Bifurcation? Pros & Cons? | Golf Monthly
It's really being over complicated. There used to be two balls, one small, one big. Players adapted. It really wasn't that big an issue.
We have transitioned through different balls, grooves, drivers, all with little difficulty. It can be done again.
At the moment, the rules bodies have bottled it. They are frightened the pga tour will break away, and end up playing something that looks like golf, but isn't, because their members are stakeholders and won't like it.
I agree with Jimbob, to an extend, go to 10 clubs for pro's, limit driver loft to 9 degrees plus, bin off anything over a 56, and re-introduce some shot making. Play a spinnier ball, give the best a real chance of showing just how good they can be. It's only the journeymen who will struggle, and who turns on the telly to watch them?