Nick Price is upset about the golf ball getting rolled back. He says that the equipment used for golf is making all of our great courses useless.

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Nick Price is known as a very respectful and nice golfer, but when you ask him about how new technology in golf equipment has changed the game, he has a lot to say. One of the best golfers in the world doesn't hold back.


"Equipment is making our good golf courses useless," Price said in an interview with Golfweek last week at the PNC Championship in Orlando. He played with his son Greg in the tournament. "You can ask the older people, but they may say that you old people always complain. They say that this new generation works harder than you. I know five guys who are bigger than me and can still hit the ball 340 yards.  Many men are exercising, which is good, and they are focusing on the right things. But now, the sweet spot on the driver is as big as a peach. When I was playing, it was as small as a pea. I don't think we should return to playing on old-fashioned golf courses, but the ones we have now are not very challenging. Players are able to reach a 620-yard hole in just two shots. "We need to do something about this. "


He is from Zimbabwe. He won 18 times in the PGA Tour and got two awards for being the best player in the PGA Tour in 1993 and 1994. He was also ranked as the top player in the world for 43 weeks. One person in the world.


The 66-year-old is not just another old person sharing their opinion. He has been closely involved in the process as a member of the U. S I have been on the Golf Association Executive Committee for the last five years and worked on the Championship and Equipment Standards committees.


"I talked a lot about it. It was the ball, the driver, and the grooves," he said.


Earlier this month, the USGA and R&A said they will change the rules for testing golf balls starting in January. On January 1, 2028. This is how the people in charge want to stop golfers hitting the ball further and making golf courses longer.


The decision was made after a long time of talking and researching between the USGA and R&A, along with golf equipment makers, the PGA Tour, the PGA of America, and other important groups in the golf world.


The people in charge decided to make the golf ball go a shorter distance in 2028 for professional golfers and 2030 for regular players. Price didn't really like this decision.


"It's a small move forward," he said. "Many people don't want to do anything about it. "


The USGA and R&A first suggested making a rule that only top male golfers had to use balls that don't go as far. But with the new rules, everyone will use the tested balls in a way that reduces the distance they travel.


Price was asked about his opinion on splitting something, and he said, "I thought that could happen. " It was a choice. We discussed that if you played in a USGA championship, you would need to use a particular ball and clubs. "But that won't happen. "