Also, interesting quote from the article .......
"The real revolution is not distance," Rugge said. "Distance balls have been available for two decades, but tour professionals gave that up for the feel and control. Now, they don't have to give that up."
Poor USGA guys seem to be well on their way to preserving the tradition of modernizing classic architecture. Like Nicklaus said, in 50 years, they will be teeing it up from the hotel.
All the manufacturers are changing dimples, shell materials, core materials, core thickness, shell thickness, number of shells, etc., etc. year after year after year. If they roll the ball back, everyone will be scrambling like they are already scrambling to create new balls every year, year after year.
It will all be about the same and Titleist will be on top if they continue to produce and market a good ball. Some ball will always go the furthest, have the best feel, etc., etc.