AUGUSTA — Fred Ridley made clear, in perhaps his most forceful manner to date, that he believes “failure is not an option” as it relates to a proposed golf ball rollback in the game.
As has been customary of the Augusta National and Masters chairman, along with his predecessors, Ridley said the Masters is in step with the game’s governing bodies—the United States Golf Association and the R&A—which have proposed a testing change that would see a rollback in distance for the game’s elite.
