R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers says the highly anticipated modernizing of golf’s rules will be released on March 1, but it might be just the beginning of more change.
“It’s the biggest change for our generation,” Slumbers said Monday in a media conference call. “I'm hoping that it's going to be welcome, because an awful lot of work and thought has gone into it.”
And more work will follow, he said, with R&A and USGA’s modernization setting up a framework of language that could lead to more specific rule changes down the line.
For instance, Slumbers was asked if the R&A and USGA will ban caddies from lining up players with its new rules restructuring.