"Were the ball to be "fixed" so that, say, 50 yards came off Mickelson et al's future drives, then nothing else need be done in the realm of equipment."
/After a week of listening to depressingly out-of-touch tour players and manufacturer reps whine about the big, bad USGA stripping away the opportunity for the companies to innovate and therefore line player pockets to endorse the latest stuff, it was heart-warming to read the following two columns. While both are wondering why the grooves were selected for regulation, both make it clear that had areas of greater priority been selected the manufacturers probably could have carried on innovating with clubs. But instead, the desire to protect the ball led to the groove rule change that they hate.
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