Player said, referring to president Trey Holland saying Palmer would no longer have a visible role as honorary chairman of the Members Program. Player said the guilty party in the debate over equipment issues is the USGA, saying it has been lax in curtailing technological advancements in the ball. He found it ironic that the USGA does not ban long putters, for one thing. The USGA has been so weak over the last 15 years,'' he said. They have allowed people to putt with a putter on their nose, a putter on their chest, a putter on their chin, which to me is ridiculous.
Nerves are just as much part of the game as anything.
Player said it might be time for the PGA Tour to establish its own rules. The Jones Cup Invitational makes its debut Friday in Sea Island, Ga., a 54-hole tournament that could grow up to become the Masters for amateurs. The 53-man field will play at Ocean Forest Golf Club, site of this year's Walker Cup matches, and includes 13 of the top 22 players in Golfweek magazine's rankings. We wanted to initiate an elite amateur championship that would invite the very best players in the world to Sea Island each year,'' said Bill Jones III, chairman of The Sea Island Company. Invitations went to top college players, mid-amateurs, U.S. juniors and members of the Walker Cup team from Britain and Ireland.