Golf star Jon Rahm has called for unity in the sport following the proposed distance changes supported by Rory McIlroy.
Following six years of research amid issues of courses being dominated by the power hitters, plans have been made to roll back the distances travelled by the balls. The R&A and the United States Golf Association, whose proposal focuses on ball specifications rather than club design, hope that new measures would see tee shots reduced by approximately 15 yards.
Rahm, along with the likes of Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth and the equipment makers themselves are against the proposal. However, McIlroy claimed the changes would arrest golf’s “bomb and gouge” trend and restore the “integrity” of a sport in danger of becoming too one-dimensional.
