‘Inside The Ropes’ is the chance for Golf Monthly’s tour experts to share their honest opinions on the biggest subjects in the game. This week, we’re looking back on The Players Championship.
Cameron Young birdied the 17th before parring the last to pip Matt Fitzpatrick by a single stroke and secure his biggest win to date at The Players Championship.
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Rollback
When Ludvig Aberg struck his drive 306 yards down the middle of the 11th fairway, it looked like just another striped tee shot from the world class Swede.
Yet the slow-motion replay showed an impact right out of the toe, which fanned open courtesy of some cutting edge MOI tech to stop the ball hooking left into trouble.
306 to the center of the fairway 🫣 pic.twitter.com/mblWTPgn8LMarch 15, 2026
It made me, and many others on social media, question why the world’s top players are able to benefit from such amazing technology. Yes, it’s great for us average Joes who play the game for enjoyment, but should the top 0.01% of the world’s golfers be playing with clubs that are so easy to hit?
The golf ball is being rolled back some 5-10% in 2030 – which I now do not think is going far enough after Cameron Young hit the longest drive in shotlink history down 18 (375 yards) to leave a flick of a wedge into the green – but driver heads surely need looking at, too.
The top players are so, so good that seeing them stripe their 460cc drivers 300+ yards down the middle almost every time just doesn’t seem right anymore. Let them show off their skill by hitting smaller-headed clubs like some of the best players who came before them.
The Players is all-but a Major…now it needs LIV Golfers
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