Tiger Woods golf ball brand issues immediate response to latest news
Tiger Woods' golf ball brand Bridgestone Golf issues statement following the golf ball rollback announcement.
Tiger Woods' chosen golf ball brand, Bridgestone Golf, believes "further commentary is no longer productive" following the R&A and USGA's golf ball rollback announcement this week.
Golf's governing bodies, the R&A and USGA, confirmed on December 6 they will update the testing conditions used for golf ball conformance under the Overall Distance Standard (ODS) from 2028 at Tour level.
Existing golf balls approved for conformance in 2027 may continue to be used by recreational golfers until January 2030 to give golfers, manufacturers and retailers additional time to adjust.
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Bridgestone Golf, which makes Tiger Woods' chosen B XS TW golf ball, admits it would "prefer that any new rules did not impact recreational players" but that the brand will now "concentrate on creating conforming products that allow both pros and amateurs to play their best golf."
That is a similar stance taken as Callaway, but very different to the strongly-worded response from Titleist.
In a statement sent to GolfMagic following the latest update, Bridgestone Golf President Dan Murphy said:
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