australian Cameron Percy, a PGA Tour journeyman who observes quite a bit about the current shutdown. Of particular note is Percy’s perspective “borne of a modest Australian upbringing and an acknowledgement of the precarious nature of his profession even at the best of times.”

From Both’s piece:

“Every pro I’ve ever known has had a year where they’ve played like crap,” the amiable 45-year-old said at the Country Club of Wakefield Plantation course where he lives with his wife and three boys adjacent to the second hole in Raleigh, North Carolina.

“I’ve always put money aside in case (of loss of form or injury). I drive a $20,000 car (Nissan Altima), don’t have a boat. Mum and dad taught me to save.

“My accountant is always suggesting I put money in the stock market but most of it is in the bank. What I’ve found from this (pandemic-related economic contraction) is that people don’t save any money any more.”

Percy is currently appreciating time resting his injured wrist, the result of a freak fall. Adam Stanley with Percy’s story overcoming the injury to regain his card.

Stenson On Golf In The COVID-19 Era, Update On Pete Cowen

The Guardian’s Ewan Murray spoke to Henrik Stenson about having little desire to practice with no tournaments looming and hundreds of thousands suffering due to the COVID-19 virus and gets this perspective.

“There’s a lot of fun stuff available for the kids and for us here [at the family home in Florida] but I’m not sure I should mention that when you have someone locked in an apartment and can’t go outside,” Stenson says. “It’s disastrous on a global level from people being really sick to losing their lives, to the world economy plummeting. Anyone who lives paycheque to paycheque is going to feel this. Everyone will to a degree but it feels corny if I am going to complain when people are losing their jobs.”

He also gives an update on his coach, Pete Cowen, who he says did test positive for the virus but who he believes will “get through” it.

“He picked it up on his travels, from what I understand,” Stenson says. “I hope and believe he wasn’t contagious when I last saw him. I think he will get through it but he has been feeling pretty bad.”

Florida Swing: Is TPC Sawgrass Offering A Welcome Respite?

Garry Smits of the Florida Times Union talked to players still recovering from difficult tests at the Honda Classic and Arnold Palmer Invitational. And while no one has lost respect for the immaculately groomed TPC Sawgrass, host of this week’s Players, some of the bite sounds gone.

This from Denny McCarthy and super Jeff Plotts stood out:

“Believe it or not, this might be the easiest course on the Florida Swing because of the way the last two played and how [the Copperhead] is historically tough,” McCarthy said. “The weather looks good this week, so this one might not have the teeth of the others. But you still have to hit quality shots.”

TPC Sawgrass director of agronomy Jeff Plotts said he and his staff felt a bit of envy when watching the players struggle at PGA National and Bay Hill.

“We were laughing last week ... ’Why can we have that kind of wind this week,” Plotts said. “The best defense for a golf course against these guys is wind. They’re so good that if the wind doesn’t blow, they’re going to shoot good scores. We thought we were firming up, but then we got the rain [Monday morning] and the firmness of the course can erode with just the rain we got.”

For the wagering inclined, Jeff Sherman seems convinced there will a low winning score. And no weekend golf for Phil.

THE PLAYERS Championship outrights, 20 matchups and 40 propositions now available @SuperBookUSA

Winning Score: 274.5

Lowest Round: 64.5 Under -200

R McIlroy Make the Cut: Yes -1000 No +650

J Spieth Make the Cut: Yes -120 No EV

P Mickelson Make the Cut: Yes +200 No -250

— Jeff Sherman (@golfodds) March 9, 2020

Justin Rose And Honma Appear To Be On The Rocks

During his World No. 1 reign, Justin Rose’s contract at Taylor Made expired and in 2019 he opened the season with a Honma bag and clubs. The lucrative deal did not require Rose to adopt Honma’s driver, but he did anyway and won his first week using the clubs in PGA Tour action.

Way back in mid-February all seemed well, even as Rose has slipped to No. 13 in the world and failed to capture the glory of his first PGA Tour event with Honma (a 2019 win at Torrey Pines). From the chat a few weeks ago with Golf.com’s Jonathan Wall.

And the team has just been so excited to respond to the challenges that I’ve been throwing at them. Every rendition of the product just seems to be getting better and better and better. And obviously to win pretty much first time out with them at Torrey was awesome last year. And I’ve got admit I didn’t have my best year last year from a mechanics and a swing point of view, and sometimes you’ve got to blame the Indian not the arrows, but I feel like I’m really beginning to get back on track here. The whole team’s been just so responsive and the new, I’m sure we’ll get to it, but the new TR20 stuff is even better.

“Responsive” popped throughout the interview, almost as if there has been more back and forth than normal.

Then last week Rose was spotted with a Taylor Made driver and this week at Bay Hill, the bag has seen a total turnover from Honma to mostly Taylor Made, reported Wall.

And now this…

Spoke to Honma this morning and, out of respect for Arnie’s event, was told there won’t be an official comment until Monday. Expect statements from Honma and Justin Rose at that time.

— Jonathan Wall (@jonathanrwall) March 5, 2020

GQ Profile: Brooks On Selling His Rae's Creek Troubles, Golf Losing People As A Gentleman's Sport

GQ’s Daniel Riley does a fine job until a late unraveling in profiling Brooks Koepka for GQ. As always, please hit the link, things aren’t great at Conde Nast these days.

The most compelling stuff is early on, including this on selling his 2020 Masters water ball shot knowing Tiger still had to play the 12th.

“My theory is if you don't show them anything visually, they can only go off one of their senses: sound,” he explained. “How did the ball sound when it came off? They don't know if I hit it a hundred percent or 90 percent. And they've gotta judge it by the strike.” But if he starts cursing or sulking, Tiger will know it was the shot, not the tricky wind, that foiled him—and calibrate his own approach to No. 12 accordingly. “And so I didn't have any reaction. I just handed it right back to my caddie. And it might've confused him.”

Then there are his thoughts on golf as as “a gentleman’s sport” and why the sport loses a lot of people playing up that notion.

“One thing I'd change is maybe the stuffiness. Golf has always had this persona of the triple-pleated khaki pants, the button-up shirt, very country club atmosphere, where it doesn't always have to be that way. That's part of the problem. Everybody always says, ‘You need to grow the game.’ Well, why do you need to be so buttoned-up? ‘You have to take your hat off when you get in here.’ ‘You're not allowed in here unless you're a member—or unless the member's here.’ Really? I just never really liked the country club atmosphere. I know that drives a lot of people away from liking me. But just 'cause this golf club has such prestige and the members are all famous and have a lot of money…like, why can't I show up and just go play the golf course? Why do I have to sit in my car and wait for the member?

Well, if you want to charge lunch to Chuck Underwood’s account, it’s a good idea. Go on…

“I just think people confuse all this for me not loving the game. I love the game. I absolutely love the game. I don't love the stuffy atmosphere that comes along with it. That, to me, isn't enjoyable. When I practice, I don't think I've ever tucked my shirt in. I show up to the golf course, half the time my tennis shoes are untied, I'm chippin', puttin', shirt's untucked, I've got my hat on, and I'm not wearing a belt, because who wears a belt when it's untucked? But a lot of clubs, if I walked up like that, it'd be: ‘Sir, you need to tuck your shirt in. You need to take your hat off when you get in here.’ ”

You can take the boy out of Florida but you can’t take the Florida out of this boy!

And here’s where the story unravels in unnecessary fashion.

When we pulled up to the security hut at Medalist, something happened that hadn't even occurred to me as being possible. Medalist was closed for the day, and there wasn't any way Brooks or Ricky (or Dan) would be permitted access to the driving range or golf course. I've been denied access to enough golf courses in my life that it didn't really shock me in the moment, but as we drove 30 minutes in the opposite direction to another club, I let the indignation creep in. A golf course just denied access to the No. 1 golfer in the world, as though it were a perfectly ordinary thing to do, which apparently it was. Still, I tried to imagine the security guard at Yankee Stadium denying Derek Jeter batting practice. Or the high school A.D. with the keys to the gym denying LeBron James a shootaround. Wild. And precisely what Brooks had been referring to when he was lamenting all the things that golf gets so absurdly wrong at this critical juncture for the game. What side of society do you want to be on? The one that makes sense? The one that's open and inclusive? Or the one that's rigid, pedantic, exclusionary, stuffy—all for the sake of, what, the enforcement of rules for the sake of rules? It was a buzzkill.

Or maybe they were just punching the greens and the place was closed? Just saying…

"Self-governance took a hit in that bunker and communal-governance took a hit in the incident’s aftermath."

Michael Bamberger brings calm, perspective and a very simple explanation as to why Patrick Reed will have a hard time changing the narrative, no matter how much great golf he plays after last December’s waste bunker lie improvement: “That afternoon, he made a mockery of golf’s underlying principle: Play the ball as it lies.”

Read it all at Golf.com, but this was strong and perhaps helpful for those struggling to understand why the story isn’t going away:

Koepka, Kostis and Chamblee weren’t just playing with New Year’s Eve noisemakers. They were defending golf’s organizing principle: play the ball (all together now) as it lies. These are serious people. Anybody who has played a lot of golf knows that what Koepka said is true: you know where your clubhead is and what it’s doing. Your clubhead has the ability to detonate a bomb. Your hands are on the grip, your ball is underneath you and you know exactly where the clubhead is and what it’s doing. Professional golf is not played casually. It’s a study in obsessive-compulsive behavior. It’s a study in self-governance and communal-governance.

PAC Head Hoffman Opposes "Whatever The USGA's Trying To Prove On Distance"

The headline on this Will Gray GolfChannel.com piece suggests PGA Tour journeyman Charley Hoffman was extremely critical of the proposed Premier Golf League when talking to Matt Adams on his Fairways of Life show. But Hoffman’s quotes seemed to be a mix of cynicism, understanding and veteran wisdom.

From Gray’s report:

"I think it's intriguing that another group of people are willing to dump a bunch of money and try to guarantee us money, get some of the best players in the world to come over and play. I just don't think there's any sustainability or really any traction, personally," Hoffman said. "I haven't dug deep enough into any of that to see if it is. I don't know if I would like to be owned by some Saudi money over there, but if something was a life-changing amount of money they offered me, you'd have to look at it as an independent contractor. Because there's no guarantees that I'll have a PGA Tour card in three or four years."

Hardly a rip job there.

This was an intriguing notion that I genuinely wonder many fans think about.

"As an athlete, any guaranteed money is very intriguing," Hoffman said. "But I've grown up playing this game that there is nothing given to you, and you earn every penny of it. And I think that a lot of golf fans really enjoy watching that."

More surprising is Hoffman’s take on the USGA and R&A, makers of golf’s rules that are mostly played by on the PGA Tour. Given that Hoffman sits on the PGA Tour Policy Board and chairs the Player Advisory Council, I thought he might be more open to the governing body efforts.

After the usual stuff about athletes, technology, everyone loving hit it “further”, no big deal if you just have to add a few tees, etc… Hoffman suggests he’s already one vote opposed to doing anything.

“I am not really for whatever the USGA’s trying to prove or do.”

So much for an open mind to the Distance Insights Study! Certain golf hats do have a way of altering perspectives.

Golf Needs To Get Ahead Of Its "Banging Scheme" Before It's Too Late

Those following the Houston Astros debacle in baseball that was not properly handled by Commissioner Rob Manfred would likely agree that had more been done early on to stop the shenanigans, there would less of a crisis than the one now facing Major League Baseball.

I’m also confident in saying that had Patrick Reed been disqualified and suspended for conduct unbecoming a pro golfer following his Hero World Challenge lie improvement, there would not be an appetite for more Reed bashing that we see today.

Which, in case you didn’t know, continued Tuesday morning when Brooks Koepka mocked Reed’s efforts and excuses and used the dreaded cheater word. Thene things took an even more incredible turn Tuesday night when No Laying Up’s podcast with Peter Kostis led to explicit accusations of multiple cheating incidents.

From Will Gray’s GolfChannel.com summary of the Kostis portion of the podcast:

"I've seen Patrick Reed improve his lie, up close and personal, four times now," Kostis said.

One such instance came during the final round of The Barclays in 2016 at Bethpage Black, an event that Reed went on to win. After hitting his drive on the 13th hole into thick rough just off the fairway, Reed put an iron down multiple times behind the ball before ultimately hitting a 3-wood, a turn of events that drew Kostis' attention in live time on the broadcast.

"That's the only time I ever shut [Gary] McCord up. He didn't know what to say when I said, 'Well, the lie that I saw originally wouldn't have allowed for this shot,'" Kostis said. "Because he put four or five clubs behind the ball, kind of faking whether he's going to hit this shot or hit that shot. By the time he was done, he hit a freaking 3-wood out of there, which when I saw it, it was a sand wedge layup originally."

Kostis can’t be accused of sitting on his observations:

But another comment from Kostis may speak to something I saw extensively last week at the Genesis Invitational and also at the Farmers in January: a habit of most modern golfers to put their club down behind the ball in not-so-gentle fashion, test the lie, and often with obvious pressure levied.

Kostis on Reed:

"I'm not even sure that he knows that he's doing it sometimes. Maybe he does, I don't know," Kostis said. "I'm not going to assign intent. All I'm going to tell you is what I saw."

After watching players regularly put a club down behind the ball, change clubs, do it again and test how their club sits (even on tight turf), I can only conclude that no one has told a generation of golfers: “that’s a bad look to be, uh, banging at the ground. Some people might even think you are improving your lie.”

While it took a long time to get backstopping under control, perhaps someone in golf will begin talking to players immediately when they are seen banging away at the grass and pressing into the ground behind their ball. It might just prevent an integrity crisis the sport does not need.

R.I.P. Mickey Wright

The legendary LPGA champion and founder has passed away at 85.

Famous for her swing and grace, Mickey Wright is remembered by a number of stories, starting with the AP obituary posted at GolfChannel.com listing her remarkable accomplishments.

• 82 LPGA titles, second only to Kathy Whitworth (88).
• 13 major championship titles, second only to Patty Berg (15). Four of those were U.S. Women’s Open titles, equaling Betsy Rawls for most ever.
• 13 victories in a single LPGA season (1963). It remains the tour record. She won 11 times in 1964, which equals Annika Sorenstam for second most LPGA victories in a season.
• Four consecutive major championship victories, a mark no other woman has ever achieved. She won the last two majors in 1961 and the first two in ’62.
• Five consecutive Vare Trophy titles for low scoring average (1960-64), the most won in a row in tour history.
• Four consecutive LPGA money titles (1961-64).
• 14 consecutive years with an LPGA victory (1956-69).

Beth Ann Nichols for Golfweek on Wright:

Wright was one of the most important figures in golf throughout the early 1960s, a private person by nature but constant presence on the course while playing some 30 tournaments each year and winning at a rapid rate. She later allowed the public into her life in a different way, offering more than 200 artifacts to the USGA Museum for her own personal room at the Far Hills, N.J. shrine.

Wright’s swing was the envy of the golf world. It’s one she began building at age 15 while taking lessons from Harry Pressler, an esteemed instructor in California. Wright and her mother traveled 250 miles round trip to see Pressler every Saturday for two years.

Wright’s swing was the envy of several all-time greats and can be seen in this Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf, as well as in a shortened clip from that broadcast. Ben Hogan famously said her swing was the best he ever saw:

Seven years ago, Adam Schupak wrote about Wright’s donation of all her memorabilia to the USGA.

Wright, 77, is only the fourth player — and the first woman — to have a gallery honor her name at the museum, joining the golf icons Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones and Arnold Palmer. If there were ever a doubt, her place as part of the celebrated history of the sport is now drawn in indelible ink.

“She cried when I told her,” said Rhonda Glenn, a U.S.G.A. historian and longtime friend, who informed Wright in November that the U.S.G.A. executive committee had approved the room.

Here is a fantastic highlight film of Wright’s fourth U.S. Open win at San Diego CC.

Ron Sirak authored this tribute feature for Wright’s induction into the PGA of America Hall of Fame.

2017 PGA Hall of Fame Inductee Mickey Wright, LPGA from PGA of America on Vimeo.

Westlake Golf Course's Remarkable Place In The Game

Sean Martin of PGATour.com returns to the course where he was introduced to the game that has produced a fascinating array of players and coaches despite having a short course and artificial turf driving range mats. Not only is it a fantastic look at how Westlake Golf Course succeeds without luxurious facilities, but how a place with an important part in the community can still also produce elite players (current headliners are Matthew Wolff and Danielle Kang).

From Martin’s piece, with images by Keyur Khamar:

I returned recently, as well, to tell the story of the course where I was introduced to the game. You may have caught glimpses of Westlake on Como’s show or in the pages of Golf Digest or on the Instagram feed of swing instructor George Gankas. The success of Gankas and his star student, Matthew Wolff, has brought attention to this tiny public course in Southern California.

There are other affordable and accessible courses in the country, but Westlake provides a unique case study. What it lacks in length, it makes up for with a communal atmosphere that nurtures players’, especially juniors’, passion for the game.

Westlake is a small course with a large footprint. Yard for yard, I don’t think another course has had a larger impact on today’s game. It may seem an audacious claim, but consider the evidence. Two of the game’s most influential instructors and several successful pros have called it home.

Malnati: "I would love to see where a drive of 300 yards is absolutely bombed."

Dave Shedloski quotes several players for GolfDigest.com on the distance topic, and besides the usual nonsense where the decathletes in the game today believe they would be harmed by 15 fewer dimples on their golf balls (or some other needed remedy), there was at least Peter Malnati.

A member of the Players Advisory Council, he offered this sinister technophobic threat to capitalism as we know it:

“As the ball has gotten longer, it has become disproportionately longer for the biggest hitters,” said Peter Malnati, who advocates for a 10-percent rollback that would impact all players. “Selfishly, I wouldn’t mind seeing them make a ball that affects only the top guys. That’s being selfish. I would love to see where a drive of 300 yards is absolutely bombed. That’s the limit. It’s clear that the path golf is on is not sustainable in regards to courses that we’re building that all are approaching 8,000 yards. That seems crazy.”

Golf Pros Who Put The Game Above Themselves When It Comes To The Distance Debate

While golf’s move to placing players above the game has never been better highlighted of late when immediately seeking their views on distance, something strange has happened. While we still have some weird, even delusional comments in response to the USGA/R&A stance that something must change, an equal number are coming around. This is a huge change from even a few years ago.

Graeme McDowell, as reported by GolfChannel.com’s Randall Mell:

“When it starts to affect the integrity of some of the greatest courses in the game, where you don’t have a lot of real estate left to make changes, there’s a problem,” McDowell told GolfChannel.com. “To me, when they moved the 17th tee at the Old Course, I was like, 'Is that necessary?' It’s one of the most iconic tee shots in the world.”

“If this continues, continues, continues, and we fast forward into the future, it could become silly,” he said. “I guess I generally agree with [the project’s conclusion]. I don’t think we want to continue the way we are going. It really needs to stop somewhere.”

Padraig Harrington, who may want to get a golf ball tester for his next batch of Titleist’s, as reported by Adam Schupak at Golfweek:

“I’ve told him I 100-percent support a rollback for the golf courses. It’s purely because of the cost to the golf course – the size, the maintenance, the water, all the costs. There are great golf courses that can’t be used. Roll it back and start again,” he said. “My personal opinion is I would set new specifications and the let the manufacturers have another race to the top. If the ball was rolled back 10 percent, we’d all start again and off we’d go.

“I’m with Titleist, which I think has the best ball now, and they’re a big enough company that if they had to start from scratch, they’d be the best ball again.

Remember Wally, I just copy and paste this stuff.

Sorry, go on Padraig…

“It would be a shock to the system, to the manufacturers, sure. There’s a risk when you have a company like Titleist that has the largest market share. They would like the status quo but I think they are in the best place to produce the next best ball under the new parameters.  Let them compete again. I think Titleist would actually gain from it.”

There is, of course, Jack Nicklaus who has been consistent on this topic since the late 1970s. He took to Twitter to express his joy at the news of the USGA and R&A:

Now that they have clear findings obtained from century of collecting data & its impact on all levels—from golf played at highest level to recreational golf—I look forward to supporting industry’s collaborative effort to find solutions that are in best interest of game’s future.

— Jack Nicklaus (@jacknicklaus) February 4, 2020

As many know, this has been an important topic to me for years, if not decades, and I have been passionate about my position. I applaud the @USGA and @RandA for their comprehensive research, as well as their continued hard work and efforts. Pleased the process has started ... https://t.co/AQPILal0MO

— Jack Nicklaus (@jacknicklaus) February 4, 2020

For those hoping to hear what younger guys think, check out the comments here from Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm acknowledged in 2017 that something will have to be done. The clips aired on Golf Central this week for the first time.

Rahm notes that at some point the distance chase will make golf “not as attractive to watch” while Thomas says, “They’re going to have to change some technology things…there’s going to be a big change at some point, whether it’s the golf ball or the driver.”