East Mids mystery day

[MoonPig]

Just a quick post to thank the GM team for a truly excellent day today and to Steve (Sev112) for being fantastic company. Obviously can`t post a description of what the day contained at this moment in time but it was a fantatsic day with great company. Im sure either myself or Sev112 will post a more detailed review of the day at a more appropriate time.

 

[Imurg]

Ah - I'd forgotton this was today. Probably coz I didn't get picked!

Glad it was good and I think we're all itching to find out all the details.

No hints at all....?

 

[ADB]

Oh you tease......go on, giz a clue

 

[MoonPig]

Ah - I'd forgotton this was today. Probably coz I didn't get picked!

Glad it was good and I think we're all itching to find out all the details.

No hints at all....?

All i can say is that despite many rumours on here of what the day may or may not have contained it wasnt Aldi presenting their own range of high end golf equipment

 

[Imurg]

I win the sweep!!

I said Aldi wouldn't do it..........

 

[sev112]

Well what a fantastic day - another memorable one organised by GM. Moonpig (Darren) is a great guy, and beacuse of his highly sensitive occupation (he is a major asset to our nation) i cant tell you much more about him, but rest assured i am highly confident that our future generations will be grateful for his efforts.

Not quite ALDI, but you will be amazed ...

Moonpig and I were treated to a day of "reto-fitting" of our existing clubs and bags to meet the enhanced requirements of playing with the new and revolutionary MOLITOR golf ball. Those of you who remember the Molitor will remember its extreme length and durability. Well there is a new MOLITOR and it will change your game of golf for the better.

Moonpig and I were invited to bring our clubs to the new testing ground on the East Coast, which is a specially constructed driving range which allows you to fire these monsters out to sea.

The new balls are made out of tungsten steel, covered in a urethane cover. They are hollow (well they'd be bloody heavy if they were solid) and give a resounding echo like an explosion when hit.

The only issue is that most golf clubs have to be retro-fitted to be able to play with these new monsters.

Rumour has it that they are being tested on the tour right now by a group of tour players, so if you see any odd looking clubs out on tour at the moment you can bet they are scretly testing the MOLITOR.

So, to club retro-fitting.

Thin faced drivers are a bit of a problem. Not really because of their face strnegth, but because the sound they make with normal balls is amplified when using the MOLITOR. Moonpig and I had to wear ear muffs while this was demonstrated. The faster your swing speed the more this effect, so retrofitting a driver involves drilling lots of holes through the face until the sound is bearable to the player.

Retrofitting irons is similar, but different. Thin faced deep cavity backs have a lump of (what I can only descibe as) chewing gum spread around the cavity. This serves to dampen the earthquake magnitude vibrations that are caused if a spring effect irons hits one of these babies. Blades are a different ball game. If you thought you could hit a blade before, you really couldn't; now you have no chance. Retrofitting blades involves sending you off to AG to trade them in for cavity backs that can be filled with chewing gum.

Utilities are suprisingly unaffected and don't need retro-fitting on account that something so traditioanlly obscene matches the new ball perfectly.

Putters are very interesting. Because these babies rocket off the face, there isn't a soft insert out there that can deal with their stored energy. So Moonpig had the insert of his putter removed and not replaced. I had to have a big void milled out of my precision milled face.

That would, you think, be the end of it. You would be wrong. These Molitor engineers think of everything. Even your golf bag has to be retrofitted with industrial strnegth webbing, so that you can put a dozen of these in your bag without it splitting.

And finally, each dozen balls comes with a pair of knee braces and back strap.


So all in all an amazing day. We were looked after by the MOLITOR crew wonderfully, and the GM guys are just brilliant. That's what this forum is all about. Blackmoor here I come .

(Oh yes apparently you need the Greenkeepers' approval to use these in tournament play as they do tend to leave rather deep pitchmarks.)

I am sure Moonpig and I will provide a few more details of our day when the Molitor licensing deal gets through the lawyers


(P.S. The above pepared in recognition of the great value and durability benefits gained by the author in younger and poorer times from the Molitor ball )

 

[Evesdad]

Yeah I remembered last thing last night as I was still cursing not being picked!!! Hope you guys had a great time and can tell us all about it soon.

 

[fundy]

brilliant post sev