"This groove change was a knee-jerk reaction to distance gains that have mostly leveled off in the past six years, and it takes us into the dangerous territory of making the game more difficult for amateurs."

It's been way too long since Peter Kostis wrote some non-sensical, credibility-crushing fluff for his friends at Titleist, but the "Golf Products Design Consultant" for the company put together quite possibly the lamest and most inevitable argument one could make about the groove rule change: you're hurting the average man who won't be affected by this rule change anytime soon!

This groove change was a knee-jerk reaction to distance gains that have mostly leveled off in the past six years, and it takes us into the dangerous territory of making the game more difficult for amateurs because we're trying to reign [sic] in Phil or Tiger. That's ridiculous. Yes, the groove change won't take effect for amateurs for 14 years,

Wait, what was that Peter? 14 years? Oh please do tell us how it impacts the everyday man since your company won't be selling that soft, spinny ball that could drive little old men from the game because they lost five yards on their drives.

but if the plan is to roll back technology so that 50- and 60-year-old players can't hit the ball well enough to enjoy the game, then we've messed up.

Whoa there big guy. How is it again that this rollback of a spinnier ball (not sold to the public) and a groove rule only impacting competitive golfers, is rolling things back for 50-to-60-year-olds and driving people to take up tennis? That was quite a leap, even for you.