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[planomateo]

Question for the golfers. The tall guy made me think of it. How are clubs regulated as to weight, shaft diameter, etc. I ask because the taller the player the more the club would flex during the swing and would seem (to me) to be more difficult to control/finesse.

I don't believe there is a weight restriction for clubs. Believe there are length restrictions, not sure how that works for Yao though.

Grooves, now that's a different story.

@TerryP might know for certain.

 

[rick4bama]

This came by my house this morning!

 

[bama alum]

In a kid's locker this morning...

 

[footballer]

 

[RollllTide!]

What a great set of pics. Here is a few sunsets we get to see just about every day.




And a rare moon set on Mobile Bay.

 

[planomateo]

 

[planomateo]

101 years ago...

 

[TerryP]

Question for the golfers. The tall guy made me think of it. How are clubs regulated as to weight, shaft diameter, etc. I ask because the taller the player the more the club would flex during the swing and would seem (to me) to be more difficult to control/finesse.

The flex is a completely different story versus the length of the shaft, etc. As example, when I got my last "woods" I had each shaft tuned for the precise flex point of the shaft. In a nutshell, all of my irons are "flexing" at the same point. It really matters because of the flex point of a individually constructed club is slightly off it can result in a left to right or right to left ball movement. There are some that off-set their flexes for their individual game.

Until recently there wasn't a rule about the length of a putter and that's one of the reasons you see guys putting with the stock under their chin. There is a rule that they can't be less than 18" and your normal clubs can't be more than 48". A club head needs to be less than 7" by 2.5" (WxH.)

I can't recall the weight rules. With drivers that is going to differ from player to player as well. There are still some on tour who are using really heavy shafts (800g for some of the wooden variety—and yes, there are some pro's who still use wooden shafts. Off the shelf you're looking at 300-315 grams or so. The average professional is somewhere in the 330 gram range.

My woods, like I mentioned earlier, have metal heads but they were constructed based on my swing speed, weight of the head, and color (which, strangely enough, is one of the mental aspects of the game in my opinion. You have to love what you're looking at.)

 

[TerryP]

I was in a vape story recently and witnessed the clerk make a customer sign a release stating they weren't going to use the vape to smoke anything illegal. That had me laughing a bit because it was evident the intent wasn't for tobacco use.

And, it made this sign all the more fitting:

 

[TerryP]

After that customer went back to work his first job was stocking the shelves. Things became a little confusing at that point.

 

[Max]

 

[planomateo]

 

[TerryP]

 

[TerryP]

 

[TerryP]

 

[TerryP]

 

[TerryP]

 

[TerryP]

This caught my eye a few months ago...no room for it, but still. The look would be



I can't say the same about this one...but it's, shall we say, "a unique look?"

 

[footballer]

 

[rick4bama]

Get in my way will you!!