Rory McIlroy: 'Distance insight report has been a huge waste of time and money'

'I think the authorities, the R&A and USGA, are looking at the game through such a tiny little lens, that what they're trying to do is change something that pertains to 0.1% of the golfing community'

Rory McIlroy during the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines last week. Picture: Gregory Bull

A day after The R&A and USGA announced proposals for discussion about addressing equipment in an effort to reign in ongoing distance gains in golf, Rory McIlroy offered some blunt critiques of his own Wednesday.

Near the end of his press conference before this week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open, McIlroy laid into golf’s governing bodies for inadequately tackling the distance problem regarding professionals when they should be focused on the bigger picture.