Rory McIlroy didn’t have “golf ball change” on his equipment bingo card (we’re assuming this is a thing) for the 2025 season. More than any other piece of gear, swapping pellets is far from a layup.

Have you ever been stymied? Maybe in life. But probably not in golf, though it used to happen to players all the time. The stymie — where one player’s ball interferes with another player’s putting ...