What do club golfers think of the new rules?
Since the new Rules of Golf came in, we haven’t been able to move for incidents on the European and PGA Tours. There was the Haotong Li debacle, and the Denny McCarthy showdown, then Rickie Fowler was front and centre.
And the pros haven’t exactly been shy talking about the new rules, either, from Dustin Johnson seemingly not having a clue, to those calling for separate rules for the pros and amateurs, to Brooks Koepka speaking more on this than anything else ever.
All fun and games for those of us watching on, but what we really wanted to know was, a few weeks down the line from the changes, how are YOU, the humble club golfer, getting on with them? How are they affecting YOUR game?
In the first of a new series called ‘Club Golfers vs.’, we sent Harvey Jamison to Scarcroft to chat with Lou, Stu, Bob, Dick, Eric, Nick, and two Johns and find out what they think…
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Tom Irwin
Tom is a lifetime golfer, now over 30 years playing the game. 2023 marks 10 years in golf publishing and he is still holding down a + handicap at Alwoodley in Leeds. He has played over 600 golf courses, and has been a member of at least four including his first love Louth, in Lincolnshire. Tom likes unbranded clothing, natural fibres, and pencil bags. Seacroft in Lincolnshire is where it starts and ends.
