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Golf Industry News - Distance Insights Project

The European Institute of Golf Course Architects has issued a statement that welcomes the proposal for a Model Local Rule on golf balls that would result in tour professionals and elite level amateur events be required to play with a ball that reduces driving distances by 15 yards on average.

The R&A and the USGA have announced that the release of research topics related to the next phase of the Distance Insights Project will be delayed to allow the wider golf industry to focus on its response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The findings of a detailed report into the effects of driving distances in the elite amateur and professional game are to be published in February next year, after the R&A and USGA announced that they needed more time to complete their research. The last official update regarding the Distance Insights Project came in February, when the […]

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