From the Clubhouse: Is the golf ball about to be rolled back for everyone?

“There are only three options: We can bifurcate; you change the whole game; or you do nothing. And doing nothing is not an option.”

R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers says a decision on what to do about hitting distances in golf is coming by the end of the year but, after admitting to Golf Digest’s John Huggan there had been lots of opposition to the R&A and USGA’s proposed Model Local Rule, what's going to happen now?

If you change the whole game, could that mean a shorter ball for everyone? In this episode of the From the Clubhouse podcast, Tom Irwin and Steve Carroll speculate about the distance debate and how it will affect us at our clubs?

Would we be willing to play a shortened ball? Would it make any difference to our games? And what could it mean to the way our clubs maintain their courses?

You’ll not be surprised to learn Steve and Tom have rather different views!

The duo also consider the latest reincarnation of Tiger Woods and look at the new manoeuvres in the LIV Golf-PGA Tour standoff. Will a deal be done?

The From the Clubhouse podcast is produced in association with TaylorMade Golf.