Would you say something to a buddy using illegal aid during competition?

[Fourputt]

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Originally Posted by Fourputt

Just as an addition - apparently Bandit Golf has several illegal items for sale.  That seems to be their business model.  With a company name like "Bandit", it seems logical that they would be on the wrong side of the rules.

If you're playing me, go ahead and have 3 or 4 on the front 9.... if that helps your game then I'm a bit worried about you.    I have some Bahamian goat pepper sauce that has about 10 times the kick of Tabasco.

(By the way, it's Tabasco  )

....and ghost pepper?

Nope, Goat Pepper.  Read THIS . In most recipes they are called Scotch Bonnet peppers (part of the habenero family), but in the Bahamas they are Goat Peppers.  According to the article, which is mostly anecdotal, the name may have come from Jamaica, but it offers other possibilities too, none of which is overly convincing.  The bird peppers mentioned in the article (also called finger peppers - they are about one inch long, maybe 3/8 inch in diameter, and can be red, orange, yellow, light green) are at least as hot as the goat peppers, but not as fleshy.

Sorry for going OT ... Back to Bandit...

[turtleback]

Color me skeptical, but I feel like there is a "twist" coming later in this thread. Perhaps the BanditGrip is legal for use in competition and the OP is looking for a clever way to highlight that fact?

I think the word illegal in the thread title guards us against that kind of twist.  It also uses the word competition.

I think a lot of the responders did not pay attention to those things, because to me it is a complete no-brainer that he gets called out.  It is a competition and he is using an illegal aid.  Where is there even any room for discussion with those facts?

How is this any different than any other kind of cheating during a competition?

[cubdog]

Friendly competition against a buddy I could care less. A sanctioned event or even a casual club tournament, yes, I'd ask him if he knew his aid was illegal. I certainly wouldn't call him a cheater unless I had proof that he knew the device was illegal.

cubdog

[David in FL]

Friendly competition against a buddy I could care less. A sanctioned event or even a casual club tournament, yes, I'd ask him if he knew his aid was illegal. I certainly wouldn't call him a cheater unless I had proof that he knew the device was illegal.

cubdog

How much less could you care.....?

[rogolf]

Which Rules are we NOT using during today's round?  I need to know so that I can take the appropriate liberties.