Michigan Golf Journal April 2023

would have to play a reduced-flight ball. Even if you played a pro-member you would have a reduced-flight ball for the pro, and have to play with that type of ball, where as the amateur, go ahead and make it fun, juice the golf balls up, juice the clubs up and let them go have a great time. But at a professional level I see no reason why we can’t have it very similar to where baseball has it right now.” Jack Nicklaus has long proposed using a different golf ball for professionals, but the general golfing public is still not that enthusiastic about any change to the golf ball. Even though the gap between the average golfer and the professional is wider than it’s ever been, change is difficult for golfers.

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