travel as far as golf balls that are available today. The proposed change will have no affect on the everyday player, who is trying to get every extra yard he can squeeze out of his ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction.’ Protecting Par “We have attempted to protect par,” is one of the catch phrases heard from USGA officials at every U.S. Open golf course that is set up nearly impossible to negotiate, even for the best players in the world. A better question is, “Should they really need to worry about protecting par?” Isn’t par just a number? With golfers today being much more athletic, technology creating Opinion USGA Proposes to Limit Golf Ball By Fred Altvater In addition to hosting the United States Open, the Women’s U.S. Open, Men’s and Women’s U.S. Amateurs, plus 10 other national golf championships, the United State Golf Association (USGA) oversees and occasionally fine tunes the rules of golf. The USGA, along with The R&A have served notice, that in their vigil to shorten the golf ball for elite players, they plan to amend the Rules of Golf to do just that. USGA Championships would require elite amateurs and professionals to play a ball that does not Indiana Golf Journal
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