Brian Burke | Russell Henley punished for honesty about golf ball size at PGA event

By Brian Burke
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:37am, first published November 21 2019 - 3:30pm
STRICT: On professional golf tours, the 'one ball rule' insists you must use the same 'brand and make' of ball.
STRICT: On professional golf tours, the 'one ball rule' insists you must use the same 'brand and make' of ball.

Golf balls used to come in different sizes. There was the American and the British, which was slightly smaller. This was due to differing regulations from the two governing bodies, the R&A and the USGA, regarding the minimum allowed size for the ball.

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