Bernhard Langer, who soon could be playing a rolled-back golf ball, has another solution for golf’s distance fight. Make the golf balls bigger, he says. The holes, too. “I don’t know if this has ever ...

Early Friday afternoon, on Augusta National’s 2nd hole, Bernhard Langer slapped his tee ball ahead, then creaked himself left, begging for more. He needed it. The hole is 575 yards long. And at 67 ...