dufferman
Journeyman Pro
The alternative is you pay him in Monopoly money, and when he pulls you up on it say 'sorry mate, you took the money, it's your problem now'.
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Lost Driver Head.........................
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cookelad
Tour Winner
Find the head and drop it off at his house and point out that you've just been to AG/DG and bought a new driver because you don't want to do business with him!
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
Anyone heard of a new invention called..... metal detectors
Mattyboy
Tour Rookie
Probably not too practical in a gorse bush!
I would get your mate down there one morning and search until it is found. It's his loss (especially if you dont pay!) and he needs to help to remedy the situation.
You might want to go tooled up (saws, waterproofs etc) just in case it gets messy!
Good luck!
More importantly I hope you didnt let the group behind come through.
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
Surely, before you start hacking into the gorse bush you need to get permission from the club. They might not take too kindly to you chopping most of it down.
drawboy
Tour Winner
He should count himself lucky that the head did not hit anyone. He would have been right in it then, facing a court case. Ultimately it is his fault that it has happened. That it the end of it. Not finding the head is the problem, if you do find it then just give it back. It would never have happened if he had glued it on properly in the first place. Modern epoxies are designed to withstand a lot of force when used correctly. A lot of pro's pass jobs like this on to someone else just for the reason that if it does fly off and hit someone then it isn't them that is liable.
Foxholer
Blackballed
Demonstrating/betraying my Kiwi origins I'm afraid.
Might look pretty and constantly in flower here, but an almost uncontrollable scourge in some parts of the world!
I would suggest if he made the changes, albeit to help you, the onus of responsibility falls squarely on his shoulders for not ensuring the driver was set up properly. I'd tell him I'm not paying
Joff
Challenge Tour Pro
He sounds like a tool.
Thanks for all your help guys, driver head has been found after spending another hour in the middle of the gorse bush and has been e
returned to my mate and I will not be purchasing the said driver. Might spend the money on a laser/range finder.
returned to my mate and I will not be purchasing the said driver. Might spend the money on a laser/range finder.
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
Or a shiny new driver to Dufner waggle under his nose... :thup:
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
Not sure I'd still be calling him my mate.
London mike 61
Challenge Tour Pro
Personally I would ask him to pay the medical bill to have my stomach sewn up after laughing too much and having therapy in case I got a fit of the giggles every time I thought about it. :rofl:
D4RK1
Assistant Pro
Glad you found it mate. He's obviously not as clever as he thinks. Your so called mate. What a shame. Karma will have its way with him 
asf72
Hacker
Happened to me on the driving range with a mate who had an R11s forsale with a matrix HD shaft in, said it had been fitted by a Pro at his club. When I was hitting it I kept saying it felt funny with no real kick to it, he started blaming me that I couldn't use it, had another go and the head ended up 125 yards down the range, gave him his shaft back and said " it's your problem now....go fetch it"... He had to stop all the players on the range.... Embarrassed to say the least.
mab
Challenge Tour Pro
I've not read all the way through... and just had to reply to this post.
YOU MUST BE JOKING!!!
If I built a club for one of my pals (edit - which I have many times) and the head fell off (edit - which has never happened), I would be profusely apologetic and he would owe me nothing. NOTHING!
There could be a variety of reasons for why the head feel off from poor workmanship, incorrect shaft for the hosel (did he put a .335 shaft in a .350 hosel without a shim? Does he know how to shim?), inadequate curing time, out-of-date epoxy, etc.
Given your pal sounds like a tinkerer rather than a club builder, ask him what the use-by-date of the eopxy is and how long he's had it.
This is crazy. He built the club... you hit the ball with it... the head fell off. Unless you smashed the driver into the ground or something silly then it's not your fault, and even then I'd expect the shaft to snap before the epoxy gave.
Crazy.
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mab
Challenge Tour Pro
Should have read to the end after all.
I would be very disappointed if a friend of mine were to react like that.
