[captainidiot]

Its been reported that Tiger has been using a new ball this year designed by his own personal ball designer to be called the Nike Platinum.

I've seen discussion of this new ball but have never seen a good answer as to its being an approved USGA conforming ball.

What is at question is that it is labeled as a Nike One Gold but is in fact the Nike Platinum in disquise. Nike has mislabeled it so the Daryl Survey people wouldn't know he was using a new ball.

I've looked at the USGA conforming list but don't see the Platinum listed. Is this a violation or does the PGA Tour have different rules regarding legal equipment?

It wasn't long ago Jeff Sluman was Dq'ed for using some prov1's without any label.

How can you play a non conforming ball with a conforming label?