Socrates

In 50 odd years of playing, I've never been in that kind of situation. I must be blessed.

While I did find that in the Definitions, so somewhere, sometime that must have happened. To ever see it again, I would be willing to bet against it.

Alrighty then. In that case the player should just go home.

The answer to that part of the question is never. You always deal with one situation first and then deal with anything that arises after you have dealt with the 1st one.

Making grips larger (and in this case much larger) will cause the material to stretch out which will make the grip walls thinner. Depending on the grip material, they may split or tear while trying to get them on. Once on they will be more susceptible to damage. It is advisable to purchase the right size grips so that they don't rip or tear and don't feel like they are rock hard.

The USGA site has all the Rules for free. As does the R&A site. You can copy, paste and print anything you want. App is also free.

Then why did you ask?

Only if you like epoxy to get into the threads and make the screw unusable.

Back in the day, I met a lot of minor league BB players. Many of them could hit 120mph with no problem. Didn't know which hemisphere it was going to land on though. Young, tall, athletically talented. In 10 years he may want to play, but it's not on his list of things to do right now.

At .3195, it still should be okay. Epoxy is a marvellous thing and can make up for a lot of mistakes in assembly. That being said, it goes to show that people who shouldn't be doing repairs are still doing them. And charging money for it. I'll bet (guarantee you) that I can take a shaft out of an adaptor 10 times and it might go from .335 to .334. Maybe less. There is no good reason that shaft should have gone anywhere near a sanding belt which is why it is at .3195". That all said, there is no guarantee that the shaft hasn't been damaged. The only test you can do is a destructive test and if that shaft tip is damaged it will break. At this point you can only get them to put on the proper tip again and hope for the best. Any good long cure epoxy will be at handling strength in 4 hrs. In 8 hrs at 72º you should be able to hit it. At 18 hrs it is nearly at 100% and fully cured in 24 hrs. If it cracked at the 18 hr mark, it could have been the adaptor making the noise or it could have been the shaft. You are rolling the dice here. They PGASS, have potentially screwed up the shaft so I would want some sort of guarantee that if it breaks in a few games, that they replace it. Or they replace it now. But you have gone elsewhere now so my bet is you are on your own now.

There is a whole thread on checking Ping serial numbers. Currently 82 pages long... Ping quite often reuses numbers. In the old days, I can get why and I think they "lost" their database around 1994 and had to re-enter all the data (if you look at a lot of numbers you will see almost anything old has the same input date). No excuse for "modern" numbers to be reused unless they use computers that are not properly linked to the database. The most I ever saw when I checked a number was 14 different sets and all from different accounts and all sorts of years. The online database is not the same as the main one Ping uses (must be a mirrored copy of some sort), but the one the CSR's have access to seems to be better with more information (notes). I would say the accuracy of the online serial numbers is questionable and totally unreliable on vintage sets.

You are nowhere near a hoarder. A couple of years ago, I had about 25 wedges. Whittled it down to about 10 (literally gave them away), but last year I went on a binge and bought 6. Damn those new wedges are expensive and I was buying them at PUD. Can't imagine buying at retail. Only new acquisitions this year are a Wedge Works A+ 60º and a Srixion 5 wd (traded 2 wedges, a 7 wd and $$ so it was a net win). Getting antsy again. Edit: went and counted... I have 19 assembled and 2 heads. Now there are a few of those that are legacy clubs and never will see the light of day again, but I still have them (just in case).

There is nothing more satisfying than to see a putt go right in the center and hit back of the hole with speed. Yeah, a lag putt that dribbles in is still in the hole, but it isn't anywhere near as desirable. Now, you don't want 'ramming speed' that if it misses the dead center, it's 10 ft past. You watch the good putters on any Tour and they go in with speed and you can see the confidence.

Clearly a custom order and short. If you can, you need to return them unless they disclosed they were underlength.

How many times are guys going to post in the wrong forum? This isn't Only Fans!

Approaching 65 this fall so I try not to do stuff that I shouldn't and so far so good. However, back in 2020, I decided to build a shed. I didn't need a shed, but my wife said we needed one and it was Covid restrictions and so I did. Got to the siding and I could either nail on the siding or screw it on. Decided to nail it on. What could go wrong? 13 sheets of siding with about 20 nails each and by the time I was done, I couldn't let go of the hammer. Instant "golfer's elbow" which afflicts me to this day. A fateful decision that has cost me a 1000X the cost of the screws vs nails and it ain't over yet. But, damn it's a nice shed. I can't wait for my next moment when I forget I'm not 20 any more. FWIW, I would have gone down to hit the shot too.