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[NiftyNiblick]

I think that the tour pros and high level tourmament amateurs have been allowed to become too relevant in the discussion about equipment rules.

They should be playing the elite version of our game.

We should not be playing the recreational version of their game.

This isn't baseball or hockey. The recreational game on the whole is more important than the sports entertainment version.

The USGA and R&A should back equipment that makes recreational golf as enjoyable as possible, and if the pros shoot lights out with that gear, so what? I don't really think that it would make that much difference to them, so we're the ones who should be accommodated.

I honestly wish that the USGA would be challenged by a competing sanctioning body which prioritizes recreational golf while nonetheless crowning its own champions. The USGA has really screwed up with this grooves thing in my opinion. If anything, the rule should be sunstantially more lenient.

Edited by NiftyNiblick, 07 July 2009 - 09:04 AM.

[Tyler Knott Gregson]

You are right that the top tier is determining the rest of us, when we are clearly the dominant numbers. Why aren't the rules customized for us first, then tweaked to accomodate their skills? I don't think they should be able to shoot -40 under par on a tournament every time with easier equipment on easier courses, but I do think for us recreational golfers, the emphasis should be kept to make golf FUN, not even more challenging. It's already losing numbers as it is, what will this do?