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The 2024 US Open Is Designed to Thwart Golf’s Big Hitters
Players, aided by technology, are hitting the ball farther than ever, and courses can’t keep getting longer—meaning operators are having to find smarter ways to keep the sport challenging.
In December 2023, the USGA—along with the Royal and Ancient Society in St. Andrews, Scotland, who together oversee the worldwide rules of golf—announced a controversial plan to help eliminate distance gains by putting new restrictions on how far the golf ball can fly, by changing how they are manufactured. Traditionally, the men’s Open Championship has been one of the sternest tests in golf, ripe for players to have metaphorical car wrecks on their scorecard, because of the narrow fairways and deep grass surrounding them, the rough. If scores remain near par and no one runs away from the field as Kaymer did 10 years ago, the USGA should be able to proclaim success and show that when the ball rollback goes into effect, the old courses will stand the test of time.
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