In short, and perhaps not surprisingly, the data suggests that the only distance problem for the more than 99 percent of golfers who are not getting paid to play is lack of it.
Patrick Cantlay’s playoff victory at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open last weekend in Las Vegas may have given him a leg up for comeback player of the year in golf.
Wally Uihlein, president and chief executive of Titleist and FootJoy parent Acushnet and an industry force for much of the past three decades, unexpectedly announced his retirement overnight.