[datingcrew]

Damage to me is not being able to use the club after that stroke. I play on desert courses, so there is no avoiding scratches, nicks, etc. unless I declare every lie off the fairway unplayable.

[duceswild]

I always find the first scratch is the hardest one to deal with. I make it a point to scratch a brand new club at the range before I take it out for a round.

[Zhgpavye]

I too take relief from areas that are rocky or have roots sticking out. First off I don't want to tear up a perfectly good golf club but most importantly I don't want to get hurt or hurt someone else. I watched a guy break his wrist hitting off a root once and that is all it took for me to move the ball off them. Pro's get free clubs I don't and as long as that is the case I'm not doing anything that might result in me having to buy a new one.

[DJElizardo]

I always find the first scratch is the hardest one to deal with. I make it a point to scratch a brand new club at the range before I take it out for a round.

I agree about the first scratch, but I let it happen naturally on the course.

I too take relief from areas that are rocky or have roots sticking out. First off I don't want to tear up a perfectly good golf club but most importantly I don't want to get hurt or hurt someone else. I watched a guy break his wrist hitting off a root once and that is all it took for me to move the ball off them.

I won't risk injury to myself either. I'm not sure how you would hurt someone else though?

[Zhgpavye]

I agree about the first scratch, but I let it happen naturally on the course.



I won't risk injury to myself either. I'm not sure how you would hurt someone else though?

broken club part, flying head off club, ball richocheting off something into them, embedded rock flying out. Lots of different things can happen when you are swinging something close to 100 mph.

[ambiddetcat]

I won't risk injury to myself either. I'm not sure how you would hurt someone else though?

The club could come out of your hands, or the head could fly off.

EDIT: Harry'd again! (Too slow)

[whatisthebluepill]

Seth - Fourputt explained NPR to me a while back - see his post #7.

NPR

Thanks Diane. That was a great help to me.

[DJElizardo]

Thanks Diane. That was a great help to me.

Fourputt is the best - I believe he's been to the USGA rules seminar. Harry is almost as good, but Fourputt has been playing a lot longer so he's got the edge. Ty likes the rules too.

[bahrain41]

I too take relief from areas that are rocky or have roots sticking out. First off I don't want to tear up a perfectly good golf club but most importantly I don't want to get hurt or hurt someone else. I watched a guy break his wrist hitting off a root once and that is all it took for me to move the ball off them. Pro's get free clubs I don't and as long as that is the case I'm not doing anything that might result in me having to buy a new one.

Agreed!

[Antelpebabe]

It really depends upon what a person considers as "damage". For some, damage is any mark on a club no matter how tiny while to others, anything short of breaking the club in two is fine by them.

Personally, I don't regard a golf club as some sort of 'objet d'art', so I'm not bothered by nicks and scratches, but that's me. I know other people who would have a mild stroke if they just dropped a club in the parking lot, so everyone's idea of damage is different.


-JP

If it's going to scratch, damage, slightly tint, or otherwise leave a mark on my club I'll take the available distance back to a safer spot. It has nothing to do with 'objet d'art', it's about not being able to buy new clubs every time I'd like to.

I take care of my stuff.