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Walker rips USGA: Don't have fingers on pulse of game

The hot topic in the golf world the last couple of days has been the possibility of rolling back equipment in the wake of a USGA and R&A joint study that found an increase in driving distance across seven professional tours that amounted to a "deviation" from previous results.

The release was met with immediate pushback from others in the sport, including the PGA of America, Titleist and plenty of players.

But not many took as strong of a stance as 2016 PGA champion Jimmy Walker.

Walker took to Instagram Monday to share his thoughts on the topic, and he made it clear he thinks the USGA's approach of sweeping change across the board, instead of just focusing on the pros, is flat-out wrong:

"Changing golf for the masses because a small few who play it a different level is wrong," he wrote.