Did the governing bodies miss the boat on spin-rates for golf balls?

[Tom_Ross]

For a long time, there used to be a skill involved in reducing the amount of spin on an approach shot (less club, armsy swing, etc.), but now with balls like the ProV1x, players can take as big a swing as they want and the balls stop on a dime, even on PGA Tour greens.  This is making greens will false fronts (ok, maybe not #9 at ANGC), back-to-front slopes and Ross-like crowning almost simple to hold with aerial shots.  This is obviously not the way these greens were designed to be played, even if the clubs being used are much shorter.

Did the USGA miss the mark by not attempting to regulate factors like this into the ball specifications?

[TEPaul]

No they didn't miss the mark on spin rate, in my opinion. The regulatory bodies only need to concentrate on size, weight and overall distance limitations.

[Tom_Ross]

Seeing as golf is the only major sport that does not require a uniform ball to be used by all players, do you think that they are truly indentifying the best players when there is that much leeway between factors other than size, weight and distance?  I'm sure Mr.Mucci will come back with something like "golf balls are inexpensive or free for professionals, so anyone could use a ProV1x", but is that really the point?  Is the spirit of the game to over-emphasis one's equipment over skills, luck, weather conditions and other such elements?