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Golf Industry News - Steve Otto

NTT Data, the official IT provider of The Open Championship since 2013, has released details of its activation plans for the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon. 

The proposed change to golf ball testing conditions is aimed at elite players with no impact on the vast majority of golfers and there will be no change to the general rules on Equipment Standards at this time

The R&A and the USGA have announced that the World Amateur Golf Ranking will be determined by a new system called the 'Power Method' beginning with the first update in January 2020.

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