Dick Rugge Quotations

I think we've heard positive responses from eight different ball manufacturers. Some (prototypes) are on the way and more will be very soon.

We're going to be testing those to determine how the game would be affected by having a shorter-distance ball.

We love debate of opinion. But we just want everyone to deal with the same set of facts.

To some people, it's as simple as a shorter ball. I can tell you from our research, it's a much more complex issue than that.

That's no different than what we have today.

That's not in the cards, for the same reason a baseball player doesn't have the same bat as any other player. It's personal equipment suited to each player.

You pretty much get what you put into it. Somebody who swings faster is going to make the ball go farther, we all know that. He's just not getting something that he doesn't deserve.

There's a lot of misinformation out there. What we wanted to say is, let's at least get the facts and figures before we jump to any conclusions about what rules, if any, need to be changed.

In fact this was first told to me by Arnold Palmer a few years back. He said that that's one of the biggest problems, that we need to tighten down on the grooves because it's too easy to get out of the rough, especially for the best players.