It’s an interesting issue.
I was playing a MacGregor or Cleveland Persimmon my rookie year in 1990.
I did not spin the ball much, and had a hard time adjusting to the new equipment.
When I started trying to play again in 2012 after 10 years of not playing, I was honestly blown away at the changes in equipment.
I had to change everything I believed when it came to driver. I launched it too low
With too much spin. I had to learn how to launch the ball significantly higher and my challenge was to do so with far less spin than I was accustomed to. I felt the ball was out of control when I drove it at proper “numbers”. I reluctantly moved towards what is correct, giving up my security blanket of spin and being able to work the ball and co trol it better.
I personally find it interesting how often I hear how much easier it is to control the driver, as it has been the opposite for me. I feel like spin is control, and the low spin while certainly going “hotter” was like a flier for me. I finally made some swing changes before my injury in 2016,which allowed me to finally launch the ball higher withnenough spin to control it, and I did pick up a5-10 yards.
So, what would I do. 1) I do not believe the 90% of golfers that truly matter have made any great courses obsolete. The members of Merion, CPC or visitors to the Old Course seem to be plenty challenged from my experiences.
2) the lengthening of golf courses seems to be repeating the absurdity of chasing the conditions we see at Augusta or other tour courses in tv. Color television probably ruined more courses than pythium
But if I HAD to....
3) I do believe as manufacturers and top players learned more an more about optimization, that the ruling bodies missed a chance to say drivers and balls combinations may not exceed (x mph). Meaning if a driver launches a prov1 within parameters but the ProV1x goes too far, that driver and ball cannot be used together.
Think about hitting a Pinnacle in a scramble vs a tour ball....that combo is not allowed. Titleist and Bridgestone have an insane number of balls on the approved list. Some spin more, some less. Some drivers are zero spin, some a lot. Pick your combo as long is it doesn’t not exceed (x)
Horse have left the barn maybe though
And as a former player, I do not like the idea of bifurcation.....longer post than intended sorry