The Latest from the Rollback Wars and the Excellence of Bel-Air CC with Geoff Shackelford
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Fried Egg Golf
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🗓️ 15 August 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Yesterday marked the end of the official "comment period" for the USGA and R&A's proposed Model Local Rule regarding a reduced-flight golf ball for elite competition. That's right, ya missed it. But the PGA Tour and the PGA of America submitted their comments on time, and they're opposed. Why have these organizations aligned against the governing bodies? How have certain equipment companies put their thumbs on the scale? What's the likelihood that the USGA and R&A will cave? Garrett discusses all of those questions with Geoff Shackelford (@geoffshac), author of the Quadrilateral newsletter as well as the new book Golf Architecture for Normal People. In the second half of the episode, Garrett and Geoff shift to sunnier topics: the delight that was last week's U.S. Women's Amateur at Bel-Air Country Club, the merits of Bel-Air's design and agronomy, and the unexpected two-major season from Lilia Vu, yet another successful product of Southern California's public-golf scene.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Mr. Green, for example. I'm already upset. When I find my ball in the bunker, I'm really upset. |
| 0:05.0 | And when I find my ball in a fried egg. |
| 0:07.0 | Fried egg. The dreaded fried egg. |
| 0:09.0 | Fried egg. Fried egg. |
| 0:10.0 | Fried egg. Fried egg. |
| 0:11.0 | Fried egg. Fried egg. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm about ready to run off the golf course. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the fried egg podcast. I'm Garrett Morrison. |
| 0:37.0 | And today's guest is Jeff Shackleford. |
| 0:40.0 | No doubt you're familiar with Jeff. He is the writer of the Quadrilateral Newsletter, |
| 0:44.0 | which focuses on news and insights around golf's major championships. |
| 0:49.0 | And he is also the author of the new book, Golf Architecture for Normal People, |
| 0:53.0 | which I highly recommend. And you can find anywhere you get books. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm bringing Jeff on today for a couple of reasons. |
| 0:59.0 | First of all, Jeff is fried egg golf's unofficial rollback correspondent. |
| 1:04.0 | And we have senior rollback correspondent. |
| 1:08.0 | And we have rollback developments to talk about for better or for worse. |
| 1:13.0 | Yesterday was actually an important date for the USGA and RNAs proposed model local rule, |
| 1:18.0 | which would help institute a limited flight ball for elite competitions. |
| 1:22.0 | Yesterday was the end of the designated comment period in which various organizations |
| 1:27.0 | and industry stakeholders were invited to offer their feedback on the MLR and boy did they ever. |
| 1:33.0 | So Jeff and I will break down all of that. |
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