Captain_Black.
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I have heard of several horror stories recently of durability issues of modern clubs.
With the ever increasing quest of more distance & lighter weight, are manufacturers pushing their luck?
I have heard of several stories of carbon fibre driver heads breaking / cracking.
One guy I know personally bought a new Stealth driver, one week later whilst having a lesson with the pro, the pro said that club doesn't sound right, can I have a look?
On inspection the pro said it's cracked, have you dropped it, no said the guy, not a chance.
So it was sent back to Taylormade under warranty, they rejected the claim, saying it was misuse.
So the guy sent the club to a specialist company nearby who specialise in examining tools & equipment.
They tested it & carried out an X ray, they wrote an engineers report to say in their opinion it was a manufacturing defect.
The club was returned to Tayormade with the specialist report & they still rejected the claim.
The shop then gave the guy a new driver as a good will gesture & to preserve their good name.
Anyway.
I bought a brand new set of Callaway Rogue ST Max irons at the of October.
Because of the bad weather, I have played 9 holes on maybe 5 or 6 occasions from the end of Oct until now.
Yesterday, I went out to play nine holes, I hit a tee shot on the 8th with a 4 iron, it was a horrible shot & didn't sound right, I looked down at the face of the iron & it had cracked!
Before anyone says anything, I am very careful with my clubs, this iron has only hit a golf ball, not a tree root or a stone.
I have spent today trying to sort this out, the shop offered to replace the iron, but sourcing one with the right shaft was going to be tricky.
But, tbh I had lost all faith in my new irons & I knew going forward I would be forever inspecting every club after every shot.
Luckily, the shop where I bought them we're very good about it & I am in the process of exchanging them for a different make.
But it did make me think that the manufacturers continually building these clubs with thinner faster faces is not good for durability (mine didn't last 6 weeks!)
With the ever increasing quest of more distance & lighter weight, are manufacturers pushing their luck?
I have heard of several stories of carbon fibre driver heads breaking / cracking.
One guy I know personally bought a new Stealth driver, one week later whilst having a lesson with the pro, the pro said that club doesn't sound right, can I have a look?
On inspection the pro said it's cracked, have you dropped it, no said the guy, not a chance.
So it was sent back to Taylormade under warranty, they rejected the claim, saying it was misuse.
So the guy sent the club to a specialist company nearby who specialise in examining tools & equipment.
They tested it & carried out an X ray, they wrote an engineers report to say in their opinion it was a manufacturing defect.
The club was returned to Tayormade with the specialist report & they still rejected the claim.
The shop then gave the guy a new driver as a good will gesture & to preserve their good name.
Anyway.
I bought a brand new set of Callaway Rogue ST Max irons at the of October.
Because of the bad weather, I have played 9 holes on maybe 5 or 6 occasions from the end of Oct until now.
Yesterday, I went out to play nine holes, I hit a tee shot on the 8th with a 4 iron, it was a horrible shot & didn't sound right, I looked down at the face of the iron & it had cracked!
Before anyone says anything, I am very careful with my clubs, this iron has only hit a golf ball, not a tree root or a stone.
I have spent today trying to sort this out, the shop offered to replace the iron, but sourcing one with the right shaft was going to be tricky.
But, tbh I had lost all faith in my new irons & I knew going forward I would be forever inspecting every club after every shot.
Luckily, the shop where I bought them we're very good about it & I am in the process of exchanging them for a different make.
But it did make me think that the manufacturers continually building these clubs with thinner faster faces is not good for durability (mine didn't last 6 weeks!)