Very Disapointed with my clubs

[Duffy]

Hi Again, I'd like to start a discussion regarding the frail and flimsy nature of golf clubs today. They seem to break far to easily. For example, I played 18 yesterday and hit my approach shot fat. There happened to be a tree at fairly close proximity and my shaft bent after striking the tree in digust. I've seen other golfers with the same problem. I know for a fact that one of the guys at my club sliced his drive onto the wrong fairway a couple of weeks ago and WHACK!!! His shaft broke completely after stiking a large bolder next to the tee box. I ask you? Is this the quality we can expect from the club manufacturers today? It's a disappointing situation to be sure.

[Jay-Bird]

Is this a serious question?

You're breaking clubs because you can't control your anger and blaming the club itself?

(or did i miss the :sarcasm: tag!)

[alf174]

You got one Duffy; hook, line, and sinker.

[Shindig]

You know how you sometimes imagine a tree in your line when you're planning to shape a shot, because it helps you focus? Go find that tree and hit it instead. I find my clubs don't break when I hit them against intangible trees.

[Cussin hacker]

I don't know Duff ??? The last time I broke a club was in 1987. Quality must have been the same then because my driver broke on a tree also. LOL Grew out of that years ago!!

[Duffy]

Hay Jay-Bird.....hehehe

[zeg]

Yeah, a similar thing happened to me a few weeks ago. I was executing perfect swings, as always, but my 3W was misfiring and causing pop-ups off the tee. I gave it a gentle fling back toward the bag and it hit mid-shaft against the leg on the stand. Darn thing snapped in half. There should have been a warning label! I wonder if it's too late to sue someone.

[Duffy]

  zeg said:

Yeah, a similar thing happened to me a few weeks ago. I was executing perfect swings, as always, but my 3W was misfiring and causing pop-ups off the tee. I gave it a gentle fling back toward the bag and it hit mid-shaft against the leg on the stand. Darn thing snapped in half. There should have been a warning label! I wonder if it's too late to sue someone.

YOU MAY HAVE A CASE. MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR IS AN ATTORNEY. I'LL CHECK FOR YOU

[whetstone]

Another problem I've noticed is that clubs don't seem to float well, either. My bro-in-law recently duck hooked a drive into a lake. Knowing that the problem was surely a dirty clubface, he proceeded to throw his driver into said lake (to wash it off of course), and the cheap thing sank to the bottom. To make matters worse, I don't think Taylormade is going to replace this obviously defective driver. Customer service just isn't what it used to be.

[MuscleBack Sauce]

i hear that, they can't even make clubs that make the ball go strait when you swing bad, what a joke

[Duffy]

  whetstone said:

Another problem I've noticed is that clubs don't seem to float well, either. My bro-in-law recently duck hooked a drive into a lake. Knowing that the problem was surely a dirty clubface, he proceeded to throw his driver into said lake (to wash it off of course), and the cheap thing sank to the bottom. To make matters worse, I don't think Taylormade is going to replace this obviously defective driver. Customer service just isn't what it used to be.

Similar problems are occurring all across the country. Is it because of cheaply thrown together imports? Is Taylor Made customer service answering the phones in India? It's time we stood as one to resolve the shoddy character of customer service and workmanship of the factory personnel to demand the correction of these issues.

P.S. Great reply Whetstone et. al.

[Clambake]

I think it is only a problem with the cheap China counterfeit clubs. The real Taylor Made, Callaway, Mizuno, Ping, etc. all are indestructable and will float. Counterfeit clubs use cheap porus materials that aren't waterproof. BTW, this is a good test to see if your clubs are fake or not: throw them in the lake, and if they float you're good.

[Duffy]

  Clambake said:

I think it is only a problem with the cheap China counterfeit clubs. The real Taylor Made, Callaway, Mizuno, Ping, etc. all are indestructable and will float. Counterfeit clubs use cheap porus materials that aren't waterproof. BTW, this is a good test to see if your clubs are fake or not: throw them in the lake, and if they float you're good.

Hey, that's a damned good idea. I had read about a similar test conducted back in the 1600's involving witches or some such thing.

[is2linda]

I heard every time you destroy a club, taylormade kills a kitten. shame on you guys...

[Duffy]

I have got to tell ya Is2linda that looking at what you have in your bag tells me that that isn't your picture.

[sooperstring]

I know! To hear my dad tell it, back when equipment was made in America and quality was important, he could hit the ball a country mile. Now, since it's made from whatever scraps the OEMs have lying around, he can barely play the tips.

I'm glad he explained it to me, because for a while, I thought it might be because he's nearing 70.

[Rob]

Wtf???? Wtf???????

[Shindig]

  Duffy said:

Hey, that's a damned good idea. I had read about a similar test conducted back in the 1600's involving witches or some such thing.

So, if my driver weighs less than a duck... it must be made of wood?