"We have no plans to add any additional golf ball rules."

Ryan Ballengee follows up with the USGA's Dick Rugge about his groovy chat with Phil Mickelson this week and shares this:

"I expect that the Tour players will deal with the reduced spin from the rough in a variety of ways – whatever works best for each individual. How their adaptation affects other parts of their games will be seen after the rule goes into effect."

Rugge is confident, though, that the players will be just fine. "These are the most adaptable athletes in the world. Their conditions of play can change from event to event, day to day, hole to hole, and shot to shot. "

And the USGA's tech czar is certain that the golf ball will not be further regulated anytime soon.

"We have no plans to add any additional golf ball rules."

Now considering we're in year six of the USGA's ball study, should we take that to mean the study is finished? Or that they went into the study with a closed mind? Or simply that they currently have not plans for the ball because the study still has a ways to go?