Non conforming drivers

[Ferrins]

Why do they still fetch good money?

[Daves]

Range Warriors love them.

[Ferrins]

Looking at a set of irons and it comes with a TM XR-03 which still pulls $150USD+.

[Daves]

Many Asian golfers have never played on a golf course, it is too expensive, so they live on multi-storey ranges, where it is all about how far you hit it, not what you score. To such an extent that the big US OEMs are seriously considering producing non conforming clubs for that market. The USGA is warning them not to cross that line!

[Ferrins]

Would I be able to bag this in the SA Champs without those dumbo's catching on?

[Lagerlover]

Would I be able to bag this in the SA Champs without those dumbo's catching on?

You'll be fine, just get a grown up to write "conforming" on the sole of the club and no one will be any the wiser.


*no need for them to use the quotations

[Daves]

And I would also make sure my tax affairs were in order before I did so..........

[markTHEblake]

Would I be able to bag this in the SA Champs without those dumbo's catching on? Just tell them the extra distance is attributed to the extra right hand strength you have.

[Steve]

Is this another JDM thread ?

[Hatchman]

Would I be able to bag this in the SA Champs without those dumbo's catching on?

The last ones that did that holidayed in Snowtown :razz:

[jimandr]

Would I be able to bag this in the SA Champs without those dumbo's catching on?

I've seen the Ferret play, and we should encourage him to use a non-conforming driver. He normally hits three fairways a round, and the wide ones can be very wide.

[wazamac]

Would I be able to bag this in the SA Champs without those dumbo's catching on?

No Kitcheners for you!!!!:razz:

[Daves]

I've seen the Ferret play, and we should encourage him to use a non-conforming driver. He normally hits three fairways a round, and the wide ones can be very wide.

I agree Jim, I was just thinking the same.

[Icestorm959]

The real answer is that a large proportion of Asian club golfers play for money within the group they are in, not for points against the larger field, so the rules are made up by the 4 players within the group - hence you regularly get games where you can use non-conforming equipment, drops out of out-of-bound areas, etc. (think the matchplay shenanigans in Caddyshack)

Considering the typical golfer there drops about US$300-400 for a round and bets about US$100 per hole, a lot of them are willing to spend alot more on non-conforming equipment to give themselves an edge (they also tend to be mid-high handicappers who are slower swingers as well). From a cultural/social context, it is not "seemly" to point out to people who you may be playing with and who may be higher up than you on the social scale, that they are cheating (with their non-conforming driver), so the best solution is often to have one of your own to use when your playing partners use them too.

From the course's point of view you're all just playing social golf anyway so its not policed either. Why would you give a rats ass that you can win $40 with 45 points, when you can win ~$1,000 from your playing partners over the round.

[Ferrins]

I agree Jim, I was just thinking the same.

Rubbish my dispersion is tighter than a huskies butt hole.

[Lagerlover]

Rubbish my dispersion is tighter than a huskies butt hole.


:lol:

[Daves]

Rubbish my dispersion is tighter than a huskies butt hole.

Guess who has been eating the yellow snow!

[Lagerlover]

Guess who has been eating the yellow snow!

POTTY of the year

[Harry Putter]

Never really understood the fuss about non conforming drivers. For a handicap golfer the minimal amount of difference in shots per round would soon be adjusted in handicap.

A non conforming ball however . . .

[magman]

How much difference is it gonna make? A slice is a slice, a hook a hook, no matter what club you hit it with. Also the cor on a drivers face can only really add a few metres at the most.

[Harry Putter]

How much difference is it gonna make? A slice is a slice, a hook a hook, no matter what club you hit it with. Also the cor on a drivers face can only really add a few metres at the most.

Spot on - I still have a non-conforming Cobra 440 SZ lying around, I also have the Cobra L4V conforming which is way superior and have recently purchased a Cobra Bio Cell. They are all fine drivers but the longest is the Bio Cell, mainly due to the ability to fine tune the numbers on Flightscope.

[Daves]

Plenty still in play around the place too I reckon. If you went through the bags of the average Saturday morning comp, I think you would be quite surprised what you would find in terms of non conforming! Fakes, non conforming Drivers, even homemades (putters mainly).

[Ferrins]

Lajosi?

[Daves]

Lajosi?

No, pretty sure they are considered conforming. I am talking about the wooden homemade jobs you see some of the old farts using. Most wouldn't comply because their lie angles exceed the maximum limit.

[LarryLong]

One of my best mates plays a non-conforming driver, but he only plays golf when my old Uni foursome squares off for our semi-annual skins game. He takes great delight in telling us where we can jam the rulebook any time it is brought up (usually each time he pulls it out of the bag or hits a good one).

[PeteyD]

No, pretty sure they are considered conforming. I am talking about the wooden homemade jobs you see some of the old farts using. Most wouldn't comply because their lie angles exceed the maximum limit.

Raja's sausage on a stick ...

[Ferrins]

I played with one of those guys, copper pipe garage issue.