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PGA Tour players are reportedly pushing back against a new rule set to be implemented soon. Concerns have been raised regarding changes to field sizes and no-cut events starting in 2027.
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Brian Rolapp has already made sweeping changes to the PGA Tour since taking over as CEO last year.
Rolapp has overseen schedule adjustments already, and plans to make some big changes when it comes to field sizes and no-cut events from 2027 onwards.
However, many PGA Tour players are said to be very concerned about one rule which will be coming into play soon.
Brian Rolapp took over as the PGA Tourâs new CEO in 2025, and he opened up on his commitment to make sweeping changes without disrespecting the gameâs traditions.
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Rolapp has a six-point plan to change the PGA Tour for the better, one which includes increased fields, bringing halfway cuts back to Signature Events and operating with a more condensed schedule.
He certainly isnât afraid to make tough decisions.
And one decision in particular that he will have to make very soon will be the toughest of the lot.
The professional game is set to change beyond all recognition in 2028, and the same will be the case for amateur events from 2030 onwards.
The golf ball rollback rule will be coming into play at the start of the 2028 season, and there is some serious pushback already.
A new rule related to field sizes and no-cut events is set to be implemented on the PGA Tour.
Players are concerned that the new rule will significantly impact their competition and earnings.
The new rule is expected to come into play soon, with changes to field sizes and no-cut events starting in 2027.
Brian Rolapp, the CEO of the PGA Tour, is overseeing the changes and adjustments to the tour.
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According to Golfweek, âseveral player directors on the Tour board and PAC (PlayerAdvisory Council), there still is little support on PGA Tour for the golf ball rollbackâ.
Justin Thomas was perhaps the most outspoken of the players who Golfweek spoke to.
âI feel a majority of guys out here are under the same opinion I am that there isnât a problem with the golf ball,â he said.
âSo, if thatâs the case, I donât know why weâd let a group of amateur golfers decide how we play the game.â
Meanwhile, Maverick McNealy is equally disillusioned about the proposed changes.
âI think that is a debate we have skipped over,â McNealy said.
âGolf is in the best place itâs ever been. I donât know why weâre trying to complicate things for such a small fraction of the golf-playing community.
âBut assuming that we do hit it too far and we need to fix that, the way weâve gone about changing the testing of the golf ball doesnât actually accomplish what they want it to do.â
Jordan Spieth said: âThey should be finding a way for it to be the same for everybody. Some players will be affected 2 yards and others 20.
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âI hit Titleist (rollback) prototypes one time straight into the wind and I hit a couple that were the same ball speed, hit a little different on the face and the difference in carry was crazy. The dispersion was massive.â
Brian Harman also chimed in on the matter.
âI donât disagree with Fred Ridleyâs comments that distance means a little too much right now,â he said.
*â*And if there was a solution out there to where you could snap your fingers, and every single person lost 20 yards, well, everyone would be in favor of it.
*â*But thatâs not the solution thatâs been provided. I think the answer is a lot more nuanced. I donât disagree that there is perhaps a problem, but the solution that theyâve come up with is not it.â
Brian Harman thinks the driver is the real problem, rather than the golf ball.
âItâs the trampoline effect in these hollow golf clubs, these clubs are just so forgiving now that the golf ball doesnât have to spin at all,â he said.
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*â*So, guys just swing as hard as they can. I would love to see some sort of experiment where we had to use a non-hollow driver.â
According to Golfweek, âmultiple players recounted how Scott shared that when he was younger, and his game was off-kilter, heâd hit something less than a driver to keep the ball in play. Now, when his swing goes haywire, he hits his driver because itâs the straightest and most forgiving club in his bagâ.
Harman is also firmly against golf courses being lengthened.
âWe complain about that all the time because thereâs no thought to just make a course longer,â he said.
Justin Thomas took aim at modern-day golf course design as well.
âItâs more an issue of how the golf courses are nowadays, where architects will come in and take out 500 trees. I think that is a much bigger problem of strategy and how you play a golf course,â Thomas said.
Quite what the solution to golf courses being overpowered is remains to be seen.
However, with so many players pushing back against the implementation of the golf ball rollback, there is a chance that the PGA Tour events will be played under different rules than three of the four major championships.
The PGA Championship would be the only major where the golf ball rollback will not be implemented, with the PGA of America strongly opposed to the idea.