USGA on defense: Pausing ball rollback and playing it safe at Shinnecock
6/17/202642 min
0:00: USGA reverses course (for now) on the rollback
10:30: What are some options moving forward?
18:00: The USGA is playing it safe this week in terms of U.S. Open setup
26:00: Scottie Scheffler goes for the career Grand Slam for the first time
32:00: Level of concern with Brooks Koepka's hand issue
35:00: Some of our favorite contenders and pretenders
41:00: Subscribe to the Rex & Lav newsletter!
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First 90 secondsRyan Lavner· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello and welcome into this edition of the Golf Chair podcast with Rex and Lab. Happy U.S. Open week to all who celebrate. Rex, this might be the most jam-packed major championship edition- Ooh ... that we've ever done. Gotta get to the contenders. We gotta get to the pretenders. We gotta get into the golf course. We gotta get into the setup. But first, since we're recording this on Wednesday afternoon, let's get into the news of the day. It's the reason why you're still in that very dark, that very dingy, that very- Mm ... depressing, uh, trailer in the TV compound, but you're sticking around for the live show to break down what was a pretty significant development, I would say, [smacks lips] uh, as the governing bodies are still looking to roll back the golf ball. If you missed it, essentially, they are punting the issue until at least 2030, and they have now promised collaboration, the governing bodies have, that's the USGA and R&A, with the PGA Tour, with the DP World Tour, and all the tours around the world, as they try to find a different and potentially better solution for the distance issue. Again, the USGA and the governing bodies have been working on this issue for about eight years. This was supposed to be enacted- 10 ... with the testing standards, uh, in 2028 for the elite level, 2030 for the recreational level. Now, it looks, Rex, at least 2030 before we're finally gonna see some potential progress on this.
Rex Hoggard· Host1:23
[smacks lips] I think you touched on a couple of the important ones, and since you and I are both writers, I'm gonna go with the alliteration on this. It's, it's