{"id":1775,"date":"2007-04-29T14:55:57","date_gmt":"2007-04-29T18:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/equipment\/clubs\/another_driver_recall_this_time_its_callaway"},"modified":"2007-04-29T16:46:36","modified_gmt":"2007-04-29T20:46:36","slug":"another_driver_recall_this_time_its_callaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/clubs\/another_driver_recall_this_time_its_callaway","title":{"rendered":"Another Driver Recall: This Time it&#8217;s Callaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/clubs\/callaway_big_bertha_460_hero.jpg\" height=\"325\" width=\"240\" alt=\"Callaway Big Bertha 460 Hero\" \/>As of today, April 30, a specific version of Callaway&#8217;s Big Bertha 460 driver will be placed on the USGA list of <strong>non-conforming clubs<\/strong>. Just like the recalled <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/equipment\/clubs\/nike_golf_issues_recall_of_sumo2_drivers\" title=\"Sumo2 Recall\">Nike Sumo&sup2;<\/a>, the problem is the spring-like effect, which went over the characteristic time limit correlating to the USGA&#8217;s coefficient of restitution limit of 0.830.<\/p>\n<p>The guilty party is the right-handed version of the Big Bertha 460 13&deg; HT model. It&#8217;s distinguished by a raised dash in the letter &#8220;B&#8221; in the word &#8220;Big&#8221; on the sole of the driver.<\/p>\n<p>Callaway has asked its retailers for information on anyone purchasing this specific model as a prelude to replacing them. It is not thought a substantial number had already been purchased. There&#8217;s no word yet on the <a href=\"http:\/\/callawaygolf.com\/\" title=\"Callaway\" class=\"external external_icon\">Callaway<\/a> web site as to the replacement procedure. Callaway said the issue involved a manufacturing problem with only one its suppliers and resulted in a small percentage of the shipments already made.<\/p>\n<p>E. Michael Johnson and Mike Stachura &#8211; a.k.a. &#8220;Bomb and Gouge&#8221; &#8211; broke <a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/newsandtour\/index.ssf?\/newsandtour\/20070427callaway.html\" title=\"GolfWorld story\" class=\"external external_icon\">the story<\/a> in <em>GolfWorld<\/em> on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears the self-policing whistle blowers in the equipment industry are on the case as a competitor has turned in Callaway just as a one did to trip up Nike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clubs","category-hot_topics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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