Course ban on Adidas Adizero shoes....

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I've just received this email ref the adizero shoes.
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The greens committee would respectfully ask that players refrain from wearing the new Adi-Zero shoes during the wetter weather. Whilst the greens are soft and due to the narrow width and length of stud on these shoes, they are creating large depressions on the greens (see image), which is having a significant negative impact on the quality of the putting surface. We are not the only club taking this course of action; some clubs have introduced a complete ban on these shoes being allowed on the course. Many thanks in advance for your cooperation image.jpg
 
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I've just received this email ref the adizero shoes.
Adizero Golf Shoes

The greens committee would respectfully ask that players refrain from wearing the new Adi-Zero shoes during the wetter weather. Whilst the greens are soft and due to the narrow width and length of stud on these shoes, they are creating large depressions on the greens (see image), which is having a significant negative impact on the quality of the putting surface. We are not the only club taking this course of action; some clubs have introduced a complete ban on these shoes being allowed on the course. Many thanks in advance for your cooperation View attachment 8888


Which club is this mate ?
 

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why are they walking so close to the hole that is bad practice. Just asking the players not to wear them when greens are wet is not good enough; what if the player says these are the only shoes he has' you have to ban them or not so everyone knows where they stand. If they are not fit for purpose you are entitled to a refund but adidas will not take that lying down. I can imagine the notice board in the car park (No Trolleys and No Adizeros ) it just wont work.
 
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why are they walking so close to the hole that is bad practice. Just asking the players not to wear them when greens are wet is not good enough; what if the player says these are the only shoes he has' you have to ban them or not so everyone knows where they stand. If they are not fit for purpose you are entitled to a refund but adidas will not take that lying down. I can imagine the notice board in the car park (No Trolleys and No Adizeros ) it just wont work.


How are people able to get the ball out of the hole if they aren't close to the hole ?
 

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I'm going to email Adidas to complain and see what they say. Problem I have is that I bought them off a mate they were only 2 days old at the time as he need a wide fit shoe so I have no receipt but still going to try adidas
 

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Enmore park in somerset.
I'm going to email Adidas to complain and see what they say. Problem I have is that I bought them off a mate they were only 2 days old at the time as he need a wide fit shoe so I have no receipt but still going to try adidas

Mike H was going to see if he could raise the issue and get a comment from Adidas at the Orlando golf show this week so would be intrigued to see if that comes to anything.
 
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I'm going to email Adidas to complain and see what they say. Problem I have is that I bought them off a mate they were only 2 days old at the time as he need a wide fit shoe so I have no receipt but still going to try adidas

Is that the pic they sent you in your post ? Appears the exact same pic as the one from Ealing ?
 

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Is that the pic they sent you in your post ? Appears the exact same pic as the one from Ealing ?

That's what I thought, the two pictures do seem to be the same one.

haha was just about to comment saying the same thing. There's a bit of contention as well as it's believe that those at ealing could be due to the ice clumps more than the stud patterns as well ...
 
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Yes the pic on my post is what they sent me. It's was in our monthly news letter

Well that pic is the exact same pic being circulated by Ealing - so one of the courses is using a pic not from their course ?

Also the indents are from ice build up

And which newsletter ? The Jan edition which is online ?
 

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Mike H was going to see if he could raise the issue and get a comment from Adidas at the Orlando golf show this week so would be intrigued to see if that comes to anything.

This should be interesting as I would imagine they might give him a better answer what with the weight of the magazine behind him, although chances are that they will just dodge the question and say how great the new model is.
 

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Well that pic is the exact same pic being circulated by Ealing - so one of the courses is using a pic not from their course ?

Also the indents are from ice build up

And which newsletter ? The Jan edition which is online ?
Yes the January edition news letter that's online
 
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