Rory McIlroy has aired his support for the controversial plans to decrease the driving distances by using a different type of golf ball.
The USGA and R&A recently announced plans for a Model Local Rule which would grand competition organisers permission to enforce the players to use a ball that travels approximately 15 yards less.
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The primary reason behind the change is to reduce the increased driving distance of players given the average has slowly but steadily increased over the years.
A number of big-name stars have already come out swinging with criticism of the planned change, with world No. 10 Justin Thomas claiming it’s a “solution for a problem that doesn’t exist,” while world No. 2 Jon Rahm question the need to change something already…
