What club would you grab if someone was robbing you?

[minitour]

Side note, I did play golf once with a guy who was packing because he heard there were bears!

Hope he was packing a cannon. A hand gun would merely piss off a black bear.

[Spyder]

Originally Posted by minitour

Hope he was packing a cannon. A hand gun would merely piss off a black bear.

That depends on what type of hand gun you're carrying. You may want to Google the Model S&W500;™ .

[David in FL]

Originally Posted by Spyder

For those of you thinking a golf club is not effective, you should look up the story about a guy who tried to hold up a golfer at knife point (Please, please... do not tell me how much more effective a gun is. Common sense would tell anyone that it is).

The end result was the knife wielding robber ending up being taken to the hospital by ambulance after being struck in the side of the head by a 7i (yes, the story specifically said it was a 7 iron). The picture displays what the guy's head looked like... and all I will say, without being too graphic, is that this guy was basically scalped and needed some 50 staples and countless stitches to fix him up, pre-coma that it is.....

It's stories like this that just warm the cockles of my heart!

[Mac62]

Originally Posted by Spyder

For those of you thinking a golf club is not effective, you should look up the story about a guy who tried to hold up a golfer at knife point (Please, please... do not tell me how much more effective a gun is. Common sense would tell anyone that it is).

The end result was the knife wielding robber ending up being taken to the hospital by ambulance after being struck in the side of the head by a 7i (yes, the story specifically said it was a 7 iron). The picture displays what the guy's head looked like... and all I will say, without being too graphic, is that this guy was basically scalped and needed some 50 staples and countless stitches to fix him up, pre-coma that it is.....

I don't doubt that one bit.  I actually kinda like the odds of golf club vs. knife, unless the guy wielding the knife is really skilled with it.  When you think about it, a golf club is kind of a blunt weapon combined with a bladed weapon.  Could undoubtedly do some serious damage.

[NM Golf]

I have seen what a golf club can do on accident a couple of times at the course. We had a kid that caught an iron to the face two summers ago. It was just a backswing but it took out 3 teeth and it gashed his lip wide open. Pretty nasty stuff.

[AmazingWhacker]

I'd grab my jack Hamm XPlosion driver, take one swing and send my attacker flying into the next neighborhood. POW!

[Spyder]

Originally Posted by AmazingWhacker

I'd grab my jack Hamm XPlosion driver, take one swing and send my attacker flying into the next neighborhood.

POW!

lol This never gets old, especially when used creatively. +1

"He's going over that mountain!!!!! BOOOOOMMM!!!!"

[rehmwa]

7i

wedges are pretty short, not as much head speed

woods are too long, not really practical if in a confined space

long irons are fine, but I'd like a bit more loft for damage if needed

so a mid iron - someone else's mid iron preferably, but a mid iron

but how do I get the robber to lay down on the practice matt and not touch my alignment sticks???

I'd also consider my cleaning brush - those steel bristles really sting if you catch the brush under your fingernails......I could annoy the burglar until he leaves with that thing.

[jakepalm]

Its weird to think that I started this entire topic and I completely forgot that have been a victim of a golf club injury. I was in third grade and my dad had these old Dunlop clubs and I was over in the yard swinging them around (my beginnings in golf) and my sister came over and took the 5 wood out of the bag. She lined up to the ball as I am still standing there, and yells "MOVE", and then took her backswing very fast which clocked me upside the forehead and I was gushing blood. I went to the ER and the doctor stitched me up saying this happens often with golf clubs (didn't make me feel much better). He then began to tell me that if I was hit one centimeter more to the left, the club would have struck my temple and more than likely killed me.

[mp33 man]

I don't doubt that one bit.  I actually kinda like the odds of golf club vs. knife, unless the guy wielding the knife is really skilled with it.  When you think about it, a golf club is kind of a blunt weapon combined with a bladed weapon.  Could undoubtedly do some serious damage.

I like my chances against anyone but Chuck Norris...

[Zeph]

Mid to short iron would be my weapon of choice, 6i-PW.

[mp33 man]

Seriously though I have a four iron next to my bed that I wouldn't mind getting blood on.

[jakepalm]

I have this old Spalding putter that could do some serious damage. Other than that, I'm sticking with the PW.

[Spyder]

Originally Posted by mp33 man

Seriously though I have a four iron next to my bed that I wouldn't mind getting blood on.

Therapy..... asap.

[rehmwa]

Originally Posted by mp33 man

Seriously though I have a four iron next to my bed that I wouldn't mind getting blood on.

Do you mean it's old so you don't mind it messy?

Or that it's just really easy to clean?

Or are you just eager to smack someone?

Or is this some reference to a voodoo ritual using animal blood, smoke, and incantations?

other options are there, but this is a respectable site - with default asterix's and so forth

[jamo]

I do most of my practicing with my 6 iron, so I would probably go with that.

[Spyder]

I'm sure more people would be screaming rather than fighting.... at least, more than they will admit.

Probably not appropriate to post due to language, but there's a hilarious comedy clip about fighting.... but go to YouTube and search:   Jo Koy Fighting and Dancing -or- Joe Koy Can't Fight   (same results - 1st video). Sorry if this is off-topic, but the laugh is worth it.

[clutchshot]

Driver... I just like the sound it makes.... Or my TM 19 degree hybrid, it's kinda my go to club...