Oh Adam,
Who makes that decision today, tomorrow, and even made it last year, twenty years past ? Of course, that's where the source of the damage has occurred, and I admit it would take a bit of courage on the part of the R & A / USGA to take the "Specification" for a golf ball back in time. Perhaps they should simply retrace their own footsteps by consulting their rule books and pick a year ? Oh aye - and don't forget to keep the bloody thing the same size on both sides of the big pond !! Jesus Harry C***** we don't want to further complicate the exercise !
As for GCA's architects - dinna worry ! That's just a wee bit o scaremongering from Adam. Courses will be built, the existing ones will still need tinkering, life WILL go on.
What's an "Ayn Rander" ? (Daft Jock here)
Personally, I would take it back to good old GUTTA PERCHA. Then you would all know what "primordial excitement" really was ! Hell yeah, as I've heard it said in US films.
Alfie Ward
ps ; had to look up primordial for clarity (daft Jock, again)