Different PGA Rules? Not Needed

Hello. I read Gary Van Sickle's si.com column Friday about what he would do if he were PGA commissioner for a day. Of his 10 items, not all of them were related to the PGA Tour, which was surprising. I will address his first item, which is making the PGA guys use woods made out of (surprise) wood! His analogy is Major League Baseball makes their hitters use wood bats, whereas the grassroots leagues use aluminum. While interesting, I think he misses a few points.
First, club manufacturers will never go for it. The clubs the PGA players use now are what we are going to find on the shelves in 1-2 years. The PGA Tour is the manufacturer's testing ground.
Secondly, it would mean the end of club endorsements as we know it. None of us would be urged to buy Taylor Made, for example, because Mike Weir uses wood Taylor Made drivers customized for him. Sure they may work for him, but that wouldn't mean the medal Taylor Made woods would work for me.
Also, the courses would then have to be shortened to adjust to the new clubs. Can you imagine how courses would feel about that? The very back tees would never get used then.
Again, the course setup can overcome all these issues people have about low scores on the PGA Tour. Set up courses like Winged Foot and TPC Sawgrass, and you'll have no problem lowering the scores.
Is the PGA Tour going to do this? Probably not, because they think (mistakenly) that people want to see -20 win all the time. Immelman's win last week was a good one, at -13 on Cog Hill. Tiger, was -1 the first round, then finished 2nd. That's what I want to see - the ability of a player to rebound. If -20 or less wins all the time, then players have to average 67 just to be in contention. One bad round, and you've got no chance.
Toughen the courses PGA Tour. Read my previous articles if you want to know how.

Regards,
Steve