Golf's driving distance report didn't go very farGETTY IMAGES Dustin Johnson drives the ball huge distances but still doesn't find the game easy. OPINION: Whatever was said between Jack Nicklaus and USGA chief executive Mike Davis didn't show up in the annual report on driving distance. He drove his Nike golf ball to the edge of the ninth green. That was the Haskell golf ball, which replaced the gutta percha. He pointed out there were three instances of a significant gain in distance since 2003, and five cases where average distance decreased.

Source: Stuff March 07, 2018 01:07 UTC