Global game needs a bigger ball: top TV analyst (Reuters)

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

(Reuters) - Top-level professional golf is headed by an "extraordinary group of players" but the game urgently needs a bigger ball to keep it relevant for the average amateur, says former Ryder Cup player and television analyst David Feherty.

While world number one Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and others have given fans plenty to savor, both on and off the course, Feherty believes that golf's rulemakers have missed out on an obvious opportunity to improve the game for everyone.

"The first thing that I would change would be the size of the ball," Northern Irishman Feherty told Reuters in a telephone interview. "It would bring all the old golf courses back into relevance if…