PGA to restrict use of yardage and green books

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Report: PGA Tour to officially restrict yardage, green books

The PGA Tour is planning a sweeping new set of restrictions on yardage and green books, according to a report. Here's what you need to know.

golf.com

The PGA Tour will adopt a local rule officially restricting the usage of green and yardage books beginning in early 2022, according to a report from reporter Brian Wacker Monday night.

According to the report, which appears to include a screenshot from a memo shared with PGA Tour players and staff, green and yardage books in their present form will be outlawed from golf’s biggest professional tour. In their place, the Tour’s competition committee will authorize the creation of its own “Committee Approved” yardage books, which the memo says will include traditional green information, but will not allow the raw information on slopes and grades that many have argued serves to undermine the skill of green-reading.

 

[ill]

I always thought the caddy gives pro golfers too much of an advantage, so I am kind of happy to see them limit how much of an influence they have on a golfer's game. I want to see the actual talent of the golfer...especially since the caddy rarely gets any of the credit.

 

[Center Ice]

I was at the British Open in Turnberry Scotland years ago and the public was allowed to walk about days before the tournament started. Caddies were there days before the golfer showed up just so they could walk the course with measuring tapes to mark yardages for just about every shot imaginable. I chatted with several of them. Cool dudes.