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Why we need the PGA Show

Friday, January 29, 2010 Comments

With all the buzz coming out of Orlando about the latest advances in new golf technology, I thought it prudent that we put it in some perspective. The fact is, all the hype is still not reaching the masses.

Witness the flood of notes and pictures we're getting from readers and friends with nominations for the most OBSOLETE collection of clubs. Mind you, these are not some relics retrieved from attic or garage, these are every-Saturday-morning-tee-time gamers. We all know the economy is tough, but I'll say it again, playing these clubs is like using mud-stained pond balls.

For instance, Virgil Beshears writes in: "I am the most obsolete player I know. When I was in high school, my dad got new clubs and gave me his old ones. I have been using the irons ever since. I graduated high school in 1988." That's four Presidents ago.View image

Or maybe you'd prefer Daniel Kuhlman, whose driver purchasing philosophy goes like this: "My newest club is as recent as 1999 or so. That club would be my replacement driver, a Knight TiRANT 285cc with a titanium insert that I may have found on the bargain counter at K-Mart." Nice. View image

Virgil, Daniel, everyone: Pay attention to our reports from the PGA Merchandise Show. There's a better world out there.