A few weeks have passed since golf’s ruling bodies announced their intention to change their approach to curbing the distance players hit the ball on Tour. Two things have become clear since. Firstly, in terms of how they deal with the distance issue, everything is back on the table. Secondly, the ruling bodies want it in play by 2030.
This brings the whole concept of bifurcation back into the picture. To be clear, this is the idea of one set of rules for the players at the top and another for everybody else. If this transpired, it would likely come in the shape of a model local rule, focussed on equipment, that would restrict driving distance in certain events.
