John, If you want to, send me one and I can either use it and shill for you or get some friends to try it out also. I do repair work also for several daily fee courses and also one private that has tons of Microsoft VP's, Seahawks and Mariners as members.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 11:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: USGA Rules Against Clubmaker Online! Bob: A friend suggested test marketing the glove/grip up in your neck of the woods and I did get some favorable responses from a pro shop or two... thanks! John >John, >Up here in the Seattle area, the glove would be the answer to our normal >rounds played in dismal weather. I personally would not give a rat's ass >whether it conformed or not if it meant I didn't have to carry about six >gloves to complete a round!! Tuesday rain caught us on the 14th hole and I >used a glove a hole from there to the finish. > >Have suspected the USGA is off base so much that I dropped my membership >years ago and totally ignore them!! > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 11:12 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: ShopTalk: USGA Rules Against Clubmaker Online! > >For immediate release: > >In what must rank up there with yesterday's COR ruling the USGA has >ruled that my new glove does not conform with the Rules of Golf. The >new grip (made of the same material) was conforming so all is not >lost. >The ruling that applied for the glove was: > >14-3 Artifical Devices an dUnusual Equipment >The player shall not use any artificial device or unusual equipment: >C Which might assist him in gripping the club, except that: >i. plain gloves may be worn. >They continued: > The glove is not considered to be "plain" because the material on >the palm and gripping surface is not similarly smooth. >Added material on the gripping surface of the hand, other than for >wear resistance purposes, is prohibited. >A "plain glove" shall not have features such as; >...material on the glove which adheres to material on the grip. > >Watch for an outpouring of public sentiment, newspaper articles, chat >room indignation, and much more. > >When asked for comment, company owner John Muir replied, "It's simply >not fair. I've ordered a ton of these from my supplier in China and >now I'll have to cancel the order and start from scratch. I assumed >from comments made on my discussion group, Shoptalk, that the gloves >would be approved. I may sue the bastards" > >I may simply market the glove as a "foul weather" glove (and identify >it as non conforming) as the glove/grip combination in the rain >outperforms anything currently on the market and a guy playing in a >downpour simply would like to finish the round without throwing his >club with each swing. > >Besides the pathetic self promotion, I thought you'd be interested in >a follow up on this as several of you sent me messages on this when I >posted it earlier. > >The new grip will be available in about two weeks...I'll keep you posted. > >John >shoptalk ><http://clubmaker-online.com>
