Eventually he will injure himself. Muscles may grow and grow but the tendons have limitations.

Let's slow down a bit people. Yes he won in dominating fashion but he's not the first to do it. It's one win, others will win again and yes long has been dominant for years now but that dosen't mean it's a guarantee. Just seems like there is a lot of whining right now.

No question about it, he laid to rest the discussions that accuracy is more important than distance off the tee, but that has been long gone for several years. But do not put it all in Bryson's basket. MANY players on tour can hit 8 irons nearly 200 yards, if not farther. He has just brought it to light with his Open victory. He ALSO has a super short game and he can putt. The fact that he planned it, did all of the work in the gym, changed his diet, and worked very hard on the range to accomplish it cannot be swept aside. Does the tour need a "tour ball" with 20-30% less distance capability? Many questions to be answered. ALSO, let's see if he can sustain it over a full season.
JPH

So I’ve been fortunate to have played this game for over fifty years. I love this game; for all its aspects and all its individuals. I also love baseball for similar reasons. The idea that golf will become all about distance and little else would be like baseball being all about the hitters and nothing else. Long drives and hitting it out of the park have their place but who wants to watch only that? And if you can’t hit your putt in 30 seconds you shouldn’t be considered a pro.

Bryson has a natural strategy that works, get stronger and go further.. His advantage is not to be found in wind tunnels and dimple patterns its simple, get bigger get stronger. Will DJ and other tall players have to use shorter clubs to equalize their swing radius to shorter players like Louis to make it fair. Let Bryson do his thing and let the rest catch up. Brain'S

Wing Foot was there for the taking! We saw it for what it really was. Wide fields of grass with narrow strips of fairways, a few trees and bunkers. Bryson hit as many fairways as most of the golfers in the field. But his approach won't work on every course. It will be interesting if he can duplicate the win on other courses.

I agree with some of the other commenters here that its less an issue of growing the rough and instead creating more hazards off the fairway. My club has two 18 hole courses, The Forest and The Meadows. Guess which one is more difficult? Elite members aside it will take people 10 strokes or more to get around the harder course. Bomb and gouge doesn't work if you don't let it.

And all the power to Bryson for putting in the work and playing his way but he still has to maintain pace of play.

Watching golf is entertainment based on what’s possible. Playing golf is the reality check that maybe it is or isn’t for me -today-. Lol. What Bryson did has little relevance to the rest of us. It’s just entertainment. No reason to change the game because a few people do what most don’t or can’t.

I like seeing players taking the game to the extreme. We should not discourage athleticism or innovation. I'm happy to play my game as best I can each day.

Its about course presentation. This course was set up to statistically favour boomers so why the surprise when a very talented boomer wins. If the straighter hitters cant even hit 50% of the fairways playing well then why bother with accuracy. If you are going to have thick rough around all greens giving everyone the same exam paper then don't be surprised if those talented with great short games are nullified. If great iron players cant hold greens with good shots because of dry very undulating greens then don't be surprised if smashes out of rough get virtually the same result. If the course was set up the same as the first day for all four then would it just be down to the boomers, I don't think so. In setting up the course the way they did it played right into the hands of Bryson and Wolfe. If you want to reward accuracy give them a reasonable target to hit at shorter distances and give great iron players a surface to hit which they can hold. Day one was great the rest was unnecessary carnage with only one result possible, it was set up to favour a boomer so why the surprise and indignation and demands to change things that will change nothing. Course conditions can be used to make the changes better than more regulations changes. This is from a very short hitter 200yd driver carry.