ShopTalk: Speaking of clones . . .

[tflan]

A guy asked me to reshaft his Scotty Cameron/Ping Anser clone (I'm amazed Ping hasn't gone after this guy).   My first thought was that since Cameron's stuff is as close a copy of a Ping that the shaft likely was attached via the crushed ball-bearing method. So I told the guy that I possible would have to drill a hole under the hosel and punch the bearing out. I tried heating it first. Lo and behold, the shaft popped right out. It was held in place with just a little epoxy.   What was even more interesting was that the tiny hosel - about 1/2" deep, was taper tip!. Maybe that's how Cameron/Titleist can get by with their blatant copies.   TFlan