It's (Not Really) The Gym Time, Files: Kuchar Picks Up 10 Yards After Ball Switch

It’s all about the speed and gym work these guys put in these days. Oh, and some Trackman time, product development and bizarro regulatory complacency helps too.

From Golf.com’s Jessica Marksbury on Matt Kuchar putting a new ball into play at last week’s Mayakoba Classic and reaping noticeable benefits by switching to a Bridgestone Tour B X prototype.

During testing leading up to Mayakoba, Kuchar, who ranks 247th of 248 on Tour in driving distance (276.5 yards), found an additional 1.5 miles per hour ball speed with the ball, which equated to an additional 4 yards. With the rollout, Kuchar was consistently seeing an increase of 10.5 yards per drive.

Naturally what Kuchar done is undoubtedly within the rules, which begs the question: what’s the point of having rules if they can’t regulate the equipment to ensure an improvement in skill achieves the distance gain?