What occurs once you put three gearheads in the identical room and ask them to debate the advantages and downsides of golf-ball bifurcation? Issues get heated.

In the course of the newest episode of GOLF’s Totally Outfitted podcast, the co-hosts sounded off on the place the sport may very well be headed after the USGA and R&A introduced a proposal to introduce a Mannequin Native Rule golf ball for “elite competitions.”

The ball would basically scale back distance by 15-20 yards (5 p.c) for tournaments — and probably excursions — who select to undertake the ball.

That’s assuming the ball receives assist from gear producers (good luck) and Tour gamers (additionally not trying good) within the subsequent two-plus years earlier than the rule goes into impact on January 1, 2026.

As you’d anticipate, there’s rather a lot to unpack within the USGA and R&A proposal. The Totally Outfitted crew makes an attempt to make sense of all of it in a free-flowing dialog that’s informative and extremely entertaining. Take a look at the complete episode under.

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Jonathan Wall
Patacon.org Editor

Jonathan Wall is GOLF Journal and Patacon.org’s Managing Editor for Tools. Previous to becoming a member of the workers on the finish of 2018, he spent 6 years protecting gear for the PGA Tour.

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