Re: golf club manufacturers are f***ed up because...
- From: "HB" <replywithingroup@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:12:57 GMT
"Chris" <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"HB" <replywithingroup@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
they don't properly encourage demo club programs.I say it is your store. There are demo clubs with different shafts
I play golf and tennis. When I want to try a new tennis racket, I can go
the store, try out virtually any racket, and then buy what I like.
But with golf, you have to hit a club, often with a bunch of tape on the
face, into a net in a store. The guy in the store might say they will
let
you bring back something if you don't like it, if you don't get it dirty,
and if you bring back in about 1 day after purchase.
I would love to buy a new driver, but I went into a big store that has a
range in the back, in a bit city, with my golf magazine club review, put
it
on the counter, and said I'd like to try these 4 clubs that I had starred
in
the magazine. The guy said "we don't have a demo of this, we don't have
a
demo of that, none of this, but we do have the new Nike driver with a
custom
shaft and one loft". So I tried the demo Nike driver after he taped it
all
up, and of course it felt awful. Who likes the feel of hitting a ball
with
tape? And why would I want to demo a club with some totally custom shaft
that I won't get if I bought the club? And then, to top it all off, the
guy said I could only hit 20 balls. I offered to pay money, but he said
only 20.
What is wrong with these manufacturers that they can't give a few demo
clubs
to stores, with their normal shafts, to be hit without tape, and that can
be
checked out for a day or two? If anyone from a manufacturer is reading
this, I hope you can jump into this thread.
and lofts. Callaway even has a fitting system that the shafts are
interchangable. Also many of the manufacturers hold demo days and you
can try the various clubs. Another way would be to look for used club
dealers; they generally let you check out the club for a period of
time to demo the club. From my experience the tape doesn't create
that big of a difference in the feel of the club. If I don't like it
with the tape, I generally don't like it without the tape.
Good point about demo days, but I've only heard of 2 in the last few years,
and one of them was at a short range where you had to hit 3/4 distance
balls, and so it was hard to gauge if you liked the club for distance. And
both were 1 hour drive away in remote parts of the city. I'm sure I've
missed a couple demo days, but they're certainly not an obvious, regular and
convenient thing.
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