Brandel Chamblee always offers his thoughts on the most highly-debated topics in the professional game.
Chamblee has made a living for himself after retiring from playing by sharing one controversial take after another.
In fairness to the former PGA Tour player, though, a lot of his opinions are absolutely spot on.
Chamblee‘s latest take on one upcoming rule change makes a lot of sense but there will undoubtedly be some people who disagree with him.
As a result of his straight-talking nature, Chamblee receives plenty of criticism from fans and players alike.
However, Chamblee’s no-nonsense nature is exactly what we want to see from pundits.
That is what enables good analysts to evoke genuine emotion from fans.
Brandel Chamblee says the USGA have made a big rule change mistake
The USGA have taken a bold step to address one of the biggest threats to the sport.
With golfers at the very highest level getting longer and longer with every year that passes, some of the most prestigious golf courses in the world are quickly being made redundant.
Chamblee took part in a Q&A session for Golf WRX, and he responded when asked to give his opinion on how to combat the sheer length that players are hitting the ball nowadays.
“With all due respect to the USGA and the R&A, the proposed roll-back will not sufficiently slow the best players down,“ Chamblee explained.
“They will recoup the distance lost very quickly, especially if the current trend in the game to widen corridors, cut down the trees and rough continues.
“The average clubbed speed on the PGA Tour is around 116 mph, but there are people who can swing upwards of 150 mph, and that gap is going to close inexorably going forward.
“This is a way of saying that the only way to slow the best players down and bring back longer more momentous shots, is to either bifurcate the game, or have an Augusta National golf ball made that must be used in the tournament.
“I don’t see the latter happening, and the former would take a decade or more to implement, unfortunately.“
Brandel Chamblee on Augusta National’s defence against distance
Chamblee believes that Augusta National has ‘kept in step with the technological advances’ better than any other golf course in the world.
“There is no golf course that I know of that has kept in step with the technological advances in equipment and the physical changes in the players better than Augusta National,“ Chamblee said.
“Thankfully, more often than not, the Masters still gives us the most compelling and dramatic Sundays in golf.“
Chamblee is 100 per cent right with those comments.
Augusta National has been lengthened considerably throughout the years and can now be stretched out to almost 7,600 yards.
However, the problem is that not every golf club in the world has the space and money that Augusta National does.
Lengthening golf courses is simply not a sustainable way to fight against the advancement in golf club technology.
Perhaps the golf ball rollback is actually the only way.
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