“Until recent years golf has been a game of imagination, creativity, and variety. The game has become much more one dimensional.” Fred Ridley spoke about Augusta Nationals full support of the golf ball rollback during his press conference introduction.

This is stupid. I watch golf hoping I see one of the most elite players in the world hit a drive 350 yards or more! Not many of them can. The ones that can, work hard to get to that level. Why dont we just go back to wood drivers and wood balls by this logic.. Stupid!

So change the performance of the golf ball used by millions of golfers because 2,000-3,000 top level golfers in ~24 world tours have made the game one dimensional. Absolutely STUPID reasoning.

Gotta say anyone who thinks the game is still not a game of imagination, creativity, and variety, is flat out wrong. Love Fred though.

Anyone that is against the roll back should have to explain what exactly they love about the current restrictions at 120 mph, 10⁰ launch, 2520 rpm equating no more than 317 yards. This is about not having to play majors at 8000 yards.

Rollback isn't going to do anything but benefit the super long hitters who can swing 125+ mph.

Maybe Fred and his club should change their design and evolve. Players have, it’s why they’ve become stronger, faster, smarter, and more equipped to win today than ever before. Maybe Augusta needs to do the same.

Rolling back the ball is not enough. The equipment needs a roll back too. The game is becoming increasingly dull. Bring back steel shafts, reduce the size of the heads on drivers and limit the clubs per bag to 10.

What a absolute 🔔🔚. His opinion means shit. Jumped up no mark who thinks he's important. #nonsense

The real downside of the Masters is that every year we need to listen to this nonsense. Unfortunately bringing facts and logic only makes them double down. Sounds familiar.

Ridley needs to retire. Term limits? 😂

Good. Roll it back. We will just get stronger. Won’t take long either.

Stfu Fred

What's next ? If you hit the ball to 5 foot they move it and make you hit a 10 foot putt

Sure. But Titleist and Calloway etc have millions of golf balls in their warehouses ready to be sold. If the R & A and USGA change the configuration of the golf ball then they’ll be sued for billions….that’s what nobody is talking about

The ball rollback is like an obsession for fuds. It’s so tiresome. The average golfer only cares about: Using the same equipment as the pros. This is bc even the worst golfer occasionally makes a great/amazing shot, which allows them to imagine that if they could do it once, they could (in theory) do it every time. And if they could do it every time, they could (in theory) find their way onto the tour. That fantasy drives a lot of golfers. B) Hitting the ball as far as possible bc it’s one of the greatest feelings that exists. Ergo, rolling back the ball, or forcing weekend golfers to use “non conforming equipment” will remove some of the magic that drives the whole industry/sport. Not to mention, if you already aren’t using PGA conforming equipment (bc of the ball), then why not use equipment that wasn’t just “rolled back to meet PGA standards” but rather, was designed to be as great as possible without any concern for rules. If the solution is that everyone uses the rolled back ball, the the guy who drives it 120 yards is now driving it 100-110 and the course congestion/slowness that is rampant, just gets worse. All I can conclude from this “debate” is that it’s rich private club members pushing for the rollback in an effort to keep their course “relevant” to host professional or amateur events. It totally disregards the average golfer and the experience for 99% of golfers.

Average driving distances on the PGA are up 40 yards since 1986 from 260 to 300 yards. Irons also hit longer so a Par 4 plays 50-60 yards less than it did 40 years ago. A 400 yard par four was driver, 8 iron in 1986 is now 3 wood, pitching wedge.