Governing bodies propose model local rule for golf balls in elite competitions
The R&A and USGA have proposed a Model Local Rule (MLR) that gives competition organisers the option to require use of golf balls that are tested under modified launch conditions to address the impacts of hitting distance in golf.
McIlroy favours bifurcation but says Distance Insights Report "huge waste of time and money" and "reeks of self-importance"
Rory McIlroy last night launched a withering attack on golf’s governing bodies when he branded the new Distance Insights Report “a huge waste of time and a huge waste of money.”
Pádraig Harrington has rules tips for the deaf
We were lucky enough to meet up with some of Ireland's top deaf golfers for a Golf Digest Ireland feature last month. No doubt the boys would be interested to see that Pádraig Harrington's talents have been put to good use by the R&A, who have produced a ten-minute 'Quick Guide to the Rules of Golf' signed by deaf interpreter Nicholas Padden.
Harrington on referees, Renwick and the rules: "Once a caddie sees something, he can’t unsee it"
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have had their share of rules mishaps in the Gulf over the past 12 months. But for Pádraig Harrington, a man whose disqualification on slo-mo evidence in Abu Dhabi in 2011 led to a change in Decision 33-7/4.5, the laws of the game are still “pretty good.”
Anchoring ban approved by R&A and USGA
Padraig Harrington anchors his belly putter at Quail Hollow. Picture: Eoin Clarke www.golffile.ieThe R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA), golf’s governing bodies, today announced the adoption of Rule 14-1b of the Rules of Golf that prohibits anchoring the club in making a stroke. The new Rule will take effect on 1 January 2016 in accordance with the regular four-year cycle for changes to the Rules of Golf.