Quotes by Dick Rugge

“Thats not in the cards, for the same reason a baseball player doesnt have the same bat as any other player. Its personal equipment suited to each player.”

“To some people, its as simple as a shorter ball. I can tell you from our research, its a much more complex issue than that.”

“I think weve heard positive responses from eight different ball manufacturers. Some (prototypes) are on the way and more will be very soon.”

“Thats no different than what we have today.”

“At the top level, theres not any appreciable difference [in performance]. It really doesnt mean anything. If you were talking about going from 2000 to 3000, then yes, but not at this level. We thought this was an appropriate place for us to set a limit to protect the game from any future unknown developments.”

“Theres a lot of misinformation out there. What we wanted to say is, lets at least get the facts and figures before we jump to any conclusions about what rules, if any, need to be changed.”

“We love debate of opinion. But we just want everyone to deal with the same set of facts.”

“You pretty much get what you put into it. Somebody who swings faster is going to make the ball go farther, we all know that. Hes just not getting something that he doesnt deserve.”

“Were going to be testing those to determine how the game would be affected by having a shorter-distance ball.”

“In fact this was first told to me by Arnold Palmer a few years back. He said that thats one of the biggest problems, that we need to tighten down on the grooves because its too easy to get out of the rough, especially for the best players.”