Seve: Make the ball bigger
By The Associated Press
THAME, England (AP) - European Ryder Cup captain Seve Ballesteros
has a way to stop Tiger Woods. Make the ball bigger.
"I'd rather see them change the ball instead of the golf
course," said Ballesteros, who begins plays Thursday in the
Benson and Hedges Invitational.
"In days of new clubs and so on, I think they should change
the ball like they did back in 1971 or 1972 from small to a bigger
ball.".
"That would make the game a bit more difficult for him
(Woods) and it would be easy for amateurs to find the ball in
the rough - and for me, too."
Fellow Ryder Cup veteran Bernhard Langer, who won the Italian
Open last week, differed with Ballesteros on how to slow Woods.
"People come out to see the ball go far. If you take that
away, you take away the fun and excitement," Langer said.
"People thrive on watching John Daly or Tiger hitting the
ball out of this world."
Langer opted instead for "Tiger bunkers and water hazards."
"Put some bunkers at 270, 300 yards - that kind of thing,"
Langer said. "The bunkers they have at 240 to 260, Woods
can clear all of them."
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