PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Phil Mickelson isn’t exactly embracing the USGA and R&A’s conclusions in its Distance Insights Project.
Apparently, that’s partly due to its authors.
He believes the USGA and R&A’s findings don’t give athletes enough credit for the distance gains.
Also, he doesn’t appear to favor those organizations' plans to study the possibility of establishing a local rule that would allow tournament bodies to rein back equipment, to shorten the distance that balls and clubs create.
Asked specifically about constraints the local rule would allow, Mickelson said:
“I struggle with some of our governing bodies.