For decades, the green jackets of Augusta National Golf Club have played defense with design, tweaking their course to gird against the modern game. They have pulled back tees. They have tightened ...

Golf’s governing bodies, as part of their continuing efforts to temper distance gains, are readying to announce plans to dial back the golf ball — both for professionals and amateurs. The news was ...

As part of our examination of how a rolled-back golf ball will affect golfers, we had several players of differing abilities test these rollback balls. That includes a faster swinging amateur, a ...

Golf's ruling bodies are changing the equipment testing to make sure the golf ball goes shorter for everyone from Tiger Woods to the amateur who plays public courses on the weekend. The USGA and R&A ...

The USGA and R&A announced Tuesday a proposed model local rule that would give elite competition organizers the option to use golf balls tested under modified launch conditions, a major effort to roll ...

As the golf community continues to process the USGA and the R&A’s proposal to roll back the ball for elite golfers, it seems as though those top-level players—most notably Justin Thomas and LIV Golf’s ...