Local rule rollbacks, WMPO love, Saudi embarrassments, and burner denials

Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 6:58 p.m.

This episode begins with a lengthy segment on the announcement from the USGA and R&A disclosing some notable \u201cresearch topics\u201d and \u201cproposed equipment standards changes.\u201d Andy and Brendan dissect the different areas of interest and proposals and the potential implications from a document on the distance issue. They ponder the PGA Tour\u2019s response to a local rule option, whether this is language signaling a rollback or just holding the line, and then reasons for optimism as well as concern from this announcement. There\u2019s also great amusement over the CT Machine page from 2004 in the document. After that opening segment, they get to the schedule for the week, praising the Phoenix venue, its conditioning, its finishing holes, and its loaded field this week. They discuss whether JT was put on some secret suspension based on the language of a recent tweet. On the Saudi International, they read Paul Casey\u2019s statement on the reason for his flip-flop. News closes with some Reed follow-up, like the fact that his attorney had to deny ownership of a burner account and a sportsbook refunding bettors who didn\u2019t have him to win.