WE GOLFERS ARE ALL SUCKERS !

Ulsterman1930

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Yes! the new season is upon us, accompanied as for years previous with GIMMICKS of all kinds imaginable, guaranteed to bring into the world of Tiger himself. We have all forked out (and I include myself) the mortgage and wife's pocket monies, only to find, all have been as useful as a one legged man in an "A** KICKING COMPETITION"
There has been so many, but what rates as the craziest ? :D
 
I'm lost??? What are you asking? I haven't spent any money on gimmicks to take me into the world of Tiger......? I bought a new tv and a ping g5......don't think I'm a sucker......I can see the tv from further away and don't have to fight a draw bias anymore.
 
Once Christams is past I can relax because that is the only time of year there is a chance of me being GOLFERED.

I can honestly say I have NEVER bought ANYTHING solely because somebody famous used/endorsed it. I only buy it if it works for me.
 
Not sure what you are driving at. I don't subscribe to gimmicks but only purchase equipment I consider will benefit my game such as a quality set of irons custom fitted.

Custom fitting is not a gimick (I'm using this as an example not starting that whole can of worms). I could have bought new clubs off the shelf. Would that be buying a gimmick.

I think your post may need a little explanation (if it is plain to others I apologise for being a bit slow on the uptake)
 
Gimmicks are easily defined. Pick up any golf magazine and they proliferate from cover to cover, especially at the start of the season and prior to Christmas. Some that readily come to mind : Wristlets made from copper to combat aches and pains. Necklets containing miles of copper wire guaranteed to bring solace during a difficult round. Tees to provide a cleaner shot. Clubs with a multitude of sizes and shapes of heads, some now available in kit form to build-them-yourself, putters of every design under the sun with an assortment of shafts to fit under the chin, attach to the belly or use from almost a kneeling position and I could go on to eternity.
They would not be advertised so heavily if the market did not justify the cost, therefore someone must be buying them.
 
They would not be advertised so heavily if the market did not justify the cost, therefore someone must be buying them.

doesn't that rather trump your original contention?

Gimmicks come and go but perennial ideas return again and again in different forms and the ones with merit sell.

For example I haven't tried a belly putter or a copper bracelet so cannot comment but many do with percieved results- hardly a gimmick then.

Is wearing ones favourite golf shoes a gimmick if the results cannot be measured nor quantified? how about ones best clubs then? relative results all subjective beyond a certain broad concensus.

Your 'shouty' OP implies you've been taken for a mug at some point (or feel you may have been) and would contend your title as being more appropriately started with 'I' and not 'we' in that case.

I can't see many on here being in agreement that they are 'golfing suckers'.

Still, to speculate so is your right on an open forum.
 
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