TaylorMade has received almost 45,000 responses from golfers who were invited to comment on the USGA and The R&A’s proposal to introduce new performance parameters for golf balls used for professional and elite level amateur play.

TaylorMade invited everyday golfers to voice their opinion by completing a survey regarding the topic of golf ball bifurcation. Nearly 45,000 golfers across more than 100 countries spanning a variety of ages, abilities and participation levels completed the survey over the last 10 days.

81% did not agree

Of those who replied, 81% did not agree with the proposed bifurcation in the rules governing golf balls, while 77% didn’t believe that average hitting distances needed to be reduced among professional golfers.

However, only half of respondents (48%) believe that it is important for amateurs to play with the same equipment as professional golfers, while 35% said it was ‘moderately important’ and 17% said it was ‘not important’.

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