If Deane Beman Was Commissioner (Again) For A Day: Equipment Regulation!**
/Thanks to reader Ken for sharing the sequence from today's Morning Drive where Deane Beman and Adam Schupak were plugging their new (and of the many parts I've read, excellent) book. Co-host Tony Erik Kuselias asked:
"Tomorrow you get to be commissioner again and you are complete czar and you can do whatever you want and everybody will agree, what's the ONE thing you'd like to see get done that has not been done right now."
Beman's reply?
"My greatest regret is that I was not able to influence the direction of technology in golf. I think it has had a dramatic effect on how the game is played, on the cost of golf being played today. There's m-billions (Couldn't tell if it was M or B) of dollars that have been put into golf courses to try to accomodate the best players in the world. and it's not just tour courses, it's every course around the country. Just in case Tiger Woods happens to come and play your course and you don't want him to shoot 60.
"Everybody has increased the speed of their greens to levels that the average player can't handle. The cost of maintenance of golf courses has risen, therefore the cost of memberships, the cost of green fees have gone up. All to, in my opinion, the detriment of golf."
At this point co-host Gary Williams saw his rally kill light go on and jumped in to protect the best interests of baseball by asking him about appearance fees!
