Golf legend Gary Player has joined calls for the sport's governing bodies to follow through with plans to curb striking distance.
In fact, 'Mr. Fitness' believes the current proposals to use balls that would reduce distance by 15 to 20 yards aren't severe enough given athlete will soon "be hitting the ball 500 yards." Player, 87, has called for intervention in the past as ball distances continue to increase and is glad to hear talk of reductions being implemented.
"What perturbs me, is I said years back, I said on British television to Peter Alliss on BBC that players would hit the ball 400 yards, and he told me I was talking nonsense," said Player after teeing off at the 2023 Masters as an honorary starter. "And now what I know is a fact, they will be hitting the ball 500 yards.
