Golf Equipment to Ban

SaintHacker said:
Have to agree with the post about gps rangefinders. I'm a high handicap player, but part of the fun of the game for me is working out which club to hit
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Here we go again...
Lets ban yardage markers, scoresavers and anything else that tells you anything about the hole you're playing.....
Lets ban 460cc drivers, waterproof shoes, modern balls, trolleys, steel shafts, steel heads and anything else that is post 1900 while we're at it........
 
Yeah, sorry this was intended more as a rant against pink golf balls than a serious call for other things to ban (or to perv over female golfers).

It's true, I am a girl. Should maybe put it in my sig.....
 
SaintHacker said:
Have to agree with the post about gps rangefinders. I'm a high handicap player, but part of the fun of the game for me is working out which club to hit
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I think that they are great. I use one and I would not say that it helps much more than using a stroke saver or the 150 markers. One of the biggest differences being told my distance is that it makes me quicker round the course as I am not having to pace out distances from 150 markers or from the big bushy tree that my stroke saver is showing me.

Devices have always been there to give you distances it is just that they are in a digital form now rather than a well worn out stroke saver from in my bag, or relying on the greenkeeper to have put the 150 markers at the correct distances. Which at many courses I have measured with my GPS to find out that they are out by as much as 10-15 yards. So my GPS will definitely tell me it is a 9-iron or the markers will tell me to hit a 9-iron to then watch it go flying over the back of the green.......:angry:
 
Range finders just give the amateur golfer the same benefit the pros get - accurate yardages.

The only thing I would ban is the belly putter as I do not believe the club should touch any part of the body than the hands.
 
Pink, yellow, orange or white. Does it really matter what colour the ball is. Plenty we could ban but I'm in benevolent mood and so lets call it quits today. If you want GPS, belly putters, black gloves or anything similar then go for it
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Pink, yellow, orange or white. Does it really matter what colour the ball is. Plenty we could ban but I'm in benevolent mood and so lets call it quits today. If you want GPS, belly putters, black gloves or anything similar then go for it
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Yes - pink is out!!!

I am fed up looking for ladies golf gear and drowning in a sea of pink. It's not mandatory for girls to like pink. Nothing wrong with pink in small doses but that Paula Creamer is just ridiculous..... pink golf balls!!! Gaaaaaah!!!

:rant:
 
Pretty sure I've said this before...

GOLF BALLS SHOULD BE WHITE!!!! All other colours should be banned

Along with...

Ball retrievers
Belly Putters
People shouting things like Mashed Potato
 
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Imurg said:
Here we go again...
Lets ban yardage markers, scoresavers and anything else that tells you anything about the hole you're playing.....
Lets ban 460cc drivers, waterproof shoes, modern balls, trolleys, steel shafts, steel heads and anything else that is post 1900 while we're at it........
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Better still Imurg, lets ban numbers and degrees on the bottom of clubs, then we can guess what club to use for the yardage we've just guessed.

What is it people don't get about having accurate yardages? :confused:
 
Deke said:
I think a few posters on this forum have green balls!
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Blue is even worse......

FairwayDodger said:
Yes - pink is out!!!

I am fed up looking for ladies golf gear and drowning in a sea of pink. It's not mandatory for girls to like pink. Nothing wrong with pink in small doses but that Paula Creamer is just ridiculous..... pink golf balls!!! Gaaaaaah!!!

:rant:
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Oh to be a fly on the wall in a marketing meeting. "How can we make our product appeal to women?" "Hey, let's paint it pink" "Ahh yes, what a top idea - ok, next item of business..."

That said, I've no problem with pink stuff being sold if it's used to raise awareness for breast cancer.
 
Pink balls should only be used as prizes in Mens comps! :)

Ban every golfer on the hole in front of me. And sod the ones on the holes behind me!
 
In this order:

Belly putters
Longer putters
Electric trolleys
Golf buggies
GPS
Stableford obsession
Any wood over a 5
Rescue clubs
Checked trousers
White belts

Have I missed anything?
 
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