Overview
- Young, speaking Wednesday at the PGA Championship, said he picked the Double Dot for iron control and only recently saw reports that it would satisfy the coming ball test.
- ShotLink data shows his driving average is essentially unchanged since the 2025 switch and includes a 375-yard drive at The Players, calling promised yardage cuts into question.
- Tour executive Jason Gore told players last week that internal PGA Tour testing indicates Young’s ball would pass the proposed USGA and R&A standards, and several pros have also used the model.
- The proposal keeps golf’s Overall Distance Standard, which caps test distance at 317 yards with a tolerance, but raises robot test speed to 125 mph with higher launch settings and targets a unified rollout around 2030.
- Skeptical players cite tiny drops in trials, with Adam Scott reporting two yards, while Titleist and the USGA have not publicly confirmed conformity for this ball and there is no official list yet.